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Group of shoplifters continues to target CVS stores in Northwest DC 05/05/2023 01:05pm • CVS pharmacies in Northwest D.C. have again had shelves emptied by a group of shoplifters, who helped themselves to large amounts of merchandise before leaving in a stolen car. Earlier this week, WTOP reported two incidents that occurred on Sunday, April 30: The first happened at the CVS on Conne 1 dead, 2 injured after being found inside car in Cleveland Park crash 05/05/2023 05:42am • D.C. Fire and EMS services were called to a crash along southbound Connecticut Avenue front of the Cleveland Park Library. (Courtesy Andrew Leyden) One person is dead, and two people have been hospitalized after what authorities said were "critical life-threatening medical conditions" not relate How the gender pay gap affects women's retirement 05/03/2023 08:00pm • Historically, women have earned less than men on average, and this pattern impacts their retirement funds. The median 401(k) account for women is 65% lower than the balance for men, according to recent research from T. Rowe Price. The study found that women and men tend to have the same access to Types of roads that can have a big impact on home sales 05/03/2023 08:00pm • The rule is "location, location, location" for a reason. A homebuyer's must-have list often includes a certain number of bedrooms, updated appliances and a garage or backyard. But one detail that's sometimes overlooked is just outside the property lines -- and it's a major deal-breaker for man 2 men from Oxon Hill killed hours apart in separate Prince George's Co. crashes 05/03/2023 07:38am • Two men from Oxon Hill died hours apart after separate crashes in Prince George's County, Maryland, on Tuesday, police say. Several others, including children, were also injured in the crashes and taken to area hospitals, according to Maryland State Police -- the agency leading both investigation Wild car crash caught on Fairfax police dash cam video; officer barely escapes 05/03/2023 06:01am • Being a police officer is a dangerous job, and a crash during a traffic stop Monday in Fairfax County, Virginia, demonstrated just how dangerous the job can be. It began shortly before noon on Monday when a Fairfax County Police Officer pulled a driver over on the Fairfax County Parkway. Accor 'Held hostage': Drawn-out dispute over White's Ferry leaves Md. town in limbo 05/03/2023 05:00am • White's Ferry lies grounded as a dispute between land owners in Virginia and Maryland shuttered the barge in December, 2020. (WTOP/Luke Garrett) It's been nearly two and a half years since White's Ferry took cars across a lazy span of the Potomac River — and residents in Poolesville, Maryl Things to watch when interest rates go up 05/02/2023 08:00pm • The Federal Reserve raised interest rates seven times in 2022 and twice -- so far -- in 2023, with the most recent increase of 0.25% occurring in March 2023. Its aim is to cool inflation, which is near its highest levels since the '80s. In a recent Reuters poll, economists predicted only one more 'At our wit's end': Police don't have leads in deadly December Silver Spring parking garage shooting 05/02/2023 05:16pm • Joe Reynolds (Courtesy Montgomery County police) Four months after a father of three was shot and killed in a downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, parking garage, Montgomery County police say they have no idea who did it. Now, Joe Reynolds' widow is joining investigators in asking for the public Prince George's Co. officer convicted of assaulting handcuffed teen after traffic stop 05/02/2023 03:41pm • A longtime Prince George's County, Maryland, police officer was convicted Tuesday of assaulting a handcuffed teen after a 2020 traffic stop. Prince George's County police Cpl. Darryl Wormuth, 46, was found guilty of second-degree assault and misconduct in office following a bench trial before Cir 1 dead after car falls off ramp at Springfield Interchange onto railroad tracks 05/02/2023 09:56am • Listen to WTOP every 10 minutes on the 8s to get the latest traffic updates. A person is dead after a car crashed off a ramp at the Springfield Interchange and fell onto the railroad tracks below in Fairfax County, Virginia, early Tuesday. The car was driving westbound on Interstate 495 toward Rockville man sentenced to life plus 65 years for killing former boss 05/02/2023 01:08am • A Rockville, Maryland, man has been sentenced to life plus 65 years in prison for the murder of his ex-boss, Geoffrey Biddle, two years ago. Billy Phillips pleaded guilty last month to the June 2021 killing of Biddle, 66, the former CEO of Gaithersburg-based Payment solutions. Biddle was found Group of shoplifters empty shelves at 2 CVS stores in Northwest DC 05/01/2023 11:39pm • It was a scary moment for shoppers in two CVS pharmacies in upper Northwest D.C. when a group of shoplifters brazenly emptied shelves before leaving in a stolen car on Sunday. The first happened at the CVS on Connecticut Avenue, near the intersection with Nebraska Avenue. The second occurred appr Virginia man struck and killed on I-295 in DC 05/01/2023 10:55am • An Alexandria, Virginia, man has been killed in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 295 in Southeast D.C. It happened Monday just around 3:15 a.m. after Rhyes Patrick-James Harris, 30, parked a silver 2001 Toyota Corolla on the left shoulder on Interstate 295 South before exits 1B and 1C, with the Driver injured after tree fell on SUV Saturday night 05/01/2023 10:08am • Wise Road in Northwest D.C. reopened by Monday evening after a tree fell on an SUV Saturday night, leaving the driver injured. The road closed between Beach Drive and Oregon Avenue when tree fell at around 8 p.m. Saturday night, WTOP Traffic reports. The road remained closed through Monday mornin