A fractious D.C. Council on Tuesday postponed a vote on limiting Airbnb rentals and overturned a voter initiative that would have raised the minimum wage for tipped workers.
Democrat Ben Jealous says he would support broadening a new Maryland gun-control law to restrict firearms access to people found to be a risk to themselves or others, if elected governor. The former NAACP chief also says he would stand up to President Donald Trump, whom he believes should be impeached.
Metro authorities are considering allowing vendors to sell food and beverages at stations is a bit concerning. Moreover, as a frequent rider pointed out Thursday, nowhere in Metro’s proposal does it say that passengers will be allowed to “consume” food or beverages in the stations or on trains.
Metro may be overpaying contractors for frequently purchased goods and services because the transit agency’s purchase order accounting is rife with errors and is missing documents, according to an audit from Metro’s Office of Inspector General (OIG).
A Richmond man is set to serve 36 years in prison for the capital murder of a Virginia State Police special agent.
Metro’s newest safety watchdog has “aggressive teeth,” a multimillion-dollar budget and a full staff in anticipation of the federal government ceding it oversight of the regional transit system, officials say.
City lawmakers and bicycling safety advocates slapped D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration Thursday during a public hearing on its "Vision Zero" plan for ending traffic fatalities.
There's nothing humorous about not having a home.
CNN host Don Lemon said Sen. Ted Cruz, by becoming a public official, had "signed up for" harassment by antifa activists and likened attacking lawmakers in any and every public space to the civil rights movement.
Two traffic-related deaths in the past week have kindled anger and doubt over D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's "Vision Zero" plan to reduce traffic deaths.
October starts with festive food and seasonal beers, continues with nods to breast cancer awareness, soda fountains and seafood month, and ends with some spooky delights of Halloween.
Bucking a trend in other major U.S. cities where the homicide rate is heading down, the District has just passed a grim milestone: More people have been killed in the city so far this year than for the entire year of 2017.
The Washington Times reported on New Year's Eve 2014 that "the city finished the year with 105 homicides, one more than was recorded in 2013 — a year that included 12 people killed in a mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard."
Jamal Speaks, a homeless high school senior in Washington, has raised more than $20,000 in donations.
Christine Blasey Ford and Democrats have asked Congress, the FBI and Maryland State Police to investigate her allegation that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault her at a high school party in the 1980s -- but she has not asked for an investigation by the one police force with the most direct responsibility.
Officials say inspection crews found a 74-year old man trapped in his second-story apartment in Arthur Capper Senior Public Housing complex Monday morning, five days after the building burned down.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan defended his economic record Monday and said the state is in a "much, much better" place compared to when he took office four years ago, casting Democratic opponent Ben Jealous as a candidate offering unrealistic and even "dangerous" policy proposals.
The National Rifle Association has downgraded Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's ranking and is refusing to endorse him.
This past weekend my comments expressing support for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and my disgust at how the far left will stop at nothing to derail his confirmation to the Supreme Court were included in an article in The New York Times.
Police have revised their policies for arresting people caught using marijuana in Washington, D.C., where the plant is permitted for recreational purposes on private property but not in public.
An independent investigation into the death of University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair has determined that trainers on the scene did not follow proper procedures after he collapsed on the field.
Eveline Cismaru, one of two Romanians accused of disabling more than 100 surveillance cameras used by D.C police days prior to President Trump's inauguration ceremony, has pleaded guilty to related charges.
Sen. Tim Kaine on Thursday said the Senate shouldn't "rush" the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court and that lawmakers should take sufficient time to look into the recent allegations of sexual assault against the judge.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Corey Stewart on Thursday said that "it's time to vote" on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and that Americans want to move forward.
You could still smell the evidence Thursday morning of what happens when fire alarms do not work.
The suspect was a 26-year-old temporary employee at the Rite Aid distribution center in northeastern Maryland, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said at a news conference.
