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Prince George's Co. Public Schools celebrates 'Decision Day' for Class of 2023 05/01/2023 02:27pm • About 3,000 Prince George���s County, Maryland, Public School graduating seniors spent Monday morning at Prince George���s Stadium in Bowie celebrating what was called ���Decision Day,��� a first-time event held by the county to honor the class of 2023. It was part pep rally and part career fair. Virginia man struck and killed on I-295 in DC 05/01/2023 10:55am • An Alexandria, Virginia, man has been killed in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 295 in Southeast D.C. It happened Monday just around 3:15 a.m. after Rhyes Patrick-James Harris, 30, parked a silver 2001 Toyota Corolla on the left shoulder on Interstate 295 South before exits 1B and 1C, with the Driver injured after tree fell on SUV Saturday night 05/01/2023 10:08am • Wise Road in Northwest D.C. reopened by Monday evening after a tree fell on an SUV Saturday night, leaving the driver injured. The road closed between Beach Drive and Oregon Avenue when tree fell at around 8 p.m. Saturday night, WTOP Traffic reports. The road remained closed through Monday mornin 8-year-old girl struck, killed in Woodbridge crash 04/30/2023 05:30am • An 8-year-old girl from Woodbridge, Virginia, has died after being struck by a car earlier this month, Prince William County police say. Due to the victim's age, her name will not be released to the public, according to a news release from police Saturday. Police said the girl's death resulted U.Md. IT employee arrested on child pornography charges 04/29/2023 09:09pm • A Howard County, Maryland, man employed by the University of Maryland���s information technology department was arrested Thursday on multiple child pornography charges, according to the state police. Police said William Gomes, 41, of Elkridge, was charged with 10 counts of possession and three co Contee successor should 'get to the root of the problem,' says DC community organizer 04/29/2023 08:26pm • Chief Robert Contee will step down in June before beginning his new role with the FBI, and one D.C.-based community organizer is speaking out about how she hopes to see the next police chief support the city, and the work that may involve. Members of the nonprofit organization Harriet's Wildes 2 Californians arrested for conspiring to sell fentanyl in DC 04/29/2023 08:25pm • D.C. police and federal law enforcement have announced the arrest of two more members of a fentanyl distribution conspiracy charged with bringing thousands of fake pain pills containing fentanyl from California to the District. Max Alexander Carias Torres, 25, and Raymond Nava, Jr., 19, both of L Arlington volunteer-run oversight board now active, allows investigations into police complaints 04/29/2023 11:48am • Complaints against police in Arlington County, Virginia, can now be investigated by the county's newly established oversight board and auditor. This Community Oversight Board can also evaluate law enforcement procedures, create reports on use of force incidents and make recommendations to the Arl 'Completely unacceptable': 6 DC firefighters put on leave, man arrested after brawl caught on camera 04/29/2023 05:11am • A man was taken into custody after he and a group of D.C. firefighters got into a physical fight on Tuesday night, according to an incident report from the Metropolitan Police Department of D.C. In a police report, officials claim a man was acting aggressively toward a firefighter out on a 911 ca Police ID 3 people killed in Fairfax Co. domestic shooting 04/28/2023 04:56pm • Police have identified the three people who were found dead inside a Springfield, Virginia, home in what they said appears to be a domestic shooting. A housekeeper found Meskerem Belachew Solomon, 38; Amanuel Belachew Solomon, 31; and Tiku Berhane Gebreeyesus, 47; in the basement of a home on the After $5M settlement, family of Bijan Ghaisar plans to continue push 'to save lives and do justice' 04/28/2023 01:18pm • The family of a Virginia man shot and killed by two U.S. Park Police officers after a minor traffic crash in 2017 said they will use a $5 million settlement to push for changes in laws changing policing standards. Last week, the family of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar reached a $5 million settlement Fiery crash on I-495 leads to traffic delays in Fairfax Co. 04/28/2023 01:00pm • Two people are hospitalized with serious injuries after a pickup truck crashed into a barrier on Interstate 495 early Thursday morning in Fairfax County, Virginia. The driver of the truck veered off eastbound I-495 at Van Dorn Street in Springfield and struck the Jersey wall before landing along 'The Tower Road Bus' documentary explores integration of Prince George's Co. schools 04/28/2023 12:59pm • ��� In 1954, the Supreme Court's decision ��� also known as Brown v. Board of Education ��� ended segregation in U.S. public schools, but Prince George's County in Maryland delayed implementing it until a federal court in Baltimore forced the issue in 1972. This seismic social shift is chr Why some families are calling for pedestrian safety upgrades near several Reston schools 04/28/2023 04:58am • Several families and Fairfax County, Virginia, school board member Melanie Meren are urging county and state governments to take steps to increase pedestrian safety near several Reston schools. In a memo addressed to Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay and obtained by WTOP, Me Three found dead in Fairfax Co. home in apparent domestic shooting 04/27/2023 08:28pm • Two men and a woman were found dead in the basement of a Springfield, Virginia, home Thursday afternoon in what police said appeared to be a domestic shooting. Fairfax County Deputy Chief of Police for Investigations Eli Cory said the department got a call just after 3:45 p.m. from the housekeepe