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Maryland
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's beleaguered subway system will endure a year of rolling shutdowns and slowdowns in an effort to catch up on maintenance and improve safety and reliability. Metro's general manager, Paul Wiedefeld, said Friday that his plan calls for squeezing three years' worth of
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has joined forces with Democratic leaders Robert DeLeo, the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to oppose a likely ballot question asking voters to make retail marijuana sales legal in the state. The three officials have previously voiced opposition
Massachusetts
BOSTON — Call it punishment by association. A day after the Boston Globe reported that Gov. Charlie Baker would be speaking at a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition along with several conservative leaders, the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, which had proudly billed Baker as one of its
congress
WASHINGTON – A shooting at the U.S. Capitol Monday afternoon left a suspect wounded and in custody, while a bystander was also injured, police said. A notification sent to Senate offices said no further suspects appeared to be at large.
Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ted Cruz embraced Jeb Bush's endorsement on Wednesday and claimed he could build a broad coalition capable of beating Hillary Clinton in the fall — if only he can climb past the surging Republican presidential front-runner, Donald Trump. Clinton won in Arizona, maintaining a lopsided advantage over
Donald Trump
SUN CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Fearful of a Donald Trump nomination to lead the GOP, conservative leaders huddled privately in Washington on Thursday in search of a plan to stop the billionaire businessman. His Republican rivals braced for another Trump victory next week, this time in delegate-rich Arizona. The GOP has
Maryland
WASHINGTON (AP) — Commuters in the nation's capital returned to their regular routines Thursday morning after an unprecedented daylong shutdown of the Washington subway system that revealed more than two dozen places in need of urgent repair. The Metro system reopened at 5 a.m. Thursday, and the morning
crime
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A man accused of shooting at a Maryland police station in an attempt to provoke officers to kill him has been charged with second-degree murder, police and prosecutors said Wednesday. Michael Ford, 22, is facing 25 charges, also including attempted murder and conspiracy, in the shootout
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