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4 dead after vehicle crashes, catches fire in Bowie 09/29/2023 10:11pm • Four people were killed in a single car crash in Bowie, Maryland, Friday night, according to the Prince George's County Fire Department. Officers responded to a single car crash at the 12700 block of Woodmore Road at around 7:30 p.m. Police said a vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree, catch Prince William Co. voters could decide control of the House of Delegates in ‘competitive’ race 09/29/2023 10:08pm • Voters in western Prince William County will decide one of the most closely-watched General Assembly races this cycle on Nov. 7, and one that could ultimately decide the partisan control of the House of Delegates. The 21st House District race features a familiar face to longtime county residents Va. AG Miyares to formally object to proposed Dulles Greenway toll hike 09/29/2023 03:09pm • Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares came out against a proposed toll increase on the Dulles Greenway on Friday, telling WTOP his office would formally object to it by providing testimony to the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), a state regulatory agency that will ultimately decide whe H Street bar loses liquor license days after deadly shooting 09/29/2023 09:27am • The Cru Lounge on H Street in Northeast D.C. has had its liquor license revoked after being ordered to shut down by acting D.C. police Chief Pamela Smith, who cited "lax protocols" as the cause behind a shooting last week that left one man dead. In a letter to the District's Alcoholic Beverage an Motorcyclist dies after crashing into back of Virginia Department of Transportation truck on I-95 09/28/2023 04:10pm • A motorcyclist is dead after a crash involving two cars — including a Virginia Department of Transportation truck — on northbound Interstate 95 in Prince William County Wednesday afternoon. The motorcyclist was identified Thursday as Victor M. Harper II, 30, of Dumfries, Virginia. The seri Authorities in Falls Church looking for driver who may have handled raccoon with rabies 09/28/2023 02:20pm • An injured raccoon struck by two cars in the heart of Falls Church, Virginia, last weekend has tested positive for rabies. Authorities are now looking for a driver who helped move the wounded animal out of the roadway. The raccoon was the first animal to test positive for rabies in the Northern V 2 men killed, 3 hospitalized after shooting in Northeast DC 09/28/2023 05:26am • D.C. police are searching for three suspects after five people were shot at 14th Street and Saratoga Avenue in Northeast D.C. on Wednesday night. Officers arrived at the scene around 9:50 p.m., where two men were pronounced dead. A third man was taken to a hospital by D.C. Fire and EMS, while two Alexandria planning to expand license plate reader program aimed at identifying stolen cars 09/27/2023 11:55pm • City leaders in Alexandria, Virginia, are planning to expand a program that uses license plate readers to detect stolen cars, among other things. At an Alexandria City Council meeting this week, Police Chief Don Hayes said the pilot program has been so successful in six months that the city is go 'Lax security protocols' at Cru Lounge played a role in deadly weekend shooting, police say 09/27/2023 10:53pm • Behind closed doors, D.C.’s Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Board discussed a call by D.C. police for the alcohol license of a nightclub to be pulled after a deadly shooting on Sunday. In a letter to the board, Acting Police Chief Pamela Smith argued the shooting early Sunday “can be connecte In the hot seat, DC's acting police chief makes case for her leadership 09/27/2023 07:25pm • As homicide numbers continue to rise in D.C., the city's acting police chief is defending her record and making the case for her confirmation. Pamela Smith, who was sworn in as acting chief in July, appeared before the D.C. Council's public safety committee Wednesday to talk about rising crim ‘Failure is not an option’: Bringing life back to Union Station 09/27/2023 05:50am • A year and some change — that's how long Doug Carr, CEO and president of the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, has been at the helm of the D.C. region's largest transit hub and the effort to redevelop it. In recent years, Union Station has become a shell of its former self — a once Gun laws and mental health: Fairfax and Montgomery counties explain their approaches 09/27/2023 04:37am • From firearm legislation to focusing on mental health, two D.C.-area jurisdictions are finding different approaches to tackle the growing number of gun deaths in the region. During Suicide Prevention Month, Fairfax County, Virginia, reported new data on its "red flag law," while officials in near Teen fatally shot near Dunbar High School; District surpasses 200 homicides 09/26/2023 08:31pm • A teen was shot to death near Dunbar High School in Northwest D.C., marking the city's 200th homicide of the year. And Acting Police Chief Pamela Smith said during a news conference that the teen's killing was not the only ongoing homicide investigation Tuesday afternoon. Smith said 16-year-old M Man suspected in carjacking that sparked early-morning Amber Alert charged with kidnapping 09/26/2023 05:15pm • The man suspected of stealing an SUV with a 2-year-old in the back seat last month, triggering an Amber Alert, has been arrested and charged with kidnapping, D.C. Police said Tuesday. Northeast D.C. resident Angel Clinscale, 51, was arrested on Monday on a D.C. Superior Court arrest warrant. O Video shows armed suspects, vehicle in Southeast DC shooting 09/26/2023 11:25am • Video released on Monday shows three armed suspects and a white van that D.C. police say were involved in a shooting last week that left one person wounded in a Southeast neighborhood. It happened on Friday night just before 7:30 p.m. in the 5300 block of East Capitol Street, in Southeast D.C.