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Camp observations, 8/1: Commanders quarterbacks plagued by interceptions 08/01/2022 01:08pm • Camp notes, 8/1: Commanders QBs plagued by interceptions originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonASHBURN — No quarterback emerged unscathed from Monday's training camp practice for the Washington Commanders, as Carson Wentz, Taylor Heinicke and Sam Howell were all picke How to help Kentucky flood victims 08/01/2022 06:29am • As search and rescue crews comb the Appalachian foothills for flood survivors, the Red Cross is sending 200 volunteers from across the country to the area. About seven of them are from the National Capital & Greater Chesapeake Region of the Red Cross, said Ashley Henyan, communications direct DC police identify drive-by suspect shot by police 07/31/2022 07:50pm • District police have identified the man shot and killed by an officer moments after his alleged involvement in a drive-by shooting along Georgia Avenue in Northwest Saturday afternoon. On Sunday, D.C. Police identified the deceased as 31-year-old Kevin Hartgraves-Shird, of Southeast, D.C. Acco Red Line service suspended from Van Ness to Farragut North for repairs 07/31/2022 06:49pm • Following reports of smoke and fire Saturday night, rail service between the Van Ness and Farragut North Red Line stations has been suspended as Metro crews attempt to make repairs. Shuttle bus service for affected customers will be operating every 10 minutes, and will remain in place until repai DC police investigate 3 double shootings 07/30/2022 02:20am • Police in D.C. are investigating three separate shootings that killed one and injured five others Friday night. The first incident occurred just before 9 p.m. on Alabama Avenue near F Street in the Benning Ridge neighborhood in Southeast. Officers arrived to find two people -- a man and a woman - State Board of Elections member dies, creating multiple uncertainties 07/29/2022 08:33pm • The Maryland State Board of Elections office in Annapolis. (Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) This content was republished with permission from WTOP's news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters' free email subscription today. Malcolm L. Funn, one of two Democratic memb Prince George's Co. primary: New faces coming to county council; 2 legislative districts headed for recounts 07/29/2022 01:22pm • Elections officials in Prince George's County have finished counting the votes from the July 19 primary, and while results won't be certified until next month, a picture of what the new county council could look like is emerging. However, several new faces, including an activist believed to have Former Md. health secretary says coronavirus taught several lessons 07/29/2022 08:01am • There's an explanation for why the viruses we have been seeing lately — COVID-19 and monkeypox — are not contained yet, said Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, former Maryland Health Secretary and professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Sharfstein told WTOP one of the reasons that coronav What's your sign? How astrology aims to help you understand yourself and others 07/29/2022 07:11am • In the D.C. area, "What do you do?" is a typical question that's asked upon first meeting someone. But to those who believe in astrology, it's often, "When, where and what time were you born?" At least two times a year, Pauline Anson-Dross goes to astrologer Misty Kuceris. The Fairfax, Virginia, Bowser requests National Guard help for asylum seekers in DC 07/28/2022 04:52pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is asking the Department of Defense to provide D.C. National Guard help with what she called a "growing humanitarian crisis" of asylum seekers who are being sent to the District from Arizona and Texas. She is also asking the federal government to be involved to deal with 2 dogs die in Loudoun Co. house fire 07/28/2022 04:31pm • Two people and a dog in a crate escaped a house fire in Purcellville, Virginia, early Thursday, but two other dogs were trapped in the flames and died. The Loudoun County Fire Department said a 911 call came in shortly after 5 a.m. reporting the house fire in the 35000 block of Milligans Run Lane Climate group blocked gates as Congressional Baseball Game started 07/28/2022 03:00pm • Climate protesters blocked gates at the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Thursday in an attempt to urge politicians to secure climate investments and issue a federal declaration of a climate emergency. The game continued until a brief rain delay at 9 p.m. The protests started Montgomery Co. considering shift to all-electric building standard, part of growing decarbonization efforts 07/28/2022 10:16am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Montgomery County is considering whether to shift to an all-electric building standard, a decarbonization effort that would be the first of Newborn dies, DC 911 sent crews to wrong address 07/28/2022 07:44am • A day-old baby girl died earlier this month, after D.C. 911 dispatched emergency crews to the wrong address for a newborn in cardiac distress. Safety advocate Dave Statter, on his Statter911 website, said the parents of the newborn woke up, on July 3, to find their daughter not breathing and call Still fighting COVID-19, Montgomery Co. now positions itself to fend off monkeypox 07/27/2022 08:30pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are focusing on getting more people vaccinated against COVID-19 at the same time a new virus, monkeypox, has been on the rise in the region. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said in a briefing Wednesday that along with efforts to get more people va