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Using DC 'as an example': House, Senate bills tackle home rule with abortion, elections riders 07/15/2023 03:15pm • As the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate look to appropriations and administrative committee bills, representatives and senators highlight the District as a place to test wide-ranging legislation. As bills move toward a floor vote, local leaders are pushing back, calling emphasized Congres An egg-ceptional rescue: Chicks saved from Fairfax Co. dumpster 07/15/2023 06:34am • More than 20 chicks have found homes with veterinary staff after being rescued from a dumpster in Fairfax County, Virginia. Late last week, Fairfax County Animal Protection Police were called to a shopping center in West Falls Church, where over 1,000 eggs had been abandoned in a dumpster. Many o 'We will be missing her forever': Montgomery Co. man sentenced to 40 years for wife's murder 07/15/2023 05:16am • A Montgomery County man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the 2019 murder of his wife Friday afternoon, in a historic "no-body" case that largely relied on his own daughter's testimony against him. Jean J. Pierre, 50, was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury in May 2023. According to 'Brazen act': 5 people shot near Bladensburg Peace Cross while leaving funeral 07/14/2023 11:59pm • Five people were shot near the Peace Cross Memorial in Bladensburg, Maryland, Friday afternoon while leaving a nearby funeral, according to the Bladensburg Police Department. Chief Tyrone Collington Sr. said all of the victims are alive. Sources tell WTOP news partner 7News that three of the vict Driver found shot, killed after hitting several parked cars in Montgomery Co. 07/14/2023 09:12pm • A teenage driver who was found shot and killed struck several vehicles in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Thursday night. Montgomery County police said at about 11 p.m. on Thursday, they were called to the Birches Apartments on Heather Hollow Circle in White Oak for the report of a crash. Once Dogs at risk: Reward grows to 10k in case of sausages with fish hooks inside 07/14/2023 04:40pm • A reward for information leading to an arrest in a case of dogs being put at risk in Alexandria, Virginia, rose from $5,000 to $10,000 as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals pitched in. The $5,000 from PETA was in addition to $5,000 that was already being offered by the Animal Wel Family of man shot and killed by off-duty officer files lawsuit against DC 07/14/2023 04:18am • The family of a man who was shot and killed by an off-duty D.C. police commander filed a $25 million lawsuit this week against the city, claiming the officer involved used excessive force and did not properly identify himself as an officer before pulling the trigger. According to Andrew Clarke, t 'Kind soul': Kentucky community mourns teacher, wrestling coach killed during trip to DC 07/14/2023 03:53am • When Oldham County High School Principal Natalie Brown attended her first wrestling event, the school's coach, Max Emerson, sent her a message that same night. It was a simple gesture thanking Brown for attending the meet and emphasizing how much he appreciated the support. The fact he sent the n 2 in critical condition after near-drowning at DC pool 07/13/2023 11:23pm • A man and a woman are in critical condition after nearly drowning at a pool in Northeast D.C., according to D.C. Fire and EMS. First responders showed up to Theodore Hagans outdoor pool just after 5 p.m. Thursday for the report of a drowning. D.C. police officers and parks and recreation workers Man charged with murder in Silver Spring parking garage killing 07/13/2023 09:31pm • A man arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of a Baltimore man inside a downtown Silver Spring parking garage has been charged with murder. Ramone Christopher Ramsay, 30, appeared in Montgomery County District Court on Thursday and is being held without bond. Ramsay is accused of shooti Police identify Md. man killed in shooting on Howard University campus, seek help locating suspect's vehicle 07/13/2023 04:40pm • A man is dead after he was shot during an attempted robbery on the Howard University campus Thursday morning, D.C. police said. There is no active threat to the university or its students, Cmdr. James Boteler said during a news conference. It happened near the intersection of 6th and Bryant s Takoma Park pastor found guilty of raping church member 07/13/2023 04:34pm • A Maryland pastor accused of sexually assaulting two church members has been found guilty of rape in one of the allegations. Erick Odir Vidal-Fuentes, 39, of Hyattsville, was found guilty on charges of second-degree rape and fourth-degree sex offense Thursday in Montgomery County Circuit Court. Suspect sought in deadly crash near White House 07/13/2023 04:20pm • Officers are looking for a driver who struck several people near the White House, killing one person, on Wednesday night. It happened just before 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of 17th Street NW and Constitution Avenue NW, when Secret Service officers tried to stop a person in a vehicle with expir Arrest made in cold-case killing of Md. woman after more than four decades 07/13/2023 04:04pm • The Charles County Sheriff's Office in Maryland said detectives have arrested a suspect in a 44-year-old case of rape and homicide. In August of 1979, 28-year-old Vickie Lynn Belk was found dead of a gunshot wound in a wooded area of Suitland. Though police at the time were unable to solve her mu 5 injured in Montgomery Co. restaurant shooting, police seeking suspects 07/13/2023 09:30am • At least five people were injured, one seriously, after a shooting outside a restaurant early Thursday morning, officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, said. The gunfire started just after midnight when an argument spilled into the parking lot outside of Sole D'Italia Restaurant, which is locat