Winston Chaney

AMITE, La. — A Louisiana high school valedictorian reportedly was banned from participating in his graduation ceremony because of his facial hair. According to WVUE, straight-A student and star athlete Andrew Jones of Amite, Louisiana, was scheduled to speak at Amite High School’s graduation Wednesday. But when Jones, who also was named Student of the […]

Maryland State Police say a small plane landing at a Prince George’s County airport crashed into a fence. No one was hurt. Troopers said in a news release that about 2:45 p.m. Thursday, a student pilot and a trainer were in a 1983 Cessna 172P fixed wing, single-engine, four-seat airplane at Freeway Airport in Mitchellville. […]

With major track work beginning next month set to disrupt Metro rides around the clock starting with the Orange and Silver lines, Metro says riders need to find other options, and a former leader of the agency says Metro has run out of options of its own. Richard White, who is now acting president and […]

In an epic matchup marked by incomprehensible offensive firepower, MVPs on both sides and the defending champs in a desperate spot, the Golden State Warriors did the unthinkable Wednesday in a 118-91 Game 2 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. They made it feel customary. Predictable. Mundane. This was a Warriors effort we watched dozens […]

An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew on board crashed in the Mediterranean Sea off the Greek island of Crete early Thursday morning, Egyptian and Greek officials said.  Greek defense minister Panos Kammenos said EgyptAir flight 804 made abrupt turns and suddenly lost altitude just before vanishing from radar at […]

  The Senate on Monday narrowly confirmed one of President Barack Obama’s nominees to be a federal judge in Maryland, overcoming opposition from some conservatives who felt nominee Paula Xinis was too tough on law enforcement in her career as a lawyer and assistant federal public defender. Senators confirmed Xinis by a 53-34 vote, shortly […]

   Last March, a little boy died after choking on a grape at his upper Northwest D.C. home. The incident raised questions about whether the response from the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department was delayed.The boy’s family is still searching for answers. A D.C. fire lieutenant faced a disciplinary hearing for not sending a […]

Over the past few years, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture has risen on the National Mall.  The outside of the building is a work of art with 3,600 bronze-colored aluminum panels that weigh 230-tons, making up what the museum calls the “corona” or crown. With construction complete, museum staff are now […]

After Carol Glover died on a smoke-filled train, a track problem was ignored that led to a derailment, repeated red signal violations and other safety issues. Now, Metro’s new chief safety officer Patrick Lavin is facing a big task that he believes begins with understanding what Metro’s problems really are.   “WMATA is very good […]

A woman who walked into a Joint Base Andrews visitor’s center Thursday evening and said she had a bomb was arrested and determined not to be a threat.  The woman — who has only been described as being “middle-aged” — walked into the Visitor Control Center on the Prince George’s County base and said she had a bomb […]