Redskins' Jenkins Suspended Four Games
Training camp is two days old, and already the Redskins find themselves in a predicament. Defensive end Jarvis Jenkins has been suspended by the NFL for four games for violation of the league's policy...
View Article5 Awkward Press Conferences from Political Sex Scandals
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner raised eyebrows on Friday when, instead of announcing his resignation, he told the press that he will check himself in for two weeks of intensive therapy amid allegations of...
View ArticleMetro Weekend Work: Four Stations Closed
Four Metro stations will be closed this weekend and moderate delays should be expected on the Red, Orange and Green lines. On the Orange Line, the Vienna, Dunn Loring, West Falls Church and East...
View ArticleDozens of Demonstrators Arrested in Downtown D.C.
Officials confirm 55 people demonstrating the Keystone XL Pipeline were arrested after refusing to leave a building in Downtown D.C. The group rushed an office building lobby in the 1700 block of Eye...
View Article"Out of Office" Email Gets Political with Vacation
Remember the good ol' school days? When it was guaranteed that there would always be three months off for summer, one week off in the spring and a host of "teacher work days" in between? In this...
View ArticleConstruction Causing Delays on SE/SW Freeway
Lane closures and delays along the Southwest/Southeast Freeway are giving D.C. drivers headaches. D.C. Department of Transportation crews are installing new electronic signs near the South Capitol...
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Couple of 75 Years Die a Day Apart
Born on the same date and married for 75 years, a Long Beach, Calif., husband and wife died one day apart earlier this month. Helen and Les Brown, high school sweethearts who celebrated three-quarters...
View ArticleFrederick Swears in County’s First Female Fire Chief
Frederick city leaders swore in their first unified fire chief Thursday. Denise Pouget will be in charge of both the career and volunteer firefighters in Frederick County, Md. Pouget served as a...
View Article2 Sites Considered for Hospital in Prince George’s
The decision about where a new regional medical center will be built in Prince George’s County is expected any day now. Two sites are in the running: The old Landover Mall location just off the Beltway...
View ArticleTractor Trailer, Train Collide in Virginia
Although there were no injuries reported, motorists can expect heavy delays Friday evening along Route 29 due to a crash involving a tractor trailer and a train. Ramps from Interstate 66 eastbound and...
View ArticleMd. Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Abuse of Unconscious Woman
A Maryland man pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in her southeast D.C. home. Antawon Randall, 28, of Capitol Heights, attended a party at the apartment of the victim...
View ArticleSlain Alexandria Man Remembered by Friends, Family
Bradley Bostick's family and friends gathered in Alexandria Friday night to pay their final respects. Bostick was found shot and killed in the stairwell of an apartment complex on North Armistead...
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View ArticleThousands of Bees Attack North Texas Woman, Kill Horses
A North Texas woman is recovering following an attack from a swarm of bees that killed her two horses. The attack happened Wednesday evening behind a Pantego home in the 2500 block of Miller Lane,...
View ArticleMia Farrow's Brother Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse
John Charles Villiers-Farrow, the brother of movie star Mia Farrow, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of child abuse. Villiers-Farrow had been charged with 39 counts of molestation of two 10-year-old...
View ArticleTwo Greenbelt Speed Cameras Invalid for a Month
If you've gotten caught by a speed camera in Greenbelt, Md., you may be off the hook. Greenbelt police told The Gazette it is voiding more than 660 tickets and drivers are being reimbursed more than...
View ArticleDispatcher Helps Dad Deliver Baby Along Interstate 91
A state police dispatcher talked a new dad through the delivery of his newborn daughter early this morning along Interstate 91. Curt Walker was driving his wife, Natalie, to St. Francis Hospital for...
View ArticleMan Allegedly Sexually Assaults 9-Year-Old Girl
A 27-year-old man is in jail for allegedly sexually assaulting a young girl on Friday. Investigators said Demetrius Littlejohn approached the girl from behind just after noon Friday near 7th and H...
View ArticleTwo Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash
Police said two people were killed Friday evening in Howard County, Md. after a car ran into a tree. Police say the crash occurred about 7 p.m. Friday when the driver of a 2003 Volkswagen Jetta was...
View ArticleJudge Orders Feds to Return Stripper’s $1M
An exotic dancer from Southern California will get back her more than $1 million in life savings that a Nebraska state trooper seized during a traffic stop last year, after a federal judge said...
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