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Deadly stretch of road drives new safety measures near a Northern Virginia high school 06/02/2023 07:48am • Some additional safety measures are on the way for a deadly stretch of roadway where a pair of Oakton High School students were killed last year in Fairfax County, Virginia. The June 2022 crash on Blake Lane near Oakton High School in Vienna has prompted a number of safety improvements, including Come for the birding, stay for the brunch — Prince George's Co. wraps up Black Birder's Week 06/02/2023 05:02am • Maria Elena Montero wants everyone to find the same joy she feels when she goes bird watching. Montero, who works at the tourism agency Experience Prince George’s, will be leading a birding and brunch event Saturday, the final event of Black Birder’s Week. She said that, as a person of col Anne Arundel Co. power outage affects more than 70,000 06/01/2023 11:46pm • More than 72,000 homes and businesses in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, were without power Thursday afternoon. Nick Alexopulos, spokesperson for utility company BGE, said an equipment failure at 3:15 p.m. impacted a large part of the county, knocking out power for more than 72,000 customers. T Teen denied bond in connection to armed school bus attack in Prince George's Co. 06/01/2023 04:05pm • A teenager will be held without bond, a judge ruled Thursday, for his alleged role in an armed attack on a Prince George's County school bus on May 1. The teenager, who police are only referring to as "Baby K" at this time, is the fourth suspect in connection to the case to be held without bond. 3rd and final suspect arrested in Wheaton broken-bottle stabbing attack 06/01/2023 01:48pm • Police have arrested the third and what they say is the final suspect in connection with a stabbing in Wheaton in August 2022. Rockville City Police arrested 30-year-old Jose Ingles Mendez, of Silver Spring, Maryland, on May 26. He is charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder, one c Deadly head-on crash leaves baby boy injured in Prince George's Co. 06/01/2023 10:46am • A woman is dead and three other people, including a baby boy, were injured following a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday morning in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Maryland State Police said Angelica Cepero, 30, of Bowie was pronounced dead on the scene by Prince George’s County Fire Department emergenc Contee honored after 33 years on the DC police force 06/01/2023 09:32am • Leaders from across the D.C. area honored retiring police chief Robert Contee during a walkout ceremony on Wednesday. Contee — who announced that he was leaving the D.C. police force and accepting a role with the FBI in late April — rose through the ranks starting as a cadet, to eventually becom Maryland landscaping business left idle after estimated $38K equipment theft 06/01/2023 05:06am • A Prince George's County landscaping business has been severely disrupted this week after burglars stole nearly all the power equipment belonging to DLC, Divine Landscaping Company of Fort Washington, Maryland. "Tuesday morning, I notice one of my trailers is missing … so I go in my warehouse a 1 dead, 2 injured in Prince George's Co. shooting 05/31/2023 11:37pm • Seat Pleasant, Maryland, police said a man has died and two have been hospitalized after a Wednesday night shooting in Prince George's County. Officers said it happened at around 8:45 p.m. outside an apartment building in Prince George's County in the 6000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway. Push for new hires includes more women in Montgomery County police 05/31/2023 09:21pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, police are working to increase the number of women serving in the department as part of a national program called the 30x30 Initiative. The 30x30 Initiative aims to advance women in policing and increase their representation in precincts to 30% by 2030. Montgomery ‘Exceptionally lethal’: Maryland’s battle over concealed-carry permits goes on 05/31/2023 05:55pm • Guns are increasingly part of public life in Maryland — whether you notice it or not — after a landmark Supreme Court decision last year made it easier for people to get concealed-carry permits. The high court ruled last summer that states can't keep citizens from carrying guns in public 5 men charged with 1st-degree murder in killing of missing Frederick teen 05/31/2023 04:52pm • Police in Frederick, Maryland, have arrested five men in the killing of a teenager whose remains were found in a park in April. Police arrested Alexis Alfredo Ayala Lopez, 21; Jose Roberto Ramos Lopez, 23; Ismael Lopez Lopez, 29; Elmer Bladimir Reyes Reyes, 27, and Ismael Ivan Rivera Canales, 20, 2nd teen charged in Fairfax Co. Memorial Day shooting, stabbing that left 2 dead 05/31/2023 03:37pm • A second teen has been arrested in what police have described as a drug-related shooting and stabbing incident at an apartment complex in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Memorial Day that left two dead. Fairfax County police said Wednesday that Vladimir Garcia Montes, 18, of Falls Church, has been a 2 men in Virginia defrauded millions in COVID relief 05/31/2023 02:53pm • Two Northern Virginia businessmen will likely spend the next several years in prison after pleading guilty in a joint scheme to defraud banks and the Small Business Administration of around $7.6 million in COVID relief funds. Bennie Earl Magee, 54, of Manassas, Virginia, and Michael Gilcher, 45, After a month on the run, 15-year-old 'Baby K' to have bond hearing in connection with armed school bus attack 05/31/2023 01:36pm • Prince George's County police in Maryland are trying to figure out how a 15-year-old eluded law enforcement for nearly a month after allegedly carrying out an armed attack on a county school bus on May 1. Federal law enforcement arrested "Baby K" on Tuesday, after members of the U.S. Marshals Ser