STRUCK BY CAR, MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE OFFICER FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE

He's passionate about getting them off the road, said Officer John Romack, who trained Leotta... READ MORE›

AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP PRESIDENT'S PARENTS SAY SHE IS NOT BLACK AND WAS BORN WHITE

Rachel Dolezal American civil rights group president's parents say she is not black and was born white... READ MORE›

KIDNAPPED WOMAN FOUND SAFE AFTER PHILADELPHIA STREET ABDUCTION

Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, 22, was snatched from a Philadelphia street on Sunday night... READ MORE›

THIS WHITE NATIONALIST WHO SHOVED A TRUMP PROTESTER MAY BE THE NEXT DAVID DUKE

At Poolesville High, Heimbach tried to start a white student union after a similar group was formed for African American students... READ MORE›

TEENAGE GIRL SURVIVES PLANE CRASH AND WALKS FOR DAYS THROUGH WILDERNESS TO SAFETY

The teenager, from Bellingham, Washington, was driven 30 miles to a general store at the isolated village of Mazama, where staff called emergency services... READ MORE›

MOUNT ST. MARY'S FACULTY ASKS PRESIDENT TO RESIGN BY MONDAY MORNING

Mount St. Mary's faculty asks president to resign by Monday morning... READ MORE›

WASHINGTON IS EXPECTED TO JUST KEEP ON GROWING -- TO NEARLY 1 MILLION RESIDENTS

The District's population is projected to rise to 987,000 by 2045 and nearly overtake Prince George's County... READ MORE›

WASHINGTON STATE NAACP CHAPTER LEADER INVESTIGATED OVER RACIAL IDENTITY

NAACP Spokane Washington Branch President Rachel Dolezal is enduring a legal issue with her family, and we respect her privacy in this matter, the NAACP said... READ MORE›

LISTEN TO AUTUMN VEATCH'S 911 CALL AFTER SURVIVING PLANE CRASH IN WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS

Autumn had no life-threatening injuries but was dehydrated and suffering from a treatable muscle tissue breakdown caused by vigorous exercise without food or water medics said... READ MORE›

FREIGHT TRAIN LEAKS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AFTER DERAILING NEAR WASHINGTON DC

A freight train derailed close to Washington DC early Sunday and is leaking hazardous material and causing disruption in the area of the capital... READ MORE›

STUBBORNLY UNINFORMED DONALD TRUMP CONFUSES DOMESTIC TERRORISM WITH MIGRATION

Trump is using the New York New Jersey bombing to step up his calls for a crackdown on migration... READ MORE›

MARYLAND IS ONE OF THE STATES WHERE A WATCH-LIST GUN BAN FAILED

The Sandy Hook shootings did spur Maryland to enact some of the nation's strictest firearms restrictions in 2013... READ MORE›

WHITE NAACP LEADER POSED AS AFRICAN-AMERICAN, PARENTS SAY

With coils of dark hair and tawny skin Rachel Dolezal 37 built a career as an activist in the black community of Spokane Washington... READ MORE›

HELICOPTER CRASHES ON TRAIN TRACKS NEAR BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON AIRPORT

An Amtrak spokeswoman said that by mid-afternoon all service had resumed between the two cities... READ MORE›

23 HOMES LOST IN WASHINGTON STATE WILDFIRE; RESIDENTS TOLD TO FLEE

Washington experienced its worst wildfire season on record last year, with the Carlton Complex fires blackening 250,000 acres 100,000 hectares ... READ MORE›

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Larry W. Menefee, 43, was booked into the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, and charged with driving under the influence, Virginia State Police said... READ MORE›

EXECUTIVE JET CRASH KILLS MOTHER AND TWO CHILDREN IN THEIR HOME, THREE ON BOARD

Health Decisions of Durham, North Carolina, said in a news release that doctor Michael Rosenberg was among those killed... READ MORE›

WASHINGTON FIRESTORM SCORCHES 3000 ACRES, BURNS 24 HOMES

Homes destroyed by the Sleepy Hollow fire in Wenatchee, Washington... READ MORE›

MARYLAND POLICE ARRESTED 'FEDERAL OFFICER' SUSPECTED OF KILLING THREE PEOPLE IN TWO DAYS

Montgomery County police responded to reports of an 11 am shooting outside Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda... READ MORE›

ROADWAY SHOOTING NEAR SILVER SPRING LEADS TO HEAD-ON COLLISION, POLICE SAY

The woman suffered serious injuries and was flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital, police said... READ MORE›

MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE CHARGE MAN AFTER CHASE ON BELTWAY

Police said suspect pointed a gun at a man during pursuit that began after a drug deal in Prince George's County... READ MORE›

MELANIA TRUMP FILES $150M SUIT OVER ESCORT SERVICE REPORT

Melania Trump files 150M suit over escort service report... READ MORE›

A team of NTSB investigators recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from the plane's wreckage... READ MORE›

WASHINGTON FIRESTORM SCORCHES 3000 ACRES, BURNS 24 HOMES

Homes destroyed by the Sleepy Hollow fire in Wenatchee, Washington... READ MORE›

MELANIA TRUMP SUES OVER 'TREMENDOUSLY DAMAGING' ESCORT REPORTS

The lawsuit was filed in state circuit court in Montgomery County, Maryland... READ MORE›

BROTHERS ACCUSED IN RECORDING THE ATTACK THAT LEFT OFFICER DEAD

Michael Ford, 22, remained hospitalized after he was shot during the gunbattle with police on Sunday afternoon outside a station in Landover, a Washington suburb... READ MORE›

3 BROTHERS INDICTED IN FATAL MARYLAND POLICE STATION ATTACK

Michael Ford, 21-year-old Malik Ford and 18-year-old Elijah Ford were all indicted on attempted murder charges... READ MORE›

PRINCE GEORGE'S OFFICER FIRES AT SUSPECT. NO ONE REPORTED HIT.

Of a man with a gun in the area of Audrey Lane, and Indian Head Highway... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP'S WIFE SUES DAILY MAIL ONLINE OVER 'ESCORT' REPORTS

The Daily Mail retracted a story in a posting on its website on Thursday... READ MORE›

MELANIA TRUMP SUES DAILY MAIL FOR $150M OVER 'DEFAMATORY' STORIES INTERPRETED AS SUGGESTING SHE HAD WORKED AS AN 'ESCORT'

The attorney for Mrs Trump said that the wife of US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had found stories about her past to be tremendously damaging ... READ MORE›