Rachel Baye

Published: Sat, May 25, 2013

Prince George's County Police on Saturday have identified the second of two suspects in an armed carjacking that occured earlier this week. Police believe 20-year-old Christopher DeWayne Barnes, of the 1500 block of Alabama Avenue in Southeast Washington, collaborated with 17-year-old Malik...

Rachel Baye

Published: Sat, May 25, 2013

Police identify car thief Prince George's County Police on Saturday have identified the second of two suspects in an armed carjacking earlier this week. Police believe 20-year-old Christopher DeWayne Barnes, of the 1500 block of Alabama Avenue in Southeast Washington, collaborated with...

Kate Jacobson

Published: Sat, May 25, 2013

Anyone looking to take a smoke break in any of Montgomery County's parks or bus hangers, or outside county courthouses, might want to think again, as the county's more widespread smoking ban goes into effect on Monday. The ban prohibits smoking on all county-owned properties except public...

Matt Connolly

Published: Sat, May 25, 2013

While many Prince George's County officials have thrown their weight behind Greenbelt as a landing place for the new FBI headquarters, a massive Canadian developer is looking to change their minds. The Walton Group's proposal would swap part of its planned 479-acre Westphalia Town Center for...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Sat, May 25, 2013

Carroll County officials have taken a stand against Maryland's tough new gun law, voting to support law enforcement officials who use discretion in choosing when to enforce it. The Board of County Commissioners unanimously passed a Second Amendment Preservation Resolution, stating that it...

Naomi Jagoda

Yesterday

A 20-year-old man was taken into custody after using a hatchet to kill another man in Gaithersburg, police said. Claude Alexander Allen III was charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of 25-year-old Michael Phillip Harvey, court records show. Shortly after midnight, Allen called 911...

Matt Connolly

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

Teenage birth rates dropped in D.C. and nearly every other state from 2007 to 2011, with the country as a whole hitting a record low, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 42.8 births per 1,000 teenagers ages 15 to 19 in the District in...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

Team's top five scorers all hail from Maryland The University of Maryland has long been a recruiting force in women's lacrosse, dominating its home state but also cherry-picking national talent and even plucking a select few of the sport's top players from overseas. The program's signature...

Naomi Jagoda

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

A former Northern Virginia swim coach whose club has produced six Olympians was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for sexually abusing a girl whom he coached in the 1980s. Rick Curl, 63, pleaded guilty in February and was sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court. The conviction...

Kate Jacobson

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

Montgomery County taxpayers will begin paying higher property taxes on July 1 as the County Council approved a $4.8 billion budget on Thursday that includes multimillion-dollar pay raises for members of three county labor unions. The county will spend about $34 million for pay increases...