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D.C. ambulances get life-saving technology
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Nearly one million Americans suffers a heart attack every year, according to the CDC. Now D.C. doctors can diagnose patients straight from the ambulance.
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Carbon monoxide sickens couple twice in two days
Firefighters are stressing the need for carbon monoxide detectors in homes after two people were hospitalized twice from the dangerous gas.
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Inside Washington Nov. 18, 2012
This week on Inside Washington: A sex scandal at the top of the CIA. What was David Petraeus thinking?
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Md. to ban sale of crib bumpers, says pads pose risk
The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said Friday that the ban will take effect June 21.
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Infant found in Fredericksburg tests positive for cocaine
A 6-month-old girl who was found alone in a Stafford County motel room earlier this week had cocaine in her system when she was found, Fredericksburg.com reports. Her mother has been charged with child abuse.
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ACLU asks if Virginia's public universities comply with federal law
Claire Gastanaga, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, said Friday that students in Virginia deserve to know if their schools comply with federal law.
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Alexis Carwile found safe; Amber Alert canceled
A mother and father abducted their 18-month-old daughter from southern Virginia Thursday, prompting an Amber Alert, after a court denied them custody of the child earlier that day, according to Halifax County Sheriff's Office.
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USO’s United Through Reading program: Va. Tech, UVa. alumni face-off in book challenge
In the D.C. region, alumni from Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia are teaming up to see which school can collect the most books for the USO's United Through Reading program.
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D.C. sex abuse reporting bill advances in city council
The D.C. Council has tentatively approved legislation that would hold many more adults liable for failing to report the sexual abuse of a child.
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David Roth, White House lawyer, chases down suspect
A 6-foot-6 White House lawyer can now add good Samaritan to his resume.
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Christopher R. Kloman, former Potomac School teacher, charged with molesting girls in 1968-69
Christopher R. Kloman, 73, of McLean, who taught at the Potomac School for decades, has been arrested and charged with three counts of indecent liberties and one of abduction with intent to defile involving four of his former students.
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Contractor dies after falling from tree in Wheaton
Montgomery County Fire Captain Oscar Garcia says the worker was cutting a tree at a child care center a little before 1:30 p.m. when he fell. The contractor was pronounced dead a the scene.
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Storme Swann guilty of hotel sex assault, jury wants 95 years
Storme Swann, 51, was found guilty of two counts of robbery, two counts of abduction and one count of statutory burglary Thursday.
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Howard County apologizes for keeping segregated schools through 1960s
The Baltimore Sun reports that Howard County school board members read from a proclamation Thursday expressing "profound regret" for segregation and for its treatment of black students.
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Eddie Chewning sentenced in ex-girlfriend's mother's death
Chewning's girlfriend was a few months shy of 18 when she shot and stabbed her mother. She told police her mother was standing between her and Chewning.
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Alan Gross family sues Development Alternatives, Inc., USAID
Alan Gross and his wife Judy sued Friday in federal court in Washington. Gross was arrested in December 2009 while on his fifth trip to Cuba as a subcontractor for an economic development organization based in Bethesda, Md.
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Gang sex trafficking victim speaks out
ABC7's Pamela Brown investigates the alarming trend of gang sex trafficking. In Part 1 of this exclusive story, a young woman speaks out about falling victim to a powerful gang member.
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D.C. "Sleep Out" to help homeless youth
Some D.C. business leaders spent the night sleeping on the streets to raise awareness and money for homeless children and teens.
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