A local organization says one of two dogs lost after a crash on Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland, in late December is back with its owner.

Public health officials say a type of flu virus that’s usually less prevalent is being reported more frequently in Virginia this year. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that of the more than 1,800 cases confirmed by lab reports since the start of the 2019-2020 flu season, 75% have been identified as type B, according to the Virginia Department of Health. That…

A Prince George’s County firetruck flipped onto its side Sunday as it was headed towards a reported fire. The truck was near the intersection of Silver Hill Road and St. Barnabas Road in District Heights when the crash happened. No one was injured, firefighters said. Firefighters haven’t said what caused the truck to flip. The reported fire didn’t cause serious…

A toddler was thrown and a teen jumped from a second-story window to escape a fire that tore through a Northeast D.C. home early Sunday, leaving a woman in critical condition. The four occupants of the duplex at 400 block of Madison Street Northeast were all able to escape — and a family dog got out, too. Firefighters say that…

A “large fight†on the busy U Street Corridor early Sunday ended with a man fatally stabbed. The fight broke out about 2:20 a.m. on the 1200 block of U Street Northwest, near the U Street Metro station, Ben’s Chili Bowl and many popular bars, D.C. police said. Officers were on the scene and found a man suffering a stab…

Recent comments from the head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program about pollution limits designed to improve the health of the bay have sparked concern among environmental groups and some Maryland officials.  EPA’s bay program Director Dana Aunkst said at a conference this week in Annapolis that 2025 pollution goals set forth in 2010 for Chesapeake Bay states…