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DC focuses on nightlife, violence prevention as part of its Independence Day safety approach 07/01/2022 05:12am • D.C. is taking a new approach to July Fourth holiday safety this year, focusing as much on violence prevention as on fireworks safety. WTOP has compiled some useful guides for celebrating Independence Day. Mayor Muriel Bowser was joined Thursday by Metropolitan Police Department Meet the Democratic candidates for Maryland governor: Ashwani Jain 07/01/2022 04:43am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland Meet the Democratic candidates for Maryland governor: Jon Baron 07/01/2022 04:43am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland primary 'Pivotal question' in debate about overhauling DC crime lab 06/30/2022 08:51pm • Should the head of D.C.'s forensic lab be a scientist? And should he or she report directly to the D.C. Council rather than the mayor? More than a year after the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences lost its accreditation, shutting down its ability to conduct forensic casework on evidence collect Police fatally shoot armed suspect near Springfield Town Center 06/30/2022 08:37pm • Police in Fairfax County shot and killed a man who they said refused to put down a gun outside a mall in Springfield, Virginia. Fairfax County police have not yet named the 37-year-old man, as they are waiting to notify his relatives. They said the man was wanted over an incident that happened Su Lawsuits target Fairfax County school board sex-assault response 06/30/2022 07:53am • FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A pair of lawsuits that for years has plagued Virginia's largest school system with allegations that it ignored students' accusations of sex assaults are back in front of federal judges. One of the lawsuits includes allegations of horrific abuse suffered by a student at Meet the Democratic candidates for Maryland governor: Ralph Jaffe 06/27/2022 08:07am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland Meet the Democratic candidates for Maryland governor: Doug Gansler 06/27/2022 08:03am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland Meet the Democratic candidates for Maryland governor: John King 06/27/2022 07:40am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland Meet the Democratic candidates for Maryland governor: Jerome Segal 06/27/2022 07:37am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland Meet the Democratic candidates for Maryland governor: Tom Perez 06/27/2022 06:10am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland Meet the Democratic candidates for Maryland governor: Wes Moore 06/27/2022 04:48am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland Amended suit claims Fairfax school covered up, minimized sexual assault complaint 06/26/2022 12:58pm • This article was written by WTOP's news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com's free email subscription today. Lawyers for a former Fairfax County student recently filed an amended complaint against the Fairfax County School Board outlining allegations Baltimore lawyer sentenced for helping clients launder drug money 06/26/2022 09:36am • A Baltimore defense attorney has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for his part in a money laundering conspiracy. Ken Ravenell, 63, of Monkton, Maryland, was sentenced to 57 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release Wednesday, for using his law firm escro Va. Gov. Youngkin seeks 15-week abortion ban as DC-area leaders react to Supreme Court abortion ruling 06/24/2022 09:30pm • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has given his support for a 15-week abortion ban as other leaders in D.C., Maryland and Virginia reacted Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey — two major court cases upholding the nationwi