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Task force begins reviewing Montgomery Co. police dept. for underlying racial bias 08/31/2020 11:48pm • An 80-member task force has begun its work reviewing police operations and developing recommendations to bring change to the Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland. It's called the Re-imagining Public Safety Task Force. It's made up of people from a variety of backgrounds, including comm Archdiocese of Washington launches new effort to fight racism 08/29/2020 12:45am • The Archbishop of Washington celebrated a Mass of Peace and Justice Friday to mark 57 years since the historic March on Washington and unveiled a new anti-racism effort. Speaking at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in D.C., Archbishop Wilton Gregory said people of different faiths came to Reward increased for info on deadly Md. shooting of pregnant woman, baby 08/28/2020 02:00pm • Howard County police Chief Lisa Myers joined the family of Rabiah Ahmad and the Council on American-Islamic Relations at a news conference Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (Courtesy Howard County police) The reward has increased for information about the shooting death of a pregnant woman in Columbia, Mar Capital Crescent Trail viral bike assault trial advances 08/27/2020 07:16am • Prosecutors in Maryland's Montgomery County have filed a criminal information complaint against the Maryland man charged with assaulting three teenagers after a viral video showed him grabbing a protest flyer from one of the teens, WTOP has learned. Anthony Brennan III, of Kensington, Maryland, w DC mother's hunger strike hopes to gain clarity on son's death in 2018 08/23/2020 08:33pm • A D.C. mother's lengthy hunger strike has been used to push Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for answers about her son's death two years ago. Danielle Brown's son Marquis Jaylen "JB" Brown reportedly jumped out of his 16th-floor dorm window at Duquesne, which resulted in his dea Anne Arundel police hoping to capitalize on increasing interest in cold cases 08/14/2020 12:44pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '2e77aed0-a69d-4585-ad06-673ca75db109' }).render("561536053a74b1");}); Whether it's through TV shows, podcasts or On 3rd anniversary, effects of deadly Charlottesville rally still being felt 08/12/2020 10:01am • Three years after the Unite the Right rally brought thousands of white nationalists to historic Charlottesville, Virginia, culminating in James Alex Fields, Jr. purposely driving his car into a group of counter-protesters, the effects of the deadly day are still being felt. Fields has been senten Maryland high school posts message of unity after racist graffiti found 08/11/2020 05:35pm • Calvert High School in Prince Frederick, Maryland, posted a photo of the words "no hate here" written in football jerseys and helmets on the football field at the school. (Courtesy Calvert High School) After a Calvert County, Maryland, high school was vandalized over the weekend, a message of un Va. AG Herring prioritizes mandatory bodycams, ban on rehiring bad officers 08/11/2020 09:38am • Virginia Attorney Gen. Mark Herring is pressuring state lawmakers to mandate body-worn cameras on all law enforcement officers, and to ban the rehiring of officers who were fired or resigned for misconduct. Herring has laid out his priorities for criminal justice and policing reforms ahead of the Baby dies nearly 1 week after mother shot, killed in Howard County 08/06/2020 05:18pm • The baby of a pregnant woman that was delivered prematurely after her mother was shot and killed inside a house in Howard County, Maryland, has died. The baby, named Ahja, was delivered by doctors at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma in Baltimore at 28 weeks old and was in critical conditio Maryland to receive $1 million from DOJ to combat human trafficking 08/05/2020 06:37am • Maryland will be awarded nearly $1 million in federal funds to assist victims of human trafficking with finding safe housing, employment and counseling services. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced in a news release Tuesday a $999,990 award from the Justice Departmen 6 sentenced for Va., Md. sex trafficking 07/29/2020 08:44am • Six people have been sentenced to a combined 81 years in prison for their roles in sex trafficking through Northern Virginia and Maryland. For more than a year, from April 2018 through Jan. 14, 2019, a girl was trafficked at multiple hotels in Alexandria and Fairfax, Virginia, according to the De Prince George’s Co. prosecutor discusses law, policing with community 07/29/2020 07:06am • Prince George’s County's top prosecutor opened a dialogue with residents of the Maryland county Tuesday so residents could learn about the court system and how prosecutors pursue charges against police officers. The Community in the Courthouse event also served as an overall opportunity for res 3 former Washington NFL players hit with charges in health care fraud case 07/28/2020 01:19pm • Three former Washington NFL players have been hit with charges for their alleged roles in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the NFL's health care benefit program by submitting false claims for medical equipment. The fresh charges are part of a new Justice Department indictment released Frid 2 Virginia juvenile escapees captured by US Marshals in Michigan 07/26/2020 01:36am • Two prisoners who escaped from a Virginia juvenile facility less than two weeks ago were arrested Saturday 700 miles away in Michigan. Rashad E. Williams, 18, and Jabar Ali Taylor, 20, were found and arrested without incident at a hotel in Battle Creek, Michigan, at around 5 p.m. The U.S. Mars