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Why Joining the Urban Agriculture Movement Will Make You Healthier 06/22/2015 08:00pm • Nearly a decade ago, neighbors living near an abandoned elementary school in LeDroit Park in the District of Columbia described the area as a "thriving, open-air crack market." But today, the once dangerous lot is flourishing with leafy greens, medicinal herbs and sour cherries. "Our community has Laurel mom seeks justice for son's death 10 years later 06/14/2015 01:41am • LAUREL, MD --   A Laurel, Maryland mom is marking what would be her son's 30th birthday this weekend, by spending time with his surviving friends and family on the basketball court. Every day for the past 10 years, Shirley Bell, has been searching for justice and trying to learn who took the life Fraley Film Guide 06/05/2015 03:08pm • Not everyone can keep up with new releases at the movie theater. Sometimes, the flick you want to see is already out of the theater by the time you have a free weekend. Have no fear. WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley keeps a running tally. Click the links below for the full reviews based on a 4-star sca Md. prosecutors to exchange police shooting investigations 06/01/2015 04:49pm • WASHINGTON — Prosecutors in Montgomery and Howard counties say there's a lack of trust in the criminal justice system, especially among communities of color. And to repair and build that trust, the two counties will exchange cases when someone dies while in police custody, whether it's the result Vice president's son Beau Biden dies at 46 of brain cancer 05/30/2015 10:02pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) -- He was the privileged son of a longtime U.S. senator and two-term vice president, yet Joseph R. ``Beau'' Biden III was no stranger to personal adversity. When he was only 3, just weeks after his father, Joe Biden, had been elected to the Senate, the younger Biden was seriously Former Md. Gov. Martin O'Malley enters the 2015 presidential race 05/30/2015 11:12am • WASHINGTON --  Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley took the stage Saturday to formally announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. O'Malley made his announcement at Federal Hill Park in Baltimore, where he served as mayor before winning two terms as governor. Aid Man who killed Howard University student sentenced, apologizes 05/08/2015 04:58pm • WASHINGTON -- It was July 4, 2013, when 22-year-old Howard University senior Omar Sykes was shot and killed during a robbery gone bad near campus. During his sentencing for the crime the man responsible apologized to Sykes' mother. Standing in an orange prison jumpsuit, Rasdavid Laguard asked to Dashcam video released of 2009 officer-involved shooting in Fairfax County 05/07/2015 05:53am • WASHINGTON — Dashcam video from a fatal police shooting of an unarmed man in Fairfax County, Virginia more than five years ago has been released. The video was released by the Fairfax County Police Department Wednesday following “several requests,” Chief Edwin Roessler said in a statement. Armenians around the world mark 1915 genocide 04/24/2015 02:52pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Around the world on Friday, tens of thousands of people of Armenian descent commemorated the genocide 100 years ago of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks. The annual April 24 commemorations mark the day when the mass killings started. An estimated 1.5 million died in massacres, d Lynch to be sworn in as attorney general on Monday 04/24/2015 01:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As attorney general Loretta Lynch assumes a portfolio that includes fighting terrorism, preventing cyberattacks and dealing with police and race — issues strikingly similar to what she's dealt with as top federal prosecutor for much of New York City and its eastern suburbs. She DEA chief to retire amid pressure over agents' sex scandal 04/21/2015 07:31pm • By ERIC TUCKER and ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The embattled head of the Drug Enforcement Administration said Tuesday that she plans to retire after three decades with the agency, an announcement that came amid mounting pressure for her resignation from members of Cong Corporal shot at Anne Arundel 7-Eleven upgraded to stable condition 04/13/2015 08:34pm • MILLERSVILLE, Md. -- An Anne Arundel County officer shot in the line of duty on Friday is doing better. Corporal Larry Adams was looking into a report of a suspicious person at a 7-Eleven on Campus Parkway East when he was shot last week. "We got a miracle," said Police Chief Timothy Altomare Family fights to clear Samuel Mudd's name 04/13/2015 05:45am • MORNINGSIDE, Md. -- Tuesday, April 14, marks the 150th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater. To this day, a suburban Maryland family is fighting to clear its name of the infamous crime. "I'm a defender of my great-grandfather and I believe he was tota Machen moves on, proud of prosecutions and community ties 03/30/2015 04:42am • WASHINGTON — D.C. is home to the largest United States Attorney's Office in the country, and it has been busy. In five years under Ron Machen’s leadership, the office has prosecuted some of the most high-profile cases in the country. Among them were Walter and Kendall Myers, convicted of a 30 Report: ABC cops arrest people for more than just alcohol-related crimes 03/29/2015 08:47am • WASHINGTON -- Statistics released in a new report Sunday reveal that Virginia's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents are arresting people for more than just alcohol-related crimes. The Washington Post took a look at the stats obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOI