SPORTS

Woods to sit out AT&T National at Congressional

Tiger Woods' sore left elbow will keep him out of competition until the British Open, meaning he wont play next week at the AT&T National at Congressional in Maryland.

BUSINESS

Report: Congress spent millions to pay down staffer student loans

The House of Representatives and U.S. Senate combined to spent more than $20 million to help pay down student loans for the staffers of congressmen, Federal Times reports.

Commute

3 pedestrians hurt in Mass. Ave. crash

Police say three pedestrians were hurt in a crash near Union Station in northwest Washington Wednesday.

BUSINESS

Delaware plans $8 million bailout for casinos

At a time when Maryland's casinos are pulling in record revenues with plans in the works to add a sixth gambling facility, Delaware is busy planning to bail out the three operating there.

CRIME

Italian court convicts Dolce, Gabanna on tax evasion

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, the famed Italian fashion designers, were convicted Wednesday of withholding more than $1 billion in income tax.

CRIME

Virgina inmate with Alexandria ties walks away from work unit

Virginia authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from a work unit in Weyers Cave, Va.

Commute

DDOT hosts meetings about future of Florida Ave.

DDOT will host the first of three public meetings Wednesday night on plans for Florida Avenue, Northeast. The meeting will focus on the future of Florida Avenue from New York Avenue to H Street and Benning Road.

WORLD

President Obama in Germany calls for nuclear stockpile reduction

Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time."

EDUCATION

MoCo schools cut positions to hire $165K chief of staff

Three full-time staff positions and nearly $70,000 in funding for part-timers have been cut to make way to hire a new chief of staff for Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua Starr, the Gazette says.

CRIME

Two more charged in shooting death of CUA student

Two more people were arrested Monday in the March shooting death of a 31-year-old man who was about to receive his degree from Catholic University.

WEATHER

Humidity on its way out, warm, comfortable weather in

Wednesday will bring partly cloudy skies, with less humidity and comfortable temps--highs will be near 80.

NATION

NSA surveillance saved lives, President Obama says

President Barack Obama says lives have been saved by sweeping surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency.

• NSA director says N.Y. Stock Exchange terror plot foiled
• Snowden slams Cheney, other critics in online Q&A

VIRGINIA

Muslim group tackles discrimination against local Muslim cab driver

For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape.

Health

Wake-up call: Starbucks to post calorie counts

Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks.

NATION

DAYBREAK DAILY: Maryland guns stolen or lost at alarming rate

The state has the third-highest number of such losses in the nation.

Commute

Report: Measles-infected traveler passed through Dulles

According to the Loudoun County Health Department, an overseas passenger who was infected with the disease was inside both the international terminal and baggage claim area between 6 and 9 p.m. on June 7.

• Measles cases reached 5-year high in 2012

NATION

Award-winning journalist killed in LA crash

Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles.

D.C.

D.C. Fire staffing concerns threaten Fourth of July celebration

Sources tell 7 On Your Side that the D.C. Fire Department, due to staffing and ambulance shortages, would not be able to provide coverage for the annual Fourth of July event on the National Mall. But soon after ABC7 got involved, things changed.

Commute

Amtrak: Subsidy cuts would jeopardize service

Amtrak's president says long-distance trains and some short-haul routes would be jeopardized and service in the busy Northeast corridor might have to be slowed if federal subsidy cuts proposed by a House subcommittee are realized.

Commute

VIDEO: Irate Dulles passenger taken down after slapping staff

An irate passenger at Dulles who was caught on video yelling obscenities and striking another person was arrested Tuesday evening and charged with simple assault and public intoxication.

D.C.

'Audit the IRS' rally draws thousands to Capitol grounds

Thousands of protesters staged a large rally on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to broadcast their grievances against the Internal Revenue Service and what they described as an intrusive federal government.

Commute

Memorial honoring Red Line crash victims delayed once again

As the memorial for the victims of the 2009 Red Line Metro crash continues to be delayed, D.C. residents and the families of the nine who died are beginning to get impatient.  

• Red Line delays cause single tracking near Medical Center
• Red Line train strikes stairs at Rhode Island stop

MARYLAND

CSX sues truck driver in Baltimore-area derailment

CSX is suing a garbage truck driver and his company for negligence in the explosive derailment of a freight train near Baltimore.

• Baltimore train derailment 911 calls
• Baltimore explosion caused by train derailment
• Huge explosion after train derails near Baltimore (photos)

Health

AMA qualifies obesity as a disease

One-third of adults in the United States are obese, so it is clear that the problem is an epidemic. But now, a major medical group has decided to classify obesity as a disease.

MARYLAND

AARP calls NIH tops for workers over 50 years old

Over 50? Looking for a job in the D.C. area? Perhaps take a look at the National Institutes of Health, which was named the top employer for workers over 50 in America by the AARP.

NATION

Fed says there's moderate growth in the ecomony

In its statement, the Fed said the economy is growing moderately. And for the first time it said the "downside risks to the outlook" had diminished since fall.

MARYLAND

Silver Spring man killed in Rockville crash

A 29-year-old Silver Spring man was killed overnight in a violent crash on Veirs Mill Road in Rockville, police say.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90

Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!," died Wednesday.

POLITICS

House vote puts new limits on abortions

The legislation, sparked by the murder conviction of a Philadelphia late-term abortion provider, would restrict almost all abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception.

• White House threatens veto of anti-abortion bill

D.C.

Frederick Douglass statue to be unveiled in Capitol

The 19th-century orator and writer Frederick Douglass will once again stand tall in the U.S. Capitol.

WORLD

Afghan president Karzai suspends talks with US on security deal

The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find a way to end the nearly 12-year war.

• Afghanistan to take security lead in country from US, allies, Afghan's Karzai says
• Taliban, US to hold political peace talks

MARYLAND

Check out dancing horses for a good cause this weekend

ABC7's Adam Caskey previews the PVDA Ride for Life. The annual horse show and family event is celebrating it's 10th anniversary this year.

Commute

Department of Labor investigates Capital Bikeshare's unfair wages

Around 20 current and former workers plan to participate in a press conference Wednesday, calling on Capital BIkeshare’s parent company Alta to pay over $100,000 in back pay and benefits.

BUSINESS

Jeep recall finally agreed to by Chrysler Corporation

The government says 51 people have suffered fiery deaths in Jeep Grand Cherokees and Libertys that were hit from behind.

CRIME

Labor Department assault suspect dies in jail

Paul Mannina, the man accused of beating, macing and sexually assaulting a Department of Labor colleague inside her Northwest D.C. home, died inside a District of Columbia jail Tuesday, officials say.

• Arrested June 10 in connection with attack
• Victim groped, handcuffed, shocked during assault

D.C.

D.C. Council passes food truck regulations

The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation Tuesday, amending proposed food truck regulations.