D.C., Md. & Va.

A D.C. grant program is aimed at ending food deserts east of the Anacostia with small community food ventures.

The Democratic primary contest to replace outgoing State Comptroller Peter Franchot pits a state lawmaker against a business owner. The winner will face Republican Barry Glassman, the Harford County Executive, in the general election.

Officials said a crash left a pedestrian in serious condition in Fairfax County.

Police said a woman was killed in a head-on crash in Prince George's County.

Incumbent County Executive Marc Elrich Elrich is one of four Democrats vying to be his party’s nominee. The others are council member Hans Riemer (D-At Large), Potomac businessman David Blair and Gaithersburg resident Peter James, who has previously sought elective office as a Republican.

The man is accused of carrying molotov cocktails several blocks from the Capitol grounds.

Southbound lanes of the Capital Beltway were closed Wednesday afternoon in part of Fairfax County after a tractor-trailer caught fire.

More than 2.4 million acres have burned across the interior this year — the most burned acres so early in the year in at least 80 years.

Doctors say they’re still trying to figure out what went wrong.

David Riddell was charged with disorderly conduct and other offenses in connection with a demonstration on I-270 in Maryland.

The Washington Post submitted questions to candidates running for four seats on the Montgomery County school board.

Scattered showers and storms develop into this evening. Some could deliver flooding rain.

Police did not immediately say if there was a specific target for the shooting.