The debate continues over whether security guards in Virginia's public schools should carry guns.

Some of the most important experts on gun violence are gathered at a forum in Baltimore.

Vice President Joe Biden is due to present gun control recommendations to the president this week, but lawmakers in the D.C. region are as divided as Congress at large on what should be done.

A month after the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley outlined a "comprehensive approach" to dealing with gun violence that includes some of the strictest gun-control measures in the country.

Maryland saw a significant drop in fire-related deaths in 2012, in part due to the requirement that the state only sell safer cigarettes that extinguishmore quickly when left unattended, officials say.

The District suspended its breathalyzer program two years ago after finding some machines were improperly calibrated, but Mayor Gray just signed two laws aimed at cracking down on drunk driving.

Montgomery County school officials voted unanimously last night to increase security measures at the county's elementary schools; now it's up to the County Council to approve the $364,000 needed to finance the improvements.

Several high profile rape cases have spurred new calls to address violence against women. Efforts to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.

About 100 D.C. firefighters took a sick day on New Year's Eve, leaving nearly a dozen ambulances sidelined on a busy night.

A panel of Maryland officials is recommending that access to guns by the mentally ill be restricted in certain cases, according to a new report.