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3 women charged in alleged prostitution ring at massage parlors in Frederick 03/10/2024 05:15am • Three women were charged for their role in an alleged prostitution ring at a number of Frederick, Maryland, massage parlors. Jinchan Yang, Xiaohing Wan and Yuxia Chang were charged with multiple crimes, including second-degree assault and prostitution, according to a Frederick Police Department n Northern Virginia man sentenced to 25 years for murder of his landlord 03/09/2024 09:28am • A Fairfax County, Virginia, man who pleaded guilty in the 2021 murder of his landlord was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday. Brian Sayrs, 28, received a total sentence of 40 years, with 17 years suspended for second degree murder and two years for concealing a dead body for the murder of 72- Recognizing women's history and closing roads in DC: Saturday's FITDC Herstory 5K 03/09/2024 08:13am • The annual FITDC Herstory 5K, a free run/walk that marks Women's History Month, will be held for the 6th time on Saturday, March 9. The event, which begins and ends at Freedom Plaza in D.C., is dog and stroller friendly, according to the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation. The D.C. agency Fairfax Co. police warns about driveway-paving scams 03/08/2024 08:50pm • As the warm weather approaches, Fairfax County, Virginia, police are issuing a warning about a scam that usually pops up in the springtime. Driveway-paving scammers, the department said, typically look to exploit homeowners. Sgt. Jacob Pearce, a public information officer with the department, PHOTOS: 31 dogs were rescued from a DC home after their owner got into a standoff with police. Now nearly half of them are up for adoption 03/08/2024 06:35pm • Nearly half the 31 dogs rescued from a D.C. house after their owner allegedly shot police officers and holed up inside will be up for adoption this Saturday. From noon to 7 p.m. at the Humane Rescue Alliance adoption center in Northwest, those interested in adopting a pup can check out 14 of the dog Protesters interrupt Mayor Bowser, call for cease-fire in Gaza during DC art festival kickoff event 03/08/2024 05:55pm • Protesters in support of a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war interrupted D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser moments before she began speaking at a kickoff event for the Artomatic arts festival Friday afternoon. Bowser was set to give remarks inside an office building on M Street in Northwest. After be 'School boards are the front lines for democracy': Prince William Co. chair Lateef launches lieutenant governor run 03/08/2024 07:14am • Babur Lateef, the chairman of the Prince William County School Board, has launched his campaign to be lieutenant governor, telling WTOP in an exclusive interview that "the idea that Virginia somehow is in an educational crisis is a complete myth." "Glenn Youngkin has done real harm to the spi DC delegate rails against 'patronizing' bill aimed at District criminal reform 03/08/2024 06:43am • Despite a sweeping anti-crime bill passed by the D.C. Council just this week, some members of Congress are pushing forward with a new crime measure they want to impose on the city. Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, of Florida, introduced the bill called the D.C. Criminal Reforms To Immediately Make Montgomery Co. council members want update on search for new police chief 03/08/2024 05:40am • There are job openings at the top of two of Montgomery County's public safety agencies: the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service and the county Police Department are both looking for new chiefs. Now, on the heels of the withdrawal of his pick for fire chief, Montgomery County Executive Marc Teen rapper 'Baby K' to be tried as adult in attempted killing on Md. school bus 03/07/2024 05:25pm • A 16-year-old known as "Baby K" will be tried as an adult on charges connected to the attempted killing of a student on a Prince George's County, Maryland, school bus in May 2023, a judge ruled Thursday afternoon. Police said Kaeden Holland was 15 when he burst onto a school bus with a gun and tr Family speaks out after viewing body-worn camera footage that shows Suitland man's death 03/06/2024 09:43pm • A family is demanding justice and accountability after viewing the body-worn camera video of last month's deadly shooting of Melvin Jay, 31, by a Prince George's County police officer. "We demand justice for Melvin," said Leonard Lee, first cousin of Jay who was killed by a single police gunshot 3rd suspect arrested in fatal Mother’s Day shooting of DC 10-year-old 03/06/2024 09:16pm • A third D.C. man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Arianna Davis that happened on Mother's Day last year. D.C. police said 25-year-old Charles Owens was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder while armed. Owens was already in custody Montgomery County Executive defends vetting process while search for new Fire Chief continues 03/06/2024 07:31pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich wanted a veteran of the county's Fire and Rescue Service to become the next chief. But 34-year veteran and MCFRS Division Chief Charles Bailey saw his name abruptly withdrawn from consideration this week. It's not the first time a pick for a top job in t DC road closures announced for Thursday's State of the Union 03/06/2024 12:55pm • WTOP will have live coverage of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address starting at 9 p.m.  As comes the State of the Union address from President Joe Biden, so too come the road closures for D.C. Here's the street shutdown breakdown (pun perhaps intended) from the U.S. Capitol Pol Nearly four decades later, arrest made in brutal murder of Stafford Co. woman; suspect linked to another killing in region 03/05/2024 11:08pm • An arrest has been made in a cold case that has haunted Stafford County for nearly 40 years: the brutal sexual assault and murder of a DEA agent's wife working one night at a real estate office in Stafford County. Newly-analyzed forensic evidence in the case also points to the suspect's involveme