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Blue-collar character actor Danny Aiello has died at age 86 12/13/2019 11:59am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Danny Aiello, the blue-collar character actor whose long career playing tough guys included roles in ���Fort Apache, the Bronx,��� "Moonstruck" and ���Once Upon a Time in America��� and his Oscar-nominated performance as a pizza man in Spike Lee���s "Do the Right Thing," has di National Zoo's baby porcupine gets his name (updated) 12/13/2019 10:35am • Update 12/13, 10:35 a.m.: The porcupette's name has been chosen: Quilliam. We'll get right to the point: Our @NationalZoo porcupette's name will be Quilliam! Thanks to all who voted and while we know we said no write-ins, shout-out to all of you who suggested quill���i���am. https://t.co/ Fatal stabbing of Army lieutenant at U.Md. ���for no other reason��� but race, prosecutor says 12/11/2019 12:03pm • Richard Collins III was murdered in May 2017 at University of Maryland. Sean Urbanski is charged with first degree murder and a state hate crime in Collins' death. (U.S. Army, University of Maryland Police Department via AP) Prosecutors on Wednesday said that Sean Urbanski, who is white, confron Pancake bowls and breakfast burritos: DC in line for first IHOP spinoff Flip'd 12/11/2019 10:26am • IHOP is entering the fast casual restaurant business with a new chain called Flip'd, and D.C. is among the first cities in line to get one. Flip'd will include many popular IHOP menu items, including buttermilk crispy chicken and Ultimate Steakburgers, but it will also put a spin on other breakfa As murder, hate crime trial begins, parents of murdered student seek justice, closure 12/11/2019 07:21am • The parents of a promising young man ��� days away from college graduation, and newly-commissioned in the U.S. Army ��� hope the murder and hate crime trial of Sean Urbanski will bring much-delayed justice and closure. Opening statements in Urbanski's trial are expected Wednesday morning, in Prin Jury will determine whether U.Md. killing was a hate crime 12/09/2019 07:44pm • Lt. Richard Collins III was stabbed in May 2017, allegedly by Sean Urbanski. (AP) As Sean Urbanski's first-degree murder and hate crime trial ��� which began Monday ��� proceeds after four delays, no lawyers will question that he plunged a knife into the chest of U.S. Army Lt. Richard Collins II Lawmakers target construction blocking Bethesda's sidewalks 12/09/2019 04:18pm • One of many sections of blocked sidewalk in downtown Bethesda, Maryland. Pedestrians are directed to cross busy Wisconsin Avenue to continue in a north/south direction. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty) While construction along drivers' commute can mean economic growth, it can also mean a yearslong traffic Jubilee Housing buys church in Adams Morgan, plans housing for people returning from incarceration 12/09/2019 11:12am • Jubilee Housing Inc. is buying up more property in Adams Morgan, with plans to convert a church into temporary housing for formerly incarcerated people. The D.C. nonprofit on Friday bought the King Emmanuel Baptist Church at 1721 Kalorama Road NW for $3.6 million, using a private investment fund Gig work is on the rise in the Baltimore area ��� and for many, it's a way of life 12/07/2019 05:40am • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� By day, Leah Needham buys groceries to deliver to customers in White Marsh and Middle River. But in the evenings, the shopper for online grocery service Shipt trades in her green T-shirt for a pair of ballroom dance shoes and heads to her next gig. In a Glen Burnie studio, she pur Lidl will take over 6 Shoppers Food locations 12/06/2019 07:35pm • Lanham, Maryland-based Shoppers Food has been largely in limbo since food wholesaler United Natural Foods Inc. bought the chain in 2018. (Steve Ruark/AP Images for Smithfield) Shoppers Food parent company United Natural Foods Inc. will close four stores across Virginia and Maryland, and 13 other 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 Movie Review: 'Marriage Story' is a profoundly realistic divorce drama 12/06/2019 02:24am • Don't be fooled by the title. "Marriage Story" should be called "Divorce Story." That would better prepare you for the highly realistic, yet emotionally draining experience of Noah Baumbach's latest film, loosely based on his own divorce and featuring powerfully human performances by Scarlett Top of the rock: Speed climbing comes to Olympics, Rockville 12/06/2019 12:42am • (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: 'dd03b1df-9294-4ee7-acaf-7cd2841f60f2' }).render("63661536b1a52aa8");}); Rock climbing will become an Olympic Sunset in Hagerstown? City, team fight for minor league survival 12/05/2019 02:09am • The automated voice that greets you when you call the Hagerstown Suns' front office announces the club as ���your single-A affiliate of the World Champion Washington Nationals.��� This should be a time of celebration, considering 17 former Suns players and coaches were part of the Nats' incredible r Assault charge for Va. middle school teacher accused of holding student up by her ankles 12/04/2019 03:08pm • A middle school teacher in Prince William County, Virginia, has been charged with assault and battery after police say he grabbed an 11-year-old student inside a classroom and held her upside-down by her ankles. Tenkoran Agyeman, 40, who teaches math at Rippon Middle School in Woodbridge, was arr