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WASHINGTON - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it will wind down its operations this year after a loss of federal funding. CPB informed its employees Friday that the majority of staff positions will conclude with the close of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, according to a news release from the organization....

Montgomery County police report that a Pepco electrical substation in Gaithersburg was broken into earlier this month. The break-in occurred sometime between 3:14 PM on July 11, 2025 and 6:00 AM on July 14. Officers responding to the scene found evidence of forced entry at Pepco Substation 56, which is located in the...

Police said that a man was killed in a shooting on Friday afternoon in Prince George's County.

Some mornings you wake up with a craving so specific that no fancy brunch spot with their avocado toast and $14 mimosas will satisfy it – only perfectly executed diner food will do. That’s when locals in the know make their pilgrimage to Nick’s Diner in Wheaton, Maryland, where...

Maryland is preparing for a bow wave of older residents with a new longevity plan. The roadmap, signed by Governor Wes Moore this week, increases support for older Marylanders over the next ten years. “We must strengthen supports for people who are aging now and for people who are already...

Greenbelt, MD (WBFF) — The US Attorney for the District of Maryland announced the sentencing of a Maryland man in a federal carjacking and weapons case. Sean Franklin Mills Jr., 21, was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by five years supervised probation as part of a plea deal in a string of at least six...

EASTPORT, MD—The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in Maryland during Thursday’s severe storms. Forecasters say a waterspout formed over Spa Creek at approximately 2:45 p.m. on July 31, passed briefly as an EF-0 tornado over the Severn Sailing Association Marina at the northernmost...

August is the peak for hand, foot and mouth disease and residents in Fairfax County are seeing a spike in cases.

Three apparently homeless people died on the streets in Annandale on July 29, the Fairfax County Police Department confirms. Officers responded to a report of two people unresponsive outside the Goodwill store at 7031 John Marr Drive at 6:45 a.m. They discovered an adult male and an adult female deceased.

Authorities are on the lookout for two individuals involved in an armed carjacking incident in the Northeast quadrant of the city. The Metropolitan Police Department has turned to the public for assistance in these matters, following the event that took place on Sunday, July 27. Exactly at about 12:57 p.m., at the...