Metro Connection

Ardent Baltimore Ravens fans are gearing up for Sunday's big game, and are preparing to let go of their most beloved player.

Rebecca Sheir travels to Chance, Md., and tastes a slice of life at Lucky's Last Chance General Store: a community gathering place for the tiny town's "come heres, born heres and brung heres."

Maryland and Virginia lawmakers on both sides of the gun-control debate voice their proposals.

We'll meet two female scientists who are mentoring the next generation of women in their field.

This week, we visit Waterford, Va., and the Cameron Station neighborhood of Alexandria, Va.

Last year, Anacostia residents held a series of community protests against a women's shelter that was planning to move to the neighborhood. A year later, Emily Berman visits the now-completed Calvary Women's Services, and asks local businesses how Anacostia fared in 2012.