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On a chilly, windy day, volunteers hand out coats in DC 11/26/2021 03:37pm • On a day when the wind whipped across a parking lot outside a Southeast D.C. church and temperatures dropped into the 30s, members of the D.C. Knights of Columbus distributed coats it bought for its annual coat drive. Volunteer Anthony Diallo was the first person to greet visitors in the driveway Missing 10-year-old found after vehicle theft and hours of wandering in Montgomery Co. 11/26/2021 05:32am • Montgomery County police announced early Friday morning that the 10-year-old from Hyattsville, Maryland, who went missing for several hours when the vehicle she was in was stolen, has been found "safe and unharmed." Police said the child went missing just before 11 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day; autho 'People are still hungry' -- Maryland lawmakers call for more efforts to address hunger 11/25/2021 04:11pm • Two Maryland lawmakers and a local county executive are saying the state needs to do more to address a rise in hunger caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. "People are still hungry," Sen. Katie Fry Hester told WTOP. "When I go by our local food bank or the Miller Branch Library on Saturdays, there's a Montgomery Co. exec says he's committed to 'permanent changes' in cutting Silver Spring crime 11/24/2021 03:53pm • After dozens of drivers swarmed downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, during a rowdy car rally last weekend, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said he is committed to significant efforts to curb crime in the area. "Having residents feel unsafe is simply not acceptable. No one should go to downt Tennessee woman pleads guilty in crash that killed Gaithersburg couple 11/24/2021 01:06pm • A Tennessee woman has pleaded guilty in a crash that killed a Gaithersburg, Maryland, couple in March. Rebecca Vo, of Nashville, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two charges of gross negligent manslaughter by vehicle in the deaths of Pran and Pamela Sharma, the office of Montgomery County State’s Atto BW Parkway reopens after woman struck and killed 11/24/2021 08:14am • A woman is dead after she was struck by a car on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Maryland on Wednesday morning. It happened around 5:45 a.m. on the northbound lanes, just north of MD-197 near Laurel. All  northbound lanes in that area were shut down but reopened at around 8:30 a.m. U.S. P Plea agreement reached for Fauquier Co. teen charged with shooting mother, brother 11/23/2021 11:16pm • A plea agreement has been reached for Levi Norwood, who was 17 when he allegedly shot and killed his mother, Jennifer, and 6-year-old brother Wyatt, and wounded his father, in February 2020, in their Midland, Virginia home. Online court records show the plea will be entered Nov. 30 in Fauquier Co All-door boarding in the works for Metrobuses 11/23/2021 10:26pm • Metro is taking steps to make boarding through all doors available to bus riders. During a meeting last Thursday, transit officials gave an update on the regional Bus Transformation Project, which aims to improve service and customer experience. In order to make all-door boarding possible, rea Police: Man fleeing Prince George's Co. traffic stop killed in DC crash 11/23/2021 02:08pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, say a man fleeing a traffic stop was killed after crashing in Northeast D.C. late Sunday night. A news release Monday identified the man as Isiah Smith, 28, of D.C. Police said the crash happened near a park on Michigan Avenue and Bunker Hill Road le Father and son charged in Leesburg bank robbery, multicounty car chase 11/23/2021 04:39am • A father and son who were arrested following a miles-long car chase through Northern Virginia were charged Monday in connection to a bank robbery in Loudoun County. Leesburg police say 65-year-old Kenneth W. Sencindiver of Winchester is charged with one count of robbery and one count of the use o Car crashes into tree along southbound BW Parkway 11/23/2021 02:44am • The driver had to be extricated from this car after it crashed into a tree Monday along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. (WTOP/Monique Hayes) A driver suffered life-threatening injuries Monday after crashing into a tree along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Prince George's County, Maryland. Metrorail says limited service will last for rest of 2021 11/23/2021 02:00am • Metrorail will spend the rest of the year in a reduced service pattern, with no timeline established after October's Blue Line derailment. The public transit operator again extended its service reductions Monday, meaning riders can expect longer wait times on all lines through the holiday season Council president blasts 'lawlessness' after chaotic car meetup in downtown Silver Spring 11/22/2021 10:20pm • A lawmaker in Montgomery County, Maryland, said Monday he's outraged by what he says is increasing crime in Silver Spring, including a chaotic, hourslong car rally over the weekend that drew more than a hundred cars, blocking traffic and spinning out in the middle of intersections. "This lawlessn Anti-crime efforts underway in downtown Silver Spring following weekend car rally 11/22/2021 09:00pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, Council President Tom Hucker has said a greater police presence is needed in downtown Silver Spring to combat crime. But Earl Stoddard, the county's assistant chief administrative officer, said the county is "taking action based on what's been happening in Silver Spri Hogan announces rideshare-credits grant to reduce impaired driving in Md. 11/22/2021 05:06pm • On Monday, Maryland looked back at the lives of 120 residents lost to impaired driving over the past year, and Gov. Larry Hogan announced a grant that might reduce those losses in the future. Speaking at the 18th annual Maryland Remembers Event, Hogan said the state has been working hard enacting