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Montgomery Co. student charged with threats of mass violence after police discover disturbing 'manifesto' 04/18/2024 07:19pm • An 18-year-old high school student in Montgomery County, Maryland, has been charged with making threats of mass violence after authorities said he wrote a 129-page document describing a desire to "shoot up" his high school. Andrea Ye, who uses the name Alex, was arrested Wednesday and is being he Public Enemy frontman Chuck D joins WTOP before 'bum rushing' speaker series in Frederick 04/18/2024 07:03pm • He's arguably the greatest emcee from arguably the greatest hip-hop group of all time. Now, Chuck D is about to "bum rush the show" at the historic Weinberg Center in Frederick, Maryland, Thursday night. It's part of the Frederick Speaker Series, a perfect forum for a rapper whose lyrics have 3 hurt after school bus crashes into Virginia DMV building 04/18/2024 03:10pm • Three people, including two kids, were taken to the hospital after a school bus crashed into a Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles building on Thursday morning, according to Fairfax County police. The DMV location is at the intersection of Braddock Road and Burke Station Road. The school bus DC police seek suspects in 'disturbing' Navy Yard retail theft, assault 04/18/2024 11:01am • Police in D.C. are looking for several young people they say were involved in a Tuesday night theft and assault at a CVS location in the Navy Yard neighborhood in Southeast. At about 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, the large group entered the store and took items without paying, police said. When confr DC and federal officials say this initiative is helping take violent offenders off the streets 04/17/2024 06:27pm • Two years after the creation of "Project Safe Neighborhoods," an attempt to crack down on gun-related crimes in D.C., authorities say they've sent 127 firearms cases to federal court. "Targets of these cases have an average of six prior felony arrests. More than half of them were previously arres 2 Florida men suspected in 2-year string of car break-ins at parks in Fairfax County 04/17/2024 06:18pm • Fairfax County police say two Florida men are under arrest and have been charged in connection with a string of car break-ins at parks across the Virginia county during a nearly two-year period. Police said that, in many cases, credit cards were in the vehicles and later used at different area st 'A quiet hero:' Detective who helped solve high-profile Virginia murders dies 04/17/2024 01:51pm • Michael Boone, the detective who helped solved high-profile cases in Northern Virginia, has died. (Courtesy City of Fairfax police) Michael Boone, a Northern Virginia detective who helped solve the Hannah Graham and Morgan Harrington murders in Charlottesville, and the murder of Bethany Decker i Pack your ear protection — Pennsylvania Avenue to turn into a speedway for race car drivers Saturday 04/17/2024 11:19am • Motorsport fans will pack the National Mall on Saturday to watch a Formula 1 race car drive through the heart of the nation's capital. Here's what you need to know. Red Bull Racing is hosting its first-ever showrun event in D.C., where its RB7 racing car will be on display, driving in front of th Ghost guns are already illegal in Maryland. Sharing the tech and instructions behind them isn’t — for now 04/16/2024 11:02pm • Ghost guns — untraceable firearms usually put together by someone using unassembled or homemade components — are already illegal in Maryland. Nonetheless, they’ve been used in some high profile crimes in Prince George’s County in recent years, including several that involve juveniles. WTOP takes an up-close look at Baltimore Key Bridge collapse wreckage with US Coast Guard 04/16/2024 10:16pm • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 20px 10px;background: #D30000;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;border-r How Prince William Co. is looking to solve housing affordability for first responders, teachers 04/16/2024 05:37pm • The median cost for a home in Prince William County, Virginia, is around $525,000, according to Rocket Homes. It’s keeping some of the county's police officers and teachers from being able to buy a home there, but a new initiative is aimed at making things more affordable for those public servants Maryland spa owner charged with operating illicit massage parlors 04/16/2024 05:02pm • The owner of two Maryland spas is under arrest and facing both prostitution and sex trafficking charges after investigators claim she was operating illicit massage parlors. Montgomery County police said detectives received information in October 2023 that prostitution and human trafficking may ha Expanded curfew could be heading to parts of Prince George’s County 04/16/2024 04:30pm • A Prince George's County Council member has reluctantly proposed an expanded curfew, saying there's "no reason to have a 15-year-old or a 16-year-old" without a chaperone during the wee hours on a school night. Outside chambers Tuesday, Council member Ed Burroughs showed a video of a group of kid 'Bright and accomplished' Howard University student dies after being hit by car on campus 04/16/2024 03:28pm • A Howard University student has died after he was struck last week by a car reportedly driven by a faculty member. Mohamed Samura, 18, died Monday after being struck on Thursday, while he was walking on the D.C. campus, police said. The driver, who has not been identified, was traveling northb Divers face risk and dangers in Baltimore Key Bridge response 04/16/2024 10:30am • The workplace is dark, dangerous and unforgiving — divers beneath the surface of the Patapsco River, at the site of the March 26 Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, are facing a variety of life-threatening challenges, in underwater operations. On Monday, the fourth construction worke