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Ex-Prince George's Co. police lieutenant sentenced to 16 months in prison for tax evasion 05/18/2023 05:26pm • A former Prince George's County, Maryland, police lieutenant was sentenced Thursday to 16 months in federal prison on a federal tax evasion charge. Authorities said 48-year-old Edward Scott Finn, who owned and operated a private security company called Edward Finn Inc., pleaded guilty in June 202 Mayor says DC domestic tourism 'has completely rebounded,' touts fall event on National Mall 05/18/2023 05:24pm • In a potential sign of a healing tourism industry, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced plans Thursday for a September event on the National Mall that organizers say will bring 150,000 people to the nation's capital. Bowser attended a news conference to outline plans for the World Culture Festival, Teen facing charges after loaded 'ghost gun' falls onto gym floor at Md. school 05/18/2023 03:28pm • A 17-year-old student is facing charges after his loaded gun fell onto the gym floor at a Prince George's County, Maryland, alternative school on Thursday morning, police said. It happened at Non-Traditional Program 9-12 South school in Cheltenham, Prince George's County police said. A "ghost 1 dead after being struck by truck in Northwest 05/18/2023 11:55am • A man is dead after being struck by a truck in Northwest D.C. on Thursday morning, police tell WTOP. It happened at the intersection of 4th and H Street Northwest just before 7:30 a.m., according to D.C. police. The man was taken to a hospital where police tell WTOP he later died. The drive Police: Teen shot, killed near Roosevelt High in Northwest DC 05/18/2023 11:52am • Jefferson Luna-Perez, 17 of Northwest D.C. was shot and killed on May 17. (Courtesy Sonia Ferrufino) A teenage boy has died after being shot in the parking lot of Theodore Roosevelt High School in Northwest D.C. on Wednesday afternoon. According to police, the boy, identified Thursday as 17-y Man dead after ride-share vehicle strikes deer in Fairfax County 05/18/2023 09:34am • The driver of a ride-share vehicle is dead after colliding with a deer along the Dulles Airport Access Highway in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Wednesday night. The deadly collision happened in the westbound lanes of the Dulles Airport Access Highway, a mile after Interstate 495 at around 8:30 p.m Mother of DC man killed in police chase is charged for courtroom outburst 05/18/2023 06:13am • Karen Hylton's son, Karon Hylton-Brown, was killed in a 2020 police chase. At the D.C. police officer's trial five months ago, the mother disrupted the proceedings, and now she's facing charges. A criminal complaint accuses Hylton of charging toward a courtroom security officer, aggressively ches 10-year-old shot on Mother's Day in Northeast DC dies in hospital 05/18/2023 04:39am • D.C. police said 10-year-old girl Arianna Davis was shot while in the back seat of a car in Northeast. (Courtesy D.C. police) Arianna Davis, the 10-year-old girl who was shot while riding home in the back seat of a car, died at a hospital on Wednesday, according to D.C. police. At around 9:14 Police identify 3 family members stabbed to death in Prince William Co. 05/17/2023 09:48pm • Three family members — an adult son, mother and father — are dead following a domestic altercation in Prince William County, Virginia, early Tuesday morning, police say. The father, stabbed by a bayonet, called police at around 7:15 a.m. following the "altercation" inside of a Woodbridge home Md. man leads Virginia State police on chase in stolen SUV, rams into trooper car 05/17/2023 06:51pm • The disabled Virginia State Police SUV that was rammed multiple times during a stolen car pursuit on May 17, 2023. (Courtesy Virginia State Police) Police say a man from Brooklyn, Maryland, stole an SUV from a dealership in Prince William County, Virginia, on Wednesday morning, ramming into a Vi Attempted murder charges for 2 Prince George's Co. teens in school bus assault 05/17/2023 04:39pm • Prince George's County police announced in a statement Wednesday that two of the three suspects involved in an assault of a middle school student aboard a bus earlier this month have been arrested and are being charged as adults. The suspects in custody were identified as a 14-year-old boy from S Is a decades-old U.Md. tradition getting out of hand? 05/17/2023 04:31pm • For decades, students at the University of Maryland have made playful sacrifices to the Testudo statue in front of the library, hoping for a little extra luck on their final exams. Over the years, you may have seen anything from pens and notebooks to coffees and alcohol set up around the statue over Montgomery Co. police charge machete-wielding man with sexual assault, robbery on Md. hiking trail 05/17/2023 03:17pm • Montgomery County police released this image of Jose Roberto Hernandez-Penal on May 17. (Courtesy Montgomery County police) Montgomery County police have charged a man with rape, kidnapping and armed robbery after they say he attacked two women on a Silver Spring, Maryland, hiking trail on Tuesd Why some DC roads will be closed Saturday afternoon 05/17/2023 12:43pm • Some D.C. roads will be closed on Saturday as the Fiesta Asian Street Fair takes place downtown. The eight-hour fair will feature hundreds of performers, artisans and food vendors representing 20 different cultures. Free tickets are available online. The following streets will be posted as "em Racist email sent to Fairfax Co. cheer coach prompts investigation 05/17/2023 07:04am • Fairfax County Public Schools says it plans to launch a third-party investigation after a high school cheerleading coach received an anonymous email with racist and hate-filled language in March. The email, obtained by WTOP, was sent to Oakton High School cheerleading coach Jillian Domenech at th