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Why Amazon HQ2 employees may be more inclined to buy, not rent Why Amazon HQ2 employees may be more inclined to buy, not rent 11/25/2019 10:04am • Amazon workers will likely buy homes rather than rent. Pictured here is Crystal City, where employees are being hired. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) It has been just over a year since Amazon announced its HQ2 plans for Northern Virginia, and the news has helped drive home prices in Arlington County noti Alexandria church helps address homelessness by experiencing it firsthand Alexandria church helps address homelessness by experiencing it firsthand 11/25/2019 01:00am • In Alexandria, Virginia, a local church has been working to humanize the homeless. The Good Shepherd Catholic Church kicked off its 7th Annual Homeless for a Night Campout on Saturday night, with tarps and tents lined up on the lawn. The event is part of the parish's efforts to raise awareness Southbound GW Parkway reopens after emergency tree work Southbound GW Parkway reopens after emergency tree work 11/23/2019 02:35pm • Both southbound lanes of the George Washington Parkway in Virginia have reopened Saturday after roughly eight hours of closures for an emergency tree removal. The National Park Service said southbound lanes were closed between Route 123 and Spout Run due to the tree work. At 8 a.m., delays wer Man dead after 6-vehicle crash in Chantilly 11/23/2019 01:14pm • Fairfax County police say a man may have experienced a medical emergency on the road before crashing into five other cars in Chantilly, Virginia, Friday evening. Sai Leung Li, 69, of South Riding, was traveling westbound on Lee Jackson Memorial Highway near Centreville Road around 5 p.m. when he Murder charge against DC man dropped after surveillance video comes under scrutiny Murder charge against DC man dropped after surveillance video comes under scrutiny 11/22/2019 07:34pm • A D.C. man charged with second-degree murder in an October shooting spent nearly two weeks in jail before his defense team uncovered errors in a police report, as well as surveillance videos showing someone else pulled the trigger. Lamar Hicks, 24, was released from jail Oct. 24 after his lawyer Police ID woman killed in hit-and-run on I-95 in Md., continue search for truck Police ID woman killed in hit-and-run on I-95 in Md., continue search for truck 11/22/2019 01:32pm • A Freightliner Cascadia Day Cab (Courtesy Maryland State Police) Maryland State Police have identified the woman killed in a hit-and-run on Interstate 95 early Wednesday morning and released more details about the type of truck they believe hit her. Lourdina Hyppolite, 22, of Beltsville, Mary Driving times expected to triple on day before Thanksgiving in DC area, nationwide Driving times expected to triple on day before Thanksgiving in DC area, nationwide 11/21/2019 04:55pm • Motorists drive in the rain north on Interstate 270 out of D.C., Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in Rockville, Maryland, two days before the Thanksgiving holiday. (Courtesy AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) More drivers will be hitting the roads for Thanksgiving this year, according to AAA forecasts, and the D Woman struck by semi-trailer truck on I-95 in Md. Woman struck by semi-trailer truck on I-95 in Md. 11/21/2019 02:20pm • A woman whose body was found along the side of the road on Interstate 95 in Prince George's County, Maryland, early Thursday had been struck by a semi-trailer truck that fled the scene of the crash, authorities said Maryland State Police said the woman was struck as she was walking along I-95 nea Virginia business owner accused of manslaughter in teen's construction site death Virginia business owner accused of manslaughter in teen's construction site death 11/21/2019 12:48pm • When a teenage boy died at a construction site this summer, there were questions instantly about why he was working there, given his age. Now, the man who runs the construction company he worked for has been indicted in connection with his death. Thomas Digges, who runs Digges Development Corp., FCC looks at making 988 a nationwide suicide prevention number 11/20/2019 12:59pm • Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed a new three-digit national hotline for emergency suicide prevention. (Courtesy AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) The Federal Communications Commission could make 988 a new nationwide number for a suicide prevention and mental health hotli Guzzone to replace King as chair of Md. Senate budget panel Guzzone to replace King as chair of Md. Senate budget panel 11/20/2019 10:43am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Sen. Guy J. Guzzone (D-Howard). (Courtesy Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) Sen. Guy J. Guzzone will replace Sen. Nancy J. King as he Charles Co. to make it easier for parents, kids to reunite after emergency Charles Co. to make it easier for parents, kids to reunite after emergency 11/20/2019 04:46am • If there was an emergency at your children's school, and they needed to be evacuated, do you know where they would be taken or how you could get them back? The process of reuniting parents with children can be long and drawn-out. Past incidents across the United States have shown that it can take Police surround last holdouts at Hong Kong university 11/19/2019 05:51am • HONG KONG (AP) — About 100 anti-government protesters remained holed up at a Hong Kong university Tuesday, unsure what to do next as food supplies dwindled and a police siege of the campus entered its third day. Police played a waiting game after 10 days of some of the most intense protests the DC lawmakers examine agencies' 'complete failure' after fatal house fire DC lawmakers examine agencies' 'complete failure' after fatal house fire 11/18/2019 07:19pm • D.C. Council members want to know why a father and son who were living in a Northwest house that the District knew was unsafe died, and why the fire response to help them was delayed. The Aug. 18 fire claimed the lives of 9-year-old Yafet Solomon and his father, 40-year-old Fitsum Kebede. D.C.'s Most buildings bought in Ellicott City flood mitigation plan Most buildings bought in Ellicott City flood mitigation plan 11/18/2019 02:07pm • Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said 25 Ellicott City businesses have opened or reopened after the 2018 flooding. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) The Howard County, Maryland, government has acquired all but one of 10 flood-prone buildings on and near Main Street as part of County Executive Calvin Bal
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