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Trone continues record-setting spending blitz 05/05/2024 02:32pm • U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th) dropped another $12.35 million into his U.S. Senate campaign during the first 3 1/2 weeks of April, bringing his total personal investment in the race to a jaw-dropping $54.1 million. Trone is now the second biggest self-funder in a U.S. Senate race, behind U.S. Sen. National Women's Half Marathon and 8K to close 5 DC roads 05/05/2024 05:40am • The 2024 National Women's Half Marathon and 8K is slated for Sunday in D.C. and motorists should plan their routes since there will be several road closures. At approximately 6 a.m. on Sunday, the following roads will be closed, according to the United States Park Police: Rock Creek Parkway Secret Service: 'No threat to White House' after deadly crash into complex barrier 05/05/2024 04:23am • D.C. police said a man has died after crashing a vehicle into a White House complex barrier on Saturday night. The U.S. Secret Service said the crash happened near the intersection of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest, just before 10:30 p.m. First responders said the unidentifie Largo woman found shot dead inside car 05/05/2024 12:02am • A 20-year-old Largo, Maryland, woman is dead after being found shot inside her car found in a ditch. According to Maryland State Police, Nyah Strong Hairston was located shortly before 10:45 p.m. Friday in her Nissan Versa near southbound Interstate 495 before Landover Road. She was found unre Northern Virginia man accused of shooting at fellow ride-share passenger 05/05/2024 12:02am • A Lorton, Virginia, man was arrested and charged Thursday after an incident in March that allegedly involved him shooting at a person he had just taken a ride-share with, Fairfax County police said. Just after midnight on March 1, police said they responded to the 9200 block of Ashland Woods Lane DC police ID 3-year-old shot and killed in Southeast 05/04/2024 06:23pm • D.C. police have identified the young girl who was shot and killed Friday night in Southeast. Three-year-old Ty’ah Settles was shot and killed around 9 p.m. in the area of the 2300 block of Harford Street. According to police, Ty’ah was in a vehicle at the time and was brought to a nearby GOP lawmaker: University presidents 'are just wimps' 05/04/2024 07:50am • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Congressional Republicans have been unified in their criticism of university administrators, charging that many have been weak and inconsistent in their response to prote 3-year-old girl fatally shot in Southeast DC 05/03/2024 10:28pm • A 3-year-old girl has died after being shot in Southeast D.C. on Friday night. D.C. police received reports of the shooting in the area of the 2200-2400 block of Harford Street Southeast around 9 p.m. According to police, the girl was in a vehicle at the time and was brought to a nearby fire Silver Spring man found guilty of murdering wife 05/03/2024 08:16pm • A Silver Spring, Maryland, man was found guilty of second-degree murder Friday for the death of his wife. A jury found Dennis Hinnant, 30, guilty in the 2023 death of Taresha Pendarvis, 28. He faces 40 years behind bars. According to a news release, Hinnant turned himself in on Feb. 1, 2023 GWU police cut down Palestinian flag after protesters raised it in place of university flag 05/03/2024 01:40pm • Following a day of separate rallies in support of Palestine and Israel, ending in campus police removing both a Palestinian and an American flag on display at the encampment, pro-Palestinian student protesters on George Washington University's campus in D.C. have entered day nine of their demonstrat Suspects in Dunbar drive-by shooting in police custody 05/03/2024 01:20pm • Two teenage suspects are in police custody after a shooting outside of a D.C. high school Friday morning that sent a hail of bullets into the building, police say. Gunfire erupted across the street from Dunbar High School in Northwest D.C., shortly before 10 a.m. Friday, D.C. police Chief Pam GW students hold pro-Israel rally during 8th day of protests supporting Gaza 05/02/2024 03:18pm • A group of Jewish and pro-Israel students held a rally at The George Washington University in D.C. on Thursday "against campus antisemitism," as a pro-Palestinian protest and encampment continued on the campus for an eighth day. The rally began at 11 a.m. at G Street Park, with participants shout GW University protesters to rally as pro-Palestinian encampment continues 8th day 05/02/2024 02:54pm • A week into a pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University in D.C., protesters held separate rallies on Thursday in support of Palestine and Israel. The demonstrations come as police break up similar encampments at colleges around the U.S., at times deploying pepper spray and arrest 5th Key Bridge collapse victim recovered, identified after vehicle located 05/02/2024 08:11am • Officials with the Unified Command team working on the Francis Scott Key Bridge cleanup in Baltimore, Maryland, have recovered and identified a fifth roadwork crew member who died in the bridge collapse in March. On Wednesday night, Unified Command said 49-year-old Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, of Prince George's Co. police warn of a spike in credit card skimmers 05/02/2024 06:19am • It’s an older scheme, but an uptick in the number of credit card skimmers in Prince George's County has the county’s police department sounding the alarm. In the past month, the Prince George’s County Police Department found eight skimming devices on machines at stores in the county. A