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How prepared is the DC region for emergencies, outbreaks? 02/12/2019 12:42am • WASHINGTON — One of the most important functions of state and local governments is to ensure towns and states are prepared for an emergency situation. In a national study into the preparedness of all 50 states and D.C. for anything from a flu outbreak to a hurricane, the D.C. region fared well. With increasing calls, DC leader 'anxious' about lack of reserve fire truck 02/11/2019 11:27pm • WASHINGTON — D.C. is getting more emergency calls than ever before, but the city has no backup ladder fire trucks if one goes out of service, the city's fire chief said. "Currently we do not have a reserve ladder fleet," D.C. Fire Chief Gregory Dean said in his testimony before the Judiciary C What Will it Take to Save Flint, Michigan? 02/11/2019 07:00pm • FLINT, Mich. -- Zaniyah Burns was born at 10:35 on a cool September night. Even as a baby everyone said she favored her father, with his full cheeks and wide brown eyes, but as she grew from a quiet toddler into a smiley little girl it became obvious she also had her mother's kind spirit. Every mor How to Kill Your Fear of Debt 02/11/2019 07:00pm • After her husband nearly died from complications following surgery, Liz Gendreau and her family decided to become completely debt-free. The goal was to protect themselves in case something similar happened again, says Gendreau, who is 38. After repaying high-interest debt, Gendreau tackled her mortg Some DC-area schools are out of 'snow days' 02/11/2019 04:49pm • WASHINGTON — Two county school systems have already exceeded the amount of days budgeted for emergency cancellations due to weather. But an unofficial poll of area school systems shows many still have days to spare for the rest of winter. There have been three emergency cancellations this sc US intelligence concerned about enemies joining forces 02/11/2019 04:16am • WASHINGTON — For decades, the U.S. has been the number one target of hostile foreign intelligence agencies and military activities originating from Russia, China and numerous other nation-state adversaries. But now, U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that those adversaries — in a bid t Kacey Musgraves, Childish Gambino dominate 61st annual Grammy Awards 02/10/2019 11:53pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy voters got plenty of butterflies on Sunday night. Kacey Musgraves' "Golden Hour" picked up album of the year, as well as best country album, best country song ("Space Cowboy") and best country solo performance ("Butterflies"). "I don't even know what to say," Musgra Pros and Cons of Working From Home 02/10/2019 07:00pm • Working from home may sound like an ideal situation -- especially if you've never done it before. What could be better than simply rolling out of bed and arriving at your home office in moments, without the hassles of first making yourself presentable and then commuting to a workplace with a boss a Early Warning Signs of Colon Cancer 02/10/2019 07:00pm • Looking back, there were a few vague signs that something was wrong. So says Rick Osterberg, 45, who was declared cancer-free in December 2018 after a long year of aggressive treatment for stage 3 colon cancer. In the summer of 2017, about six months before he was diagnosed, he struggled with consti Venezuelans Abroad Face Painful Choices About Returning Home 02/10/2019 07:00pm • LIMA, Peru -- Venezuelan exiles Nayise González and Oswaldo Romero could not be clearer about their desire to return to their troubled homeland. "Of course we want to go back," says González, 38, who arrived in the Peruvian capital in November after an eight-day bus ride with not much more than t Report finds speed, intoxication behind deadly fire truck crash 02/08/2019 06:43pm • WASHINGTON — A newly released police report shows that a D.C. firefighter behind the wheel of a fire truck that crashed into a car last March, killing its intoxicated driver, was traveling nearly 25 miles an hour over the speed limit. Four firefighters were responding to an emergency call aroun Deal reached for Virginia tax plan 02/08/2019 08:54am • WASHINGTON — Virginia leaders have reached an agreement on tax changes, which will allow the state to start processing tax returns and refunds and will provide additional refunds later this year. The plan set to be approved in the House and Senate next week, and approved in principle Friday mor E-scooters lead to more than 1,000 injuries in US, Consumer Reports finds 02/08/2019 05:35am • WASHINGTON — More than 1,000 people in the past two years have been injured while riding dockless electric scooters that have popped up in D.C. and in most major U.S. cities, according to a new study by Consumer Reports. "We contacted hospitals in several dozen cities," said Ryan Felton with Co Expect delays: Another bandage for a crumbling Beltway bridge 02/08/2019 04:47am • WASHINGTON — Emergency repairs to a crumbling Capital Beltway bridge in Prince George's County are expected to cause delays for southbound drivers early this weekend. Beginning around 9 p.m. Friday, the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration plans to block three left Md. lawmakers hear bills on interstate tolls, increased fines for texting while driving 02/07/2019 09:42pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland counties could get veto power on toll road projects under one bill being considered in Annapolis. House Bill 102 went before the House Environment and Transportation Committee for a hearing on Thursday afternoon. Democrat Del. Brooke Lierman, who represents Baltimo