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Prince William Co. police investigate man offering girls money to get in car 10/04/2021 01:45am • Police in Virginia's Prince William County said a man offered money to multiple girls walking near Rippon Middle School to convince them to enter his car. In what the department call a suspicious incident, an unknown man in Woodbridge, Virginia approached young females and offered them money to g Nation's fallen firefighters honored at memorial in Frederick Co. 10/03/2021 02:27pm • The lives and service of two local firefighters recently killed in the line of duty were honored among many others at the 40th annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. The 40th annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial was held in the town of Emmitsburg, Maryland. Two local firefighters w Woman dies in motorcycle accident in Charles County, Md. 10/02/2021 09:26pm • A woman died Saturday morning after losing control of her motorcycle, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Rose Annette Proctor, 41, was traveling on Billingsley Road when she lost control, crossed the centerline and was struck by oncoming traffic, police said. She was pronounced Georgia Ave. temporarily closes to cars, opens to pedestrians 10/02/2021 02:28pm • The District prioritized people over cars on Saturday by closing three miles of busy Georgia Avenue NW from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., stretching from Missouri Avenue south to Barry Street near Howard University. The city was participating in the Open Streets Project, which has been adopted by 70 cities I-270, Capital Beltway toll lane project may not speed up afternoon commute 10/01/2021 10:27pm • A controversial plan to bring smoother commutes between Virginia and Maryland by adding toll lanes to parts of the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 may not bring a big improvement to traffic flow during one busy travel period. Computer models predicting driving speeds in 2045 from the George Wa Man wanted for murders in Ellicott City, Cumberland arrested in W.Va. 10/01/2021 10:47am • The Maryland man wanted for two killings in Ellicott City and a third in Cumberland has been arrested in West Virginia, Howard County police said Friday. Jeffrey Allen Burnham, 46, of Cumberland, has been arrested for the murder of his brother, Brian Robinette, 58, and sister-in-law Kelly Sue Rob After years of legislating, Anton’s Law goes into effect 10/01/2021 07:41am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. After several legislative attempts in past years fell short, beginning Friday, civilians will have the right to request to review police m Howard Co. police offer reward for 'armed and dangerous' suspect in multiple killings 09/30/2021 10:45pm • Jeffrey Allen Burnham. Click to enlarge. Police are looking for a man involved in three killings in Howard and Allegany counties in Maryland, and who they say is armed and dangerous. Howard County police are asking for the public’s help in finding Jeffrey Allen Burnham, 46, of Cumberland. H 'Sopranos' creator David Chase talks prequel 'Many Saints of Newark,' iconic cut to black 09/30/2021 01:08am • Hear the full conversation on today's "Beyond the Fame" podcast. "The Sopranos" changed television when it aired on HBO from 1999 to 2007. This Friday, the prequel film "The Many Saints of Newark" hits movie theaters. "There's no way I would have done a sequel, intrigued me," Creator VIDEO: Off-duty Montgomery Co. officer and resident rescue woman from burning vehicle 09/30/2021 12:45am • An off-duty Montgomery County, Maryland, police officer and a Montgomery County resident rescued a 61-year-old woman from a burning car in downtown Bethesda Thursday night. Officer R.A. Felix-Fortuna was traveling along Montgomery Avenue and East-West Highway around 6:50 p.m. when he saw a car th No cars allowed: DC Open Streets event envisions other ways to travel 09/29/2021 08:39pm • The District of Columbia will close several miles of Georgia Avenue in Northwest — a major north-south route through the nation's capital — for five hours Saturday, as a way to encourage residents, visitors and businesses to consider alternatives to car-based travel. During the District's sec 1 dead in Anne Arundel Co. tractor-trailer crash 09/29/2021 02:00pm • A man was killed when the tractor-trailer he was driving crashed Wednesday morning in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The Maryland State Police said in a statement that the truck overturned around 5 a.m. on Interstate 97 on the ramp to eastbound Benfield Boulevard. The truck went off the curved Manassas council pre-approves sale of parcel used by baseball league to Micron 09/28/2021 12:30pm • The Manassas City Council pre-approved the sale of 18.12 acres of city-owned land at the northeast intersection of Route 28 and Godwin Drive Monday night, giving Micron Technology Inc. the option to purchase the property at any point in the next three years for $14.1 million. The property, which Norton, Beyer ask for body and dashboard cameras for federal officers 09/28/2021 08:12am • After bipartisan police reform talks collapsed in Congress last week, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., and Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., sent letters Monday to President Joe Biden, Capitol Police Board Chair Karen Gibson and Supreme Court Justice John Roberts asking that they require body-worn and dashb Automakers' problems are much worse than we thought 09/28/2021 06:20am • For a year and a half, a lack of computer chips has been plaguing the auto industry, forcing plants to shut down, delaying auto shipments and sending car prices through the roof. But that's not the only problem automakers face. Industry experts say automakers are having trouble getting all manner