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Increased security at Bowie State University after homecoming shooting 10/14/2023 05:51am • Bowie State University is tightening security after a shooting during homecoming events this past weekend. In an online message posted by University President Dr. Aminta Breaux on Friday, she outlined the security measures students can expect to see when they return to the Prince George's County, Colleges and universities work to balance safety with community connection 10/13/2023 11:33pm • After a mass shooting at Baltimore's Morgan State University that injured five people on Oct. 3, university president David Wilson said the school's proposing security upgrades, including a $6.4 million "security barrier" to protect the campus. This week, American University sent out a letter to Police: Teens suspected of Tysons mall carjacking threw liquid candy on driver, told him it was 'acid' 10/13/2023 06:03pm • A 14-year-old Maryland boy has been arrested after police say he and another young person carjacked a man's BMW from Tysons Corner Center by threatening to throw "acid" on him that later turned out to be liquid sour candy. It happened shortly before 6:30 p.m. Thursday in a parking garage near the WTOP Top Kids: Vienna brothers give back by selling pumpkins 10/13/2023 05:41am • Now through Oct. 27, 2023, WTOP is accepting nominations for the WTOP TOP Kids program sponsored by Northwest Federal Credit Union. In addition to being featured on-air and online, winning kids also get a chance at $500. You’re never too young to start giving back, and two Vienna, Virginia, Prince George’s Co. Council tables move that would have raised tipped minimum wage 10/12/2023 09:14pm • A measure that would have made major changes to how restaurant workers in Prince George's County, Maryland, are paid was tabled by the county council on Thursday. The bill would have pushed aside the tipped-wage credit commonly seen in the restaurant industry. If passed, the bill would have ra Disruption at BWI Marshall Airport sparked by bomb threat, authorities say 10/12/2023 01:33pm • The large police investigation at BWI Marshall on Wednesday that shut down access to the airport for about an hour and led to a brief ground stop was triggered by a person who told an airport police officer there was a bomb in their car. At about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, the person approached a Maryl 'Long live' the Eras Tour — Taylor Swift's concert film hits DC-area theaters Thursday 10/12/2023 10:00am • "Long live" the Eras Tour — Direct message WTOP photos of your moviegoing experience this weekend on our Facebook or Instagram and mention where the pictures were taken to potentially be featured on our website and social media platforms. Are you ready for it? Taylor Swift may not have performe Tense moments at BWI Marshall: Person in custody after incident brought airport to standstill 10/11/2023 06:50pm • A person was arrested at BWI Marshall Airport Wednesday afternoon, but authorities haven't said exactly what sparked the large police response and shut down all traffic for an hour. A statement from the Maryland Transportation Authority said, "Based on statements made by the individual, officers Alexandria man charged in death of woman found dead in Fairfax Co. hospital parking lot 10/11/2023 05:14pm • One of the people accused of concealing the body of a woman and leaving her in the parking lot of a Virginia hospital has now been charged with murder, according to Fairfax County police. Eric Antonio Rubio, 36, of Alexandria, now faces a charge of second-degree murder in the death of 33-year-old 3 teenagers arrested after 2 carjackings hours apart in DC 10/11/2023 01:38pm • Three teenagers were arrested and charged in connection with two armed carjackings that happened within a few hours of each other, according to D.C. police. Two stolen vehicles were spotted by Seat Pleasant police officers on Monday, according to a news release. The department then worked with Va. Attorney General tells voting group to stop distributing flyers containing misleading information 10/11/2023 10:46am • Virginia’s Attorney General is telling a nonprofit group to stop handing out flyers with what he described as false information about voting. A cease-and-desist letter has been sent to the D.C.-based “Look Ahead America.” Mailers received by Prince William residents disseminated false i Fairfax Co. police warns residents about 'bank jugging' 10/10/2023 11:27pm • Across the country, law enforcement is seeing a rise in a type of robbery known as "bank jugging," and in the D.C. region, Fairfax County police are sounding the alarm about the crime. The scheme involves criminals who follow someone who has left a bank or ATM with the hopes of stealing the money Safer streets for pedestrians at the heart of new Montgomery Co. master plan 10/10/2023 10:02pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, has a detailed road map with one goal: making the county's streets safer for pedestrians. Now, the comprehensive plan to improve pedestrian safety has gotten a stamp of approval from the county's council. The Pedestrian Master Plan was passed unanimously by the 11-mem 'Ambushed': Maryland woman fatally shot in car at her apartment complex parking lot 10/10/2023 05:15pm • A woman was fatally shot while inside her vehicle at the parking lot of her Laurel, Maryland, apartment complex. The Laurel Police Department said that Tjai "TJ" Farmer, 42, of Laurel was "ambushed by a lone gunman" while she was sitting in her vehicle inside her apartment complex parking lot at Fairfax Co. police search for man behind vehicle break-ins, package thefts 10/10/2023 10:01am • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are searching for a man who they believe took part in a series of vehicle break-ins and package thefts last week. On Monday, police released surveillance photos of a man around 18 to 25 years old who they say broke into several vehicles and stole packages from