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3 people killed in Rock Creek Parkway crash identified 03/16/2023 05:10pm • Police have identified three people killed in a crash along D.C.'s Rock Creek Parkway on Wednesday morning. Mohamed Kamara, 42, of Burtonsville, Maryland; and Arlington, Virginia, residents Jonathan Cabrera Mendez, 23, and Olvin Torres Velasquez, 22, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Residents say safety ‘lacking’ on Frederick Co. highway after deadly tanker explosion 03/16/2023 06:25am • Just a little over a week after a deadly tanker truck explosion on U.S. Route 15 in Frederick County, Maryland, sparked a fire that spread to nearby homes, members of the community came together Wednesday evening to share their concerns with state and local officials about the highway and the respon 2 Capitol Heights men arrested in connection to Silver Spring shooting 03/16/2023 03:54am • Two Capitol Heights, Maryland, men have been arrested in connection to the shooting death of a man in Silver Spring earlier this month. On Wednesday, Montgomery County police reported that Kajohn and Ahmahd McCombs, both 22-years-old, are in custody following the death of Deandre Keith Ellis, 23. 3 dead, 2 injured after two-vehicle crash on Rock Creek Parkway 03/15/2023 10:30pm • Three people are dead and two others were hurt after a driver fled a traffic stop and crashed into another vehicle on Rock Creek Parkway in Northwest D.C. It happened around 1:45 a.m. in the area of P Street Northwest, according to U.S. Park Police, and traffic is being diverted off the parkw Traffic stop in Montgomery County turns up fentanyl, crystal meth 03/14/2023 05:23pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, arrested a man last week after a traffic stop turned up suspected fentanyl pills, crystal meth and crack cocaine. Harry Perkins, 38, was charged with possession and the intent to distribute the drugs he was found with when he was arrested in Germantown on Ma Gov. Moore recommits Maryland to California's vehicle emissions reduction goals 03/13/2023 10:52pm • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is working on accelerating the state's commitment to improving air quality and combating the effects of climate change by returning the state's timeline to its initial, "more aggressive," clean energy plan, which is in line with California's. Moore's support for the progre DC woman describes 'nightmare' of having wedding dress stolen 03/13/2023 07:49pm • Claudia Arango's wedding was less than two months away when someone broke into her SUV on Friday in the area of Randolph and 14th streets in Northwest D.C., and stole the expensive dress she planned to wear as a bride. She told WTOP that it was a devastating feeling to open up the back of her veh 2 found dead after double shooting, car crash in Capitol Hill 03/13/2023 06:37pm • D.C. police have released new information, including the identity of one of the passengers, in a double shooting and car crash case from Sunday night. In a release, police confirmed that 34-year-old Othaniel Gaither, of Southeast D.C., was one of the victims of the shooting around 8:30 p.m. Sunda DC man charged in string of carjackings, shootings across region 03/13/2023 04:56pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, arrested a D.C. resident who allegedly shot a woman in the face while attempting to steal her car, shot at a man on a Metro train and attempted a string of carjackings — all on Saturday morning. Monteray Horn, 43, was arrested in Wheaton at 11:15 a.m. Satu Moore appointee to Stadium Authority board has troubled financial past 03/13/2023 12:59pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. One of Gov. Wes Moore’s appointees to the board of the Maryland Stadium Authority – an agency charged with overseeing hundreds of millio Bryant Street, DC's newest food hall, is ready for its close-up 03/13/2023 11:59am • The newest addition to MRP Realty’s expansive community and entertainment center development in Northeast D.C.'s Edgewood neighborhood is the Bryant Street Market food hall. It officially opens on March 17, with five food vendors and a sixth coming soon. A rendering of the soon-to-open Brya Car Review: Volvo V90 Cross Country, a wagon that looks more like a crossover 03/13/2023 04:56am • Volvo starts by giving the V90 slick styling with curves. Goodbye box on wheels! It’s one of the best-looking wagons that I’ve ever seen. The Volvo V90 Cross Country B6 helps defeat the boring wagon stigma by giving it more ground clearance so that it looks a bit more like an SUV. The Volvo District Heights man charged with impersonating police officer 03/12/2023 08:50am • A District Heights, Maryland, man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly impersonating a police officer. Late Thursday night, Robert Muschette Jr., 53, was driving a car with red and blue emergency lights on the front windshield, according to Hyattsville police. More Local News More Loudoun Co. deputy cruiser hit by drunk driver while conducting unrelated DUI stop 03/11/2023 02:44pm • A Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office deputy cruiser was struck by a drunk driver in Ashburn, Virginia, while the deputy was conducting an unrelated traffic stop for a suspected DUI, authorities said. The deputy that was hit was in his car was stopped in the area of Route 7 East, at the ramp to 28 Alexandria man gets 11 years in prison after stash of fentanyl pills found in crashed car 03/11/2023 05:33am • A man from Alexandria, Virginia, was sentenced Friday to over 11 years in federal prison after prosecutors said thousands of fentanyl pills were found in his wrecked vehicle last year. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said that 25-year-old Alpha Amin Kamara was senten