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Saturday is the day to get rid of old drugs cluttering your medicine cabinet 10/28/2023 10:12am • Have some some old or expired prescription drugs that are cluttering your medicine cabinet? Don���t just toss those bottles in the trash or flush the medication down the toilet. Instead, take them to one of dozens of DEA sponsored National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. According to t Police: Mother assaulted during attempted child kidnapping in Prince George's Co. 10/28/2023 10:07am • A Maryland woman was walking outside with her newborn on Thursday when a group of four people attempted to kidnap her child, according to Greenbelt police. Officers said they responded to the 9100 block of Edmonston Road at 6:35 p.m., where they met with the victim. A news release outlines how tw 2 hospitalized after Fairfax Co. shooting over parking spot dispute 10/28/2023 01:50am • Detectives in Fairfax County, Virginia, are investigating the Thursday night shooting of two men, which the department said stemmed from a dispute over a parking spot. Fairfax County police said that officers responded to the 14000 block of Golden Oak Road in Centreville just before 11 p.m., afte From bomb threats to guns found on campus, Montgomery Co. students push schools for added security 10/27/2023 03:15pm • Sam Ross, a junior at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, told her local school board how a rash of bomb threats ��� three at her school alone ��� have helped to create "fear in the community." Ross told the Montgomery County Board that in addition to the bomb threats, a student was fo Police ID teen girl killed after 2 carjacked vehicles crash in Northeast DC 10/27/2023 02:21pm • Police in D.C. have identified the teen girl who was killed after two speeding carjacked vehicles crashed in the same block in Northeast D.C. earlier this week. Kendra Outlaw, 16, of Northeast, was driving a Honda Pilot SUV and speeding early Thursday morning when she crashed while turning at a t Movie review: This murder mystery is already a Best Picture favorite. Does it live up to the hype? 10/27/2023 01:59pm • It won the top prize of the international film community with the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival back in May. This week, the French courtroom drama "Anatomy of a Fall" finally opens wider in D.C.-area theaters, giving local viewers a chance to see a major potential Oscar contender for Bes Escaped Prince William Co. prison inmate arrested after monthslong search 10/27/2023 09:35am • A prison inmate from Dale City who escaped from a Richmond-area hospital in August��after two guards��fell asleep has been arrested at a Springfield hotel. U.S. Marshals found Naseem Isaiah Roulack, 21, also known as Lil Nas, at the hotel on Commerce Street about 9 a.m. Wednesday. "When arrest Man with Down syndrome found safe after going missing in Montgomery Co. days ago 10/27/2023 06:25am • A 31-year-old man with Down syndrome who had been missing since Oct. 20 was found safe Thursday night, Montgomery County police announced. Rashawn Williams ran away from a day home, got on a bus and then hopped on a Metro train, according to his father, Jimmy Hall. Williams was found inside th DC police release bodycam footage of Southeast shooting that left 1 dead and 2 officers injured 10/26/2023 10:25pm • D.C. police released body camera footage Thursday showing the moments that led up to the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Arthur Porter by police. The shooting happened Oct. 19 just before 5 p.m. in the 2800 Block of Gainesville Street Southeast. Police said they were responding to a report of a man Fairfax Co. elementary school teacher charged with exposing himself to child 10/26/2023 09:19pm • A 27-year-old elementary school teacher has been arrested and accused of exposing himself to a child and several others in the Fort Hunt area of Fairfax County, Virginia, police said in a news release Wednesday. Police say James Nugent, of Alexandria, a special-education teacher at Groveton Eleme Off-duty DC Housing Authority officer in 'critical' condition after being shot by speeding driver 10/26/2023 08:07pm • The off-duty D.C. Housing Authority officer who was shot by another driver in Ivy City while on his way to work Tuesday is in "critical but stable condition," D.C. police said in a news release Thursday. New details have also emerged that explain what led up to the shooting. The officer was shot The way Fairfax Co. could get turning drivers to slow down 10/26/2023 06:14pm • Some Fairfax County Supervisors said they would support a pilot program that introduces turn-calming measures on certain roads, aimed at keeping pedestrians safe while drivers make turns. During a Board of Supervisors Transportation Committee meeting last week, officials were briefed on how other DC murder suspect on the run for 7 weeks after hospital escape has been captured, police say 10/26/2023 05:12pm • A murder suspect who escaped police custody at The George Washington University Hospital more than seven weeks ago, sparking an extensive manhunt, has been captured, D.C. police announced Thursday. Christopher Haynes, 30, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service's Capital Area Regional Fugitive Dad praying to find son with Down syndrome, who was last seen leaving Montgomery Co. Metro station 10/26/2023 02:20pm • Concern is growing for a 31-year-old man who has Down syndrome and has been missing for almost a week, according to police in Montgomery County, Maryland. ���We just want him home,��� said Rashawn Williams' father, Jimmy Hall. Williams has been missing since Oct. 20 after running away form a d Metro opening early, plus traffic restrictions for the 48th Marine Corps Marathon 10/26/2023 01:37pm • Stay with WTOP for traffic updates on the 8s. As runners are warming up for the Marine Corps Marathon coming up this Sunday, drivers and Metro users across the region are preparing for the traffic impact. WMATA announced on Thursday that Metrorail will be opening two hours early to accommodate