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Michigan man arrested after entering US Capitol visitors center with torch lighter, flare gun while trying to deliver papers to Congress 11/06/2024 06:00pm • U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man who tried to enter the Capitol Visitor Center with a torch lighter, a flare gun, bottles of fuel and papers he said he intended to deliver to Congress on Election Day. It happened just before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, when Austin M. Olson, of Westland, Michigan, who a Germantown woman charged after attempting to hire someone to kill her ex-boyfriend 11/06/2024 05:50pm • Two women are in custody and charged in a murder-for-hire plot in Montgomery County, Maryland. According to the charging documents obtained by WTOP, a Germantown woman attempted to hire someone to kill her ex-boyfriend in May. Adelaida Zacarias-Chacon, 53, told Montgomery County police that he 1 killed, 3 injured in chain-reaction Capital Beltway crash 11/06/2024 02:03pm • A Massachusetts woman died and three others were injured in a five-vehicle, chain-reaction crash Tuesday on Interstate 495 near Alexandria. Troopers were called to the wreck in the through lanes of westbound I-495 near Telegraph Road at 5:33 p.m. after a Dodge Ram struck the right rear of a Lexus Kamala Harris' concession speech shuts down roads around Howard University 11/06/2024 12:00pm • Listen live to WTOP online and on 103.5FM for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Vice President Kamala Harris will be making her concession speech at D.C.'s Howard University at 4 p.m. Wednesday — and that means street closures and parking restrictions. Watch Harris' speech here at H 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