Man gets 6 years for lying to investigators about unsolved murder of U.Md....
A Gaithersburg, Maryland, man has been sentenced to six years in prison for lying to a federal grand jury in connection with the unsolved murder of Meiko Locksley, son of University of Maryland head...
View Article12-year-old, 2 teen girls charged with beating 64-year-old man to death
Three girls ages 12 to 13 have been arrested and charged in the beating of a 64-year-old D.C. man that led to his death last October, police said. Police said Reggie Brown, of Northwest, was found...
View ArticlePolice ID suspects who they say tried to rob Prince George’s Co. GameStop...
Prince George’s County police have identified the three men accused of trying to rob a GameStop on Thursday, before police intervened and shot one of the suspects. Kanard Bishop, 26, Edward Leroy...
View ArticleDC Council unanimously approves hundreds of millions in funding for Capital...
The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the allocation of more than $500 million for renovations to Capital One Arena as part of a plan to keep the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals...
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Flooding, hail, damaging winds blast Southern Md. as cold front sweeps...
Heavy rain flooded parts of the D.C. area with thunderstorms bringing hail and damaging winds along with a cold front’s arrival Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know. Listen to WTOP online...
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Storms dump graupel in parts of the DC region Thursday. What even is that?
A week of April showers continued Thursday, but it wasn’t just rain that fell from the sky. Widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms produced graupel in parts of the D.C. area. Here’s what you...
View ArticleRidership up, fare evasion down on Metro, transit agency says
Efforts to reduce fare evasion and increase safety on Metro trains and buses appear to be working, the transit agency said Thursday, citing positive ridership and crime trends. According to Metro,...
View ArticleWoman found dead in Prince George’s Co. was stabbed to death, handcuffed. Her...
A Bladensburg, Maryland, man has been arrested and charged with murder after his mother’s handcuffed body was found inside their apartment, according to police. Officers said they showed up to an...
View Article16-year-old charged in shooting death of 14-year-old on platform of Brookland...
A 16-year-old boy from Northwest D.C. has been arrested and charged with shooting and killing a 14-year-old boy on the platform of the Brookland Metro station last week, according to police. The teen...
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Man killed in DC shooting that wounded several including 2 children
Six people were shot in D.C.’s Carver-Langston neighborhood Wednesday evening after police said two shooters got out of a vehicle and opened fire on people outside. One man was killed; two young boys,...
View ArticleShe was emptying her cat’s litter box when a man walked up and shot her. Was...
A D.C. man was charged Thursday in the shooting of a woman who he apparently thought was someone else, according to prosecutors. Michael Owusu-Sakyi, 47, faces a charge of aggravated assault while...
View ArticleMaryland gym shooting: Man in critical condition after shots fired at LA Fitness
A man has critical injuries after a fight led to a shooting inside a Glenarden, Maryland, gym on Thursday. Glenarden Police Chief Regis Bryant said officers got a call around 8:30 p.m. about a shooting...
View ArticleThey shot a trash collector and left him for dead in the street. Police in...
Prince George’s County police released photos and video Friday of the people who fatally shot a trash removal company employee in Maryland last week. The shooting happened around 3:40 p.m. on April 4...
View ArticleDistrict’s Emancipation Day celebration means road closures Sunday
Each year D.C. recognizes April 16 as Emancipation Day, since on that day 162 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District. But this year, the festivities come two...
View Article‘Among the worst we have seen’: Md. mother lit son on fire for making a mess...
A Germantown, Maryland, woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for lighting her 8-year-old son on fire, leaving him with burns on a quarter of his body and scars he’ll likely have for life,...
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Metro unveils plan to dampen impact of summer Red Line work that will shut...
Metro says free shuttle buses traveling in special bus-only lanes through parts of Montgomery County, Maryland, will help riders affected by the shutdown of five Red Line stations this summer. The...
View ArticleDC high school violated Arab students’ constitutional rights, ACLU says in...
The American Civil Liberties Union has sued D.C. and the principal of Jackson-Reed High School, saying the school has suppressed the rights of members of its Arab Student Union. The Arab Student Union...
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DC man wanted in connection with Fort Totten shooting that left 5-year-old...
D.C. police are asking for help in finding a suspect in the late Tuesday night shooting of a man and his 5-year-old daughter in the Fort Totten neighborhood of Northeast D.C. D.C. police are asking for...
View Article3 killed in 3 separate shootings in less than 2-hour span across DC
Three people are dead after three separate overnight shootings that happened within the span of two hours across D.C., police said in a news conference Thursday. A 17-year-old boy from D.C., a...
View Article21 senior members of DC police to be dismissed — more than half due to...
More than 20 senior members of D.C.’s police department are on the way out. A total of 21 senior police officers or senior sergeants will be leaving the department on April 30, according to D.C....
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