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Reagan National tries to land on 'Best Airports' list 01/02/2020 07:01pm • Calling all airport aficionado frequent flyers: Reagan National Airport is among candidates in a contest to create a top 10 ranking of the best airports in North America. "Our passengers love Reagan National Airport," said Christina Saull of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. "We he Sheriff: Man severely beaten in Virginia after he was found half naked in kids' room 01/02/2020 04:00pm • A North Carolina man has been arrested in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and accused of improper behavior with two small children he is related to. Mark Stanley, 60, was visiting relatives for the holidays at a house on Luce Lane, about a half-mile from the sheriff’s office and the courthouse, Police: Woman found dead in car in Prince George's Co. 01/02/2020 08:38am • A woman was found dead in a car Thursday in Prince George's County, Maryland. Police received a call around 5:30 a.m. for a welfare check on Ritchie Drive in Capitol Heights. An employee at a nearby business noticed the woman in her car and called police. When officers arrived, they found a Woman found dead at Landover Hills home in apparent homicide 01/02/2020 02:52am • Officers are investigating an apparent homicide in Landover Hills, Maryland, after a woman was found dead in a home Wednesday night, according to Prince George’s County police. Around 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 1, officers responded to reports of a shooting on Varnum Street near 74th Avenue. When polic Maryland lawmaker aims to reduce euthanasia in animal shelters 01/01/2020 07:05pm • A bill pre-filed by a Maryland House member would set standards for animal shelters, with the goal of reaching a "save rate" of 90%. The bill, sponsored by Del. Mark Chang, would require shelters to take a series of steps to reunite animals found as strays with their owners when possible. The DC saw most homicides in a decade in 2019 01/01/2020 06:25am • The District saw a record number of killings in 2019 with 166 homicides, a 4% increase over 2018, according to data released by D.C. police. This continues an upward trend since 2017 when D.C. police recorded 116 homicides. Police Chief Peter Newsham, in a news conference, made comments that most Loudoun County one of the fastest growing in the country 12/31/2019 11:30pm • U.S. Census Bureau data shows Loudoun County, Virginia, has grown about 30% in population over the last decade to more than 400,000 people in 2018. In 2010, Loudoun County had just over 310,000 residents. The amount of growth makes Loudoun County the 20th fastest-growing county in the United Stat Governor, legislators back public defender office in Prince William County 12/31/2019 03:05pm • 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. Legislators and criminal rights advocates in Virginia are pushing to create a public defender office in Prince William County, Manassas a Search continues for dogs who ran away after crash on I-270 in Montgomery Co. 12/31/2019 12:00pm • Community members have joined the search for two dogs that went missing after a crash along Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland, over the weekend, and a group that helps find missing animals is asking for more people to be on the lookout. Brian Shelton, of North Carolina, was driving no Maryland debuts new program offering routine calls to check on older residents 12/31/2019 10:35am • You know the worry. You’re trying to work and take care of your home while also trying to make sure mom or dad, living alone, is OK. Maryland wants to help. The state has started a new program — Senior Call Check. It is a first-in-the-nation statewide program that provides a call to senior Pet of the Week: 2019 pets 12/30/2019 09:30am • Pet of the Week is a weekly feature that highlights a pet available for adoption from D.C.’s Humane Rescue Alliance. Take a look at our 2018 pets, and where they are now.  The Humane Rescue Alliance (formerly the Washington Humane Society-Washington Animal Rescue League) has protected and 1 dead as small plane crashes in Prince George's Co. neighborhood 12/29/2019 05:30pm • Prince George's County Police confirmed on Sunday afternoon that a small plane crashed in a neighborhood near the intersection of Good Luck Road and Auburn Avenue in New Carrollton, Maryland. Prince George's County Fire and Maryland State Police confirmed the pilot of the single-engine plane died Injured wildlife in Northern Va. gets a second chance 12/27/2019 11:11pm • Snow, an Arctic Fox being cared for at the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Boyce, VA. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)   If it flies, swims, scampers or crawls, injured wildlife recovered in Northern Virginia typically ends up getting medical care at the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Boyce,Virginia. Ev Data Doctors: Have a smart home device? What to know 12/27/2019 06:17pm • FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Ernie Field pushes the doorbell on his Ring doorbell camera at his home in Wolcott, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) Q: What’s the best way to create a separate network for my smart home devices like the FBI is recommending? The FBI office in Ore Crash, medevac response shut down BW Parkway 12/27/2019 03:11am • The Baltimore-Washington Parkway shut down in both directions for over an hour early Friday morning from Route 410 to the Beltway after a serious crash that prompted a medevac helicopter response. Both directions of traffic were stopped from approximately 1:30 a.m. until shortly before 3 a.m., wh