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Anacostia shooting involving US Marshal sends man to hospital 09/23/2021 04:00pm • A deputy U.S. Marshal shot and wounded a man in Southeast D.C. late Thursday morning after authorities say the man struck the deputy with his car while trying to evade arrest. A deputy U.S. Marshal shot and wounded a man in Southeast D.C. late Thursday morning after authorities say the man struc Girl struck by car in front of Riverdale school 09/23/2021 08:45am • A girl, believed to be 14, was struck by a car in front of Parkdale High School in Riverdale, Maryland, Thursday morning. Mike Yourishin, a spokesman for Prince George's Fire Department, said the teen was struck just after 7 a.m. She was taken to a hospital with serious but non-life threatenin Outage, crashes and damages as storms arrive in DC area wreaking havoc 09/22/2021 06:50pm • Heavy rain has caused thousands of power outages, multiple crashes and damage from fallen trees and wires as storms arrived in the D.C. area Wednesday, with the potential for totals up to half a foot throughout Wednesday and Thursday. In Montgomery County, Maryland, a fallen tree has blocked Mont WATCH: DC couple shares first, last kiss at Dave Thomas Circle Wendy's before restaurant closes 09/21/2021 05:24pm • More than 20 years after sharing their first kiss at the Wendy’s in D.C.’s infamous “Dave Thomas Circle,” Monica and Melvin Gerald took one more ride through the drive-thru lane to share their last kiss there. On Tuesday, the District closed the restaurant in an effort to mak Md. county executives: ‘Healthy competition’ can drive local policies on climate change 09/21/2021 04:12pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Less than a month after remnants of Hurricane Ida tore through Annapolis and inundated parts of Maryland with floods, county executives from Fairfax Co. imam charged with indecent liberties with girl 09/21/2021 11:52am • An imam at a Fairfax County mosque in Virginia has been charged with sexually assaulting a girl in 2015. Fairfax County police said Said Shirzadi, 36, the imam at the Mustafa Center, on Braddock Road in Annandale, was charged Tuesday with indecent liberties by a custodian. He’s been released on 'Car free' DC is Wednesday 09/21/2021 08:15am • An international event wants those in the D.C. area to think twice before they pick up their car keys Wednesday. "Car Free Day" takes place every Sept. 22. People are encouraged to get around without driving solo. That means taking the train, bus, bicycle, carpool, vanpool, subway or walking. Tel New grocer brings healthy options to Prince George's Co. food desert 09/20/2021 08:50pm • Residents are welcoming a new grocer in the Seat Pleasant neighborhood of Prince George's County, Maryland, with open arms, because the store is the first full-service grocery shop to have its doors open in the neighborhood since 2016. “Our mission is to improve food access and community health Chevy Chase man accused of stealing $750,000 from veterans organization 09/20/2021 04:58pm • A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Chevy Chase, Maryland, man with stealing $750,000 from a nonprofit veterans organization. Brian McQuade, 70, was indicted on two federal charges of wire fraud this month, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The indictment was unse 1 in 5 parents says their kids eat more fast food during the pandemic, poll finds 09/20/2021 09:37am • For some families, the pandemic has thrown a wrench in healthy eating plans due to stress from remote work, e-learning, money problems, sickness and more. While half of surveyed parents reported their family has eaten home-cooked meals more often since the pandemic started, 20% of parents said th Car Review: The 2021 Nissan Armada is a capable, comfortable and modern SUV 09/20/2021 04:11am • The extra-large SUV class is getting very competitive for 2021, with many models seeing big updates for the year. Nissan has retooled the Armada with a refreshed look up front. A new grill and LED light clusters make the Armada a modern, yet tough looking SUV. I had the top-of-the-line Armada in pla Family of woman who died in Virginia jail settles lawsuit 09/18/2021 04:18pm • PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The family of a woman who died at a Virginia jail after staff ignored her drug withdrawal symptoms has agreed to settle a lawsuit for $500,000. Pamela Riddick was booked into the Portsmouth city jail on Aug. 21, 2017, on outstanding warrants following a car crash. She died les Docs: Md. 8-year-old was killed 3 hours after alleged shooter released from jail 09/17/2021 05:52pm • Charging documents shed light on the details around the killing of 8-year-old PJ Evans in Landover, Maryland, last month. He'd just played in a football scrimmage and was enjoying Taco Tuesday in an apartment building with his family Aug. 24. A car approached a group of adults gathered outside th Review: Clint Eastwood paints neo-western with a rooster sidekick in 'Cry Macho' 09/17/2021 12:37pm • Clint Eastwood famously “buried” the western genre in his masterful “Unforgiven” (1992), winning Best Picture in one of the American Film Institute’s Top 4 Westerns of All Time. Now, he returns to the genre for the first time in 30 years with “Cry Macho,” a neo-western that wear Slow moving storms dump several inches of rain on DC region 09/16/2021 09:35pm • Slow moving thunderstorms poured several inches of rain in a matter of hours on the D.C. region, and some drivers had to be rescued after their vehicles got stranded in flood waters. Much of the flash flood warnings were canceled just before 7 p.m., while the flash flood watch the National Weathe