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Police seek suspect who aimed gun at Frederick Co. highway drivers 12/03/2022 09:29pm • A driver on westbound U.S. Route 15 near Mount Zion Road in Frederick County, Maryland, reported another driver aimed a firearm at them while passing on the highway, authorities said. The driver reported that the suspect drove very close to their vehicle and started tailgating them around 2:20 p. Catfish scams target everyone: Here's how to keep kids safe 12/03/2022 07:13am • Catfishing crimes have ensnared people for years. This week, a grieving family implored parents to monitor their children's online activity after a former Virginia state trooper catfished a 15-year-old girl online. He then traveled to Southern California, where he allegedly killed the girl's moth Touring through a winter wonderland: Where to see holiday lights in the DC area 12/02/2022 08:00pm • Light festivals and displays are an opportunity for families throughout the DMV to enjoy some holiday spirit together. Here is a list of where you can see holiday lights in the D.C. area: More Local News More Holiday News More Lifestyle News Maryland Winter Light Festiv Extra DC police will be out in the city’s shopping districts this Christmas season 12/02/2022 04:09pm • The holiday shopping season leads to more purchases, and more potential Grinches trying to steal your purchases — and that has D.C. police planning to hit the streets in a very visible way. “You can really feel the holiday spirit throughout D.C.,” said Police Chief Robert Contee, standing o Man shocked on top of MARC train at Union Station 12/02/2022 02:11pm • A man is in the hospital with critical injuries after he was shocked on top of a MARC train at Union Station Friday morning. DC Fire and EMS said the man came into contact with power while walking on the roof of the train car, causing an electric shock. A statement from Amtrak spokeswoman Kimb Fairfax Co. police want victims of cash-for-gold ruse to come forward 12/02/2022 09:01am • Fairfax County police are still looking for more victims of a bizarre cash-for-fake gold scheme where drivers who stop to help a fellow driver on the side of the highway end up possibly getting abducted and intimidated into draining their bank accounts. Three people have been arrested in the Virg ‘Fairfax County’s most wanted’ arrested in Alexandria 12/01/2022 02:31pm • The man whom police called “Fairfax County’s most wanted” on Wednesday is under arrest Thursday. Kyjuan Omar Braxton Trott-McLean, 43, of Mount Vernon, was arrested Thursday afternoon on Colonial Avenue, in the Alexandria section, near Woodley Hills Elementary School “after a short vehicl Md. man fought his $100 DC speeding ticket. Now it’s easier for others to challenge theirs 12/01/2022 04:43am • When one Maryland driver got a $100 speeding ticket from the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles in 2019, he didn’t grudgingly pay the fine like hundreds of thousands of drivers around the D.C. area do every year. He decided to fight it — and he took his case all the way to the District’s highes Pilot and rescuers recount perilous plane rescue in Gaithersburg 11/30/2022 08:15pm • Patrick Merkle of D.C. has been flying for more than 30 years. And on Sunday night, he had hoped to conclude a day trip to New York with a friend at the Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg. But a few miles before the airport, Merkle’s plane crashed into a power transmission tower and left Checklist for choosing a maternity hospital 11/30/2022 07:00pm • When you're pregnant, there are many things to consider when preparing to welcome your new family addition. These include choosing an OB-GYN who fits your personal needs, packing all of your essential items in your maternity hospital bag, choosing a name for your baby -- and finding the best materni Lamborghini's last purely gas-powered supercar is a road car turned into an off-road monster 11/30/2022 08:01am • The new Lamborghini Huracán. (Courtesy Lamborghini) The Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato, officially unveiled in Miami Wednesday will be the Italian automaker's maker's last purely gasoline-powered supercar. It will also be unlike any Lamborghini supercar before because it's designed to go off-roa LISTEN: 'Twas the night of the tree lighting 11/30/2022 05:16am • Traffic during the Christmas Tree lighting is usually terrible downtown. Will drivers have visions of sugarplums or brake lights dancing through their heads? WTOP traffic reporter Dave Dildine penned a parody of a Christmas classic. ‘Twas the night of the tree lighting, when near the White Md. driver who stopped to remove something from the road struck and killed 11/29/2022 03:58pm • A woman who got out of her car to remove something lying in the roadway was struck and killed by another driver, police in Prince George's County, Maryland, said. The crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Monday in the area of Indian Head Highway and Livingston Road. More Local News More Assault charges dropped against ex-DC deputy mayor 11/29/2022 01:54pm • Assault and battery charges have been dropped against a former D.C. official who was accused of grabbing another man by the neck in an Arlington, Virginia, gym parking lot. Online court records confirm that prosecutors dropped the charges against 53-year-old Chris Geldart, who was formerly the Di Police release video of suspects in burglary at Silver Spring car dealership 11/28/2022 04:36pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, police have released a video of the four suspects they say broke into a car dealership in the predawn hours of Monday. More Montgomery County News More Maryland News More Local News The four broke into Universal Auto Group, in Silver Spring,