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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 Woman, toddler seriously injured in stabbing in Arlington's Pentagon City 12/16/2024 10:34am • A woman and a toddler are hospitalized with serious injuries after a domestic-related stabbing at Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia, Saturday night, police said. Arlington County police said the stabbings happened around 9:45 p.m. on Army Navy Drive. Police said that Leonardo Reyes, 23, use Va. police charge 2nd suspect in Saturday Fredericksburg shooting that left man dead 12/16/2024 05:39am • Fredericksburg, Virginia, police said a second suspect was charged in relation to a Saturday morning shooting that left a man dead. Izaiah Jabbar Daniels, 21, is facing charges of second-degree murder for allegedly taking part in the Saturday morning killing of 23-year-old Tyler Lee Jones, the Fr Man killed in Fredericksburg shooting; police search for alleged suspect 12/14/2024 10:00pm • A man was shot and killed in a shooting in downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia, early on Saturday morning. The Fredericksburg Police Department said officers responded to a reported shooting in the area of Charles and William Streets at around 1 a.m. after hearing gunfire. Authorities said they Q&A: What you should definitely not do if you see a mysterious drone 12/14/2024 05:22pm • While it hasn't turned out to be a bird, plane or Superman, the recent spate of mystery aerial activity is capturing the attention of many across the nation — even in Maryland, after sightings were reported along the Route 50 corridor. Reports of unidentified drones began surfacing in mid-Novem Metro is getting its budget process underway for the next fiscal year 12/14/2024 04:08am • Metro unveiled its initial budget proposal for the next fiscal year on Thursday — and it includes additional bus and rail service. Changes include more peak-capacity service on Metrorail with longer operating hours on weekends. The rail map would also see some slight changes with half of northbou DNA analysis links missing Mamta Kafle Bhatt with blood found on handheld power saw 12/14/2024 02:49am • DNA testing tied missing Manassas Park mother Mamta Kafle Bhatt to blood found on a handheld power saw, according to recently filed prosecution documents. An Oct. 29 report from Virginia's Department of Forensic Science indicates blood found on parts of a reciprocating saw matched a DNA profile c Man fatally shot by police at Rosslyn Metro station identified 12/13/2024 06:23pm • The man who was fatally shot by an Arlington County, Virginia, police officer at the Rosslyn Metro station Tuesday has been identified. The death of 27-year-old Cedric Butler is being investigated by the Critical Incident Response Team, a regional response team that responds to serious incidents