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After 30 years, DC drug kingpin Rayful Edmond could go free 05/21/2019 09:21pm • One of D.C.'s most notorious drug dealers Rayful Edmond, who has been in prison for the last 30 years, could be set free, but not before a federal judge hears the opinions of D.C. residents. Edmond, 54, was a prolific illegal drug dealer in the 1980s, during D.C.'s violent crack cocaine crisis.  Today in History: May 21 05/21/2019 12:15am • Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On May 21, 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ireland, about 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland. On this date: In 1542, Spanish explore 3 more victims come forward, as Md. pediatrician faces dozens of sex abuse charges 05/20/2019 07:00pm • A Frederick, Maryland, pediatrician charged with the sexual abuse of a teenage patient earlier this month now faces dozens of additional charges. Three more victims came forward Monday, accusing Dr. Ernesto Torres, 68, of sexually abusing them while they were his patients. This brings the total n Violence prevention teams are in the works for Montgomery County schools 05/20/2019 06:51pm • Changes to better prevent violence are planned in Montgomery County Public Schools, but its board first wants to know what you think. The plan is to create new behavioral threat assessment teams at every school and at the district level to meet the requirements of the Maryland Safe to Learn Act, Study finds car seats are an unsafe sleeping spot for infants 05/20/2019 12:05pm • A lot of parents are putting infants in car seats — or letting them stay there — to sleep, but a new study shows that’s a dangerous practice. Researchers from Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, reviewed 10 years of data on sleep-related infant deaths from the National Cen US kids aren't eating enough seafood, study says; here's how to add more 05/20/2019 03:08am • The humble tuna sandwich, once a lunchbox staple, is making less frequent appearances in school cafeterias across the nation. American children are eating relatively little fish and shellfish in comparison to meat, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The report, pub New Mexico Little League park plagued by hypodermic needles 05/19/2019 01:20pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico Little League park is fighting a battle against discarded syringes with attached hypodermic needles amid the region's outgoing opioid epidemic. Atrisco Park, home of the Atrisco Valley Little League, in Albuquerque is racing to clean up syringes littering f Nationals players connect with little leaguers 05/18/2019 03:16pm • (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: '9538c48b-c218-4824-8e91-8833db3a3fb8' }).render("97761536680ea6e6");}); Washington Nationals players fanned out DC police confirm Frederick teen was victim found under Chain Bridge 05/18/2019 07:33am • D.C. police have confirmed that a body found under the Chain Bridge last month with several sharp force injuries and a missing hand is the body of a Frederick, Maryland, teen. On Friday, D.C. police identified 16-year-old Eberson Guerra-Sanchez as the victim of a homicide that occurred on April 2 2nd swastika drawing found in Montgomery County middle school 05/17/2019 09:19pm • A second pencil drawing of a swastika has been found in a Montgomery County, Maryland, middle school, two days after a swastika was discovered inside a boys' bathroom on Wednesday. Silver Creek Middle School Principal Traci Townsend sent another letter to parents, saying that another swastika dra SAT to include student adversity score for college admission decisions 05/17/2019 07:45pm • Every college hopeful who takes the SAT eventually will have an adversity score assigned to them to reflect their social and economic background, which college admissions officials can consider. The score is based on 15 factors such as crime rates, home values in a student's community, the averag Fresh criticism aimed at Maryland's higher ed system after report on handling of campus outbreak 05/17/2019 06:20pm • Before Maryland's university system board of regents met in executive session Friday morning, board Chair Linda Gooden issued a statement in direct response to a report from The Washington Post. That story outlined how the University of Maryland waited 18 days before notifying students that ther Tim Tebow struggling in Triple-A; still a work in progress 05/17/2019 02:21am • SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Six weeks into his latest baseball adventure, Tim Tebow is still struggling to find his stroke with the Syracuse Mets at the top rung of minor league ball. He remains unflappable in spite of the numbers. "I think I'm improving. I'm working, developing," Tebow said Thurs Idaho State's Haley Harrison still fighting off the darkness 05/17/2019 02:18am • The darkness rolls in like an invisible fog, draping over every thought, compounding until the internal agony becomes unbearable. Haley Harrison built a facade to mask its clutches, swallowing the mental torment to avoid any appearance of weakness. A senior softball player at Idaho State, she had Warriors rally from 15 down at halftime, hold off Blazers 05/17/2019 01:09am • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — These Golden State Warriors have long been able to score in fabulous, jaw-dropping flurries. Down by eight to the Portland Trail Blazers at home with 4½ minutes to go, they needed every last burst, perfect pass, driving layup and dunk. "Our experience really paid off