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Review: Idris Elba is riveting in Apple thriller 'Hijack' 07/12/2023 03:54am • Since launching in 2019, Apple TV+ has become a source of comedy with "Ted Lasso," "Trying," "Shrinking" and "Platonic." However, the streamer has recently brought its "A" game into more dramatic territory, from sci-fi series like "Severance" and "Silo," to the riveting new airline thriller m You can let your kite take flight, but no kite fights allowed in Fairfax County Parks 07/11/2023 10:13pm • The Fairfax County Park Authority is barring kite fighting from county parks, writing on its website that there are ���increasing complaints��� about what���s left behind by participants: lengths of string, fishing line, even metal wires ��� along with discarded kites. People who engage in kite f 'Pigeon Drop' scammer arrested for targeting seniors in Prince George's Co. 07/11/2023 09:00pm • A Temple Hills man has been arrested and charged with scamming several senior citizens out of thousands of dollars��in a scheme known as a ���pigeon drop.��� Keith Twiggs, 59, was arrested on June 29 after Prince George���s County police said he had committed at least two of the scams in the DC Council passes crime bill, gives police green light for high-speed chases 07/11/2023 06:47pm • On a 12 to 1 vote, the D.C. Council passed a bill on Tuesday that supporters said would help address a spike in crime across the nation's capital. Homicides are up 17%, and violent crime overall has risen 33% when compared to the same time last year, according to police figures. "Most crime is Man arrested for killing Kentucky teacher on Catholic University campus 07/11/2023 05:06pm • A man has been arrested for shooting and killing a Kentucky teacher last Wednesday on Catholic University's campus in Washington, D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The man was identified as 22-year-old Jaime Maceo, also known as Jaime Macedo, by authorities. Maceo, of Northwe Report: Less COVID means fewer police officers dying in 2023 07/11/2023 03:52pm • Police officer deaths across the nation are down from last year, according to a new report from the the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. The 2023 Mid-Year Preliminary Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities Report shows 52 federal, state and local police in the United States have died Water���s End Leesburg location opens this week 07/11/2023 09:50am • Water���s End Brewery officially opens its fourth location in Northern Virginia, and its first in Loudoun County, on July 12, joining restaurants at the Village at Leesburg. Water���s End is part of the new The Dell Food & Brew Hall, and takes up a significant portion of the food hall, with 1 Montgomery Co. police ask for help in identifying tattoos on body recovered from creek 07/11/2023 08:35am • Homicide detectives are��looking for the public's help in identifying a man's body��that was discovered in a Montgomery County, Maryland, creek on Sunday. The unidentified man was recovered from Seneca Creek Trail at around 5:40 p.m., after reports of a body in creek in the area of Black Rock Roa Field of Screams Maryland: Twice as big, hiring, and a movie in the works 07/11/2023 07:20am • Field of Screams Maryland, the annual Hollywood-caliber haunted attraction in Olney, Maryland, will be much bigger when it opens in September. (Courtesy Steelhead Events) Field of Screams Maryland, the annual Hollywood-caliber haunted attraction in Olney, Maryland, will be much bigger when it op 'We are in a state of emergency' ��� DC's push to pass an emergency crime bill 07/11/2023 04:44am • The mayor of D.C. and several members of the council are putting their support behind an emergency crime bill that is aimed at curbing a spike in violent crimes in the nation���s capital. The legislation was introduced by Ward 2 council member Brooke Pinto. ���We are in a state of emergency right Gov. Youngkin pledges to transform behavioral health system during Northern Virginia interfaith forum 07/10/2023 04:20pm • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. There���s another pandemic facing young people. That was the message from faith leaders, health officials and Gov. Glenn Youngkin at M 'This was a miracle': Police ID driver of car who struck father, daughter in harrowing crash 07/10/2023 11:15am • Police have identified the D.C. man who officers say crashed a car into a father and daughter, leaving both with serious injuries Saturday. Thaniyyah Veney, 32, of Southeast D.C., was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, leaving after colliding, assault with a Man riding motorcycle killed in Germantown crash 07/10/2023 10:15am • A 24-year-old man who was riding a motorcycle died after colliding with a vehicle in Germantown, Maryland, on Sunday, according to Montgomery County police. It happened near the intersection of Milestone Manor Lane and Frederick Road on the outskirts of Ridge Road Recreational Park just after 6 p Rockville man charged with stealing two French bulldogs at gunpoint in DC 07/09/2023 02:13pm • A Rockville, Maryland, man has been arrested and charged for knowingly receiving two stolen French bulldogs that were taken at gunpoint in D.C. D.C. police say Enrico Brown, 51, has been charged with receiving stolen property in the incident that happened on Monday morning. In the first case, Unsafe streets: The dangers facing pedestrians 07/09/2023 09:34am • ▶ Watch Video: The rise in pedestrian fatalities It's been nearly a decade since a drive down Philadelphia's Roosevelt Boulevard was no big deal for Latanya Byrd. And it never will be again. It was July 16, 2013. Latanya's 27-year old niece, Samara Banks, her four sons, and her sist