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PHOTOS: 2024 Election Day in DC region 11/06/2024 10:25am • Election Day 2024 has arrived in the D.C. region. Polls in the D.C. area opened early Tuesday morning as voters across the U.S. choose between a former president and a current vice president as their next commander in chief. Besides the race for the White House, voters in Maryland are focused on the Suspect in 2022 Woodbridge murder arrested at Dulles 11/06/2024 09:21am • A man wanted in connection with a 2022 robbery and murder in Woodbridge was arrested Sunday at Dulles International Airport as he tried to board a one-way flight to El Salvador, federal authorities said. Christofer Antonio Argueta Ramirez, 19, of Woodbridge, was taken into custody at a departure A Montgomery County couple could get 30 years in prison for neglect that caused the death of a child 11/05/2024 01:00pm • A pair of Montgomery County, Maryland, parents are facing up to 30 years in prison for six counts of child neglect in a case that started after one child died in their home. The 17-year-old weighed only 79 pounds when emergency officials were called to Dominique and Cynthia Moore’s Montgomery V 18-year-old arrested for leaving handgun unsecured, leading to toddler shooting herself, Prince George's Co. police say 11/05/2024 10:15am • An 18-year-old in Prince George's County has been arrested for leaving a handgun unsecured, which led to a toddler shooting herself in Bowie, Maryland, police said. Prince George's County police said it happened on Brookedge Court near Central Avenue around 4 p.m. Sunday. According to authorit Following tragedy, a police officer's back at work and reclaiming his weekend job 11/05/2024 04:18am • The Montgomery County, Maryland, police officer who lost both legs when struck by a reckless driver on Interstate 270 in October 2023 is not only returning to police patrols, he's also resuming his weekend job of officiating Division I college football games in the Coastal, Ivy and Patriot leagues. Crash involving tractor trailer shuts down I-97 near Millersville 11/04/2024 01:32pm • Part of Interstate 97 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, was shut down Monday after a crash involving a tractor trailer. In a social media post, the Anne Arundel County Police Department said the crash happened in the area of northbound I-97 near the ramp to westbound Route 32. At 11:50 a.m., p Extra security installed around DC ahead of Election Day 11/04/2024 09:43am • Sign up for WTOP’s Election Desk weekly newsletter to stay up-to-date through Election Day 2024 with the latest developments in this historic presidential election cycle. As millions of Americans prepare to decide the next president of the United States, extra security measures have been put in First look inside The Rose gaming resort in Dumfries 11/03/2024 03:46pm • The Rose Gaming Resort in Dumfries is preparing for its grand opening Nov. 7, and here's a snapshot of what patrons can expect. The $460 million gaming facility opened to the public with a soft opening on Oct. 23, unveiling the gaming floor with 1,650 historical horse racing terminals to members Spotsylvania deputies shoot armed suspect, bystander at gas station 11/03/2024 12:34pm • An armed suspect and a bystander were shot by deputies and hospitalized following a traffic stop at a gas station in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on Saturday night. The Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office said deputies fired after the man pointed a gun at them. It happened when deputies tri Smoke bomb, fugitive discovered during traffic stop in Northern Virginia 11/03/2024 08:22am • Police in Alexandria, Virginia, said officers discovered both a wanted fugitive and a commercial-grade smoke bomb during a Saturday afternoon traffic stop on King Street. Alexandria police said officers were conducting a "felony traffic stop of a vehicle" in the 1600 block of King Street around 1 After drag race video goes viral, 2 Virginia drivers are arrested for unsafe driving 11/03/2024 07:54am • After video of a drag race on Leesburg Pike in Tysons, Virginia, went viral, Fairfax County police said they have located and arrested the two drivers involved. Police said that the video, which showed a Tesla Cybertruck and a Lamborghini illegally racing near Westwood Center Drive earlier in the 10 House races to watch on election night (and beyond) 11/03/2024 04:30am • (CNN) — Entering Election Day on Tuesday, the battle for control of the US House of Representatives rests on a knife’s edge, with a historically small universe of competitive races poised to determine the chamber’s majority in the next Congress – an outcome that could have far-reaching conse Howard Co. father who built go-kart track on property is at the center of controversy over whether he can keep it 11/02/2024 05:25pm • A father in Howard County, Maryland, built a go-kart track on his private property for his son. But permits and noise are now at the center of the controversy over whether he can keep it. "I just didn't think it was going to be an issue," said Chris Siperko, who lives on 11 acres in Highland. Maryland woman found guilty of killing, dismembering and burning mother's body parts on a grill 11/01/2024 06:50pm • The woman who prosecutors say killed and dismembered her mother last year was found guilty by a Prince George's County, Maryland, jury on Friday. Jurors spent just over an hour in deliberations before returning to the courtroom and finding Candace Craig, 46, guilty of first and second-degree murd DC police investigate possible hate crime after group attacks a gay man outside a McDonald's 11/01/2024 10:42am • D.C. police say the assault of a gay man by a group of as many as 15 people as he was leaving a McDonald's on 14th and U streets on Sunday is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The man, 22-year-old model Sebastian Thomas Robles Lascarro, had stopped by the fast food restaurant to get a