Category Archives: Local News

LAUREL, Md. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.The galactic slam occurred at a harmless ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will announce a new initiative Monday that would eventually allow consumers to see a more complete price on airline tickets - including baggage and change fees - ...

SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) - A 4-year-old boy was shot and killed at a home in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia on Sunday night, police said.The Suffolk 911 Center received a call around 9 p.m. reporting a...

ANNAPOLIS, MD-Governor Larry Hogan today concluded his economic development mission to Asia-the final trade mission of his time in office-by visiting U.S. servicemembers in Japan at Yokota Air Ba...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House will become a concert venue Friday evening when Elton John performs. The event is called "A Night When Hope and History Rhyme," a reference to a poem by Sea...

WASHINGTON (AP) - An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years has been released in exchange for a convicted Taliban drug lord jailed in the United States, the ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - UPS is delivering for Boeing, helping boost the aircraft maker's August sales numbers with an order for cargo planes.Boeing said Tuesday that it took orders for 26 planes net las...

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Fairfax County's Board of Supervisors has voted to change the name of two major highways recognizing Confederate generals.The 9-1 vote Tuesday would change the name of Lee Highway ...

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - In a universe of cloud computing, northern Virginia might be in a perpetual fog.More of the data centers that feed the cloud are clustered in the region outside the nation's capit...

ELK MILLS, Md. (AP) - The fatal shooting of a Maryland couple and their three children at their home last week is considered a murder-suicide, officials announced Monday.The investigation is continuin...