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WATCH: Phone home! E.T. reunites with Elliott and viewers in a Thanksgiving TV ad 11/28/2019 03:48pm • If you suddenly burst into tears during a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade commercial break, your younger family members might've been startled. But they probably never dreamed of taking flight on a bike with an alien in the basket. E.T. -- yes, THAT E.T.! -- made a surprise appearance in comme 4 arrested after fake $100 bill used to order chicken nuggets at Va. drive-thru 11/26/2019 11:47pm • Four people from Virginia have been arrested in connection to counterfeit $100 bills that were used to pay for food purchases. An employee of a fast-food restaurant on Warrenton Road called the Stafford County Sheriff's Office on Sunday around noon, after receiving what she believed to be a fake China claims self-confessed spy defector is fraudster 11/24/2019 02:54am • PERTH, Australia (AP) — China denied the explosive claims of a self-confessed spy seeking asylum in Australia, saying Sunday he is a convicted fraudster wanted by Shanghai police. The Nine Network newspapers reported that Chinese defector Wang “William” Liqiang has given Australia’s count DC man faces life in prison for abducting tourists in 2018 11/21/2019 04:41am • A D.C. man could get a life sentence after pleading guilty Wednesday to the armed kidnapping and robbery of two tourists as they tried to find their Airbnb rental in Southeast. Andre Allen, 21, admitted to abducting Sipei He and Qinglei Zhu late June 3, 2018, near the 200 block of 11th Street Sou 'This is a tragedy': Former Baltimore mayor hit with federal charges in children's book scheme 11/20/2019 03:30pm • FILE — In this June 8, 2018 file photo, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh addresses a gathering during the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore, who resigned amid investigations into deals to sell her sel 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 Maryland’s AG warns residents about lottery scam letter 11/19/2019 04:27am • BALTIMORE (AP) — The state Attorney General’s Office is warning residents about a lottery scam targeting Maryland residents. The state’s Consumer Protection Division on Monday said a fake letter being sent out with a counterfeit reproduction of the Maryland Mega Millions logo tells recipien Data Doctors: Is your Ring doorbell's security up-to-date? 11/08/2019 03:37pm • Q: How can I tell if my Ring doorbell has the update that protects me from the latest vulnerability? The Ring doorbell is an extremely popular device that millions of households around the world have installed for security purposes. And because it’s so popular, it’s also the constant focus of Police impersonator flashed fake lights to pass other cars in Md., state police say 11/05/2019 11:57am • Maryland State Police have announced an investigation into a man charged with impersonating an officer in Frederick County, Maryland, last week. Police said James Coons, 57, was stopped along Maryland Route 26 on Oct. 30 in a 2014 Ford Focus with a visible red and/or blue lamp, which he flashed n College Football Corner: Fall back … and fall further 11/03/2019 05:57pm • Bryce Perkins threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more scores against North Carolina to make Virginia bowl-eligible for the third straight year. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP) What time is it? Oh yes, we're back from daylight saving time (not to be confused with "daylight Creepy or cute? A close-up look at a Halloween favorite: bats 11/01/2019 01:12am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '868f7a53-5a25-4e89-96c1-3b20f2a1b5b1' }).render("709615365b63e223");}); Every Halloween, fake bats flutter th Warning from FBI: Scammers are posing as law enforcement 10/31/2019 04:38am • The phone rings. A law enforcement officer on the other end of the line tells you about an indiscretion you’ve been involved in and asks you to confirm your identity. The officer then advises you that you’re about to be arrested if you don’t pay a fine. There are three problems with tha Caught stealing: Man charged with selling fake World Series tix at Nats Park 10/28/2019 07:13am • A Washington Nationals fan who bought five World Series tickets from a stranger outside Nats Park for $2,000 got stiffed, when he found out the tickets were fake. Then he got even — and some of his money back — when he pointed out the suspect to police. D.C. Police said an officer was flagged Montgomery Co. tracks sophisticated online scams targeting buyers and sellers 10/28/2019 05:19am • Sophisticated scams intending to fleece buyers and sellers have recently picked up in Montgomery County, Maryland. The Office of Consumer Protection is tracking online scams that are harder to catch than your average phishing scheme. They can revolve around simple transactions, such as real estat Man arrested for selling fake World Series tickets near Nats Park 10/27/2019 04:32pm • If you're hoping to get a last minute ticket to the World Series, you may need to watch out for ticket scams. A West Virginia man was arrested on Friday for allegedly selling fake World Series tickets. Ondre Nelson, 54, of Huntington, sold a man the fake tickets near the entrance to Nationals