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'Don't hit me': DC rabbi reports attack by Lyft driver who kicked him out of vehicle 01/29/2024 10:20pm • D.C. police are investigating the Sunday morning assault of a rabbi by a ride-share driver who allegedly demanded the rabbi get out of the car moments after picking him up. Lyft said the driver has been suspended over the incident, which occurred around 10:15 a.m. Rabbi Menachem Shemtov, direc Woman stabbed teen girl 8 times in McDonald's parking lot during violent rampage in Md., documents say 01/29/2024 08:00pm • The Baltimore woman accused of injuring several people during a string of violent crimes across Prince George’s County on Thursday stabbed a teenage girl eight times in a McDonald’s parking lot, according to charging documents. Tanay Stallings-Brown, 31, is facing dozens of charges, including Md. police seek information on Honda Civic possibly connected to Bay Bridge crashes 01/29/2024 06:18pm • Police in Maryland are asking for any information the public might have on one particular car possibly connected to a 23-car, chain-reaction crash on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The crash occurred on the westbound span of the bridge around 7:45 a.m. Saturday. A Maryland Transportation Authority Po Woman killed in hit-and-run on Md. Route 214 near Capital Beltway 01/29/2024 07:55am • Listen to WTOP Traffic on the 8s for the latest. A woman is dead following a hit-and-run in Prince George's County on Maryland Route 214 Monday morning, police say. Seat Pleasant Police responded to a report of a collision involving a pedestrian eastbound on the off ramp to Central Avenue fro Carroll Co. firefighter charged with intentionally setting series of fires 01/28/2024 08:14pm • A Carroll County, Maryland, volunteer firefighter was arrested Saturday after authorities connected her to a string of fires set throughout last year in the Eldersburg and Liberty Reservoir areas. Twenty-year-old Allison Nicole Creutzer, of Eldersburg, faces charges of intentionally setting fire Heavy rain tapers off but parts of DC region remain under flood warning Sunday 01/28/2024 10:12am • Though heavy rain has largely moved out of the D.C. region, scattered showers will make for a wet rest of the weekend. Here's what you need to know. The National Weather Service has put some flood prone areas are under a Flood Warning until noon on Sunday, including portions of D.C., central Mary 'Chain-reaction': More than 40 vehicles involved in crashes that snarled traffic on Chesapeake Bay Bridge 01/27/2024 07:00pm • Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge has reopened after a series of crashes involving more than a dozen vehicles jammed traffic for about six hours Saturday. It appears that 23 vehicles were involved in a "chain-reaction crash on the westbound span," a news release from the Maryland Transportation Au Recovery efforts underway after vehicle drives off Virginia fishing pier 01/27/2024 04:03pm • Recovery efforts are underway after a vehicle drove off a Virginia fishing pier and became fully submerged in ocean waters early Saturday morning, police said. A 911 caller reported the incident around 6:52 a.m. ET at the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier, police said. Officers arrived on the scene 'Deeply disturbing': Woman accused of plowing into pedestrians, stabbing teenage girl during string of Md. attacks 01/26/2024 06:30pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, have identified and charged a suspect they say is behind a string of attacks that included the stabbing of a teenage girl and several hit-and-runs. In the span of about an hour-and-a-half Thursday evening, police said six people were injured during a se Justice Department to add more federal resources to fight crime in DC 01/26/2024 05:21pm • Federal officials said they’re adding new resources to target violent crime and carjackings in D.C. The Justice Department said Friday that additional prosecutors from its criminal division will work on cases involving violent crime. The U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. will also move additio 2 critically injured, 4 others hurt in series of stabbings, hit-and-run crashes, Prince George's Co. police say 01/25/2024 11:37pm • A woman is in custody after being considered a person of interest in a series of stabbings and hit-and-run crashes that left at least six people injured, some of them critically, on Thursday evening, according to police in Prince George's County, Maryland. The series of violent crimes, that appea Alexandria police investigating after toddler dropped off on the street by unknown person 01/25/2024 04:54pm • Police in Alexandria, Virginia, say a man apparently dropped off a toddler on the street Wednesday night and then took off — and they still are investigating what happened and why. As of Thursday, police said the young girl is in the custody of the City of Alexandria Child Protective Services a Do you know the signs of human trafficking? Montgomery Co. is working to ramp up training on recognizing the crime 01/25/2024 02:47pm • It is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they're focused on educating people to recognize signs of the crime. "Human trafficking cannot be solved by just police alone," said Nick Augustine, assistant chief with the Montgomery County Police Department Pedestrian struck and killed on BW Parkway in Prince George's Co., northbound lanes reopen after 5 hours 01/25/2024 10:20am • Listen live to WTOP for the latest traffic updates on the 8s. A pedestrian was struck and killed early Thursday morning on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Prince George's County, Maryland. The incident kept the northbound side of the roadway was closed for over five hours. U.S. Park Police Police chief: Man fatally shot by DC police officer after jumping out of ambulance, running through traffic 01/25/2024 09:50am • A D.C. police officer fatally shot a man who was reportedly having a mental health crisis Wednesday after officials say he jumped out of an ambulance, ran through traffic and came at officers with a "metal object." The shooting happened near the intersection of North Capitol Street and New York A