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Drone drama spikes as police across DC region investigate aerial sightings 12/19/2024 05:02pm • The drama over drones that began in New Jersey has led to thousands of sightings nationwide, including hundreds in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. In Virginia, the Virginia Fusion Center, located within the Homeland Security Division of the Virginia State Police, said it has received more than 150 ti 'If you can imagine it, we've trained for it': DC fire credits training with saving girl's arm 12/19/2024 03:48pm • The tools of a firefighter go beyond just hoses and ladders. And a daring and complicated rescue might be the last time a crew interacts with someone, whether the outcome is good or bad. That pressure can be heightened even further when children are involved, since many of D.C.'s first respon Alexandria City High School cancels in-person instruction after fights leave students, staff injured 12/19/2024 02:51pm • A Virginia high school canceled in-person classes for the rest of the week after multiple "student conflicts" left staff and students injured, and led police to arrest and charge two students, officials said. According to Alexandria police, two students have been charged with assault and battery. Alexandria man arrested for stealing tequila, cognac from 6 Virginia ABC stores 12/19/2024 12:41pm • Fairfax County police have arrested an Alexandria man in connection with a recent spree of liquor thefts at Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority stores. Joseph Womack, 38, has been charged with six counts of petit larceny after police said he concealed bottles of high-end tequila and cog Prince George’s Co. police help local students cross items off their Christmas wish lists 12/19/2024 05:03am • As of earlier this year, mother Damiya no longer has a car, which she said has made holiday shopping for her daughter Makenzie challenging. But it became a little easier when she found out that Makenzie had been nominated by her school to participate in Wednesday night’s "Heroes and Helpers" ev 2 dogs killed, 2 women injured in Bethesda after dog attack 12/18/2024 03:50pm • Two dogs were killed and two women injured in a dog attack in Montgomery County, Maryland. Police said a woman was walking her dog in the 7000 block of Heather Hill Road Wednesday morning in Bethesda, when two dogs charged at her dog and one of them attacked it. During the attack the owner and Slow down: Here's where Arlington Co. is installing 8 new school zone speed cameras 12/18/2024 02:28pm • When school resumes after winter break, eight new speed cameras will be in place near school zones in Arlington County, Virginia. The new cameras will expand the county's program to a total of 18, with the goal of increasing transportation safety as students arrive and leave school. In the first After two students were killed walking to school, how can Prince George’s Co. make it safer? 12/17/2024 05:51pm • It’s a common complaint around the D.C. area — reckless drivers zoom through school zones as kids are getting on and off buses or walking to school. After a crash killed two students walking to school last year, a Prince George’s County task force is out with nearly 20 new recommendations Teenage girl shot near DC's Dunbar High School; police release photo of suspect 12/17/2024 05:37pm • A teenage girl was shot near Dunbar High School in Northwest D.C. on Tuesday afternoon, according to police. D.C. police said the shooting happened just after 3 p.m. and left a 17-year-old girl in the hospital. During a Tuesday evening news conference, D.C. police Assistant Chief Sylvan Altier DC man dead, woman seriously injured in two-vehicle crash on I-95 in Fairfax Co. 12/17/2024 04:36pm • A D.C. man is dead and a woman is seriously injured following a crash on Interstate 95 near Lorton, Virginia, on Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, Virginia State Police identified Kenneth Buckner, 35, of D.C. as the driver who was killed on I-95 in Fairfax County, Virginia, Monday afternoon. His p DC police: 2 people face charges after boy accidentally shoots 5-year-old sister with 'ghost gun' 12/17/2024 03:20pm • Two adults are facing charges after D.C. police say a young boy accidentally shot his 5-year-old sister with a "ghost gun," inside a Southwest apartment. That young girl is in critical condition and remains hospitalized following Monday night's shooting at an apartment in the unit block of Galves Metro Transit Police officer stabbed by suspected fare evader 12/17/2024 03:01pm • An officer with Metro Transit Police is wounded after being stabbed Tuesday by a suspected fare evader at Gallery Place in D.C., according to the transit agency. While out on patrol, officers looking to make sure riders paid their Metrobus fare stopped a person at around 11:30 a.m. who was suspec Family of boy killed in pedestrian crash in Riverdale sues Prince George's County 12/17/2024 08:53am • The family of a 5-year-old boy, who was one of two children struck and killed by a van while walking to school in Riverdale, Maryland, last year, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit, alleging that multiple defendants, including the county, contributed to his death. The 22-page suit seeks up to $58 Mystery drone sightings continue in New Jersey and across the US. Here's what we know 12/16/2024 07:44pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over New Jersey and across the eastern U.S., sparking speculation and concern over where they came from and why. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and U.S. Sen. Andy Kim have both gone out on drone hunts, hoping for an Va. man accused of conspiring with au pair in double homicide charged with child abuse, neglect 12/16/2024 04:00pm • The man who prosecutors in Fairfax County, Virginia, say conspired with his au pair in February 2023 to kill his wife and pin it on another man was charged Monday with felony child abuse and neglect. Brendan Banfield, 39, was already facing an indictment on four counts of aggravated murder in the