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Reasons a woman may not know she's pregnant at six weeks 05/09/2019 05:58am • Set politics aside for a minute. Ignore whatever laws are on the books. Hit snooze on any moral or religious alarm bells ringing in your head. What you think or feel about Georgia becoming the latest US state to sign a bill that would ban abortions at six weeks — or as soon as a fetal heartbeat Why trains are delayed on VRE's Manassas Line 05/07/2019 08:29am • Expect delays on the Virginia Railway Express Manassas Line to persist through Tuesday afternoon due to speed restrictions from maintenance work. VRE trains are only traveling at 25 mph, resulting in delays of up to 45 minutes on Tuesday. Commuters on Monday saw similar delays. Restrictions ha Diet sodas wrecking the diet? Study finds low-calorie drinks don’t translate to low-calorie lifestyle in kids 05/03/2019 12:28am • The number of kids and teens reaching for diet sodas or low-calorie sweetened beverages is on the rise, but that doesn’t mean waistlines are shrinking. A new study published in the journal Pediatric Obesity found that youth in the U.S. who consumed low-calorie or zero-calorie sweetened beverage To feed the world, begin with maggot sausage and insect ice cream, says scientist 05/02/2019 08:37am • Lobsters are not pretty. Dip these unsightly creatures into warm butter and they instantly become a different matter to most of us. Why, then, do we gag at the thought of eating insects? One Australian researcher hopes to change that. University of Queensland Meat Scienc Adrienne Jones makes history as 1st woman speaker of Md. House of Delegates 05/01/2019 05:29pm • House Speaker Pro Tem Adrienne Jones last week dropped out of the race to become the next speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, saying it was in the interest of party unity. On Wednesday afternoon in a special session in Annapolis, she got it — just not the way she thought. Jones was elec Why US News revamped 2019 best high schools rankings 04/30/2019 01:00am • Today, U.S. News published the annual 2019 Best High Schools rankings, which ranked, for the first time, every eligible public high school in the nation. Teaming with North Carolina-based RTI International -- a global nonprofit social science research firm -- this year's edition is the largest ranki Analysis: IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appears alive and well in video 04/29/2019 04:50pm • The Islamic State group, just weeks after it was supposedly crushed for good in Syria, has released a new video featuring recent comments by its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In his first appearance in five years, he sits cross-legged on a floor with a rifle nearby, and talks about the recent terror Boosting male fertility with diet and weight loss 04/25/2019 05:07am • When a couple is having trouble getting pregnant, the focus often turns to a woman's health. But just as men are equal partners in conception, they can be contributors to fertility problems, too. "It's important to appreciate that when you have a couple challenged with infertility, in about 40% t From farm to pharmacy: Ward 8’s Giant Food fills prescriptions for produce 04/25/2019 01:02am • Three weeks ago, Adrienne Dove left her doctor’s appointment at Community of Hope and went to the pharmacy counter at Giant Food on Alabama Avenue in Southeast to fill a prescription. Only instead of pills, the pharmacist handed Dove a coupon for $40 worth of produce every two weeks. “My A peep into the history of Easter's marshmallow icon 04/20/2019 08:14am • Easter is a popular time for America's bunny- and chick-shaped marshmallow friends known as Peeps. Every day, about 5.5 million Peeps are produced, roughly 2 billion a year. Peeps may be made with love, but they also have some less-healthy ingredients. Four yellow marshmallow bunny Peeps — c Black maternal health crisis prompts politicians, providers to act 04/18/2019 08:12am • WASHINGTON — One previous cesarean section, a five-page written plan outlining post-delivery care for her oldest child and around 12 weeks of natural childbirth classes still didn’t prove to be enough preparation for the arrival of Allyson Brown’s second child. Almost two months after turni Wake up, people: You're fooling yourself about sleep, study says 04/16/2019 03:54am • Hey, sleepyheads. What you believe about sleep may be nothing but a pipe dream.Many of us have notions about sleep that have little basis in fact and may even be harmful to our health, according to researchers at NYU Langone Health's School of Medicine, who conducted a study published Tuesday i DC Archdiocese, locals react with horror to Notre Dame Cathedral fire 04/15/2019 08:01pm • (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: 'dac1344e-ef42-4780-98f2-af1827d91657' }).render("4761536afd4f0bb");}); As flames engulfed the historic Notre Da Pimlico to lose 6,670 seats for Preakness 04/15/2019 06:12am • BALTIMORE (AP) — The northern grandstand at Pimlico Race Course has significantly deteriorated and will be closed for the Preakness in May. The Stronach Group said Saturday that the northern grandstand adjacent to the clubhouse is the oldest section of seating at 125 years. Its capacity of 6,67 In California, giant Stratolaunch jet flies for first time 04/13/2019 03:59pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A giant six-engine aircraft with the world's longest wingspan completed what company officials called a superb initial flight over California's Mojave Desert, bringing to life a dream held by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen. Stratolaunch Sy