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Trump plots his defense following the historic rebuke he hopes to foil 12/14/2019 08:18am • Historic? Yes. Rebuke? Not so much. The House Judiciary Committee's vote Friday passing articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump was meant as extraordinary repudiation. The history was certainly there, and is weighing on the President. But it did not app After Oct. Metro crash, smoother automatic operations may be delayed indefinitely 12/11/2019 10:40am • Metro may not return to smoother, more efficient automatic train operation for five to seven years, since the current system may be scrapped before it ever gets reactivated. ���As far as we know, they are not going to be turning that back on any time in the next five years,��� Sharmila Samarasing Richmond council backs ban on handheld cellphone use while driving 12/10/2019 05:00am • The Richmond City Council unanimously approved a ban on handheld cellphone use while driving. The ordinance, proposed by Mayor Levar Stoney, passed Monday and will take effect in six months.The first offense will be punishable by a $125 fine. If you're caught again you'll pay $250. Richmond Babies love cellphones, but parents should set boundaries 12/06/2019 05:12pm • Babies are attracted to the bright colors, lights and sounds of cellphones. But doctors say too much screen time can pose a risk to babies' developing brains. Exposing babies to cellphones for a short period of time won't necessarily have an impact on a child's development, but experts say the ri Montgomery County Council member wants to use cameras to crack down on distracted drivers 11/26/2019 04:15pm • A Montgomery County Council member wants Maryland state lawmakers to consider a bill that would use cameras to cite drivers for distracted driving. County council member Tom Hucker said the cameras would work the same way that red light and speed cameras do. "This doesn't expand or change what Distraction, or complacency? Metro safety findings aim to address both after crash 11/25/2019 05:45pm • The crash of two out-of-service Metro trains early Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, was so forceful it knocked one train apart, crumpled the front of the train that was moving, and bent the pole at the front of that train. (Courtesy Washington Metrorail Safety Commission) A Metro train operator involved in Worried firefighters could show up for Thanksgiving dinner? How to avoid holiday disaster 11/21/2019 04:30pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'e6d6a104-682a-435e-9e2b-ae04c96fd7d5' }).render("79261536b8caa677");}); Some unwanted Thanksgiving guests are una Dentophobia: Managing a child's fear of the dentist 11/20/2019 12:30pm • One in five children have a real fear of the dentist, making routine checkups a stressful encounter for dentists, patients, and parents alike. (Courtesy Getty Images/iStockphoto/Zinkevych) Children can have many different fears. Depending on their age, they may have a fear of strangers, monsters 10 kinds of annoying co-workers and how to deal with them 11/07/2019 07:00pm • Work is stressful enough without the daily encounter of personalities who seem placed at your organization specifically to drive you crazy. These people vary from simply amusing to the truly maddening. Most can be dismissed with a smile and an eye-roll, but others can drive the heartiest of emplo DC Dem Party chair 'deeply disappointed' in Evans; asks councilman 'to take a step back' 11/06/2019 04:00pm • There's a choir of calls for scandal-plagued D.C. Council member Jack Evans to resign from his post, and now the D.C. Democratic Party has asked Evans to step down as a national committeeman. On the heels of a report by the law firm of O���Melveny & Myers made public Tuesday, which cites near Fall back: Tips to combat drowsy driving 11/03/2019 01:49am • Daylight Saving Time is likely changing the way you drive. Whether you realize it or not, you���re probably doing a bit of drowsy driving. ���Most of us have a routine where we go to bed a certain time and we wake up a certain time, and all of the sudden those time periods aren���t going to al Today in History: Oct. 21 10/21/2019 12:00am • Today is Monday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2019. There are 71 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 21, 1892, schoolchildren across the U.S. observed Columbus Day (according to the Gregorian date) by reciting, for the first time, the original version of ``The Pledge of Movie Review: Will Smith battles himself in Ang Lee's 'Gemini Man' 10/11/2019 03:26am • Ang Lee remains one of our most visionary filmmakers, winning the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for his wire-fu in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000), the Best Director Oscar for his socially progressive "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) and his second Best Director Oscar for his wondrous 3D i Metrorail exploring factors that led to collision near DC station 10/08/2019 04:07pm • The train that struck another train stopped outside the Farragut West Metro station in D.C. early Monday was under a "zero-speed command," according to preliminary findings of the investigation. The two out-of-service trains were returning to their respective rail yards when they collided just be Tips for DC-area drivers during deer-breeding season 10/08/2019 01:00pm • It's that time of year when D.C.-area drivers can expect to see more deer on the road. Here are a few things to remember so drivers can avoid accidents. In Fairfax County, Virginia, alone, from 2015 to 2018, a total of 244 accidents involving deer occurred, with more than half of those crashes ha