Matthew Cella

Maryland high school student charged after giving teacher pot brownie

An Anne Arundel County high school student told police he panicked Monday when his teacher asked him for a piece of his brownie, so he gave her some. Only he didn't tell her the brownie had been baked with marijuana.

December 9, 2014

6 Guantanamo prisoners sent to Uruguay to be resettled as refugees

Six detainees were released to Uruguay from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Department of Defense announced Sunday.

December 7, 2014

Rams tight end Jared Cook says he’s gotten threats over ‘hands up’ gesture

St. Louis Rams tight end Jared Cook said Thursday he has received threats since he and four teammates took the field Sunday in a "hands up" gesture to express solidarity with demonstrators protesting the grand jury decision in the police shooting death of Michael Brown.

December 4, 2014

D.C. police handling of Ferguson protesters a far cry from past demonstrations

Scattered protests shut down traffic around the District for a third day Monday, with demonstrators lying in roadways and blocking highways to decry the grand jury decision in the police shooting death of Michael Brown.

December 1, 2014

Iraq PM reveals 50,000 ‘ghost soldiers’ on country’s payroll

Iraq's prime minister said Sunday that an investigation of the military forces revealed 50,000 "ghost soldiers" on the country's payroll.

November 30, 2014

House bill to ban D.C. traffic cameras

Two outgoing Republican members of Congress are making a last-ditch effort to leave their mark on the District, introducing a bill that would outlaw the city's speed and red-light cameras.

November 26, 2014

Marion Barry, former D.C. mayor, dies at 78

Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, who rose from the sharecroppers' shacks of Itta Bena, Mississippi, to the executive suite of the District's City Hall and overcame an embarrassing public drug arrest while in office to return as D.C. mayor and council member, died early Sunday. He was 78.

November 23, 2014

Arlington County Board scraps pricey Columbia Pike streetcar

The Arlington County Board voted Tuesday to cancel a controversial and expensive streetcar program amid concerns that the divisive fight over the transit project was distracting officials from other pressing issues.

November 18, 2014

Larry Hogan gets unprecedented win in governor’s race on public financing

Maryland Gov.-elect Larry Hogan pledged to assemble a bipartisan administration after his defeat of heavily favored Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown — a victory made all the more stunning in that he became the first candidate in state history to win a gubernatorial race after accepting public financing.

November 5, 2014

Judge tosses case of animal activist objecting to law that says he ‘owns’ his pet

A longtime animal rights activist who believes that pets should not be considered property was dealt a setback in federal court when a judge threw out his legal case challenging D.C. law that forbids him from denying "ownership" of his beagle.

October 21, 2014

D.C. mayoral hopefuls Muriel Bowser and David Catania spar on education, homelessness

The District's mayoral candidates showed rare distinctions on policies over education and homelessness Wednesday during their third debate, which featured several jabs but fewer sharp exchanges than their previous encounters.

October 15, 2014

Police building murder case against mother of missing Montgomery County children

Montgomery County police say they are working to build a homicide case against the mother of two Clarksburg children who have been missing for more than a week.

September 15, 2014

Thousands of bikers roll into D.C. in remembrance of Sept. 11 terror attacks

Thousands of bikers from around the country rolled gathered outside the District Thursday and rolled into the city in remembrance of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

September 11, 2014

Mother of missing children may have been off psychiatric medication for weeks

A Montgomery County woman wanted in connection with the disappearance of her two small children may have been off her medications for as long as two weeks before she and the children were last seen, her father said Thursday.

September 11, 2014

Poll: Gillespie trails Warner by 20 points in Virginia Senate race

Ed Gillespie trails Sen. Mark R. Warner by more than 20 points in the Virginia Senate contest, according to a poll released Wednesday that suggests the Republican hopeful has made no progress closing the gap against the Democratic incumbent in the nine months since announcing his candidacy.

September 10, 2014

Police seek missing 12-year-old Wheaton boy

Montgomery County police are looking for a Wheaton boy who has been missing since Friday.

September 10, 2014

Criminal charges filed against mother of missing Montgomery County children

Montgomery County police on Wednesday obtained an arrest warrant for a Clarksburg woman being sought in connection with the disappearance of her two young children.

September 10, 2014

Poll: Virginia voters agree with verdict in McDonnell case

A majority of Virginia voters think a federal jury in Richmond got it right when they convicted former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, on public corruption charges last week, a new poll says.

September 9, 2014

D.C. fire official in charge of fleet got $40k in raises while trucks, ambulances deteriorated

The senior D.C. fire official who oversees the department's beleaguered vehicle fleet collected $40,000 in pay raises in a year that saw the agency's ambulances and firetrucks draw headlines for mechanical breakdowns and deteriorating conditions.

September 8, 2014

Supreme Court halts legalization of gay marriage in Virginia

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay Wednesday halting gay marriage from taking effect in Virginia this week, signaling the justices are inching closer to taking up a case that could definitively decide between the rights of states to recognize marriages and the federal government's guarantee of equal protection.

August 20, 2014