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1 dead, 2 injured after shooting near Chinese carryout in Northeast DC 02/15/2024 09:30am • EDITOR'S NOTE: This report has been updated to reflect the latest health statuses of those who were injured in Wednesday's shooting.  Three people were shot during a shooting at a Chinese carryout restaurant in Northeast D.C. Wednesday night. According to D.C. police, officers responded to re DC man who police say shot 3 officers in custody after 13-hour standoff 02/15/2024 05:33am • Listen live to WTOP for the latest updates. A suspect is in custody Wednesday night after police said he shot and wounded three D.C. officers who were attempting to serve an arrest warrant and then holed up inside his home. The standoff lasted around 13 hours and started when police approached Speed limit changing along Golden Mile in Frederick Co. this week 02/15/2024 05:32am • The speed limit along the Golden Mile in Frederick County, Maryland, is changing from 45 mph to 35 mph this week, the state’s highway administration said. The new speed limit applies to the nearly 2-mile stretch of Route 40 (West Patrick Street) between U.S. Route 15 and Old Camp Road. Andre Police ID victims, suspect following Virginia training center stabbing 02/14/2024 03:18pm • Prince William County police have identified a man who was fatally stabbed during an attack inside of a Manassas, Virginia, trade school Tuesday as well as the suspect who was later shot dead by officers. In a news release Wednesday, police said Philip Austin Brant, 26, of Woodbridge, stabbed a m Hoax bomb threats, fire alarms will now come with a price tag in Alexandria 02/14/2024 11:20am • People in Alexandria, Virginia, who call in hoax active shooters and fake bomb threats will now be footed with the bill for the police response. The Alexandria City Council passed an ordinance on Tuesday that would seek reimbursement for the cost of responding to "swatting" incidents. "The Cit 1 killed after dump truck and van crash in Lorton 02/14/2024 10:49am • Listen live to WTOP for the latest traffic updates on the 8s. A man is dead after a crash in Lorton, Virginia, which shut down part of U.S. Route 1 for hours Wednesday morning, according to Fairfax County Police. The crash on Giles Run Road was reported at 6:26 a.m. and involved a dump truck a Store manager facilitated string of 7 robberies at same DC Walgreens, police say 02/14/2024 05:24am • The Walgreens in D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood has been robbed at gunpoint seven times since July of last year. Police said the same person committed each of the armed robberies, and are now announcing he had help from inside the store. Michael Robinson, 33, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, worked a 1 man killed, another wounded in stabbing at Manassas trade school; suspect fatally shot by police 02/13/2024 05:58pm • One man was stabbed to death and another critically wounded before the suspect was fatally shot by police officers at a Manassas, Virginia, training center, Prince William County police say. The Prince William County Police Department said in a news release that officers responded to an apprentic VIDEO: Police looking for 2 more 'persons of interest' in fatal shooting of 2-year-old in Prince George's Co. 02/13/2024 05:50pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, have released video of two persons of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of a 2-year-old in Langley Park last week. The Feb. 7 video shows two people inside a gas station on New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring. Police said both of them arr Is this the year Noah Law’s loophole closes? Activists push Maryland to prevent repeat drunk drivers 02/13/2024 02:41pm • More than half of those busted for drunk driving in Maryland aren’t ordered to get the one tool that’s supposed to be required at sentencing. It’s a major loophole to what’s known as Noah’s Law, which itself took years to pass after Montgomery County police officer Noah Leotta was kille Short-lived winter weather wraps up — how much snow did the DC region get? 02/13/2024 02:06pm • Stay up to date with our local weather trends with WTOP. A brief burst of wintry weather dusted a few inches of snow on parts of the D.C. region right as commuters hit the roads Tuesday morning. Here's what you need to know. Throughout the morning a mix of rain and snow fell in the D.C. area, ma 2 men charged in New Year's Eve shooting that killed Md. man 02/13/2024 10:39am • Two men have been charged in a shooting that killed a 36-year-old man on New Year's Eve in Capitol Heights, Maryland. Bilal Ansariddeen, 18, of Bowie, and Kiemontey Jenifer, 19, of D.C., were charged with first- and second-degree murder and related gun charges, according to Prince George's County Car crashes into utility pole and house, causing thousands to lose power near Bailey's Crossroads 02/13/2024 05:24am • Listen to WTOP Traffic on the 8s for the latest details.  Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, closed an intersection in the Bailey's Crossroads area after a driver crashed into a utility pole and a house, which may have sparked a power outage during Sunday night's Super Bowl game. According t 'My heart is broken': Prince George’s Co. prosecutor wants justice for gunned-down toddler 02/12/2024 10:07pm • The two men charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 2-year-old boy in Langley Park, Maryland, last week will be held without bond. On Monday, suspects Johnny Alejandro Turcios, 28, and Israel Fuentes Jr., 33, of Lewisdale, were charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of 2 Montgomery Co.'s hookah lounges, vape and tobacco shops may have to close earlier under new bill 02/12/2024 07:48pm • A proposed bill in Montgomery County, Maryland, would require hookah lounges, vape and tobacco shops to close at hours that align with closing times of the county's bars and restaurants. Montgomery County Council Vice President Kate Stewart is one of the lead sponsors of the bill and told WTOP th