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Va. Girl Scout shares love of reading by collecting, donating hundreds of books 09/12/2024 04:55pm • A young girl in Virginia is sharing her love for reading in a big way. Emma Fischer, 11, recently became a Cadette in her Girl Scout Troop and decided to pick a passion of hers for her service project. "I decided to combine my love of reading with this challenge," Fischer said. Fischer, a s 'You are my forever hero': Community mourns fallen DC officer killed in accidental shooting 09/12/2024 04:12pm • Friends, family and hundreds of police officers gathered Thursday to remember D.C. police officer Wayne David, who died last month while trying to retrieve a gun that accidentally fired. On Aug. 28, David, a 25-year veteran of D.C.'s police force, was trying to recover a gun that a man officers They were kids when 9/11 happened. Here's why they became firefighters 09/11/2024 04:51pm • Twenty-three years after almost 3,000 people were killed when terrorists hijacked passenger jets and purposefully crashed them in the worst attack on America in history, a growing number of firefighters reportedly weren't born before Sept. 11, 2001. At the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation' Pedestrian bridge project near Battlefield High School may be in jeopardy 09/11/2024 03:26pm • A safety improvement project that would add a pedestrian bridge along James Madison Highway near Battlefield High School in Haymarket, Virginia, may be in jeopardy. At a Prince William County Board of Supervisors meeting last week, Supervisor Bob Weir, who represents the Gainesville district, sai 'Focused on the future': DC-area residents, politicians react to presidential debate 09/11/2024 11:00am • In a city whose business is politics, it was no surprise that people packed D.C.-area bars and restaurants to watch Tuesday's presidential debate. Hundreds at The Admiral restaurant and bar in Dupont Circle were glued to 15 big screen TVs to witness Vice President Kamala Harris battle against Safety improvements coming to short stretch of Little Falls Parkway near Capital Crescent Trail 09/10/2024 03:49pm • A short stretch of Little Falls Parkway — the site of a 2016 crash that killed a bicyclist on the Capital Crescent Trail, in Bethesda, Maryland — will soon be permanently reconfigured to maximize safety. Montgomery Parks has been given the go-ahead by the National Capital Planning Commission Trash is dirty business. In Prince George's Co., some are stinking mad that it's not being picked up 09/10/2024 08:05am • Dozens of Prince George’s County, Maryland, residents dealing with the sights and smells of uncollected trash for a good chunk of the summer unwrapped their frustration at a public meeting Monday night. Angel Nelson, who lives in the Fairwood section of Prince George's County, said she's had pr 'He's more than a custodian, he's a friend': Vienna high school students stun custodian with dream car 09/10/2024 03:59am • A group of sophomore students at James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia, stunned their beloved school custodian Monday afternoon, by presenting him with something he's dreamed about — a Jeep Wrangler. With the sun shining bright down on them in a restaurant parking lot, the boys admi DC police release bodycam video footage of fatal shooting outside Southeast DC McDonald's 09/09/2024 07:47pm • A week after police shot and killed a man outside a McDonald's in Southeast D.C., authorities have released body camera video footage of the shooting. Justin Robinson, 26, a D.C. man who worked with violence interruption programs in the District, was fatally shot by two police officers last w 2 charged with murder after deadly shootout inside Prince George's Co. laundromat 09/09/2024 02:15pm • An 18-year-old man is dead and two people — including a teen — are facing charges after a shootout inside a Maryland laundromat Sunday evening, Prince George's County police said. On Monday, Prince County's County police identified the man who was killed as Anibal Suazo, 18, of Lothian, Maryl Car Review: The Lincoln Corsair allows for hands-free driving and up to 28 miles of gas-free commuting 09/09/2024 05:57am • The Lincoln Corsair is a small crossover that plug-in for 28 miles of EV driving before the gas engine goes another 300 miles before stopping. (WTOP/Mike Parris) Lincoln, the luxury brand for Ford, gives you crossovers and SUVs that offer a premium look and feel compared to the Ford versions. This h DC Bike Ride brings ten thousand cyclists to nation's capital 09/07/2024 03:29pm • Ten thousand people cycled about 20 miles on bicycles for the 2024 DC Bike Ride around the nation's capital Saturday morning. The riders started off from 12th Street and Constitution Ave. in Northwest, finishing on Pennsylvania Ave. for a "finish festival" with food, drink, a beer garden and live Vigil held for DC man fatally shot by police in Southeast 09/07/2024 08:02am • A candlelit vigil was held Friday evening by Black Lives Matter and Harriet's Wildest Dreams, to remember 26-year-old Justin Robinson, who was fatally shot by D.C. police last Sunday. Chants of “Justice for Justin!” were shouted out as hundreds of mourners returned to the scene where the Grand jury indicts DC Council member Trayon White on bribery charge 09/06/2024 06:48pm • D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on a bribery charge after he was caught on video last month appearing to take lump sums of money from a local business owner. White, who has represented Ward 8 on the D.C. Council since 2016, was the chairman of the 4 years in prison for driver in crash that killed 2 teen girls walking near Fairfax Co. school 09/06/2024 03:50pm • The Fairfax County, Virginia, man in a speeding BMW who plowed into two teen girls walking home from school in June 2022 has been sentenced to four years in prison following emotionally wrenching victim impact statements in court Friday. Usman Shahid, who was 18 at the time of the crash, was conv