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Casino revenue funds senior assistance program in Prince George's Co. 07/18/2025 07:27pm • Millions of dollars are now available to seniors in Prince George's County's District 8 who need help with rent, lawn cutting, education and more. Prince George's County Council Chair Edward Burroughs announced the new $5 million assistance program while speaking Friday to hundreds of seniors at Woodbridge man armed with crossbow near Potomac Mills mall shot, killed by police 07/18/2025 11:20am • Prince William County, Virginia, police shot and killed a man they said brandished a gun at strangers and later ran toward the Potomac Mills mall armed with a crossbow. In a news release, police said they located 52-year-old Harrison Charles Deppe, of Woodbridge, inside a parked vehicle on Potoma Nationwide protests begin against Trump's immigration crackdown and health care cuts 07/17/2025 10:06pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Protests and events against President Donald Trump's controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid and other safety nets for poor people have started Thursday at more than 1,600 locations around the country. The ���Good Trouble Lives On��� national da Sampling of fentanyl in Baltimore reported to show new substance in the mix 07/17/2025 06:41pm • Findings from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Montgomery County, Maryland, indicate a new ��� and dangerous ��� component in fentanyl is being sold on the street. A week after 27 people were taken to hospitals in Baltimore after suffering overdoses, WBFF Fox45 reported that Senate panel takes major step to keep FBI headquarters in DC, instead of moving to Md. 07/17/2025 04:01pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at��Today on the Hill. A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday stripped out an amendment that had blocked funding for a plan from President Donald Trump's administration to relocate the FBI headquarter Prince William leaders ���keenly aware��� of impact from federal cuts, look ahead to legislative agenda 07/17/2025 01:37pm • The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday inaugurated its new legislative committee, setting the stage for more extensive policymaking discussions ahead of a special session of the Virginia General Assembly tentatively set for the second week of September. Woodbridge District Superv Santa swaps sleigh for sirens in 'Christmas in July' celebration for NIH families 07/17/2025 07:22am • Santa Claus arrived in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Wednesday with a police escort ��� not because he was in trouble, but because he was spreading joy. The Children���s Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) held its annual "Christmas in July" celebration, a lighthearted event that off Tricycle strapped to roof of car, bow and arrow, medieval weapon lead to man's arrest near US Capitol 07/16/2025 05:13pm • An "unusual vehicle" on Pennsylvania Avenue led to the detainment and arrest of a man near the U.S. Capitol in D.C. U.S. Capitol Police saw a car with a tricycle strapped to its roof around 9 a.m. Wednesday. The car, which did not have the proper parking permit, was in an area reserved for Congre Students, faculty and lawmakers rally behind George Mason University amid Trump administration civil rights probe 07/16/2025 09:37am • When student Hanaan Kazia first heard about the federal civil rights probe into George Mason University, she wasn���t surprised. But the junior political science major and member of the school���s Political Science Honor Society says the implications still scare her. ���I think it is kind of frig Fairfax Co. police ask for the public's help solving violent bus attack 07/16/2025 04:15am • A brazen attack on a Fairfax Connector bus driver last week left the 70-year-old driver bloody and bruised. Now, police are asking for anyone with information about the assault in Lorton to come forward with information. It happened around 7:30 a.m. last Tuesday, July 8, near the intersection The fine for holding illegal house parties in Montgomery Co. neighborhoods just went up by a lot 07/15/2025 06:11pm • The Montgomery County Council unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would crack down on unlicensed, for-profit house parties. Bill 13-25, which was sponsored by council members Dawn Luedtke and Andrew Friedson, will strengthen the licensing requirements, increase the penalties and close some Laurel teens get summer curfew after fights, fireworks tossed 07/15/2025 04:20pm • D.C. is not the only city in the region that has expanded its youth curfew. After teens started fighting and shooting off fireworks at hot spots in Laurel, Maryland, the town is telling them to go home earlier. ���A lot of fights, fights at our town center, fights out at McDonald's on Route 1, t Georgetown University leader and educators grilled about antisemitism on campuses 07/15/2025 02:12pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Leaders of several universities, including the interim president of Georgetown University, were pressed Tuesday by members of a U.S. House panel about persistent antisemit Police: Rockville man caught filming girl at mall charged with sexual abuse involving kids, dog 07/15/2025 01:44pm • Editor's note: This story involves details of sexual abuse that readers may find disturbing. A Rockville man initially arrested following a Peeping Tom incident in a dressing room of a Montgomery County, Maryland, mall faces additional charges after police said they found child sexual abuse mater Booming thunderstorms, heavy downpours cause flooding in parts of DC region 07/15/2025 05:30am • Late-day storms capped off the start of the workweek with heavy rain pounding the D.C. region in the middle of the afternoon rush. Those slow-moving thunderstorms Monday prompted a flash flood warning for parts of D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia, as well as a tornado warning in Anne Arundel