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Before escaped Md. prison inmate was taken into custody, local news crew appears to have spotted him 08/17/2023 04:47am • A Maryland prison inmate who escaped a transport van in Howard County early Wednesday has been taken into custody after an hours-long search, Maryland State Police say. The inmate, identified by authorities as 38-year-old Randy James Morris, escaped the van around 8:30 a.m. when it was stopped ne 4 clerks face fines after underage vaping operation at more than 2 dozen stores in Virginia 08/16/2023 06:51pm • Four store clerks in Leesburg, Virginia, are facing fines after police say they were caught selling tobacco vaping products to underage customers. The Leesburg Police Department conducted an underage vaping operation at 29 tobacco retail establishments and charged clerks at four of those business When seconds matter: Take a peek inside a Fairfax Co. rescue boat 08/16/2023 05:10pm • Being out on the water on a boat can be a fun time, but it can also turn dangerous quickly. That has been happening more lately, according to Fairfax County, Virginia, police. "We've had more people getting stuck out here, whether it be capsizing or they think it's capsizing," said Maria Stec Court says two abortion protesters in DC can proceed with freedom of speech lawsuit 08/16/2023 01:08pm • Two students were arrested in August of 2020 for writing an anti-abortion message on a sidewalk. Now, a federal court ruled a lower court was wrong for dismissing their lawsuit over First Amendment rights. Erica Caporaletti and Warner DePriest chalked "Black Pre-Born Lives Matter" outside a Plann McLean company opens drone experimentation range in Virginia 08/16/2023 10:26am • MITRE cut the ribbon on a new testing range for drones in Virginia. (Courtesy Mitre) Research and development nonprofit MITRE, with dual headquarters in McLean, Virginia and Bedford, Massachusetts, cut the ribbon this week on a new drone testing range near Orange, Virginia. The facility will Fairfax Co. community members weigh in on safety after teen killed along busy roadway 08/16/2023 10:16am • Officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, are working to make Burke Centre Parkway safer and invited residents to participate in the conversation on Tuesday night as they shared about what's being done. Residents near the parkway shared concerns about aggressive driving and speeding along the busy r 2 Prince William Co. men charged in shooting of teen near public pool 08/16/2023 08:41am • Two Prince William County, Virginia, men have been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy at a community pool on Saturday. Jordan Delaney Sickles, 21, of Haymarket, and Re’Kwon Nyqualin Barnett, 18, of Gainesville, were arrested on Monday, according to a news release fr DC woman grapples with dog's drowning death: 'This could have all been prevented' 08/16/2023 04:44am • For D.C. resident Jocelyn Lobos-Segura, Monday's severe weather in the Rhode Island Avenue area of Northeast took an unimaginably tragic toll. Her one-year-old Labrador-Border Collie, Mona, was one of 10 dogs who died when a pet day care facility flooded. "I didn't know anything was going on unti DC Council member wants to remedy 'city failure' in flood-prone areas 08/16/2023 04:28am • The devastating flash flood that killed 10 dogs at a pet day care and left many unfortunate D.C. motorists stranded has caused a resounding demand for answers to a problem that has plagued Rhode Island Avenue in Northeast for years. Among those seeking answers is Ward 5 Council member Zachary Par Wolf Trap honors 50th anniversary of hip-hop with 'Masters of the Mic: Hip-Hop 50 Tour' 08/16/2023 04:01am • This month marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop, which began in the Bronx, New York, in August 1973. You can celebrate with the "Masters of the Mic: Hip Hop 50 Tour" at Wolf Trap in Virginia on Thursday. The show welcomes the "original human beatbox" Doug E. Fresh along with Slick Rick fr Howard U. ramps up security after random mob attack on students 08/16/2023 12:07am • Security is being ratcheted up on the D.C. campus of Howard University, after several students were randomly and viciously attacked this weekend by a group of teenagers, known to police for their troublemaking. Videos posted on social media this weekend showed the melee, in which Howard students To help deter crime, a DC nonprofit wants to keep the lights on 08/15/2023 07:09pm • After a grisly triple homicide in the D.C. neighborhood of Adams Morgan earlier this month, a nonprofit is pointing to a simple solution that may deter some crime in the area: fixing broken street lights. As he toured around Adams Morgan Tuesday morning, Terry Lynch, the executive director of the 'It's a terrible thing': 10 dogs drown after flood at DC pet day care, boarding facility 08/15/2023 05:45pm • The owner of a pet day care and grooming facility in Northeast D.C. said that the location is closed after the death of 10 dogs that drowned when the building flooded following torrential downpour on Monday. In an interview with NBC Washington, District Dogs owner Jacob Hensley said the North Maryland man charged for stealing ambulance, string of hit-and-runs in Arlington 08/15/2023 08:44am • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man has been charged after allegedly stealing an Arlington County ambulance and leading police on a chase filled with hit-and-run collisions into the District last Saturday. On Monday, Darell Caldwell, 30, of Brandywine, stood before a D.C. Superior Court where Torrential rain, strong storms lead to flooded roadways, water rescues in DC area 08/14/2023 07:00pm • Listen live to the latest weather and traffic forecast on the 8s.  Severe storms rolled through the D.C. area Monday, bringing torrential rain and flooding to roadways, and prompting tornado warnings earlier in the afternoon, which have since expired. Here's what you need to know. While most