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After winning 6 state football titles in Prince George's Co., coach DaLawn Parrish heads south for new journey 09/06/2024 06:34am • DaLawn Parrish recalled receiving a call during a football practice from John Kelley, the head coach of Quince Orchard High School in Montgomery County, Maryland. As they spoke, Kelley questioned Parrish, the coach for Dr. Henry Wise Jr. High School, on the late times for his practices. After exp DC jury returns guilty verdicts for two gang members in 2018 murder of 10-year-old girl 09/03/2024 06:57pm • Two gang members involved in the 2018 death of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson were found guilty on murder charges in a D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday. Assistant D.C. Police Chief Chanel Dickerson said the suspects fired "indiscriminately," killing 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson and wounding four adults. Why a Georgetown bike shop will let you borrow a bike for free 09/03/2024 10:35am • When foldable bike maker Brompton said it would let anyone borrow one of its peddle bikes for an entire day for free from its new Brompton Junction store in Georgetown in April, it raised the question "What's the catch?" There are no real restrictions — just a reservation, a helmet and a promise t Police identify armed man fatally shot by DC officers after McDonald's crash 09/02/2024 05:12pm • Police have identified the armed man who was fatally shot by two D.C. police officers outside of a McDonald's on Marion Barry Avenue Southeast on Sunday morning. The shooting happened on Sept. 1, 2024, at 2529 Good Hope Road, near the intersection of Marion Barry Avenue and Naylor Road. (WTOP/Gr Kensington celebrates end of summer with annual Labor Day parade 09/02/2024 01:08pm • Families lined Connecticut Avenue in Kensington, Maryland, on Monday for the town's annual Labor Day Parade and Festival, with cheers erupting as fire trucks sounded their sirens and local politicians threw candy to excited kids in the crowd. This year's end-of-summer tradition included antiq Several arrests in one night after nearly a dozen illegal car exhibitions across Maryland 09/02/2024 11:20am • Several people were arrested across three Maryland counties Saturday night into Sunday morning at nearly a dozen different illegal car exhibitions, according to Maryland State Police. Officers arrested seven people ranging from 20 to 33 years of age, police said in a news release. Those arrested Car Review: Mercedes AMG GLC 43 Coupe is a stylish crossover that doubles as a sports car with four doors 09/02/2024 04:31am • Mercedes turns its stylish GLC coupe into a sports car with the latest GLC 43 Coupe with big power and handling to live up to the AMG name. (WTOP/Mike Parris) Most people think of AMG as a large sedan or big SUV with a big, loud engine that will cost well into the six figures and earn you respect fr DC police find driver of motorcycle that suspect used to escape after dropping gun that killed officer 09/01/2024 05:49pm • Editor's note: This story and its headline have been updated to clarify the role of the motorcyclist.  A suspect hopped on the back of a motorcycle to escape after allegedly dropping a gun that later accidentally fired and killed a veteran D.C. police officer.  Police confirmed to WTOP t Driver shot dead by DC police after crashing into a McDonald's, officials say 09/01/2024 10:08am • A man is dead after officials say a pair of D.C. police officers opened fire Sunday morning in Southeast. It happened after the car he was driving crashed into the McDonald's located at 2529 Good Hope Road, at the intersection of Marion Barry Avenue and Naylor Road, just after 5:30 a.m. D.C. Poli Review: No. 1 movie on Netflix is new raunchy teen comedy 'Incoming' about freshman looking to party 08/30/2024 04:13pm • August means back to school, so are you looking for a wild teen party flick for Labor Day weekend? You might try the raunchy teen comedy "Incoming," which is currently the No. 1 movie on Netflix. It's nothing we haven't seen before in "Mean Girls" (2004) or "Superbad" (2007), but it's not Presumed dead, the search continues: Manassas Park police chief focuses on finding missing mother 08/30/2024 04:22am • It's been almost a month since a Manassas Park, Virginia, mother went missing. Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, an immigrant from Nepal who worked as a nurse, was last seen on July 31. Her husband has been charged in connection with her disappearance, but her body still hasn't been found. WTOP spoke wit After the sun, comes the rain: DC area sees heavy storms and hail as humidity brings temps up 08/29/2024 07:30pm • After a hot and humid day dried the ground, a wave of thunderstorms with heavy winds descended on the D.C. area, prompting flash flood warnings across the region. Here's what you need to know. Between 1.5 to 3 inches of rain are expected, adding onto the already 2-4 inches of rain that have f Prince William School Board, administrators face federal complaint after gay former student alleges bullying 08/28/2024 02:46pm • Claims that the Prince William County School Board and school system failed to stop the bullying of a former student who identified as gay are set to move forward in U.S. District Court in Alexandria after a judge denied the School Board’s motion to dismiss. The School Board and two individual Cruising the Commonwealth: Virginia Tech, Virginia and James Madison prepare for the CFB season 08/27/2024 07:48pm • Is Virginia Tech back? After enjoying eleven 10+ win seasons from 1995-2011, the Hokies have posted just one double-digit victory year (2016) since. And that season was last time they finished in the Top 20. Last fall looked like more of the same (Tech went 14-21 from 2020-22) when they started 2 Former Prince George’s County Council member pleads guilty to felony theft scheme and perjury 08/26/2024 03:27pm • Former Prince George’s County Council member Mel Franklin faces up to a year in prison after pleading guilty Monday to charges of a felony theft scheme and perjury. Prosecutors said that from 2020 through at least October 2023, Franklin embezzled more than $124,000 from his campaign committee,