Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland)

Regulators, police to audit trucking company involved in derailment

2013-05-31 03:54:00

Federal regulators and state police plan a wide-ranging review of the waste-removal company owned by the trucker seriously hurt when a CSX train collided with his truck at a crossing. The company, Alban Waste, had been flagged in the past for safety...

Maryland's unresolved transportation deficit

2013-04-29 10:55:00

Now that the 2013 Maryland General Assembly session is in the rear-view mirror, few who travel the roads in our state can deny that one of the most important accomplishments this past session was putting in place a long-term solution to the state's...

Tracking the long-distance travels of dust

2013-04-12 14:29:00

Spring stirs pollen, and also dust — high-flying dust that's blown thousands of miles to reach North America in greater amounts than scientists have known before, with potential impact on the climate and air quality. Mineral dust rises from dry...

Dennis H. McGinley Jr., electrical engineer

2013-03-22 13:04:00

Dennis H. McGinley Jr., a retired electrical engineer and model railroad enthusiast, died Tuesday of heart disease at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was 73. The son of a Jersey Central Railroad yardmaster and a factory worker, Dennis Hayden McGinley Jr....

GOP delegates denounce gas tax increase

2013-03-20 13:30:00

Hours before the House was scheduled to debate a proposed increase in gas taxes supported by Gov. Martin O'Malley, Republicans lawmakers excoriated the plan Wednesday as a $2 billion drain on taxpayers' wallets over the next six years. House Republicans...

FBI headquarters in Greenbelt benefits all Marylanders

2013-03-14 10:11:00

What if a major institution was interested in relocating its headquarters to Maryland, bringing with it 11,000 good-paying jobs and the need for thousands of additional subcontractors? Would we do everything we could to seal the deal? That's exactly the...

Maryland Democrats soft on illegal immigrants

2013-03-11 08:15:00

Maryland has already issued driver's licenses to thousands of illegal immigrants, and Maryland Democrats want to continue this practice. But Maryland passed a law in 2009 to conform to the requirements of the Federal Real ID Act which disqualifies the use...

Suspected College Park shooter said to be quiet, studious

2013-02-12 19:07:00

Though much remained unknown about the suspect in the shootings near the University of Maryland's College Park campus, a picture emerged Tuesday of a quiet, studious young man who had completed several high-profile summer internships with NASA. Dayvon...

Former Prince George's Co. jail officer pleads guilty to obstructing justice

2013-01-04 15:32:00

A former corrections officer who was at the center of a months-long investigation into the 2008 asphyxiation of an accused cop killer at the Prince George's County jail pleaded guilty Friday to obstructing justice, admitting that he gave police a false...

Geocaching Maryland for coins, fun and health

2013-01-05 15:37:00

PERRYVILLE -- A year ago, Ray Culp weighed 406 pounds and the outlook for his health was grim; he needed a walker and oxygen supply to get around. Today, his weight is down to 270, and he cites two reasons for the vast improvement in his health: He had...

Robert Shipley Auerbach, co-founder of Maryland Green Party

2012-12-23 16:13:00

Robert Shipley Auerbach, one of the founding members of the Maryland Green Party and the party's three-time nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, died Dec. 12 from injuries suffered in a hit-and-run accident that evening in Greenbelt. He was 92....

Traffic: Accident on I-95 northbound near I-395

2012-09-13 06:13:29

As of 9 a.m. Thursday, traffic was slow on I-95 northbound near I-395, due to an accident. Accidents were slowing traffic on Route 24 near Wheel Road in Harford County, Route 140 near I-795 in Baltimore County, Rock Spring Road near Wagner Way in...

Columbia, MD 042513 Staff Photo by Jen Rynda Julian Adam, 10, of Greenbelt goofs around before class at Center Ring Circus School in Columbia, MD on Thursday, April 25, 2013. FOR MAGAZINE USE ONLY

2013-04-25 00:00:00

This was generated by researchers in the Laboratory for Atmospheres at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., using data from three different satellite instruments.

2013-04-05 11:41:39

Gulf War veteran John Allen Muhammad was charged on October 29, 2002 with using a weapon to commit murder, affecting interstate commerce by extortion and other charges, some of which carry the death penalty, in connection with the sniper spree that killed 10 in and around Washington.

2012-09-27 13:48:00