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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 Review: Steven Soderbergh's 'Full Circle' on Max is a complex crime mosaic 08/14/2023 03:14pm • Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh famously won the Best Director Oscar for his drug-trafficking mosaic "Traffic" (2000), using three different colors for three different storylines: a yellow tint for Benicio del Toro's police officer in Mexico, a blue tint for Michael Douglas' politician with a drug-a Authorities investigate serious crash in Prince George's Co.; 911 caller reported car 'firing shots' 08/14/2023 02:28pm • Prince George’s County, Maryland, police have a suspect in custody who they say crashed outside Joint Base Andrews after reportedly firing shots at another car Sunday. One person was seriously hurt in the crash. At about 1:40 p.m. Sunday,  a driver called 911 said they were being followed o 17-year-old fatally shot near community pool in Woodbridge 08/14/2023 01:14pm • Police in Prince William County, Virginia, have started an investigation into the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old over the weekend. In a news release, Prince William County police said officers responded at 1:42 p.m. Saturday to reports of a shooting in the 5800 block of Moonbeam Drive in Woodbri Person falls off Baltimore bridge and dies after crash on I-395 08/14/2023 08:21am • A person has died after falling off a bridge on an interstate into the water below in Baltimore, Maryland, on Sunday night. The person fell over the jersey wall after a crash on Interstate 395 and Interstate 95, the city's fire department said in a news release. Baltimore City fire spokesman K Woman shot, infant child found safe in car at Northern Virginia shopping center 08/13/2023 10:38pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, said a woman is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot in a vehicle at a Hybla Valley shopping center with her infant child alongside her. Officers found the victim around 3:49 p.m. Saturday afternoon, when they responded to reports of 1 man dead, 2 injured in Prince George's Co. apartment complex shooting 08/13/2023 10:01am • One man is dead and two others are in the hospital after a shooting in District Heights, Maryland, early Sunday morning. At about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, officers found three men that had been shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex located in the 3700 block of Donnell Drive, Prince George's DC man charged with attempted murder in Silver Spring shooting 08/13/2023 09:56am • A D.C. man has been arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder for allegedly shooting a man in Silver Spring, Maryland, according to Montgomery County police. The police said 37-year-old Anthony L. Green was arguing with an individual on July 15 in the 8100 block of Georgia Avenue wh 1 killed, 1 injured in deadly shooting, DC police say 08/13/2023 12:47am • One man has died and another has been seriously injured after a shooting in Northeast late Saturday, D.C. police said. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at a BP Gas Station in the 1500 block of Kenilworth Avenue in Northeast at about 11 p.m. Preliminarily, one victim appears to have