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2-year-old girl leaving day care hit by gunfire in DC shooting that also left 2 men dead 2-year-old girl leaving day care hit by gunfire in DC shooting that also left 2 men dead 07/18/2024 12:59pm • Two men are dead and a 2-year-old girl was injured after a shooting in Southeast D.C. and police are searching for a blue Dodge Charger with heavy tints they believe is linked to the brazen crime. Officers heard shots ring out at 11:22 a.m. in the area of 22nd and Savannah streets in Southeast, n 2 water main breaks in DC, Md. cause water outages, road closures 2 water main breaks in DC, Md. cause water outages, road closures 07/18/2024 08:55am • Two water main breaks are causing problems for residents in D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland, on Thursday morning. Both breaks could leave locals without water and affect the morning commute. D.C. Water says there has been a large water main break since Wednesday night on Minnesota Avenue nea What DC's police chief believes has led to a '33% reduction in violent crime' What DC's police chief believes has led to a '33% reduction in violent crime' 07/18/2024 04:43am • Marking her first year as the District's police chief, Pamela Smith is touting data that show drops in crime, including declines in the number of homicides, carjackings and robberies. Smith, who took the helm of the Metropolitan Police Department after 25 years with U.S. Park Police in 2023, said How to prevent porch pirates from running off with your Amazon Prime day booty How to prevent porch pirates from running off with your Amazon Prime day booty 07/17/2024 04:03pm • Ordering a new TV, iPad or Dyson vacuum on the final day of Amazon's Prime Day sales event? If you're not careful, it may end up in the hands of a thief before it ever gets to you. D.C.'s police department is offering tips on how to keep your packages safe. "When you get an increased amount of pa Alsobrooks camp seethes at Hogan site; Republicans at convention like his odds Alsobrooks camp seethes at Hogan site; Republicans at convention like his odds 07/17/2024 04:03pm • MILWAUKEE â Amid calls for cooler rhetoric, supporters of Maryland Democratic Senate nominee Angela Alsobrooks are complaining her opponent, former Gov. Larry Hogan (R), is doing the opposite with a spoof campaign website. The new Hogan website, angelaalsobrooks.org, looks almost identical to t Fifth suspect wanted in Manassas Mall shooting arrested Fifth suspect wanted in Manassas Mall shooting arrested 07/17/2024 03:25pm • A fifth man wanted in connection with a July 9 shooting outside Manassas Mall was arrested Monday. Tayvion Omari Thornton, 18, of the 1400 block of Cove Drive in Woodbridge, faces charges of principal in the second degree malicious wounding, carrying a concealed weapon, principal in the second de Md. school board revives African American studies course Md. school board revives African American studies course 07/17/2024 07:59am • The Harford County Board of Education voted unanimously early Tuesday to restore an Advanced Placement course on African American studies, just weeks after canceling the class over concerns it lacked âœpositive narrativesâ and perpetuated âœa narrative of victimhood.â The vote followed at l Montgomery Co. senior scammed out of $900K in gold bar 'big-money scheme' Montgomery Co. senior scammed out of $900K in gold bar 'big-money scheme' 07/16/2024 09:45pm • Scammers persuaded an 82-year-old Montgomery County, Maryland, woman to buy a fortune's worth of gold bars and then hand them over earlier this year, according to prosecutors, who said the scammers posed as federal agents working to protect her savings. Zhenyong Weng, 19, of New York City, has be DC woman accused of stealing, crashing car with ill woman inside found incompetent to stand trial DC woman accused of stealing, crashing car with ill woman inside found incompetent to stand trial 07/16/2024 08:11pm • The woman accused of stealing an SUV outside a D.C. hospital with an ill patient in the passenger seat was found incompetent to stand trial Tuesday. Kayla Kenisha Brown, 22, of Southeast, is accused of crashing the stolen car into a downtown D.C. building in early June. The passenger, 55-year-old 1 killed after small plane crashes into water on Maryland's Eastern Shore 1 killed after small plane crashes into water on Maryland's Eastern Shore 07/16/2024 05:58pm • The pilot of a small plane died after his plane crashed into the water in Easton, Maryland, Tuesday morning, state authorities said. The pilot, who was the only person on board the twin-engine Cessna 402, reported an engine failure before the crash, the Federal Aviation Administration said earlie Where's Theo the Shih Tzu? Dog stolen from car in Southeast DC Where's Theo the Shih Tzu? Dog stolen from car in Southeast DC 07/16/2024 08:16am • Police are asking for the public's help in finding a dog that was stolen out of a woman's car in Southeast D.C. on Saturday. The dognapping happened around 1 p.m. on M Street near the Anacostia Community Boathouse. A woman had left her dog, a 2-year-old Shih Tzu named Theo, and her purse inside h 'Proud to come home': Montgomery Co.'s new superintendent explains the realities of the job he's taken on 'Proud to come home': Montgomery Co.'s new superintendent explains the realities of the job he's taken on 07/16/2024 07:13am • The new superintendent of schools for Montgomery County, Maryland, is entering his third week on the job with the new school year beginning in just over a month. Thomas Taylor, who came from Stafford County, Virginia, now leads Maryland's largest school district, with a budget of $3.3 billion, mo Former Secret Service agent has questions about Trump's security Former Secret Service agent has questions about Trump's security 07/16/2024 06:47am • In the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday, a former special agent tells WTOP that he has questions of his own about the level of Secret Service protection afforded to the Republican presidential nominee. As an agent, Matthew Doherty was a part of the DC school tries paying at-risk families as a way to reduce truancy DC school tries paying at-risk families as a way to reduce truancy 07/16/2024 05:39am • Some families in D.C. will soon be getting direct cash payments as part of a program that's fighting against truancy. The program is being carried out at the Social Justice School, a charter school in Northeast, where 15 families will each get $2,400 over the course of three months, with money di Following Trump assassination attempt, 'Americans need to start listening, paying attention and waking up' Following Trump assassination attempt, 'Americans need to start listening, paying attention and waking up' 07/15/2024 03:51pm • The search for answers continues after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Many questions remain unanswered about how the gunman, identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, managed to get access to a nearby roof whe
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