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Strong earthquake kills at least 95 people in western China near Mount Everest 01/07/2025 03:39am • BEIJING (AP) ��� A strong earthquake killed at least 95 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the high-altitude region of western China and across the border in Nepal. Officials in the region said at a brief news conference that 130 others were inj Staying safe in the snow: How to protect yourself while traveling or shoveling through snow 01/06/2025 06:32pm • Snow can make the most mundane of landscapes awe-inspiringly beautiful, but it can also make the most mundane of tasks exceedingly dangerous. So as the flakes fall and snow piles nearly as high as a foot in parts of the D.C. region Monday, officials are urging people to follow the tips below to s How much snow has fallen in the DC region? First major snowstorm of 2025 is underway 01/06/2025 12:08pm • Listen live to WTOP online and on 103.5FM for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. You can share photos of the first snowfall of the year on the WTOP app or by tagging WTOP News on X, Instagram and Facebook. Already, around half a foot of snow has fallen across the D.C. region Monday with e Police: Woman fatally shot by ex-husband in St. Mary's Co. 01/05/2025 04:38pm • A woman is dead after being fatally shot by her ex-husband in St. Mary's County, Maryland, on Friday, according to police. Maryland State Police said Chaquanda Latise Odom, 36, of California, Maryland, was shot and killed in Lexington Park. She was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. New Orleans Saints, NFL donate $1 million to Bourbon Street attack victims 01/05/2025 11:23am • ��� Watch Video: New Orleans starts to heal after terrorist attack The New Orleans Saints and the NFL will donate $1 million to��the victims of the Bourbon Street attack that killed 14 people on New Year's Day, the team announced on Saturday. "Our community has experienced an unimaginable Anne Arundel Democrats recommend Del. Henson to replace Elfreth in Md. state Senate 01/05/2025 07:55am • An Anne Arundel County Democratic Central Committee divided almost completely by race voted Saturday to recommend Del. Shaneka Henson (D) for the county���s vacant District 30 state Senate seat. Henson prevailed by a 10-9 vote over her fellow District 30A delegate, Dana Jones (D), and her name wi Fairfax Co. police post online video to ask for public's help in solving 25-year-old homicide case 01/04/2025 12:55pm • Surinder ���Paul��� Sharma was just 43 years old when he was stabbed to death in the Super 7 convenience store he owned on Richmond Highway in Woodlawn, according to Fairfax County police. Now, the police department is calling for the public's help to solve the case. In a video posted to the de 3 arrested as task force hits the brakes on car rallies across Maryland 01/04/2025 11:01am • Three people have been arrested as the Maryland Car Rally Task Force cracked down on car rallies across the state. The task force said members of the Maryland Car Rally Task Force (MCRTF) "coordinated efforts in response to a planned large-scale illegal car rally on New Year���s Eve expected to d In Fairfax County, prep for winter weather starts in the spring 01/03/2025 10:25pm • As soon as one winter ends, Fairfax County's Department of Public Works and Environmental Services immediately turns its attention to the next one. When what's considered "the offseason" begins, workers conduct hot washes, making sure vehicles in the fleet don't have any lingering salt on them. B Why Montgomery County's police department is focusing on mental health 01/03/2025 06:05pm • Montgomery County police say they're getting better at identifying officers who are struggling with mental health issues, and with providing access to mental health care. On Sunday night, Montgomery County police responded to an incident in which an officer was reported to be "in distress" in the DC police, federal officials on high alert days before electoral vote count, Jimmy Carter's state funeral 01/03/2025 04:20pm • As D.C. prepares to host the certification of the presidential election and the state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter next week, local and federal security officials plan to be on high alert following two attacks across the nation at the start of the new year. David Sundberg of the F You might be shocked by the total number of crashes documented by the WTOP Traffic Center in 2024 01/02/2025 10:25pm • Anyone who has toured through the WTOP studio gets to see firsthand how busy it gets inside the WTOP Traffic Center. Anyone who listens can also get that sense, with the constant barrage of scanners and sirens in the background. Almost every incident WTOP talks about, from fender benders to d Where are the DC region's soft targets and how to protect yourself in a crowd 01/02/2025 08:15pm • After the attack on a crowd of New Year's crowd in New Orleans on Wednesday, and in advance of high-profile events such as the inauguration later this month, some agencies in D.C. have announced plans to ramp up security efforts. But because attackers are likely aware that there will be countersu Man who drove on sidewalk near US Capitol arrested on reckless driving charge 01/02/2025 03:25pm • A man is in custody after he drove a car on the sidewalk near the U.S. Capitol in D.C. U.S. Capitol Police said it happened just before 10 a.m. Wednesday. According to police, the driver was a 26-year-old man from Georgia who was a telecommunications employee going to perform work in the area. DC officials promise 'heightened security' after New Orleans attack 01/02/2025 05:45am • D.C. Police and Metro Transit Police have released statements promising heightened security around the District out of an abundance of caution following the New Year's Day rampage in New Orleans. In the early morning hours on Wednesday, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, a U.S. citizen and Arm