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Maryland Uber Eats driving mom wins $250,000 in the lottery 07/25/2021 07:07am • For those that think their luck's against them, never say never. A Maryland Uber Eats driver and mother of five is sitting pretty after buying a scratch-off lottery ticket for $250,000 a few weeks ago. The winner, going by "Grateful Mom" to remain anonymous, was sitting in her car waiting for her Car crashes into home, killing Maryland man 07/24/2021 08:25pm • BROOKLYN PARK, Md. (AP) — Police say a man suspected of driving under the influence crashed into a Maryland home early Saturday morning, killing a 68-year-old. News outlets report the collision happened around 3 a.m. Saturday in Brooklyn Park when the driver failed to stop at a stop sign, jumpe DC activates cooling center as region braces for yet another heat wave 07/24/2021 08:02pm • As another heat wave approaches the region, D.C. is activating its cooling centers to help residents beat the worst of the heat -- while a heat dome covers over much of the continental United States. The heat will not be the only weather force the region will have to suffer through this week thou Body of Emily Lu found, suspect facing murder charge 07/24/2021 11:16am • The body of 72-year-old Emily Lu, of Lorton, Virginia, has been found, 51 days after she disappeared. Lu was seen on June 3, shopping at an Aldi store in Woodbridge. Her car was later found at her home in Lorton, with her items still inside. One of her tenants, Brian George Sayrs Jr., is under 'Mad as hell': DC police chief reacts to gun violence at scene of 14th Street shooting 07/23/2021 04:10pm • The day after a shooting near Logan Circle wounded two men and sent outdoor diners along 14th Street ducking for cover, D.C. police released new video of the suspects and returned to the popular strip to reassure members of the community and call for a tougher approach to combating crime. On Fri E-scooters will soon be available to ride in Fairfax Co. 07/23/2021 01:21pm • E-scooters will soon be available to ride in Fairfax County, Virginia, for the first time, the county announced Friday. Fairfax County's Department of Cable and Consumer Services approved the deployment of 600 e-scooters throughout the county -- 300 LINK scooters and 300 Bird scooters. This is pa Shooting near Logan Circle sends people dining out to run for cover 07/22/2021 11:00pm • A shooting in D.C.'s Logan Circle, an area filled with pedestrians and people dining out, sent people ducking for cover and running to find a safe location Thursday evening. Police have released photos and a video of the suspects and the vehicle involved in a shooting that wounded two men near Lo Suspected Maryland drug trafficker sentenced to prison 07/22/2021 03:50pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal prosecutor says a suspected Maryland drug trafficker who led police on a chase which resulted in a crash that injured a person just discharged from a hospital has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison. Jonathan F. Lenzner, acting U.S. Attorney for Maryland, sa D'oh-Nuts: Drivers sought after reckless driving in Navy Yard 07/22/2021 12:53pm • D.C. police are looking for the drivers of several vehicles that they say were driving recklessly in Navy Yard over the weekend. They're specifically looking for cars doing doughnuts at the intersection of 4th and Tingey Street, Southeast around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. The cars are a maroon Dodge DC police release more video of fatal crash in hopes of identifying person of interest 07/21/2021 10:41am • Police have released more surveillance video in hopes of identifying a person of interest in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Northwest D.C. earlier this month. Jamya Williams, 20, of Greenbelt, Maryland, was killed in a crash just before 1 a.m. on July 3 at 14th and K streets. D.C. police said in Northam pardons man imprisoned for drive-by shooting 07/21/2021 08:32am • NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has pardoned a man who served 22 years in prison for a role in a drive-by shooting in which testimony indicated he wasn't involved. The Virginian-Pilot reports Bobbie Morman Jr. was 18 when he was arrested in the August 1993 shooting and was convicted DC police find second car involved in Nationals Park shooting 07/21/2021 04:43am • D.C. police have found the second vehicle involved in the shooting outside of Nationals Park Saturday night. Patrol officers found the gray Toyota Corolla with Virginia temporary tags and a missing hubcap on the rear driver's side, D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said. It was located on Wate Bijan Ghaisar's parents ask for former Park Police chief to be removed from task force 07/20/2021 10:00am • Kelly and James Ghaisar protesting on July 20, 2021, outside the U.S. Department of the Interior. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli) The mother and father of Bijan Ghaisar protested Tuesday outside the U.S. Interior Department's Northwest D.C. headquarters, asking for former U.S. Park Police Chief Robert MacL Survey: Commuters want Metro into Prince William County 07/19/2021 03:09pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A Metro extension into Prince William County is preferred over increased VRE service or bus rapid transit by residents who responded to Car connected to DC 6-year-old's killing found burned 07/19/2021 12:07pm • D.C. police said Monday they've found the car used in the drive-by shooting that killed a 6-year-old girl and wounded five others, including her mother. Nyiah Courtney was set to start first grade at Ingenuity Prep School in Southeast, where she attended kindergarten. The school shared a photo o