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Trayon White skips in-person appearance as DC Council begins investigation 09/17/2024 04:40pm • On the first day the D.C. Council was back in session following the arrest and indictment of Council member Trayon White, the Ward 8 lawmaker chose to attend the day’s meetings over Zoom instead of in-person. One of the first things the council did Tuesday morning was announce the creation of a Husband charged in double homicide inside Fairfax Co. home in alleged plot with au pair 09/17/2024 12:40pm • Inside a Fairfax County, Virginia, house, a woman was stabbed to death and a man fatally shot in February 2023 in a complicated double homicide involving an alleged affair and a fetish website. Now, her husband is being charged with murder in both of their killings, nearly a year after the couple's 'I am a rapist, like the others in this room,' Frenchman tells court 09/17/2024 05:50am • ▶ Watch Video: Man admits drugging, raping wife at trial in France Avignon, France — "I am a rapist," Dominique Pelicot, the 71-year-old Frenchman accused of drugging his wife so he and scores of strangers could assault her, told a court Tuesday, returning to the dock after being ill Report: Police stops of Black people in DC 'grossly disproportionate to their representation in the population' 09/16/2024 09:00pm • New data on encounters with police in D.C. revealed serious racial disparities, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The data collected between January 2022 and December 2023 found that Black people accounted for more than 70% of the people stopped by police in the city. "The main thi DC police union calls for city's violence interruption programs to be 'shut down' and examined 09/16/2024 06:22pm • D.C.'s police union is calling on all violence interruption programs that the city funds to have their funding immediately halted until the programs can be thoroughly examined, they wrote in a statement released Monday. The union said the move is a necessary step after Ward 8 Council member Trayo Woman sitting on bench stabbed outside Friendship Heights Metro station 09/16/2024 05:52pm • A woman sitting on a bench was stabbed outside the Friendship Heights Metro station Monday morning, and thanks to a witness who saw what happened, police have taken the person accused of stabbing her into custody. Montgomery County police said they got a call around 9:20 a.m. for a report of a st Trial for missing Manassas Park mother's husband to begin in December 09/16/2024 01:50pm • After disagreements between prosecutors and the defense, a trial date was set for a Manassas Park, Virginia, husband who is accused of concealing the body of his wife, who has not been seen since July. Naresh Bhatt’s trial is scheduled for Dec. 9.  Prosecutors and Bhatt’s attorney, Shale Reston woman shot, killed by police after she allegedly slashed officer in the face, police say 09/16/2024 01:40pm • A Reston, Virginia, woman was fatally shot by an officer after Fairfax County police said she slashed him in the face with a knife. It happened Monday morning, when police were asked to check on a woman at her apartment in the 11800 block of Sunrise Valley Drive in Reston, according to Fairfax Co Man fatally shot following fight at Woodbridge car wash 09/15/2024 04:04pm • A man is dead after being shot at a car wash in Woodbridge, Virginia, on Saturday afternoon, police say. Prince William County police said Earl Duwan Miller, 54, was involved in a "verbal altercation" outside of the Sonic Soft Car Wash on Richmond Highway shortly before 4 p.m. when it turned "ph 3 injured after crash that sent 2 vehicles into water off of GW Parkway in Va. 09/15/2024 11:45am • Three people were taken to the hospital Saturday after two vehicles crashed and went into the water below the George Washington Parkway in Arlington, Virginia, police tell WTOP. U.S. Park police responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash on the GW Parkway in the area near Arlington Boulevard jus 18-year-old not guilty of murder in shooting of teen girl outside Prince George’s Co. high school 09/13/2024 05:15pm • An 18-year-old in Prince George's County, Maryland, was acquitted of a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a teen girl outside a high school last year — but was convicted of assault and firearms crimes. The jury's verdict came Friday after a weeklong trial in Prince George's County Circuit 3 killed after senior living facility bus crashes into dump truck in Charles Co. 09/13/2024 02:38pm • Three people are dead after a two-vehicle crash Friday morning in Charles County, Maryland, that involved a transport bus from a senior living facility. Maryland State Police said it received reports of an accident shortly before 8 a.m. on Port Tobacco Road and Bowie Road in the area of Indian He Judge orders prosecutor to turn over video of Mamta Kafle Bhatt leaving work; defense claims missing Va. mom is still alive 09/13/2024 12:27pm • A judge ordered prosecutors in Prince William County, Virginia, to turn over to the defense a video showing Mamta Kafle Bhatt leaving work at UVA Health Prince William Medical Center several days before her husband reported last seeing her. Naresh Bhatt is charged with concealing her body, althou DC police say they need more officers to better patrol the streets — a new audit disagrees 09/13/2024 10:02am • D.C. police have enough patrol officers on the street to do the job. That’s the upshot of a new staffing audit, but there’s push back from the department. A new Office of the D.C. Auditor report says the District has enough officers on patrol but should deploy them differently to better handl Detour ahead: Weekend road closures for DC events 09/13/2024 08:58am • This weekend, there are multiple events that will significantly impact how you get around D.C. On Saturday, the Celebrate Petworth Festival — a free neighborhood festival in Northwest D.C. with music and activities for the whole family — will be shutting down the following streets from 7 a.m.