2+ hour ago   (451+ words) The massive hospital, a New Orleans landmark that long cared for the city’s most vulnerable residents, was shuttered after the last patients and staff were rescued in 2005. Now, as Louisiana marks the storm’s 21st anniversary Saturday, the long-vacant storm-damaged building is…...

3+ hour, 47+ min ago   (265+ words) NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch this weekend, and the mission could help answer some of the biggest questions about our universe. Many at nearby Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt are part of the project....

10+ hour, 18+ min ago   (296+ words) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has charged more than 80 people in the takedown of a violent Puerto Rican gang, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Thursday during a visit to the island as part of the Trump…...

10+ hour, 55+ min ago   (214+ words) Thursday’s heat and humidity could make way for potentially severe evening thunderstorms in the D.C. region, “with damaging winds the primary threat along with the possibility of large hail,” 7News First Alert Meteorologist Steve Rudin said. Central and northeastern Maryland could…...

17+ hour, 32+ min ago   (709+ words) Morgan died Monday of natural causes in Longview, Washington, said Mark Sendroff, longtime attorney and friend. She had been living with her nephew and niece, Duke Morgan Spencer and Peggy Sue Spencer. Later she would become a regular guest on…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (660+ words) RICHMOND, Virginia (WTVR) — A Richmond doctor woke up last week to find a bat trying to get into her mouth — and her viral story carries an important warning for anyone who encounters a bat inside their home. Dr. Krista Edelman,…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (408+ words) The Annandale, Virginia, man who was grazed by a shot from a Fairfax County police officer in late July after reaching for the officer’s gun mocked the officer for having bad aim and said, “I wish you would have hit…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (569+ words) After school bus difficulties meant about 10,000 students in Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland had trouble getting to and from school, if the bus even came at all, leaders in the school system are trying to offer up promises…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (701+ words) The University of Maine System, which oversees the state’s public universities, will now accept credentials that high schoolers earn through the long-time Jobs for Maine Graduates program as course credits. University officials see the move as a way to boost…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1017+ words) On Tuesday, Virginia lawmakers heard from utility regulation experts on the potential impact of the proposed merger between Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy. If approved, the merger would create the largest electric utility in the country. In the days preceding…...