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Coronavirus update: DC grants early release to eligible inmates; worldwide deaths surge past 100,000 04/10/2020 08:20pm • A stunning report Thursday from the Labor Department showed that job cuts across the U.S. are mounting, a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Maryland and Virginia weren't immune. (AP/John Locher) The latest D.C. has granted early release to some inmat 'Quiet before the storm': Md. advocate concerned about domestic violence amid pandemic 04/09/2020 04:55pm • The new coronavirus pandemic is forcing many to be stuck at home and adding more stress into the mix. It’s a bad recipe for those already fearful of domestic violence. While stay-at-home orders are in place in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, "for many survivors, staying at home is not necessarily 1972 killing of 12-year-old Fairfax County girl has been solved, police say 04/02/2020 12:48am • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, said they have solved the killing of a 12-year-old girl that happened over 45 years ago. Karen Lee Spencer, 12, was found dead in 1972. (Courtesy Fairfax County police) Karen Lee Spencer was last seen alive Nov. 29, 1972 in the Huntington area. Her body was Prosecutor seeks release of Fairfax inmates as COVID-19 reaches county jail 04/01/2020 06:36am • A male inmate at the Fairfax County, Virginia, jail has tested positive for the coronavirus, and the county's top prosecutor is recommending the release of some inmates in hopes of balancing justice with public safety. In a statement, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano called th Coronavirus update: Metro closes 2 stations after contractor tests positive; DC officials call Senate relief bill ‘outrageous’ 03/27/2020 01:21am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks on the COVID-19 crisis Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Courtesy Mayor Bowser's Office) The latest President Donald Trump approves major disaster declaration for Maryland. Van Ness and Tenleytown Metro stations are closed until 8 a.m. on Friday. WTOP has learned t Coronavirus risk prompts request to release Loudoun Co. double-murder suspect until trial 03/23/2020 09:44am • The lawyer for a Virginia man charged with the 2018 armed murders of an Aldie woman and her adult son has asked a circuit court judge to grant pretrial release to Brian Welsh, citing the "unprecedented and extraordinarily dangerous nature of the COVID-19 pandemic." The motion by defense attorney 2nd person charged in connection to deaths of 2 Md. high school grads 03/17/2020 12:10am • A teenager is facing charges in connection to the deaths of a D.C.-area man and woman whose bodies were found lying near a crashed car in southern Virginia last month. Virginia State Police took a 17-year-old Danvile, Virginia, boy into custody last Thursday and charged him with one count of obst Deals made on bills in Va. legislature, but too late for lawmakers to finish on time 03/08/2020 10:10am • Virginia lawmakers voted on dozens of significant bills on what was supposed to be the final day of the annual Virginia General Assembly session, but budget conferees and negotiators failed to reach agreements on other bills in time to end the 60-day session on schedule. A budget deal was finally DC police chief: New US attorney will be 'aggressive' in stopping repeat gun offenders 03/06/2020 01:22pm • Illegal guns continue to be a driver of violence in D.C., and the city's police chief said an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office to bring certain gun cases to federal court is helping crack down on repeat offenders. In his testimony to the D.C. Council's Judiciary Committee, Chief Peter Ne Shaw shooting victim identified as 13-year-old boy 03/02/2020 08:58am • The teen boy who was shot and killed in D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood Sunday afternoon has been identified by the police. Malachi Lukes, 13, of Northwest, was shot around 2 p.m. in the 600 block of S Street NW. He died later at the hospital, the police said. A second shooting victim was taken to Shooting in DC's Shaw neighborhood leaves 1 dead 03/01/2020 06:48pm • A teenager was killed in a shooting in D.C.'s Shaw neighborhood Sunday afternoon, police said. Two juveniles were shot just after 2 p.m. in the 600 block of S Street Northwest, between Florida Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue. The status of the second victim is unknown. D.C. Police Chief Peter N Proposed Md. bill would charge juveniles as adults for carjacking 02/29/2020 11:24am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Legislation under consideration in the Maryland General Assembly would add attempted carjacking and attempted armed carjacking to the list of offenses that juveniles at least 16 years of age can be charged with as adults. Current Maryland law states that juvenile courts have ju Maryland man shot and killed in front of DC cosmetology school 02/28/2020 08:30pm • Police in D.C. identified the Maryland man who was shot and killed in front of a cosmetology school in Northeast D.C. Friday morning by a gunman with "very unusual hair" who took off after the shooting. De'mari Twyman, 21, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, died, after the suspect, who was described as havi Ex-Baltimore mayor sentenced to 3 years in book sales scheme 02/27/2020 10:00pm • (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: 'c6cef302-9454-4fe4-8906-8eb273c5fc2b' }).render("556153693bb8a09");}); Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh wa Maryland judge will not dismiss murder charges against Catherine Hoggle 02/27/2020 05:57pm • A judge will not dismiss the murder charges against Catherine Hoggle, who is facing the charges for the 2014 disappearance of her two young children, despite her defense's argument that prosecutors have run out of time to put her on trial. Defense attorney David Felsen filed a motion to dismiss