By Rand Paul
Obama acts as though we no longer have a Constitution
A woman apparently drowned as rains flooded a homeless camp and dam gates were opened on swollen Patuxent River reservoirs, prompting the evacuation of hundreds Thursday.
No criminal charges will be filed against a Laurel Police officer who was videotaped striking a handcuffed man in the face as the man was arrested this summer, Laurel officials said Tuesday.
It was a propane-fueled smoker, not the much derided deep fryer, that turned Thanksgiving dinner into a tragedy for a Laurel family, authorities said.
Maryland Democrats might want to push Republican Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett out of office, but he could be the state's only hope against a foe that has terrorized Republicans and Democrats alike - the brown marmorated stink bug.
The removal of the District's fire department spokesman and neutering of the agency's Twitter account has left a void in the District's "Twitterverse," but members of the agency's union say they plan to pick up the slack.
The jolt Janet Reid felt in her Northeast D.C. living room Wednesday morning was reminiscent of August's earthquake, so initially she assumed that was the cause.
The D.C. government has temporarily halted use of one of its most popular Twitter accounts in order to get a tighter handle on information disseminated about emergency operations.
Two women were killed in an early Friday morning car crash along Southern Avenue in the District, officials said.
Police on Tuesday were investigating the cause of a six-car crash on the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County that killed two people, seriously injured two others and closed the Inner Loop through the morning rush hour.
Police on Tuesday were investigating the cause of a six-car crash on the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County that killed two people, seriously injured two others and closed the Inner Loop through the morning rush hour.
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At least three people were injured in four shootings in the District over a 24-hour period Sunday and Monday, according to fire and police officials.
An early morning fire at a Southeast D.C. marina destroyed four cabin boats and a portion of the dock Monday, fire officials said.
The holiday weekend was especially dangerous and deadly for area residents around the water, with three people dying and one in critical condition after drowning-related incidents on July Fourth.
The Tune Inn, a venerable Capitol Hill watering hole where congressmen, their staffers, journalists and local residents have rubbed shoulders for more than six decades, was forced to close its doors for one of the only times in its history Wednesday after a small but potent morning fire ripped through its kitchen.
Laurel city spokesman Pete Piringer said the evacuations affected several hundred people in the city's historic district.
city spokesman Pete Piringer says the evacuations were ordered Thursday morning and affect several hundred people in the city's historic district.
