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82-year-old’s Cadillac had run out of gas at Veterans Parkway and Annapolis Road. More »Landover-area man is found in his car after Silver Alert issued

Counselor says voices, apparitions and premonitions can be a crucial aspect of grieving and healing. More »On Memorial Day weekend, families discuss feeling the presence of lost military members

For the smallest providers, the demise of D.C.’s biggest Medicaid contractor presents an urgent question: How to make ends meet? More »D.C.’s Medicaid upheaval puts health-care providers in a tight spot

It started more than a decade ago, a few hundred motorcycle riders looking for an informal group to join for a 20-mile trip through Northern Virginia to the Pentagon, where nearly a half-million fellow … More »Patriots ride again in Fairfax, taking community along with them

Senators voted 97-0 Thursday to confirm Srikanth Srinivasan to a judgeship on the vitally important U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia after Republicans relented and allowed the vote to … More »Senate OKs judge for D.C. circuit on 97-0 vote

A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed. Richard J. Curl, who last year was … More »Swim coach sentenced to 7 years for sex abuse

Police in Baltimore County are investigating the shooting of a bouncer outside a bar in Halethorpe early Saturday morning. More »Bouncer Shot Outside Maryland Bar

Start growing your "rally goatees." Photo Credit: Getty Images More »Davey Johnson Not Shaving Until Nats Start Hitting

A spokesman for the University of Maryland disclosed Friday that former swimming and diving coach Rick Curl admitted to having sex with an underage girl in 1988. More »U. of Maryland Knew of Curl's Sex With Minor in '88

The accident occurred at the intersection of 23rd Street and Constitution Avenue NW. More »Motorcyclist Struck And Killed Near Lincoln Memorial

The ferry cannot operate due to high winds. More »Cape May-Lewes Ferry Closed Saturday

WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9) - Streets downtown will be closed for Rolling Thunder events this Memorial Day weekend. More »Downtown Street Closures for Rolling Thunder Events This Memorial Day Weekend

Hussein Ibish has beef with venerable upper Northwest book shop Politics & Prose. In Issue No. 22 of magazine The Baffler , Ibish, a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine, tells a story … More »Did Politics & Prose Boot a Customer for Inquiring About the Marquis de Sade?

The Washington Post has a new managing editor, replacing John Temple , who left the paper in March . Emilio Garcia-Ruiz will lead the Post 's "digital initiatives and operations, video, the presentation … More »Emilio Garcia-Ruiz Named Post Managing Editor

This week the team behind Dupont Circle's Scion and Crios Modern Mexican opened a new location in Silver Spring. More »New Scion Opens in Silver Spring

- Federal officials say there was a close call between a military helicopter and an airliner coming in to land at Reagan National Airport. More »Close call between helicopter, airliner at Reagan

A silver alert has been issued for a 79-year-old Baltimore County man. Police are asking for assistance in finding James Maynor of Dundalk, Md. More »Silver Alert issued for Baltimore County man

One person suffered life-threatening injuries and two other people were hurt when four motorcycles were involved in a pair of chain-reaction crashes early Saturday afternoon on Route 66 in Fairfax County, … More »Three injured in motorcycle crash on I-66

Teachers and a Board of Education member are challenging County Commissioner Michael McKay’s characterization of a letter he received from a teacher as an attack on his family. More »Teachers slam McKay on letter remark

The sixth annual DelFest at the Allegany County Fairgrounds progressed into Saturday afternoon of the Memorial Day weekend and the weather warmed. Cumberland got mighty cold Friday night as festivalgoers … More »DelFest offers more than just bluegrass music

For the time being, I’m going to drop being a reporter covering DelFest for a moment and approach the community I grew up in and currently reside in from an opportunity perspective that shoots from the … More »It’s high time for DelFest to fire up local economy

Talent and depth usually turn out to be a recipe for success in sports. The Bowie High School girls’ track and field team put both traits on display on their way to capturing the state Class 4A outdoor … More »Gazette.Net: Bowie girls run away with state track title

The Northwest High School boys track and field team scored a total of 10 points during last year’s state championship meet. That landed the Jaguars in 24th place. More »Gazette.Net: Northwest boys win first ever state track title

It was when Thomas S. Wootton High School's Urgy Eado handed the baton off to the best 800 meter runner in the state, Josh Trzeciak, that Montgomery County officially shut the door on every other area … More »Gazette.Net: Distance dominates at state meet