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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 3 arrested in shooting death of Prince William Co. man found handcuffed in backseat of vehicle 11/01/2024 09:55am • Three people have been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a man found handcuffed in the backseat of a car in Triangle, Virginia, on Sunday. Prince William County police said Jason Thomas Blake, 43, of Woodbridge, was shot multiple times in the 18500 block of Triangle Street after he wa Woman scammed out of $30K in Prince George's Co. ��� what police want you to say to your parents about scams 10/31/2024 08:40pm • An old scam has come back to Prince George's County parking lots recently, with the recent arrest of four people that police said scammed a woman out of well over $30,000 in cash last week. It's called a "pigeon drop scam" but it's not clear why the victim is called a pigeon. But the victims appr WATCH: What au pair in double homicide plot told Fairfax Co. police happened on day of the killings�� 10/31/2024 03:07pm • The au pair who pleaded guilty in a double homicide plot claimed an unknown man "started stabbing" the wife and the husband asked her to shoot the man, according to body camera video that has been released from the day of the killings.�� The footage depicts au pair Juliana Peres Magalhaes' reacti Maryland pays out $5.4 million following IRS audit 10/31/2024 10:12am • The taxman cometh for everyone. Even the state. For the first time in memory ��� perhaps ever ��� the Internal Revenue Service audited Maryland government. And it turns out Maryland taxpayers owe Uncle Sam at least $5.4 million for tax year 2020. ���This is a new one,��� Comptroller Bro Driver shot by Va. state troopers after vehicle chase on I-95 10/31/2024 09:31am • The driver of a carjacked vehicle has died after being shot by Virginia state troopers on Wednesday night after a long car chase on Interstate 95 southbound in Prince William County. At around 10:15 p.m., a state trooper tracked down a vehicle that the U.S. Parkway Police had reported in connecti Attempted abduction near popular Alexandria dog park raises concern 10/31/2024 09:18am • Police in Alexandria, Virginia, hope the public can help in their investigation into an attempted abduction Tuesday evening near the popular Holmes Run Dog Park, located in Tarleton Park. The Alexandria Police Department says around 6 p.m., a woman reported being grabbed from behind and pulle Do you know the Halloween urban legend of Virginia's Bunny Man? 10/31/2024 08:03am • Have you heard of the Bunny Man? It's one of Northern Virginia's scariest and most haunting urban legends, with a horrifying character at its core. In today's special Halloween episode of "Matt About Town," WTOP's Matt Kaufax risked life and limb to find out the truth behind this horror story, ne Charles Co. government at a crossroads ��� and at an impasse 10/30/2024 05:42pm • When Greg Waring heard that Charles County leaders needed someone to head a commission looking at how the county government operates �����and how it ought to operate in the future �����he leaped at the opportunity. As staff director for Democrats on the U.S. House Budget Committee, Waring had see Prince William schools officials: Investment in weapons scanners, security measures paying off 10/30/2024 10:11am • A year after implementing weapons scanners at middle and high schools, Prince William County Public Schools is making steady progress on its safety and security goals, division staff told the School Board at its Oct. 16 meeting. Staff members outlined a number of safety protocols and programs tha Harris campaign claims about 75K attended Ellipse rally during busy night in DC 10/30/2024 07:12am • 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. Multiple events occurred at the same time Tuesday night, including a highly-attended campaign rally featuring the vice presi DC-area leaders launch campaign to boost pedestrian safety during winter months 10/29/2024 05:30pm • The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments is urging drivers to slow down and look out for pedestrians and bicyclists. As part of National Pedestrian Safety Month, the council is launching a new Street Smart safety campaign with the slogan, "Slow Down, Life Ahead." The campaign aims to Amid staffing shortages, Fairfax City deploys uniformed security guards to help deter crime 10/29/2024 05:10pm • Fairfax City in Virginia is deploying private security guards in several neighborhoods with the hope of deterring crime while police grapple with staffing challenges. The pilot program, which is scheduled to run through the end of December, will use security guards in the areas around Stafford Dr Au pair pleads guilty to downgraded charge in Northern Virginia double homicide 10/29/2024 02:08pm • An au pair in Fairfax County, Virginia, has pleaded guilty to a downgraded charge of manslaughter in what prosecutors said was a double homicide plot with her lover ��� the husband of one of the victims. Court documents unveiled additional details of the February 2023 killings that happened i Man shot fighting off carjacking attempt in Temple Hills, police say 10/29/2024 12:21pm • Two people are in custody and police are still looking for a third suspect after a carjacking attempt in the parking lot of a Temple Hills, Maryland, shopping center. Police said the victim was leaving an Auto Zone on Allentown Road just after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday when three suspects approached him