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'The city is not safe': Eighth-grade student shot, killed in Southeast DC 06/29/2023 12:37pm • The eighth grade student at D.C.'s Digital Pioneers Academy, who was shot and killed Tuesday night in Southeast, has been identified as 15-year-old Jaylin Osbourne. School officials confirmed Osbourne's passing in a letter sent out by Mashea M. Ashton, the school's founder and CEO, who described Police investigating Pride, Ukrainian flag burnings in Silver Spring 06/29/2023 08:55am • Montgomery County authorities are investigating the burnings of Pride and Ukrainian flags throughout Silver Spring, Maryland. The Montgomery County Police Department said it had determined several of the flags were burned overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday. In a news release, the department sa 2 killed, a 5-year-old injured after 3 separate overnight shootings in DC 06/29/2023 08:01am • Police in D.C. are investigating three separate shootings that killed two people and left a 5-year-old girl injured Wednesday evening. The first incident happened before 10 p.m. on the 1900 block of 16th Street SE in the Anacostia neighborhood. According to police, officers found one adult man Alexandria toddler dead after falling from apartment window 06/28/2023 06:34pm • Officials in Alexandria, Virginia, are investigating the death of a toddler who fell from a high-rise apartment building on Wednesday afternoon. The Alexandria Police Department said that the 3-year-old boy died of his injuries after tumbling from an upper-floor window of an apartment complex on 2 killed in a shooting at Prince George’s Co. hotel 06/28/2023 10:21am • Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, are investigating a shooting at a hotel that killed two people Wednesday morning. The shooting took place at a Super 8 hotel located on Allentown Road near Joint Base Andrews at around 7 a.m. According to police, officers found two males with gunsh 40 guns seized, drugs confiscated in major DC gang bust 06/28/2023 06:43am • Twelve arrests have been made, more than 40 guns seized and a large quantity of illegal drugs were confiscated in a major bust, federal agents and D.C. police announced on Tuesday. A partially unsealed criminal indictment accuses the 12 suspects of being members of a drug trafficking gang called 4 things you need to know about marijuana retail sales in Maryland 06/28/2023 04:45am • On July 1, Maryland joins D.C. and Virginia in legalizing recreational marijuana — but unlike those other jurisdictions, a regulated and functional retail market for marijuana will also open up. "It's going to be extremely busy," said Brandon Barksdale, the co-CEO of Remedy, a marijuana dispens Former Laurel police chief sentenced to 8 full life terms on arson charges 06/27/2023 10:18pm • The former police chief of Laurel, Maryland, will spend the rest of his life behind bars for setting fire to several homes and a car, all of which belonged to people he believed slighted him. A judge in Howard County sentenced David Crawford, 71, of Ellicott City, to eight life terms in prison pl Motorcade 'on the loose, on the move' causes delays on Capital Beltway's Inner Loop 06/27/2023 08:15pm • Listen to WTOP for traffic updates on the 8s. The Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway at the Georgetown Pike exit is now open and traffic is moving. But, earlier Tuesday, a motorcade caused delays as long as 4 miles. Dave Dildine in the WTOP Traffic Center described a motorcade "on the loose, on State poised to settle corrections department wage theft case for $13 million 06/27/2023 02:49pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. State employees in one agency will split more than $13 million to settle allegations of wage theft dating back to the administration of Gov. Arlington Co. Schools employee arrested for alleged May sexual assault 06/27/2023 09:30am • A man who works with Arlington County Public Schools was arrested in connection with a sexual assault that police say happened last month. Julio Basurto, 42, of Arlington, Virginia, has been charged with abduction and forcible sodomy, according to the Arlington County Police Department. He was ar These heroes can't save you from DC traffic. Marvel movie filming shuts down roads 06/27/2023 08:37am • Listen to WTOP Traffic on the 8s for the latest on road conditions. A Marvel movie appears to be filming in D.C. this week, but these heroes won't save you from problems on the road prompted by the Hollywood production. Road closures and parking restrictions are in place downtown now through T Fairfax Co. schools inching closer to adding stop-arm cameras to bus fleet 06/27/2023 04:55am • Drivers who illegally pass a school bus in Fairfax County, Virginia, could soon be caught by cameras installed on stop arms – a violation that may lead to a $250 fine. The new cameras could come as soon as next spring. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday is scheduled to vote o When criticism becomes a threat: Md. conference to address what elected officials should do 06/26/2023 08:33pm • Elected officials often face criticism from angry constituents, and this year's Maryland Municipal League summer conference will cover precautions to consider when criticism turns threatening. George Mathews, a former community relations liaison for the Greenbelt Police Department, is a speaker a Man accused of stabbing parents at their Bethesda home identified 06/26/2023 08:00pm • A man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing his parents with a knife in Bethesda, Maryland, Sunday night, according to Montgomery County police. Officers responded to reports of a domestic-related assault in the 6500 block of Greentree Road at approximately 11:50 p.m. The man, later ident