Obama Turns Focus on Middle-Class Jobs

U.S. President Barack Obama says he is focusing on ways to help the American middle class make economic gains, to bring them in line with the economic recovery of big business. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that he has been visiting cities across the country that are doing "interesting and creative" things to "re-ignite the engine" of middle class economic growth and make sure ...

Weather Blog After Today

We are looking at a very warm week …. warmest so far this year (on average). On the weather map this morning a warm front separating summery warmth and humidity from cool, dry air lies stretches from the southern Mid Atlantic States to the Ohio Valley while high pressure is over New Brunswick. The warm front is lifting slowly north and will cross the metro region over the next 36 hours ...

I-95 rest area in Laurel to be closed weekdays for paving

Howard County will be closed for paving, the State Highway Administration said. The northbound rest area lots and the travel plaza will be closed 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays. The facility will be open overnight. No work will take place ...

Elderly pedestrians struck by car in Parkville

Parkville on Saturday night, Baltimore County Police said. The pair was struck crossing Harford Road near Putty Hill Avenue, police said. The man, 80, was seriously injured; the woman suffered less serious injuries. Police said the driver remained at the scene and the accident is under ...

Report N. Korea fires fourth missile

North Korea fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, according to South Korea's semiofficial news agency Yonhap, citing a South Korean military ...