Opinions Split at Connecticut Gun Control Hearing
The wait to get into the legislative office building in Hartford for a hearing of the Bipartisan Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety, was around two hours and 1,300 members of...
View ArticleThe Super Bowl Commercial Pre-Game Show
Volkswagen’s latest Super Bowl ad features reggae great Jimmy Cliff channeling the Partridge Family as he urges the crying cat lady, the screaming politician and others who became improbable Internet...
View ArticleBarnes and Noble to Close 30% of Stores: Report
The book store chain Barnes and Nobles plans to close as many as a third of its retail stores over the next decade according to a published report. The article in Monday’s Wall Street Journal said the...
View ArticleVa. Senate Panel Backs Smoking in Car Restriction
A Virginia Senate committee has endorsed legislation making it illegal for adults to smoke with kids in the car. The Courts of Justice Committee voted 10-5 Monday to send Sen. Ralph Northam's bill to...
View ArticleFour Teens Charged in String of Burglaries
A Columbia man and four teenagers have been charged with burglarizing a string of businesses in Howard County. The youngest suspects -- a 13-year-old and two 14-year-olds -- were taken into custody...
View ArticleTeen Murder Victim's Sister Testifies in Baltimore
The first witnesses took the stand today in the trial of a man accused of killing a North Carolina teen in Baltimore. Michael Johnson is accused of killing 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes in December 2010....
View Article"Shacking Up" May Soon Be Legal in Virginia
It may soon be legal to "shack up" in Virginia, according to the Washington Post. A Senate committee advanced a bill repealing the state's 136-year-old law against unmarried couples living together....
View ArticleNightclub Safety 101
Firefighters work to douse a fire at the Kiss Club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. Firefighters say that the death toll from a fire that swept through a...
View ArticleSaved By the Door
Police in Prince George's County talk about the door that saved the lives of officers in the middle of a drug bust. News4's Pat Collins reports.Photo Credit: NBCWashington.com
View ArticleJury Deliberates in Officer Murder Trial
The jury in the murder trial of former Culpeper Town Police Officer Daniel Harmon-Wright goes home without a verdict on the first day of deliberations. News4 Northern Virginia Bureau reporter David...
View ArticleMd. Lawmakers Remember Trailblazing African-American Delegate
Former Maryland Delegate Christine Jones died in the aftermath of a house fire, and leaves behind a legacy of breaking barriers for African-Americans and women in local politics. News4 Prince George's...
View ArticleLocal Activists Call for Action on Immigration Reform
Could 2013 be the year the nation's immigration laws are overhauled? Congress and the White House appear ready to work on a new deal for the first time since 2007. Local immigration activists say...
View ArticleLocal Scout Pack Stands Up to Ban on Gay Scouts, Leaders
News 4's Jackie Bensen reports on a Cub Scout pack that recently found itself in the middle of a controversy over the ban of gay scouts and scout leaders.
View ArticleMd.’s Dream Act Helped Immigration Reform Momentum
Maryland’s Dream Act helped create the momentum that led to the renewed immigration reform effort. A bipartisan group of senators Monday unveiled the most ambitious immigration reform package since the...
View ArticleStudents in Arlington Get Unexpected 3-Day Weekend
Most children in the area enjoyed a two-hour delay to the start of the school week due to the icy conditions Monday morning, but one school system gave its students the whole day off from classes....
View ArticleLocal Teacher Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges
An elementary school teacher who most recently worked in Bethesda, Md., took a plea deal in connection to child porn charges, stemming from abusive acts he allegedly taped overseas with preschool...
View ArticleMurder Trial of Ex-Police Officer Goes to Jury
The jury is deliberating in the murder trial of former Culpeper Town Police Officer Daniel Harmon-Wright. Harmon-Wright is charged in the Feb. 9, 2012, murder of Patricia Cook. Attorneys on both sides...
View ArticleHeavy Door Stops Bullet Fired at Police
Police in Prince George's County may owe their lives to a special security addition at apartments where they were conducting a drug raid. While executing a search warrant at Regency Point Apartments in...
View ArticleCub Scouts Pack Takes on Ban on Gays, Lesbians
Normally the focus would be on the upcoming Pinewood Derby, but a local Cub Scouts pack is looking at being part of history. The leadership of Cub Pack 442 in the Cloverly area of Montgomery County --...
View ArticleNeuvirth Remains Constant For Capitals
There are several signs that tell us that it's hockey season in Washington, D.C. The brutal humidity of summer transitions into the crispness of fall (or in the case of a locked-out season, the...
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