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Montgomery Co. executive seeks additional security grants for nonprofits at risk for hate crimes 10/11/2023 10:00pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich announced $900,000 has been allocated for "Nonprofit Security Grants" that are intended for organizations that are "at high risk of experiencing hate crimes." The county makes such grants available annually, but during his Wednesday briefing with reporters, Tractor-trailer crash on I-95 kills driver, causing hours of traffic delays, police say 10/11/2023 11:43am • The tractor-trailer and the concrete it was carrying being cleaned up by a rescue crew after a fatal crash on I-95 in Stafford County. (Courtesy Virginia State Police) A tractor-trailer driver has died after police say he suffered a "medical emergency" that caused him to crash on Interstate 95 i From greens on your plate to green space, grant money powers local sustainability efforts 10/10/2023 09:56am • At Centro de Apoyo Familiar in Riverdale, Maryland, Hispanic youth and their communities will be given information on environmental justice, indoor air and water quality and healthy homes. In Southeast D.C., support will be provided for fruit and vegetable production used in programs to promote n 'Horror and uncertainty': Arlington woman caught in Jerusalem struggles to get home amid the fighting in Israel 10/09/2023 09:40pm • Jane Petkofsky of Arlington, Virginia, said she arrived in Jerusalem last week to begin a weeklong vacation in the holy city with a friend when the attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas started Friday night. "This was Saturday afternoon at Ketef Hinnom, an archaeological site — burial cha Sen. Griffith resigning to take over Md. Hospital Association 10/07/2023 02:34pm • Sen. Melony G. Griffith (D-Prince George's), the chair of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, will resign at the end of the month to become president and CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association. Griffith told Maryland Matters Friday that she accepted the job in the morning and will begin her Prince George’s Co. schools lifts Suitland High's football team suspension 10/06/2023 11:01pm • School officials from Prince George's County, Maryland, have lifted its suspension on Suitland High School's varsity football team following an incident between players and a coach from Bladensburg High School. In a letter obtained by WTOP to school Principal Ronald Hollis, Coordinating Superviso Armed security heading to St. Mary's College of Maryland 10/06/2023 10:25pm • Armed security officers will soon be starting their jobs on campus at St. Mary's College of Maryland as part of a previously planned increase in security there, and it comes at a time when there is more attention on the potential for violence at Maryland schools due to a shooting at Morgan State Uni New law could help cut wait times in Maryland's hospitals 10/06/2023 07:01pm • Maryland's emergency rooms have the longest wait times in the nation. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the average wait time in Maryland emergency rooms is three hours and 48 minutes. A new law that went into effect this month is aimed at chipping away at those long Dale City woman charged with murder in cutting death 10/06/2023 01:39pm • 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. Police have charged a Dale City woman with murder in the cutting death of a man inside an apartment early Friday morning. The suspec DC-area road closures, parking restrictions for Army Ten-Miler 10/06/2023 05:58am • The Army Ten-Miler is coming back to the D.C. area this Sunday, Oct. 8. Thousands of people are expected to take part in the 39th annual event. The race takes participating U.S. service members, veterans and their family members on a scenic tour of the District’s landmarks, looping from the Pen 48 DC fugitives with outstanding warrants arrested in multiagency effort 10/05/2023 06:20pm • Nearly 50 fugitives who are facing gun-related or violent charges in D.C. were taken into custody this week under a multiagency operation. "Operation Trident" also recovered three guns during the arrests, which focused on people who were violent offenders with outstanding warrants, according to a 'It’s scary out here': DC residents weigh in on city's steps to tackle violent crime 10/05/2023 06:30am • The D.C. Council took steps Tuesday that effectively extended several emergency crime bills through the spring, but many people who live in areas most impacted by crime don’t feel the work the city has done so far is helping. When asked if she’s seen improvement, Trace Cobb, who lives in Why Montgomery Co. officials are cheering the just-approved Novavax COVID-19 vaccines 10/04/2023 11:03pm • Novavax, a biotech firm based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has been granted emergency FDA authorization for its version of a COVID-19 vaccine — and local officials hope it will encourage more people to get boosted against the latest COVID-19 variants. At his weekly briefing with reporters, Montgo New Md. laws expanding transgender and low-income health care equity go into effect 10/04/2023 09:58am • In the new administration's first year, Gov. Wes Moore (D) and the state's top lawmakers supported legislation to bolster health care coverage, access and protections in Maryland. Moore signed several bills back in May that aim to do just that. Some of those bills, including measures to protect a 2 facing charges in connection with suspected fentanyl overdoses at Wakefield High School 10/03/2023 10:09pm • Two people have been arrested and are facing charges in connection with two apparent fentanyl overdoses that took place at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, last week. In a news release, Arlington police said they arrived at Wakefield High School last Wednesday around 11:45 a.m. for t