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Emmett Till memorial sign missing days after 66th anniversary of his death 09/04/2021 09:00am • ▶ Watch Video: How the killings of Emmett Till and George Floyd sparked 2 movements 65 years apart A marker memorializing the tragic death of 14-year-old Emmett Till has gone missing from Money, Mississippi. The sign, which was located in front of the grocery store where Till was accus Police: Md. man caused multi-vehicle crash, attacked police 09/03/2021 07:47pm • Brandon Tyrell Hardy, 25, of Annapolis, was arrested after he fled from a multi-vehicle crash and attacking officers while resisting arrest. He was found with marijuana and cocaine in his possession. (Courtesy Anne Arundel County police) A Maryland man was arrested after he fled from a multi-veh 1 dead, 2 injured after shooting, police chase in Northwest DC 09/03/2021 12:20pm • A person is dead and two others are injured after a chaotic sequence of events that ended with a police shooting in Northwest D.C. early Friday. Police Chief Robert Contee said police found two people suffering from gunshot wounds just after midnight Friday on Rittenhouse Street, near Georgia Ave Prince George's Co. police veteran indicted on tax evasion, obstruction of justice charges 09/03/2021 11:42am • A 26-year veteran of the Prince George's County, Maryland, police department has been indicted on federal tax evasion and obstruction of justice charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. According to a six-count indictment, Edward Scott Finn, 47, of Dunkirk, Maryland, allegedly de Federal agency hits pause button on Baltimore-DC Maglev rail proposal 09/03/2021 06:42am • A train similar to the Maglev train that would connect Baltimore and Washington, D.C. (Courtesy Baltimore-Washington Rapid Rail) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The l 14-year-old charged as adult in deadly Montgomery Co. basketball game 09/03/2021 03:44am • A 14-year-old boy indicted on one count of first-degree murder will be tried as an adult, after a basketball game involving a group of teens turned deadly in Germantown, Maryland, earlier this month. The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced a grand jury indictment Thursday, s DC region set for sunny, fall-like weather after Ida remnants bring floods, tornadoes 09/02/2021 09:43pm • The D.C. area is in for a much-needed stretch of sunny, cool, dry weather as it recovers from the the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which triggered severe storms and deadly flash flooding on Wednesday. Ida may be gone, but the storm's aftermath will be felt for days, if not longer. In Maryland, offi DC 'Maserati shooter' suspect arrested in Costa Rica 09/02/2021 05:00pm • A Maryland man was arrested in Costa Rica in connection to an alleged road rage assault in D.C. in May. On Thursday, D.C. police confirmed that Kenneth Miles Davis Jr., 42, was apprehended by law enforcement in Costa Rica four months after the shooting of a mother, Shadonna Nance, and two of her 'Like a freight train': Maryland tornado damages cars, buildings 09/01/2021 11:20pm • "You ever seen 'Wizard of Oz?'" It looked just like that, said David Joseph, describing the tornado that touched down in Annapolis, Maryland, on Wednesday afternoon. It sounded "like a freight train," Joseph and co-worker Brian McLaughlin said. They were trying to close the bay doors when they Flooding, water rescues; 2nd tornado reported as Ida's remnants move through DC region 09/01/2021 09:20pm • Lightning is seen over D.C. on Sept. 1, 2021. (WTOP/Dave Dildine) The remnants of Ida battered the D.C. region Wednesday, bringing tornadoes and flash flooding to a region already waterlogged from recent storms. Two tornadoes struck Maryland, one in Anne Arundel County around 2:15 p.m., and a 10 children, driver rescued by boat in Frederick Co. after school bus trapped in flood waters 09/01/2021 06:06pm • Ten children and a driver were rescued from a school bus that was caught in rising flood waters in Frederick County, Maryland on Wednesday afternoon. Todd Wivell, spokesman for Frederick County Sheriff's Office, told WTOP that the school bus became trapped in flood waters around 4:30 p.m. on Hess Wolf Trap, Signature Theatre present Brian Stokes Mitchell, Renée Elise Goldsberry 09/01/2021 12:32pm • Hear the full conversation on today’s “Beyond the Fame” podcast. After a long pandemic shutdown, Broadway officially reopens this week in New York City. Wolf Trap and Signature Theatre are celebrating with "Broadway in the Park" on Friday, featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell ("Hamilton" Betting the farm on solar energy in Maryland 09/01/2021 11:12am • An artist's rendering of what the solar panels will look like arrayed across the land at Triple Creeks Farms in West Friendship. Photo from the Howard County government Flickr account. (Used by permission.) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matt What should be in your emergency kit 09/01/2021 04:00am • Every home should have an emergency kit on hand for when storms and power outages occur. WTOP recommends you print it out this list ahead foul weather and power outages. Supplies to have on hand: Portable radio. If your power goes out, radio will be your lifeline. Preset your radios to 103. Late arrivals, short supply of bus drivers among issues of getting kids to school in Md. 09/01/2021 12:47am • When schools opened Monday in Montgomery County, Maryland, Todd Watkins, the transportation director for the county public school system said there were a number of reports of late buses — some were as much as one hour late. Every year there are issues with late buses, but this year is differen