Search

Today in History: Sept. 20 09/20/2019 12:00am • Today is Friday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 20, 2001, during an address to a joint session of Congress, President George W. Bush announced a new Cabinet-level office to fortify homeland security and named Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge its director Police ID man shot, killed in parking lot of Maryland apartment complex 09/19/2019 05:12pm • Police have identified the man who was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Glenarden, Maryland, apartment complex Wednesday, and they are still investigating the deadly shooting. Around 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to an apartment complex in the 7900 block of Johnson Avenue, off Mar Driver, 66, dies after crashing into Annandale home 09/19/2019 04:05pm • A 66-year-old man died after his car crashed into a home in Fairfax County, Virginia, early Thursday morning. John Carey, of Annandale, was driving a Subaru Legacy northbound on Wakefield Chapel Road when he went through the intersection at Little River Turnpike and then crashed into a house in t Where have the wild birds gone? 3 billion fewer than 1970 09/19/2019 02:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — North America's skies are lonelier and quieter as nearly 3 billion fewer wild birds soar in the air than in 1970, a comprehensive study shows. The new study focuses on the drop in sheer numbers of birds, not extinctions. The bird population in the United States and Canada was Thieves cause car crash near DC line after Bladensburg ATM theft 09/19/2019 09:11am • Thieves crashed their car into another vehicle early Thursday morning while hauling a stolen ATM, Prince George's County police said. According to authorities, three suspects stole an ATM from a gas station in the 5500 block of Annapolis Road in Bladensburg just before 4 a.m. As they were flee 'Fill the Boot' fundraising to continue as Fairfax County discourages panhandling 09/19/2019 06:03am • Fairfax County firefighters collected the most money nationally in this year's Fill The Boot campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. (Courtesy Facebook/Fairfax Co. Professional Firefighters & Paramedics) One day after Fairfax County's Board of Supervisors announced plans to put sign Tail pipe tussle: Maryland to fight Trump administration over emissions standards 09/19/2019 04:00am • A waiver allowing California to set tough emissions standards for cars and trucks is being revoked by President Donald Trump's administration, and Maryland is planning to sue over it. That's because Maryland — along with a dozen other states and D.C. — mirrors California's rules, which are st 5 fall getaways in the DC area 09/19/2019 12:05am • With its tolerable temperatures and fabulous foliage, fall is the perfect time of year for a weekend getaway. D.C.-based travel writer Jess Moss has a few ideas that will keep you close to home, but take you worlds away. Sand and surf in the offseason Summer may be over, but that doesn’t mea Solo drivers are dumping cars; more commuters take transit or telework 09/18/2019 07:20pm • The number of commuters who telework at least one day a week in the D.C. metropolitan area has nearly tripled since 2004, according to a survey on commuting trends presented Wednesday to the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board. And it's at an all-time high for federal workers. 1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting at Maryland apartment complex 09/18/2019 05:05pm • One man is dead and another is wounded following a daytime shooting Wednesday at an apartment complex parking lot in Glenarden, Maryland. The shooting was reported at about 12:10 p.m. at an apartment complex at 7941 Johnson Ave. The man who was injured in the shooting fled to a 7-Eleven across Md. man who drove around with girlfriend's body pleads guilty to murder 09/18/2019 03:25pm • Nearly a year after he called his parents to say he killed his girlfriend, touching off a multiday police search across Maryland, Edgar Manning has pleaded guilty to murder. It was Sept. 25, 2018 when Manning's parents dialed 911 reporting to Prince George's County Police that their son had just How do you rescue someone from the trees when there's a plane stuck above them? Very carefully 09/18/2019 12:30pm • A small plane crashed in the Laurel area in Maryland on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. (Courtesy Anne Arundel County Fire and Rescue) The Federal Aviation Administration continues to investigate the second small plane crash in the D.C. region in the last week. Once again, no one was seriously hurt, bu Fairfax Co. eyes signs to discourage panhandling at intersections 09/18/2019 08:44am • Fairfax County, Virginia, is moving toward becoming the first local community to post signs near intersections to discourage drivers from giving money to panhandlers. "It is a distraction to have someone standing in the street, when you're looking to make a turn or go through an intersection, and Man arrested for kidnapping at Branch Ave. Metro station parking lot 09/17/2019 11:42pm • A man has been arrested for kidnapping after an argument with his girlfriend at a Metro station parking lot in Prince George's County, Maryland. The incident happened shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday at the parking area at Branch Avenue Station. Metro Transit police said a woman reported that her boy Small plane crash prompts rescue in Laurel area 09/17/2019 09:01pm • A small plane with two people inside went down Tuesday evening near Tipton Airport in Laurel, Maryland. The plane went down in the woods off Bald Eagle Drive, Capt. Russ Davies with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department said. The call for the crash came in just after 6 p.m. Two men were in t