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Cracking down on illegal, out-of-control parties in Montgomery County 07/05/2024 09:21am • Houses in our area are being rented out for rowdy, illegal parties. Now officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are taking action. ���Some of these houses have been repeat offenders. They know they���re violating, and those are the houses that obviously we���re focused a lot on moving forward,� Child seriously injured, 2 adults wounded during 4th of July celebration in Prince George's Co. 07/05/2024 08:37am • A young child was shot and critically injured and two adults were also wounded after gunfire broke out during a Fourth of July celebration in Prince George's County, Maryland, police said. The shooting happened Thursday just before 8 p.m. in the 4500 block of Akron Street in Marlow Heights. Po DC police's youth summer curfew now in effect 07/05/2024 05:30am • D.C. police have started enforcing the city's summer youth curfew as part of a plan to curb violence and keep communities safe. The summer juvenile curfew started July 1 and runs through August 31, beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 6 a.m. It is in effect seven days a week. The curfew isn't Showers exit DC area ahead of Fourth of July fireworks 07/04/2024 08:24pm • A few lingering showers are wrapping up on this hot and humid Fourth of July after soaking rain and storms dampened some outdoor celebrations in the D.C. area earlier Thursday evening. Here's what you need to know. People dressed in patriotic outfits huddled under umbrellas on the National Mall a WTOP goes out on the water with DC police's harbor patrol 07/04/2024 08:21pm • D.C. police���s Harbor Patrol Unit calls July Fourth its Super Bowl on the water. The holiday comes during the specialized team's busy season. ���Spring and summer is by far our busiest,��� said Lt. Andrew Horos, with the harbor patrol. Ahead of fireworks on Independence Day, Horos said the te Hitting the water for the Fourth of July? Md.'s Operation Dry Water aims to keep the fun in check 07/03/2024 08:55pm • Scorching hot weather in the forecast, along with a long holiday weekend and fireworks over many area waterways, means lots of people will be out celebrating on boats this weekend. In fact, the Fourth of July is always the busiest boating holiday of the year in Maryland. And the state's Natural R What makes these the 100 deadliest days on the road ��� and what you can do about it 07/03/2024 05:28pm • We are now in the middle of what some road safety advocates refer to as the 100 deadliest days ��� the time between Memorial Day and Labor Day when millions of Americans hit the road. Whether by car, by bike or on foot, there���s more people traveling, more traffic and more crashes. Just since Me Fairfax Co. gets $25K for witness protection program 07/03/2024 05:01pm • Fairfax County is getting a $25,000 grant that the top prosecutor in the Virginia suburb said will be used to offer security and support to victims and witnesses in criminal trials. The funding is from a $1 million grant program from Virginia's Department of Criminal Justice Services. Lawmaker Review: Eddie Murphy brings 'Beverly Hills Cop' back to comedic form in nostalgic 4th installment 'Axel F' 07/03/2024 02:03pm • After rescuing ���SNL��� and sharing the big screen with Nick Nolte in ���48 Hrs.��� (1982) and Dan Aykroyd in ���Trading Places��� (1983), Eddie Murphy became a blockbuster leading man as the fast-talking Axel Foley in ���Beverly Hills Cop��� (1984). Directed by Martin Brest, the fish-out-of-wa 3-year-old shot dead inside Howard Co. home in apparent accident 07/02/2024 07:56pm • A 3-year-old boy was shot and killed inside a Columbia, Maryland, home Monday in what Howard County police said was an apparent accident. The shooting happened inside a home on Harpers Farm Road. Detectives have determined a handgun was left unsecured inside the residence. Police are still trying What to know about Fourth of July celebrations along DC���s National Mall 07/02/2024 06:30pm • As hundreds of thousands of people are expected to pack the National Mall for Fourth of July festivities Thursday, the National Park Service and U.S. Park Police said they���re working to ensure it���s a safe celebration. During a news conference Tuesday, officials urged those who plan to be outs Montgomery Co. man dies 2 weeks after fight with neighbor over loose dogs turns physical 07/02/2024 05:33pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, man has died two weeks after police said an argument with a neighbor over dogs running loose through their rural neighborhood turned physical. Montgomery County police said 40-year-old Marvin Rolando Guevara Guevara, of Boyds, died Sunday at a hospital. He was hu 2 dead, 1 injured in Maryland police chase that ended in fiery DC crash 07/02/2024 04:30pm • Listen to WTOP Traffic on the 8s for the latest on road conditions.�� Two people are dead and a third is hurt after a police chase Tuesday afternoon crossed through multiple jurisdictions and ended when the vehicle being pursued crashed and went up in flames along Southeast D.C.'s border with Mar 2 teens charged in fatal shooting of 14-year-old in Annandale 07/02/2024 01:23pm • A pair of teenagers are being held at the Fairfax County Juvenile Detention Center on charges stemming from a deadly shooting in Annandale, Virginia, on Friday night. Fairfax County police said Tuesday morning that detectives arrested two teenagers in connection with the shooting in the 4100 bloc Suspect stabs man, throws bike in front of train at Metro Center station 07/01/2024 08:11pm • Police said a man repeatedly stabbed another man at a D.C. Metrorail station platform before throwing a bicycle on the tracks, which led to delays for Monday afternoon riders. It happened at the Metro Center station. Officers arrived at the station around 12:40 p.m. for the report of a stabbing,