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1 dead, 1 injured after shooting in Northwest DC 03/02/2023 12:50pm • Police in D.C. are investigating a shooting in Northwest Wednesday where one person was killed and another was injured. The shooting happened at 9:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of V Street, near the U Street Metro Station, a D.C. police spokesman told WTOP. More D.C. News More Crime New Pay hikes, tax rate cut included in Prince William County executive���s proposed budget 03/02/2023 05:01am • 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. Prince William County Executive Chris Shorter proposed major pay increases for county employees and a 5.3-cent real estate tax reduct Md., DC men face federal charges, including arson, in robbery of convenience store ATMs 03/01/2023 11:18pm • Two men, one from Maryland and the other from D.C., are facing charges for an elaborate scheme to rob convenience stores with the use of explosives. A federal grand jury returned an indictment for arson, commercial robbery and use of a destructive device, among others for Stephen Kennedy, 33, of Masked teen who shot 15-year-old boy 16 times is sentenced 03/01/2023 08:46pm • The story of how a D.C. teen died sounds like a scene from a nightmare. When Gerald Watson was chased into a stairwell by someone masked and with a gun, the boy banged on his neighbor's doors for help before he was violently killed. Now the teen who pulled the trigger is 21 years old and facing t DC police officers dispute body-worn camera 'misconduct' 03/01/2023 05:55pm • D.C. police officers are pushing back against its complaints office regarding misconduct captured on body cam footage. Michael Tobin, director of the Office of Policing Complaints, testified during an oversight hearing last week that in nearly half the videos reviewed following a complaint, offic Montgomery Co. bill would prohibit police from stopping drivers for some minor traffic offenses 03/01/2023 05:00pm • There���s a new bill being considered in Montgomery County, Maryland, that would prevent police officers from making stops for certain minor traffic offenses. It���s called The Safety and Traffic Equity in Policing, or the STEP Act. The bill, introduced Tuesday, would limit traffic stops for low- 110 years ago this week, women marched on Washington for right to vote 03/01/2023 03:49pm • One of the first large-scale civil rights protests in the nation's capital ��� to secure voting rights for women ��� took place 110 years ago this Friday. The "Great Suffrage Parade" took place on March 3, 1913 ��� the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration ��� when the large procession set out Grand jury indicts DC employee charged with killing 13-year-old boy 03/01/2023 02:10pm • Before he was charged, community members called for charges against the man who killed a 13-year-old boy. Now, a grand jury has handed up an indictment of Jason Lewis. Lewis, 41, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Karon Blake , who was shot and killed Jan. 7. More Local News Mo Mother of unarmed man shot, killed by police near Tysons mall demands video, records 02/28/2023 08:26pm • The mother of an unarmed man shot and killed by police near Tysons Corner Center in Virginia after allegedly stealing sunglasses says she wants to see the body camera footage and is calling for an independent investigation into his killing. Melissa Johnson said she can't make sense of the fact he Virginia bill aimed at alerting schools of employee arrests awaits Youngkin's signature 02/28/2023 12:40pm • A Virginia bill that would require police to notify schools when educators are arrested is now awaiting Gov. Glenn Youngkin's signature. Its passage follows an incident involving a Fairfax County middle school counselor who remained on the job months after his arrest connected to child sex crimes Frederick Co. deputies to start wearing body cameras Tuesday 02/28/2023 12:39pm • Deputies in Frederick County, Maryland, will be wearing body cameras starting Tuesday as part of their duty uniform. Deputies will be outfitted with Axon body cameras, and the rollout to 180 officers will be phased in over the next 60 days, said Frederick County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Richard Bals Driver dies after multivehicle crash near National Zoo that left 7 injured 02/28/2023 07:39am • The driver of a Tesla involved in a multivehicle crash in Northwest D.C. last week has died after succumbing to his injuries. Early Tuesday, Feb. 21, the driver of a Tesla, occupied by five people, turned into two-way traffic in the 3000 block of Connecticut Avenue near the National Zoo in Woodle Alexandria man accused of carjacking DASH bus 02/28/2023 05:45am • An Alexandria, Virginia, man has been arrested after allegedly carjacking a DASH bus while under the influence last Thursday. On Thursday, Feb. 23, Lorenzo Johnson, 33, carjacked a DASH bus while its driver was on a break at the intersection of Quaker Road and Duke Street, Alexandria police annou How Montgomery Co. schools plan to crack down on students' fentanyl use 02/28/2023 04:23am • The Montgomery County Public School system has released a plan to combat the rise in opioid use and overdoses in the Maryland county's over 200 schools ��� including a crackdown on how long and when students can be in the restroom. In a statement released Friday, the Maryland school system announ Police, family plead for help from public 3 months after Silver Spring man's killing 02/27/2023 01:37pm • Family members of 29-year-old Nathaniel Potts remember the day police in Montgomery County, Maryland, told them of his murder last December. ���This was the nightmare that happened before Christmas,��� said William Potts, the victim���s older brother. Montgomery County police arrived at the to