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Prince Georges court to hear lawsuit over University of Marylands exit from ACC
A $52 million Atlantic Coast Conference penalty against the University of Maryland for exiting the ACC in favor of the Big Ten Conference in 2014 is going to trial in Upper Marlboro, the Associated Press reported. To be heard in Prince George's County Circuit Court, the lawsuit, if decided in the ACC's favor, could wipe out most of the university's athletic ...
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Poor hit hardest by Washington budget cuts
As the sequester continues, the poor, sick and elderly are taking a deeper hit from federal spending cuts with less money going to programs like Meals on ...
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Suspect in Czech family killings arrested in Washington -police
PRAGUE (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have arrested a man wanted for murdering four members of a family in the Czech Republic, Czech police said on ...
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Six Metro Stations Closed for Memorial Day Weekend
On the Orange Line, the Vienna, Dunn Loring and West Falls Church stations will be closed. The Shady Grove and Rockville stations will be closed on the Red ...
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White House welcomes Burmese president as new ally in “pivot to Asia”
A meeting between US President Barack Obama and Burmese President Thein Sein in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday signalled Washington's embrace of the Burmese military-dominated government, as part of its efforts to strategically encircle China. Thein Sein is the first Burmese leader to be hosted in the White House since former junta leader General Ne Win's visit in 1966. ...
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Drivers escape death as Washington state bridge on route to Canada collapses
In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, a rescue boat approaches the scene where a pickup truck and travel trailer, seen at left, and a car fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (Francisco ...
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IRS official defies Washington
Lois Lerner isn’t leaving the IRS without a fight.The civil servant who has found herself at the center of the agency’s tea party-targeting scandal was placed on administrative leave Thursday. The move came a day after Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ...
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95th anniversary of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic marked in Washington
Azerbaijani embassy in the United States has organized a reception in Washington to mark 95th anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. The event brought together high-ranking officials from the US presidential office, a number of Congress members, representatives of the US army, diplomatic missions accredited in the US including those belonging to Azerbaijan, Turkey and also Jewish ...
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In the Spotlight LeAnn Wilson Association for Career and Technical Education
LeAnn Wilson, Association for Career and Technical Education This week's edition of "In the Spotlight" features LeAnn Wilson, executive director of the Association for Career and Technical Education in Alexandria. Wilson was promoted from interim executive director. Want to be considered for a future "In the Spotlight" feature? Submit your announcements here or email ...
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Bridge collapse in Washington raises construction fears – video
Rescuers check water beneath a four-lane highway bridge that collapsed halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, British Colombia, on Thursday. The accident on the Skagit River bridge sent vehicles and people into the water, leaving three injured. Questions are being raised about safety measures around the US's infrastructure, as the bridge had a sufficiency rating of just 57.4 out of ...
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I-5 bridge collapse sends cars into Washington river
The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River north of Seattle collapsed shortly after 7 p.m. on May 23, 2013, sending cars into the water. ...
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Zeta leader admits killing ICE agent in Mexican ambush
A commander in the Mexican drug gang Los Zetas Thursday admitted he led an ambush that killed one U.S. agent and left another seriously injured. Julian Zapata Espinoza, also known as "Piolin," 32, pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila ...
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Bridge collapses in Washington people in water
The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said. The four-lane bridge collapsed about 7 p.m., Trooper Mark Francis said. Francis said he had no immediate estimate of how many people were in the water or whether there were any injuries or deaths. He did not know what caused ...
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Three pulled from water after Washington bridge collapse
Source: Twitter Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in a rural area north of Seattle has collapsed, sending vehicles and people into the frigid water below, authorities ...
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Bridge collapses in Washington state cars fall into river
Vehicles Part of a road bridge has collapsed into the Skagit River in the state of Washington, sending some cars into the water. No fatalities were reported, and it was not immediately clear why the bridge collapsed. Three people were rescued from the water hospitalized, the Seattle Times reported.Rescue crews are searching for survivors in the water, the Skagit Valley Herald reported. A ...
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National Briefing | Washington Cartel Chief Admits Deadly Ambush
immigration agents. The plea involved a February 2011 episode when two hit squads from the cartel Los Zetas forced an armored American government vehicle off a highway near Mexico City. The Zetas commander, Julian Zapata Espinoza, ordered the agents, Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila, out of the car. When they refused, gunmen fired, killing Mr. Zapata and wounding Mr. Avila. Mr. Espinoza, who was ...
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Major bridge collapses in Washington
The Skagit County Sherrif Department has confirmed that three people have been rescued from the water after both the north and southbound lanes of the Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge collapsed Thursday evening (local time).The collapse happened south of Burlington and north of Mount Vernon just after 7pm local time.Associated Press reported a rescue boat and crews were looking for people in the ...
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Live Cicada Cam Shows 17 Year Dormant Insects Invading Washington D.C.
The last time cicadas came above ground in the mid-atlantic region, gas was $1.15/gal, Ask Jeeves was released, Jerry Maguire & Independence day were the blockbuster movies of the summer. The insect oddity will be invading towns up and down the east coast as the summer wears on. With millions expected to come above ground to mate, die, then the send their off spring back below ground to ...
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Sewage and Fresh Rat Droppings In This Weeks Food Alert
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9) - In Fairfax Station, Virginia, health inspectors shut down the Smoothie Bar at Gold's Gym on Ox Road. Officials cited the gym because it had no one trained in food safety and it didn't track employee diseases that could be transmitted through food. Inspectors also cited the Rite Aid on Washington Boulevard in Arlington because none of its workers were ...
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Bridge collapse on Washington interstate drops cars into water
The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the water. Trooper Mark Francis said the four-lane bridge collapsed about 7 p.m. PT, closing all northbound and southbound lanes between Burlington and Mount ...
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Boehner Committee Can Decide Whether to Subpoena Communications Between IRS and White House
- Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he will let the House Ways and Means Committee determine whether to subpoena crucial documents from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the White House that would reveal what the administration knew about the agency's targeting of conservative groups. The ...
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Zimmerman hosts MS fundraiser at Nationals Park
Ryan Zimmerman's mother (second from right) was diagnosed with MS in 1995. (MLB.com) WASHINGTON -- The Nationals didn't arrive back home from a grueling 10-game West Coast trip until around 4 a.m. ET on Thursday, but several players still turned out to Nationals Park to support Ryan Zimmerman's fourth annual "A Night at the Park" fundraiser. The event, hosted by ...
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Tribute for Slain Honors Student at Central High Graduation
A tribute was held Thursday for a local high school student at the graduation he never got to attend. Markell Ross was shot and killed while walking to school back in September. News4's Prince George's County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins was at the graduation as Ross' mother accepted his ...
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Jonetta Rose Barras CFO surprise Not really
Gandhi reportedly failed to collect as much as $100 million in recordation taxes from certain refinanced commercial properties; he claimed there was some misinterpretation of the law. The council ultimately made clear in the fiscal year 2013 budget it expects the CFO to levy and collect that ...
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UPDATE 1-Pentagon sees doubled cost for rocket launch program
Thu May 23, 2013 9:27pm EDT By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON May 23 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday told Congress that a recent restructuring of its heavy rocket launch program to add 60 more launches and extend the schedule for a decade would more than double the program's projected cost to $70.7 billion. The Defense Department's annual report to Congress on major arms programs ...
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