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Driver dead after striking tree in Landover 09/26/2020 09:12am • A woman is dead in Landover, Maryland, after a crash during the overnight hours from Friday into Saturday. Prince George's County police were dispatched to the 7800 block of Central Avenue around midnight for a crash involving a single vehicle into a tree with a sole occupant, described as an adu DC traffic-safety bill passes; would double red-light cameras and more 09/23/2020 11:27am • The D.C. Council has voted unanimously for a traffic safety bill that will nearly double the number of red-light cameras in the District in less than two years, along with a host of other provisions. The bill, which passed Tuesday, will ban right turns on red lights at locations with heavy foot t 1 dead, 1 injured after Lorton shooting 09/22/2020 05:26am • One person is dead and another injured after a shooting in Lorton, Virginia, on Monday evening. Fairfax County police said shots were fired around 9:30 p.m. Monday in the 9800 block of Hagel Circle, a residential area between Richmond Highway and Interstate 95. Officers found two people suffer Man dead after Southeast DC crash 09/21/2020 09:33am • A man is dead after a crash near the Sousa Bridge in Southeast D.C. on Sunday night. D.C. police say the crash happened around 8:40 p.m. when his vehicle hit a pole on Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast in the Hill East neighborhood. He died at the scene. Police are investigating the cause of th DC company determined to help travelers keep germs at bay 09/20/2020 04:13pm • Travel agent Robbie Stanfield had been running her travel firm New Luggage -- centered on group travel for women of color -- for a few years when the coronavirus pandemic became widespread throughout the U.S. and all travel came to a screeching halt. A lot of her clients' travel plans were cancel Candlelight vigil outside of the Supreme Court honors the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 09/20/2020 10:22am • A candlelight vigil honored the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg outside of the nation's highest court Saturday night. Co-sponsored by the Women’s March along with Planned Parenthood Action Fund, MoveOn Political Action and other advocate and allied organizat Fire in Old Town Alexandria forces family from home 09/16/2020 07:23am • A fire forced a Virginia family to leave their house in Old Town Alexandria early Wednesday morning. Alexandria firefighters were called to the fire in a single-family residence at 614 S. St. Asaph Street at 6 a.m. Wednesday. They found visible fire and smoke coming from the roof, according to Ri Person dead after being struck by Metro train at Gallery Place 09/14/2020 10:20am • A person died after being struck by a Metrorail train at the Gallery Place/Chinatown station Monday morning. Metro officials said a preliminary review of video footage shows the individual was unsteady before falling off the platform. The train struck the person just before 6 a.m. Officials Football begins again in DC, but a game day staple is missing 09/13/2020 01:17pm • D.C.-area football fans can scrap any plans they may have for tailgating in the Landover, Maryland, parking lot of FedEx Field. There's no official word on the Washington Football Team's website regarding a no tailgating policy, but if fans attempt to come to the stadium in Prince George's County Art All Night, DC's overnight arts festival, goes virtual for 2020 09/13/2020 12:45pm • Like seemingly every other event in 2020, D.C.'s 10th annual two-week overnight arts festival, Art All Night, is going virtual this year. The event will feature some of the area’s best visual and performing arts exhibits, workshops and performances from local artists. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowse 1 dead in shooting near DC's convention center 09/09/2020 10:15am • A man was shot and killed in D.C. Tuesday night near the convention center. The D.C. police said the shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. on N Street Northwest, between 6th and 7th streets — a block from the convention center in Mt. Vernon Square. The man was taken to a hospital where he later Man dead in Stafford Co. car crash 09/07/2020 09:28am • A man is dead after a car crash in Stafford County, Virginia, early Monday morning. Virginia State Police say the vehicle was heading northbound on Interstate 95 when it crashed just after midnight near the Quantico exit. Authorities say the man died on the scene. There is no word on what c HBCU students and alumni honor one of their own ahead of march for justice 08/29/2020 03:56pm • The organizers of the HBCU March of the Generations will honor the life and legacy of Chadwick Boseman by holding a moment of silence ahead of a Saturday demonstration. Boseman, who died Friday after a 4-year battle with colon cancer, was an alumni of Howard University and often spoke fondly of h Murder, overdose deaths key concerns in Prince William County annual report 08/23/2020 03:35pm • A sharp rise in murders along with an increase in overdose deaths were revealed in Prince William County, Virginia 2019 annual report by its police department. Overall, the crime rate has been falling in the county, with 11.9 crimes per 1,000 residents in 2019 compared with 12.9 per 1,000 residen Lithium-ion battery caused Loudoun Co. house fire, nearly $1M in damages 08/23/2020 08:24am • The Loudoun County fire marshal determined a faulty lithium-ion battery in a remote-control car started a fire Friday in Aldie, Virginia, that displaced a family and caused nearly a million dollars in damages. (Courtesy Loudoun County Fire Department) The Loudoun County fire marshal determined a