Vincent Gray

With the nation's attention focused on New Hampshire, officials in Washington, D.C., are headed to the Granite State to publicize their bid to make the District of Columbia the 51st state. A delegation led by Mayor Vincent C. Gray will appear Jan. 12...

Police Chief Cathy Lanier on WTOP’s, Ask the Chief; RFK Turns 50 and Willie Waffle gives (part of) his Top 10 list of movies for 2011 On a recent segment of WTOP’s, Ask the Chief, Police Chief, Cathy Lanier informs listeners about a recent...

Republican Gov. Robert McDonnell of Virginia made no secret about who he thought should win Maryland's 2010 gubernatorial campaign. It wasn't Martin O'Malley. Yet two months after O'Malley, a Democrat, sailed to victory, McDonnell showed up in...

The rat infestation at Occupy D.C. has become so serious that protesters should be cleared out of their encampment at a federal park near the White House, said Washington Mayor Vincent C. Gray....

WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray says the district is sponsoring several events in observance of the Sept. 11 attacks to honor those who lost their lives and to recognize the commitment of first responders. The three-day observance will...

U.S. officials have "specific, credible but unconfirmed" information about a potential al Qaeda threat against the United States coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. "We have received credible information very...

New York -- Top U.S. officials say they are not ready to put aside threat information received last week that al Qaeda terrorists wanted to attack New York or Washington around the time of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks. "We...

That’s part of a letter that Dyer and 13 other mayors from cities with NBA franchises sent to Stern, the commissioner of the NBA, and Hunter, the head of the players association....

WASHINGTON -- Roxanne Brummell has thrived in what many consider the toughest new testing ground for teachers in the nation. The fifth-grade teacher in Washington, D.C., earned a "highly effective" rating under the district's controversial system that...

Gov. Martin O'Malley started his second term in office Wednesday by sounding themes of progress and recovery amid a rough economy. "I believe in this decade of ours, the better future that we seek dawns first in Maryland," O'Malley said during his...