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Fired US Center for SafeSport investigator arrested again, this time charged with rape 01/12/2025 11:29am • DENVER (AP) ��� An ex-cop fired from his job as an investigator at the U.S. Center for SafeSport for allegedly stealing money seized at a drug bust has been arrested again, this time charged with rape and sex trafficking. Jason Krasley, a former police officer in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was arre Prince George's Co. police chief wants to see county homicide totals drop below 100 this year 01/11/2025 07:09pm • Though violent crime in Prince George's County, Maryland, dropped in 2024 ��� the county still saw over 100 murders. The county's police chief hopes those numbers keep going down in 2025. According to Prince George's County crime data, 113 homicides were committed in 2024 ��� a 5% decrease from t FBI questions people from Hegseth���s past ahead of Senate confirmation hearing: Sources 01/11/2025 04:01pm • Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The FBI has interviewed multiple individuals about Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's personal life as part of its background check investigation, asking questions about alleged extramarital affairs, his relationship with alcohol and his character, acc Expert weighs in on potential benefits of using drones for DC security 01/10/2025 08:50pm • People walking around in D.C. may hear a buzzing overhead or see a drone flying past them. It's not often that it happens, as the entire District of Columbia is normally a no-fly zone for drones. However, this month has brought three designated National Special Security Events, including Monda Carjackings drop in Prince George's Co. for first time since COVID 01/10/2025 05:50pm • For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a decrease in carjackings in Prince George���s County, Maryland. According to Malik Aziz, the county's police chief, the county saw a 33% drop in 2024 compared to the previous year. "When we look at what happened in 20 Winter weather advisory canceled for DC area as light snow falls overnight 01/10/2025 02:30pm • A couple inches of snow blanketed the D.C. region overnight. And there could be some slick spots out there. But the National Weather Service canceled its winter weather advisory around 5 a.m. Here's what you need to know. "Areas of light snow will develop from west to east after sunset; a litt Family pleads for answers after rideshare driver dies in New Year's Day shooting 01/10/2025 06:01am • The family of a Hyattsville, Maryland, man who was gunned down earlier this year is pleading for help to solve the case and bury their loved one. On the night of New Year���s Day, 36-year-old Oluwatosin ���Tosin��� Adetula was shot several times along Bladensburg Road in the Cottage City area of 'Pizzagate' gunman fatally shot by police during North Carolina traffic stop 01/09/2025 06:26pm • The man who entered a D.C. pizzeria with an assault rifle to investigate the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory in 2016 was killed by police in North Carolina earlier this month. The Kannapolis Police Department said Thursday its officers shot and killed Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, of Salisbury, North C Md. teen who wrote 'manifesto' about school shootings found guilty of threatening mass violence 01/09/2025 02:18pm • Alex Ye, a former student of Wootton High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, was found guilty Wednesday of threatening to commit an act of mass violence. Ye is facing 10 years in prison. His conviction comes months after he was arrested last April in Rockville after a joint investigation b Capitol Police arrest man for attempting to light car on fire near Grant Memorial 01/09/2025 05:04am • U.S. Capitol Police have arrested a man who lit a bag on fire and put it on top of his car near the Grant Memorial. Around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, USCP officers said that the car was "spray painted" and that the man tried to light it on fire, but that the fire extinguished on its own near the mem Man arrested after trying to bring machete, knives into US Capitol, police say 01/08/2025 04:13pm • A man was arrested Wednesday after police said he tried to bring a machete and several knives into the U.S. Capitol. The man was stopped just after 2 p.m. during security screening at the Capitol Visitor Center's north doors. According to police, officers spotted a machete in his bag and arrested Body camera video shows Howard Co. police shootout and rescue of mother and child 01/08/2025 01:50pm • Police body camera footage from a Howard County, Maryland, shooting in November has been released, showing what happened during the incident, including the rescue of a mother and child by officers who shot and killed a man investigators said was carrying multiple firearms. According to the Maryla How much snow fell in the DC area during its first major snowstorm of the year? 01/07/2025 05:45pm • Monday's storm brought school closings and a day off for many in the D.C. area, but it also brought several inches of snow and a string of crashes on the roads. Most recent totals range from more than 5 inches to more than 10 inches. Here are the latest numbers as of Tuesday morning, according to Man tried to attack people with machete near Montgomery Co. shopping center, police say 01/07/2025 04:37pm • A man was arrested after police said he randomly tried to assault three people with a machete near a shopping center in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Sunday. Maikol Darinson Vicente Gomez, 24, was charged with three counts of first-degree and second-degree assault, two counts of vandalism and r Trump's 2024 election win certified by Congress 01/07/2025 07:56am • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at��Today on the Hill. Four years after his supporters broke into the U.S. Capitol to try to overturn the 2020 election results, Congress certified Donald Trump's election as president in a joint s