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Protecting federal workers, criminal record expungement signed into law in Maryland 04/23/2025 02:48pm • Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed a suite of justice reform bills into law Tuesday that will make it easier for long-serving inmates to apply for parole, make age and illness a factor in parole considerations and streamline the process for people seeking to expunge their records after serving their time. Police: Student faces charge after stabbing teen at West Potomac High School 04/23/2025 01:08pm • A 16-year-old is in the hospital with serious injuries after a stabbing at West Potomac High School in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County, Virginia, on Wednesday morning. A school resource officer rushed to help the teen who was stabbed just before 10 a.m., police said. Officers with Fairfa Town of Purcellville will not disband its police department ��� at least for now 04/23/2025 09:54am • The Town Council of Purcellville, Virginia, voted to fund its police force through next year. Earlier this month, the council of the town of approximately 9,000 people, located in western Loudoun County, began discussions about defunding the Purcellville Police Department as a cost-cutting option 'Put the phones down': Montgomery Co. police have tips for motorists and pedestrians this spring 04/23/2025 04:08am • With the milder spring weather the region has recently seen, more people are out and about on foot, which means more people crossing the street among cars. This can create a dangerous situation, especially for pedestrians, if drivers are not paying attention. ���Distraction is probably the No. 1 6 people arrested after large group of teens descend on DC's Wharf 04/22/2025 11:23am • Six people have been arrested after "multiple large groups of juveniles" descended on The Wharf in Southwest D.C. on Friday night, police said. Five teens were arrested for disorderly conduct and another was arrested for assaulting a police officer, according to D.C. police. No serious injurie 'I touched the Pope': Md. woman recalls handing Pope Francis a gift during DC visit 04/22/2025 04:10am • As the world mourns the loss of Pope Francis, a Maryland woman is sharing in the sorrow ��� but she gets a smile thinking about a day almost 10 years ago when she was able to give the pontiff a gift during his visit to D.C. ���I always think about that day. It changed my life,��� said Zaida M Federal judge in Maryland preparing to rule on Trump administration���s DEI letter for schools 04/21/2025 07:37am • Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Education argued Friday that the department���s ���Dear Colleague��� letter criticizing some diversity, equity and inclusion practices was merely a reminder to schools that existing civil rights law protects white children from discrimination just as much as chil On a roll: US Capitol Police motorcycle technician Justin Breman 04/21/2025 05:20am • In the D.C. region, conversations often start with, ���What do you do?��� WTOP���s series ���Working Capital��� profiles the people doing the work that makes the region unique.�� U.S. Capitol Police have the job of protecting the neoclassical seat of democracy, its grounds and the 535 members of Knife-wielding suspect in domestic-related stabbing shot dead by police near National Harbor 04/20/2025 03:27pm • A suspect in a domestic-related stabbing was fatally shot by police at National Harbor in Maryland on Sunday. At 8:20 a.m. Prince George's County police officers in Oxon Hill, Maryland, responded to a stabbing call in the 8300 block of Indian Head Highway.�� It was there that officers discovered a Man fleeing Virginia State Police hits 3 vehicles ��� including Metro bus 04/20/2025 12:31pm • A man fleeing a traffic stop hit three vehicles ��� including a Metro bus ��� in Alexandria, Virginia, on Saturday night, according to Virginia State Police. Around 9:20 p.m., a Virginia State Police trooper tried to stop an Infiniti that was "driving recklessly" on Interstate 495 northbound near Man hospitalized with broken back, neck after running away from police on I-95 in Virginia 04/20/2025 10:52am • A 22-year-old man is hospitalized with a broken back and neck ��� and facing a slew of charges ��� after running from police on Interstate 95 in Virginia. Virginia State Police said a state trooper witnessed a Hyundai Genesis speeding on the right shoulder of I-95 near Lorton. When the trooper tr Woman kidnapped at gunpoint in Bethesda, suspect surrenders after barricading inside car 04/19/2025 05:45pm • A dramatic scene unfolded in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday afternoon after a woman was reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint by a man who then barricaded himself inside a car. Montgomery County police said around 2:30 p.m. Friday they responded to a call for a kidnapping in the 10300 block of Old Geor 10 years after Freddie Gray, officials, advocates debate what���s changed 04/19/2025 12:16pm • Melvin T. Russell, the retired chief of the Baltimore Police Community Division, said he remembers the lack of empathy among police commanders in the wake of Freddie Gray���s death after an arrest 10 years ago. That���s when he knew ���our city was really in trouble.��� ���I didn���t see any r New court hearing set in murder case of missing Manassas Park woman Mamta Bhatt 04/19/2025 11:22am • As the trial of Naresh Bhatt inches closer ��� on three combined charges of first-degree murder, concealment of a dead body and physical defilement of a dead body ��� a new hearing in the case has been scheduled for April 25 at 9 a.m. The hearing will involve testimony from a non-resident, out-of Former Takoma Park dispatcher awarded $1 million in sexual harassment settlement 04/18/2025 06:15pm • Former Takoma Park police dispatcher Kakila Cooper has settled her sexual harassment case against the city's police department and the city itself for $1 million. She alleged a sergeant she worked with alone on the overnight shift harassed her over several months between 2022 and 2023. She sai