DC to Cut Bus Driver Hours Or Furlough Workers
As school bus ridership drops dramatically in the summer, District officials are considering either cutting driver hours or forcing summer furloughs. There are a total of 1570 drivers covering 600...
View Article7 Hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide at Nat'l Press Club
Seven people are recovering in the hospital after they were sickened by carbon monoxide at the National Press Club in Northwest D.C. They were overcome by the gas Monday night while removing asbestos...
View ArticleFairfax Team Ready to Help Okla. First Responders
A local search and rescue team is ready to head to Oklahoma if additional help is needed during recovery efforts. Fifty-one people, including 20 children, were killed after a massive two-mile-wide...
View ArticleSeveral Protestors Arrested Outside Dept. of Justice
Several protesters were arrested Tuesday morning outside the Department of Justice in Northwest D.C. Members of the Home Defenders League set up a small encampment overnight to protest the home...
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Former Hero Officer Accused of Raping Women, Held on $60M Bail
A former Philadelphia police officer, once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the First Lady at a speech by President Barack Obama, is scheduled for another court appearance in June. Richard...
View ArticleRaw: Massive Funnel Clouds in Oklahoma
Massive funnel clouds were videotaped in Oklahoma on Monday. One massive tornado struck Moore, near Oklahoma City, killing more than 50 people.Photo Credit: AP
View ArticleRaw: Widespread Destruction in Moore, Okla.
This aerial photo shows the remains of houses in Moore, Okla., following a tornado Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods,...
View ArticleFederally Contracted Workers Strike in D.C.
About 200 federally contracted workers staged strikes around D.C. to protest low wages Tuesday. In support of the Good Jobs Nation campaign, the workers protested outside the Reagan Building, the...
View ArticleCould Va.'s Surprise GOP Lt. Gov. Pick Hurt Cuccinelli?
On Monday, First Read DMV wrote about the incendiary remarks made by the surprise GOP nominee for lieutenant governor, E.W. Jackson, in the past. The comments include one in which he compares Planned...
View ArticleNats' Mattheus Breaks Hand Punching Locker
The Nationals' season has certainly not gone the way they or anybody would have expected on Opening Day. Washington has lost seven of its last 10 -- including its last three by a combined score of 23-5...
View ArticleAdorable Disabled Pig Grows Star Power
Catch up with YouTube sensation Chris P. Bacon. A YouTube video turned the pig into an Internet sensation five months ago. Since then, he's gained size and increased his public profile. Michelle...
View ArticleCar Plows Into Adelphi Dry Cleaning Business
Prince George's County fire officials say the driver who crashed into an Adelphi dry cleaning business may have suffered a medical emergency. The car hit the building, located in the 2200 block of...
View ArticleLaptop Battery Starts Manassas House Fire
An overheated laptop started a fire in a Manassas home Monday night. Crews were called to the 9000 block of Sandalwood Drive around 9:45 p.m., Manassas spokeswoman Patty Prince said. Fire...
View ArticleMiami Face Mauling Victim Releases Video Message
Nearly a year after his face was horribly maimed in a vicious attack on the MacArthur Causeway, Ronald Poppo spoke publicly for the first time in a video released by Jackson Memorial Hospital Tuesday....
View ArticleD.C. Woman Pleads Guilty in Fatal Pedestrian Accident
The Southwest D.C. woman accused of fatally striking a 58-year-old woman last month pleaded guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge Tuesday. Maria Werts, 49, admitted to drinking alcohol and...
View ArticleMan Wanted for Throwing Rocks at Montgomery Co. Home
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man wanted for tossing large rocks at a Montgomery County home in April. According to John Fitzgerald with the Chevy Chase Village Police...
View ArticleSubstitute Teacher Charged With Assault
A substitute teacher in Locust Grove, Va. was arrested Saturday and charged with assaulting several students in a sixth-grade math class. Laurie Millard, 49, was charged with six counts each of...
View ArticleVoters Head to Polls for Historic L.A. Mayor's Race
After two years of campaigning bolstered by record contributions, the mayoral race between City Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel comes to a close Tuesday as voters take to the...
View ArticleHow to Help Victims of the Oklahoma Tornado
The best way to help the victims of the Oklahoma tornadoes? Give cash. Though many well-meaning people may want to give food, clothing or gifts, relief organizations say it's money that makes their...
View ArticlePerson Struck By School Bus Identified
Police identified a jogger struck by a school bus in North Potomac as a 42-year-old Maryland man. The accident was called in just after 2:30 p.m. when a school bus struck Jason Alexander Estebrook near...
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