OLNEY, Md. — For Richard Leotta, blue ribbons in his neighborhood mark what may be the hardest month of the year. “It’s important that I do this,” he said. “I have to do this until I can’t do it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As is often the case, New Year’s Day will see the implementation of new laws and policies in various states across the country.

A federal law requiring impairment-detection devices inside all new cars survived a recent push to strip its funding but ...