Karen Gray Houston
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Secret Service officers save woman who collapsed near White House
Normally, they're busy guarding the White House and protecting the President, but two Secret Service agents came to the rescue of a woman who collapsed in D.C. on Thursday. <br/> → Read More
Students rally for more sexual assault prevention education at American U. after leaked emails
Some American University students are firing back at an underground fraternity. It comes just days after disturbing emails between members were leaked online. The latest protest was a march and rally around campus that took place Thursday around lunchtime.<br/> → Read More
Patriotic welcome home for returning troops from Montgomery Co. school students
Returning troops arriving at BWI Airport got an unexpected surprise Wednesday evening. About 50 students from Rocky Hill Middle School in Clarksburg, Md., stood by, gave high fives and sang patriotic songs to thank the arriving soldiers and airmen for their service to their country. → Read More
Kensington firefighters open 61-year-old time capsule
The Kensington Volunteer Fire Department took a trip back in time on Friday. They opened a time capsule and went back to 1953, when their firehouse on Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road was built. → Read More
Fairfax County authorities warn of jury duty scam
Fairfax County law enforcement officials are warning citizens to watch out for a jury duty scam. → Read More
Police Seeking Hit And Run Driver In Fiery Two-Car Crash
An adult male, adult female and an 8-month old child were taken to hospitals early this morning with serious trauma injuries after a driver crashed into their car at the intersection of Aspen Hill Road and Parkland Drive. → Read More
Md. encouraging people to help reduce invasive catfish with new campaign
Move over Snakeheads. Blue and flathead catfish are now competing for title of most hated fish in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. → Read More
Suspects in robbery of Mount Rainier food co-op caught on surveillance video
Prince George's County police are trying to track down two suspects seen robbing the Glut Food Co-op on 34th Street Monday afternoon at gunpoint. → Read More
Memorial concert held to honor slain Alexandria music teacher Ruthanne Lodato
The murder of a popular Alexandria music teacher is still a mystery, but the community where she lived is keeping Ruthanne Lodato's memory alive. On Friday night, they held a memorial concert in her honor. → Read More
DC Mayor Vincent Gray unhappy about loss, undecided on supporting Bowser
It has been two days since Vincent Gray's defeat in the D.C. Democratic mayoral primary. For the first time, we are hearing how he really feels about losing to Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser. → Read More
Fundraisers set to pay medical bills of Va. convenience store clerk shot in face
The gunman is still on the loose, but friends and customers of store clerk, Kelly Wood, are going all out to help her after she was shot twice in the head by a robber on March 8. → Read More
Montgomery County deluged with last-minute signups for Obamacare
With more than six million people already signed up for private health plans, the uninsured are practically beating down the doors in Montgomery County to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Health Care Act. The county is dealing with an avalanche of applicants trying to get insurance before the March 31 deadline.<br> → Read More
Charles County Sheriff's Office on lookout for UPS delivery package thief
Brian Moran and his family are in shock at the gall of a thief who drove a car up their driveway Monday afternoon and stole two packages that had just been delivered by UPS. → Read More
Two honored for their attempt to save Navy Yard shooting victim
The American Ambulance Association on Tuesday night gave two emergency medical service staffers awards for risking their lives to try to save a man found unconscious outside the Navy Yard the day of the shooting. → Read More
Mother of Relisha Rudd makes appeal for return of her daughter
Shamika Young, 27, is the mother of missing 8-year-old Relisha Rudd. She called FOX 5 on Friday asking to make an on-camera appeal to the man her daughter may be traveling with. → Read More
Md. House committee approves bill granting jail time for drivers who kill while using cellphones
A Maryland House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday evening to up the penalty for distracted drivers who kill someone while talking or texting on a hand-held cell phone. → Read More
4 high school students help save life of Calvert County man
It started out as an ordinary day for students from Huntingtown High School in Calvert County as they were on their way to class Friday morning. But as they looked out the windows of their school bus, they saw a man lying face down on the ground in the snow holding his dog on a leash. → Read More
Cops track down smash-and-grab suspect using stolen item's tracking device
A Radio Shack store in Marlow Heights was the target this time. Prince George's County police say two thieves broke into the store around 2:05 a.m. and fled with an undisclosed amount of property. → Read More
Police asking for public's help in deadly double shooting in Woodbridge store
Police in Prince William County handed out Crime Solvers flyers in and around Plantanillos Grocery and Jewelry Store on Jefferson Davis Highway. They distributed them to motorists and went door-to-door in area apartment complexes hoping someone will be able to help solve the brazen double shooting at the store on February 21. → Read More
School bus that struck and killed elderly Holocaust survivor had green light
Montgomery County police have released preliminary findings in the investigation of a 91-year-old man killed in a school bus accident Wednesday on Route 29 at Tech Road in Silver Spring. → Read More