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U.Md. students plan protest over lease agreements during pandemic 08/10/2020 09:53am • University of Maryland College Park students will protest Tuesday against being bound to fall semester lease contracts for dorms they won't live in out of coronavirus safety concerns. Students citing health and safety have found themselves protesting an inability to terminate expensive lease agre 1 dead; at least 21 people, including off-duty DC officer, shot at Southeast DC party 08/10/2020 06:00am • A 17-year-old is dead  — one of at least 21 people, including an off-duty D.C. police officer, who was shot during a large public gathering in Southeast early Sunday morning, according to police. D.C. police said shots were fired around 1 a.m. Sunday on the 3300 block of Dubois Place SE, in a Car Review: Volvo XC90 T8 E-AWD plugs in for better performance and mpg 08/10/2020 04:20am • It’s been a few years since I drove the Volvo XC90, and there are some changes for 2020. The exterior gets a nip and tuck, but you have to really pay attention to notice the revised front-end styling. The XC90 design still looks fresh and handsome. The top-of-the-line XC90 T8 Inscription model Chris Daughtry dishes on 'Live from Home Tour' to benefit The Birchmere 08/10/2020 12:39am • He's one of the most successful "American Idol" alumni to rock out on his own terms. Next week, Chris Daughtry presents his virtual "Live from Home Tour" on Aug. 18 to benefit 19 venues across the country, including The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. "We're all itching to get back out New study reveals dangers of ATVs for young riders 08/10/2020 12:01am • An average of 31 children receive emergency treatment every day for head and neck injuries sustained on all-terrain vehicles. That's according to a new study by Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, which found that over 25 years, nearly 280,000 children under 18 were treated at emerg Bailey's Crossroads crash leaves 2 dead 08/09/2020 04:16pm • Two people are dead following a crash in Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, early Sunday. Fairfax County police said a single vehicle was involved in the crash, which happened on Carlin Springs Road near Columbia Pike around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Police confirmed one fatality in a tweet Sunday morning Va. Sen. Mark Warner 'bitterly disappointed' by lack of answers from Park Police in Bijan Ghaisar shooting 08/06/2020 08:20pm • As the three-year anniversary of the shooting death of motorist Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police approaches, Virginia's senior senator is growing increasingly frustrated at the lack of answers. “I have been bitterly disappointed by the Park Police’s response,” U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) Nearly 2 dozen miles of DC streets will soon be 15 mph zones 08/06/2020 06:33pm • D.C. is expanding the "Slow Streets" program that's expected to grow to include 22 miles of speed restricted roadways by next month. The new initiative implementing 15 mph speed limits will build upon an effort to promote safer use of streets by pedestrians that has been underway since early June Delaware man arrested on weapon, drug charges 08/06/2020 09:21am • BRIDGEVILLE, Del. (AP) — Authorities say a machete was found inside the car of a Delaware man who was stopped on the road for displaying a fraudulent vehicle registration plate. The Delaware Police said a trooper also discovered drugs, including methamphetamine, inside Jason Eskridge’s vehicl Safety improvements begin at deadly Bethesda intersection 08/06/2020 08:06am • Work to make a River Road intersection in Bethesda, Maryland, safer for drivers and pedestrians has finally begun, years after a deadly crash. In 2016, a driver traveling 70 mph over the speed limit crashed into a car at the intersection of River Road and Braeburn Parkway in Bethesda, killing 18 Police: Suspect in Alexandria killing shot himself, taken to hospital 08/05/2020 07:29pm • The suspect in a homicide that took place in Alexandria, Virginia, was taken to the hospital Wednesday after shooting himself, police said. Alexandria City police said Ibrahm Elkahlil Bouaichi was wanted in connection to the July killing of Karla Elizabeth Dominguez Gonzalez. Bouaichi was beli Lawmaker presses for answers after 2 DC moms share distressing Secret Service encounter 08/05/2020 05:18pm • After two mothers said they were traumatized following an encounter with U.S. Secret Service officers last week on the National Mall, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is demanding more answers about what happened. "Such an incident must not be tolerated anywhere — but it will not be tolerated in Police release video of suspect, car in Northeast DC killing 08/05/2020 12:29pm • The D.C. police have released video of a suspect and a car involved in the shooting death of a man in Northeast last month. Dennis Dykes, 34, of Southeast D.C., was shot and killed in the 4000 block of Grant Street Northeast, near the Minnesota Avenue Metro station, in the early morning hours of How safe is a road trip home to see the family? 08/05/2020 07:10am • "I didn't look at our drive as a vacation or a trip," says Christy Frank, who drove 10 hours with her three children from Copake, New York, to her hometown of Tiffin, Ohio. "We were just trying to get across the state to do exactly what we were doing at home, but at my parents' house." After mont Sunny respite for DC area Wednesday before storms return 08/05/2020 04:00am • Isaias has passed out of the D.C. area, but not before leaving a trail of damage from flooding and tornadoes. Wednesday will be a quick respite from wet weather, but storms make a swift return. Here's what you need to know. Isaias dropped between 3 to 6 inches of rain east of Interstate 95, wi