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Off-road crash kills driver in Prince George's Co. 03/14/2020 08:39am • A man is dead in Prince George's County, Maryland, after their vehicle left the roadway and struck a pole in the early morning hours of Saturday. Prince George's County police said a driver was traveling along Pennsylvania Avenue in Forestville, when his vehicle ran off the road and crashed into Driver hospitalized after car flips, catches fire in Montgomery Co. 03/09/2020 06:19am • A driver is in the hospital with serious injuries after their car hit a utility pole, flipped over and then caught fire Monday morning near Damascus, Maryland. Montgomery County firefighters were alerted to the crash just before 1 a.m. near the intersection of Ridge Road and Hawkes Road. Firs Northeast DC fire displaces 5 residents from row home 03/07/2020 06:38am • First responders fought to knock down flames from a two-story Northeast D.C. home on March 7, 2020. (Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS) Five people are displaced after a fire in a Northeast D.C. residence early Saturday morning. Firefighters responded to several calls reporting a fire at 5033 Sargea Montgomery Co. firefighters battle Sandy Spring house fire 03/02/2020 06:31am • A lack of available fire hydrants made firefighting efforts difficult as a Montgomery County, Maryland, house burned early Monday morning. The house is on Brooke Road and Chandlee Mill Road, near the Sandy Spring Slave Museum. Pete Piringer, of Montgomery County Fire and Rescue, said it start Pedestrian struck, killed on Route 7 in Loudoun Co. 03/01/2020 09:10am • A man died after being hit by two cars while he was trying to cross Virginia Route 7 in Loudoun County, Virginia, in the early hours of Sunday. The man was trying to cross the road at Dranesville Road, near the Sugarland Crossing shopping center, at about 2:40 a.m. when he was hit by two cars in 3rd patient in Maryland now being tested for possible coronavirus 02/28/2020 10:09am • A third patient in Maryland is being tested for possible coronavirus, state health officials say, a day after Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced two people who had recently traveled to China have undergone testing for the virus. As with the two patients Thursday, the third patient met the criter Man struck, killed in Fairfax Co. 02/28/2020 07:45am • A man is dead after being hit by a vehicle in Fairfax County, Virginia, according to police. Leonard Mathey Jr., 33, of Fairfax, was struck and killed Thursday night. Fairfax County Police said the crash happened just before 9 p.m. on Monument Drive at Monument Court in Fair Lakes. The locatio Man struck by Metro train near Rockville Metro station 02/25/2020 07:39am • A man suffered life-threatening, traumatic injuries after a Metro train struck him not far from the Rockville, Maryland, station Tuesday morning. Metro Transit police said in a tweet that the man had climbed a fence next to the Metro tracks in Montgomery County. The train struck the man about 1 man dead in Rockville stabbing 02/14/2020 06:17am • A man is dead following a stabbing in Rockville late Thursday night. Montgomery County police received a call around 11:15 p.m. on Thursday for a stabbing on West Montgomery Drive not far from Rockville Town Center in Maryland. When police arrived, they found a man suffering from stab wounds. Galentine's Day: Faux Feb. 13 holiday celebrates genuine female friendships 02/13/2020 08:43am • A half-heard conversation often sparks confusion, and in some cases, panic — so when WTOP anchor Joan Jones buzzed out of the studio to remind editor Teddy Gelman what today was, it caught me off guard. "That's tomorrow," I yelled across the newsroom, quickly glancing at the date to make sure Suspect wanted after stealing vehicle at Prince George's Co. deputy sheriff's home 02/12/2020 02:15pm • One man is at large after being involved in a car theft in Bowie, Maryland. Bowie police told WTOP they received a call around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday for three people pulling on car doors in the 14800 block of Dunleigh Drive, near Central Avenue. Police were able to arrest two suspects when they Confrontation between teen and Metro police ends in alleged assault 02/09/2020 10:38am • A 13-year-old was detained and then arrested in Northwest D.C. for allegedly shoving a police officer after being stopped for "committing horseplay." The exchange, caught on video shows, two Metro transit police officers arresting the boy Thursday night at the Shaw-Howard University Metro Station Rockville juvenile arrested, charged for having explosives 01/31/2020 12:29am • A Rockville, Maryland, juvenile was arrested Tuesday after explosives were found in a mailbox in the Glen Hills neighborhood earlier this week. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said they were notified of the potential explosives in a mailbox on Newgate Road on Monday. Investigators described Original Frederick Douglass writings now available online 01/30/2020 08:43am • The newspapers edited by Frederick Douglass are now available online from the Library of Congress. The collection is made up of 568 issues of three weekly newspaper titles he wrote between 1847 and 1874, including The North Star and New National Era. The latter was published in D.C. Douglass†1 injured in NE DC shooting 01/19/2020 12:47pm • A man was wounded in a shooting in the predawn hours of Sunday in Northeast D.C. The D.C. police said they received a call at about 4:30 a.m. from bystanders who said gunshots were fired on H Street, between 13th and 14th streets, in the H Street corridor. SUV wanted in connection to shooting