Matt Delaney

Top-ranked high school didn’t announce National Merit Scholars for years: Report

Administrators at a top-rated high school just outside Washington reportedly withheld notifying students about their National Merit Scholar awards for multiple years on equity grounds.

December 25, 2022

American couple accused of trafficking, torturing Ugandan foster child could face death penalty

Two Americans living in Uganda could face the death penalty after being accused of trafficking and torturing their 10-year-old foster child, according to Ugandan authorities.

December 25, 2022

Georgetown hires recent exoneree Adnan Syed to work for prison-reform program

Adnan Syed, the Maryland man who was serving life in prison for a 1999 murder before his sentence was overturned by new evidence this fall, is now working at Georgetown University.

December 25, 2022

Six people arrested for role in multiple rideshare carjackings around Baltimore

Baltimore police arrested six people, mostly juveniles, for their roles in a string of rideshare carjackings that have taken place throughout the area since last month.

December 22, 2022

The rise of home delivery attracting predators: ‘Porch pirates’ snatch record 250 million packages

A record 250 million packages were stolen from front doors, walks and porches in the U.S. over the last year, according to a new report, and authorities are warning that the holidays are peak Grinch season.

December 22, 2022

Journey keyboardist gets cease-and-desist letter from bandmate over ‘Don’t Stop Believin”

A Journey band member's performance of "Don't Stop Believin'" at Mar-a-Lago prompted another bandmate to take legal action.

December 22, 2022

Statue of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells shaped modern medicine, to be erected in Roanoke

The bronze statue will be erected in October 2023 and will be placed in Henrietta Lacks Plaza, which was formerly called Lee Plaza.

December 22, 2022

D.C. police officer convicted of murder for role in deadly scooter chase

A jury found two former D.C. police officers guilty Wednesday, one of them on murder charges, for their roles in a 2020 chase that ended when a suspect died after crashing his scooter.

December 22, 2022

Former 911 dispatcher admits to starting at least 24 fires in Ohio forest

A former 911 dispatcher has admitted to starting at least two dozen fires in an Ohio forest as a way to distract himself from his depression, according to federal prosecutors.

December 21, 2022

Colorado city closes library amid meth smoking in bathrooms

Officials in Boulder, Colorado, are closing their main library after it was found that patrons smoked methamphetamine in the bathrooms.

December 21, 2022

California has over half of top 10 happiest cities in U.S., study finds

Sunnyvale, California, earned the top spot, with SmartAsset saying the Bay Area suburb had the best scores for its "quality of life" and "well-being" categories.

December 21, 2022

Auditor posing as intruder accessed Uvalde school through faulty door

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District will spend nearly $5 million on security improvements, such as bulletproof windows, metal detectors, hundreds of security cameras and creating a single point of entry for each school.

December 20, 2022

People who backed COVID restrictions say those who became sick deserved it, study says

People who supported their government's pandemic restrictions such as masks, quarantines and social distancing were also more likely to believe that people who got sick with COVID-19 deserved it, according to a new study.

December 20, 2022

Youngkin proposes $500K to explore potential for Commanders to call Virginia home

Gov. Glenn Youngkin still wants the Washington Commanders to build their new stadium in Virginia.

December 20, 2022

Majority of Americans still say country on wrong track, poll indicates

65% of respondents were down on the country's current direction in the poll released Sunday by USA Today/Suffolk University.

December 19, 2022

Stacey Abrams’ campaign $1 million-plus in the red, despite raising $100 million on trail: Report

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams' campaign owes more than $1 million to vendors following her second failed attempt to win the state's governorship, according to a new report.

December 19, 2022

Topless Argentina fan at World Cup could face jail time for violating Qatar’s strict dress code

A fan of Argentina's soccer team risked jail time for taking her top off in the midst of the champions' World Cup celebration Sunday.

December 19, 2022

Car repossessions trending up for ‘prime’ and lower-income borrowers in economic warning sign

Car repossessions are on the rise for all consumers, and they're being treated as an early warning sign for hard economic times to come.

December 19, 2022

People unvaccinated against COVID-19 more likely to get in a serious car crash, study shows

The study found that unvaccinated drivers were 72% more likely to be in a car crash where at least one person was sent to the hospital compared to accidents involving vaccinated drivers.

December 18, 2022

Two women charged with blocking Manhattan abortion clinic in 2020

Federal prosecutors in New York have charged two Tennessee women for blocking a Manhattan abortion clinic in 2020.

December 18, 2022