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Presidential scholar says rules may have to change regarding transfer of power 11/22/2020 02:19pm • The norms regarding the presidential transfer have been in place for over 200 years and were originally set by George Washington. Presidential historian and author of "The Cabinet, George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution," Lindsay Chervinsky, said those practices might have Gravel spill slowed traffic for hours on I-95 in Md. 11/18/2020 10:00am • Southbound drivers on Interstate 95 near Elkridge, Maryland, dealt with heavy delays after a crash between two trucks spilled gravel over the roadway early Wednesday morning. Maryland State Police said a pickup truck and a dump truck were involved in a crash the southbound travel lanes of I-95 be 1 dead in West Falls Church house fire 11/18/2020 07:32am • One person was found dead after a house fire in Fairfax County, Virginia, early Wednesday morning. Fairfax County firefighters were dispatched to a burning single-family home around 3:30 a.m. in the 3200 block of Alice Court, near Camp Alger Avenue in the Falls Church area. They found flames erup Man who was shot dies after Prince George's Co. crash 11/18/2020 06:50am • A man is dead after being shot and crashing his vehicle in Prince George's County, Maryland, early Wednesday morning. Prince George's County police said a man was found suffering from gunshot wounds around 2 a.m., after he crashed on Taurus Drive, near Beech Street, in Fort Washington. He was Organization seeks DC-area volunteers for National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week 11/15/2020 08:28pm • As the holidays draw near, Time for Homes, an organization that helps to provide housing for homeless citizens, is looking to raise awareness of the issue in the D.C. area. National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week will last until Nov. 22, and advocates said education, action and awareness Filmmaker explores historical lynchings in Montgomery County 11/15/2020 06:05pm • There are a lot of unknowns in the documentary, "The Three (Known) Lynchings of Montgomery County, Maryland," as director and writer Jay Mallin found out when he began uncovering the public records of three men, George Peck, John Diggs and Sidney Randolph. Mallin said Bryan Stevenson's book, "Jus 3 critically injured after shooting in DC's Brightwood Park 11/09/2020 07:55am • A shooting in Northwest D.C. on Sunday night left three men critically injured. D.C. police said gunfire occurred around 9 p.m. Sunday on Georgia Avenue, near Jefferson Street, in the Brightwood Park neighborhood. According to D.C. firefighters, three men were taken to local hospitals in criti Man found shot to death at New Carrollton Metro station 11/09/2020 07:27am • One man is dead after a shooting at the New Carrollton Metro station in Maryland Sunday night. Metro Transit police said around 11:20 p.m. they found a man who had been shot multiple times in the bus bay area near Ellin Road in West Lanham Hills. He died on the scene. The Ellin Road entranc Kamala Harris' sorority sisters reflect on their sisterhood and time at Howard U. 11/08/2020 12:11pm • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Howard University have been in the spotlight during the 2020 presidential campaign, as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has often spoken fondly of the Black Greek organization. Some of her sorority sisters spoke with WTOP about the person they've known for almost 35 Man dead in shooting near Georgetown waterfront 11/07/2020 07:49am • Police investigate a fatal shooting near the Georgetown waterfront on Saturday, Nov 7. (Courtesy Charles Pinck) One person is dead after a shooting in Northwest D.C. on Saturday morning. D.C. police said the shooting happened around 3:15 a.m. on K Street and Wisconsin Avenue near the Georgeto 3 children, 4 adults displaced after apartment fire in Southeast DC 11/03/2020 07:30am • Seven people are without homes after an apartment fire in Southeast D.C. in the very early hours of Tuesday morning. D.C. firefighters were alerted to the fire in the 700 block of Bayley Place near Massachusetts Avenue SE, around 1 a.m. The fire started around the furnace and spread to the flo Pedestrian dead after being struck in Montgomery Co. 11/02/2020 10:53am • One person is dead after being struck by a vehicle in Montgomery County, Maryland. Police said the incident happened around 6 a.m. at Shady Grove Road and Briardale Road in Redland. The pedestrian died at the scene. The driver stayed until authorities arrived. As a result of the incident Howard U. researchers: Black voters getting flooded with election disinformation 11/02/2020 04:08am • Black voters are being flooded with targeted disinformation and racialized messages attempting to suppress the vote in the final days of the election, researchers from D.C.'s Howard University said. The Brookings Institution Governance studies, in partnership with the historically Black universit 2 dead after shooting at Prince William Co. Halloween party 11/01/2020 10:50am • Two men are dead after a shooting at a Halloween party in Dale City, Virginia, early on Sunday morning. Prince William County police said officers responded to reports of shots fired at a "large house party" in the 3300 block of Bristol Court, near Dale City Elementary School, at 2:03 a.m. Sunday. Person of interest in Alexandria shootings turns himself in 10/26/2020 11:50pm • A man police were looking for in connection with Monday's shootings in Alexandria, Virginia, which left a suspect dead and a police officer wounded, has turned himself in. Virginia State Police said 26-year-old Mitchell D. Thompson, of Alexandria, is in police custody and is being processed on th