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New Jersey counties are under quarantine for another reason: Invasive bugs 08/16/2020 07:38pm • Spotted lanternflies hail from China and are adept travelers. (Courtesy NJ Department of Agriculture) Quarantine bugging you? Imagine how New Jersey residents feel. In addition to a series of coronavirus restrictions, state authorities have placed eight counties under additional quarantine be 1 dead following fiery crash in Gaithersburg 08/15/2020 09:36am • Wreckage from the scene of a deadly car crash in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service/Pete Piringer) One person is dead and two others are injured following an early morning single-vehicle car crash in Montgomery County, Maryland DC police release video of cruiser fatally striking pedestrian 08/14/2020 09:38pm • Police in D.C. released the body-worn camera video of an officer striking a pedestrian with a cruiser while on the way to respond to an emergency call last month. Devonne Christine Harris, 62, of no fixed address, was hit on July 24 at about 9:30 p.m. by a marked police car with its lights and si Police ask for help identifying hit-and-run victim in Prince George's Co. 08/14/2020 03:15pm • Police in Maryland are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who was killed in a hit-and-run crash last Sunday in Prince George’s County. The man, who had no ID on him, was struck around 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 9 in Cheverly, Maryland, state police said in a news release Friday. Accor Anne Arundel police hoping to capitalize on increasing interest in cold cases 08/14/2020 12:44pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '2e77aed0-a69d-4585-ad06-673ca75db109' }).render("561536053a74b1");}); Whether it's through TV shows, podcasts or Fair food drive-thru returns to Calvert County for second weekend 08/13/2020 11:09pm • A pop-up drive-thru serving fun food typically found at festivals and fairs is returning to Prince Frederick, Maryland, for a second weekend. The Southern Maryland Fair Food Drive-Thru at the Calvert County Fairgrounds will be open, rain or shine, Aug. 14 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Aug. 15 and 16 Storms, heavy rain close out work week for DC area 08/13/2020 10:30pm • Flooding in Brandywine, left, and Clinton, both in Prince George's County, Maryland, prompted rescues on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Courtesy Prince George's County Fire and Rescue) The work week closes with another round of storms Friday, with rain that could be heavy at times. Here's what you ne Metro prepares to ramp up service to pre-COVID-19 levels 08/13/2020 12:51pm • Metro is preparing to ramp up service starting this weekend, after nearly five months of sharp reductions because of the coronavirus pandemic. The transit system said it will reopen closed stations, run trains more frequently and expand hours of operation starting Aug. 16. Metro also plans to exp Hundreds of Univ. of Md. students struggling to get out of leases 08/13/2020 09:29am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Julia Kane, a rising senior at the University of Maryland College Park, was worried about the lease she had signed in February, before she k Alexandria launches drive-in movie series to benefit Virginia charities 08/13/2020 12:36am • If you missed the Wolf Trap drive-in movie series last week, don't worry your quarantined heart. There's a new drive-in series coming to Northern Virginia. Behold, the Alexandria Drive-In presented by ALX Community and The Garden. "Our members, neighbors and people we love around the cit Heavy rain leads to flooding in parts of Maryland, Virginia 08/12/2020 11:50pm • Storms battered the D.C. region leading to flooding and road damages in some areas. But the risk of flooding returns Thursday through the weekend. Here's what you need to know. Torrential rain from slow, erratic-moving thunderstorms that moved across the area triggered a string of flash flood war On 3rd anniversary, effects of deadly Charlottesville rally still being felt 08/12/2020 10:01am • Three years after the Unite the Right rally brought thousands of white nationalists to historic Charlottesville, Virginia, culminating in James Alex Fields, Jr. purposely driving his car into a group of counter-protesters, the effects of the deadly day are still being felt. Fields has been senten DC man allegedly stole $2.5M from pandemic relief fund and church, then bought house and yacht 08/12/2020 05:23am • A D.C. man faces charges of fraudulently obtaining $2.1 million in federal coronavirus relief loans and embezzling $472,000 from the Archdioceses of Washington and then using the money to buy a $1.13 million rowhouse, a $300,000 yacht and a $46,000 sports car. The U.S. Attorneys's Office charged Truck hauling batteries overturns on Beltway in Maryland 08/12/2020 03:19am • A major truck crash snarled traffic on the Capital Beltway in Greenbelt, Maryland, late Tuesday afternoon, forcing authorities to close the Outer Loop for more than an hour. The crash happened on the Outer Loop near Kenilworth Avenue around 5:30 p.m. A tractor-trailer hauling car batteries overtu 1 dead in Montgomery Co. crash 08/11/2020 11:00am • One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash in Montgomery County, Maryland, late Monday night. A car struck a utility pole and caught fire at the intersection of Md. Route 190/River Road and Luvie Lane, trapping its driver just before 11 p.m. Monday, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spok