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'We’ve got our hands full': Bladensburg neighborhood worried about impact of proposed shelter 02/20/2023 06:37pm • The Bladensburg, Maryland, location of a proposed shelter is easily accessible to bus routes, as well as grocery and convenience stores; but some who live in the neighborhood say they have concerns about the impact it could have. Prince George’s County has been looking for a place to build a ne Montgomery Co. police looking for info on who shot, killed teenager on Metrobus 02/20/2023 05:15pm • A teenager is dead and Montgomery County, Maryland, police want help finding the man who shot him on a Metrobus Friday evening. When officers arrived just before 7:45 p.m. Friday to investigate why a Metrobus was pulled over and passengers were getting off on Lockwood Drive in the White Oak area, 1 killed in Riverdale shooting 02/20/2023 03:07pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, are investigating the shooting death of a man in Riverdale Sunday night. Officers were called to a reported shooting on Riverdale Road near Veterans Parkway at around 8:10 p.m. More Local News More Maryland News More Prince George’s C Prince George's Co. police give out steering wheel locks to Kia, Hyundai owners 02/20/2023 02:50pm • A long line of vehicles snaked through a parking lot of a District Heights, Maryland, shopping center on Monday. They were there because Prince George's County police were giving away 150 steering wheel locks to people who owned Hyundais and Kias. The bright yellow locks, given to the departm Attorney general seeking power to enforce civil rights laws in Maryland — like other nearby top prosecutors 02/20/2023 12:44pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A store owner in Baltimore City accused an African American shopper, who was with his children, of theft and called the police. A securi Eric Garner's daughter and son of Martin Luther King Jr. speak on grief, perseverance in DC 02/20/2023 06:07am • In 2014, Eric Garner died after being put in a chokehold by New York City police during an arrest. Caught on tape, the incident sparked nationwide protests with demonstrators chanting his final pleas of "I can’t breathe." In a new book called "Finding My Voice: On Grieving My Father, Eric Garne Journalist April Ryan opens up on being a long-serving White House correspondent 02/20/2023 05:10am • This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. When she was born, the idea of having a Black president was far beyond most people's dreams. Now, 55 years later, April Ryan is the lo Man dead in Howard Co. after vehicle crashes into tractor-trailer 02/19/2023 03:13pm • A man died in Jessup, Maryland, on Sunday morning, after his truck hit a tractor-trailer that was stopped in the road. In a news release, the Howard County Police Department said that around 3:13 a.m. Sunday morning, 32-year-old Dane Thomas Benavidez, a resident of Laurel, was driving west on Md. La Plata sex offender arrested after following teen home from Target 02/19/2023 07:57am • Deputies in Charles County, Maryland, arrested a registered sex offender earlier this month after he allegedly approached several women and followed some around public spaces. Edward Jackson Bunn, 49, was arrested on a warrant for his involvement in suspicious activity around the city of La Plata Hate flyers discovered in multiple McLean neighborhoods 02/18/2023 10:28pm • Dozens of hateful flyers were found scattered around neighborhoods in McLean, Virginia, on Thursday, Fairfax County police say. On the morning of Feb. 16, Fairfax County police said officers responded to a number of reports of suspicious flyers presenting "bias material." More Fairfax Stafford Co. sisters arrested following car chase, off-road crash 02/18/2023 03:42pm • Two women from Stafford County, Virginia, were charged Friday for leading police on a vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash and a brief foot chase, according to authorities. The Stafford County Sheriff's Office said that Kelzy Young, 19, and sister Sharlynia Young, 21, were both arrested when the Crash on Clara Barton Parkway leaves 2 hospitalized 02/18/2023 12:17pm • Two people were hospitalized, one with life-threatening injuries, after a crash early Saturday on the Clara Barton Parkway in Maryland, according to authorities. U.S. Park Police officers responded to a crash on the roadway east of Route 495 near Cabin John around 12:45 a.m., according to spokesm Greenbelt police officer charged with prostitution offense 02/18/2023 07:39am • A police officer from Greenbelt, Maryland, has been charged with violating the state's prostitution laws, according to authorities. Greenbelt Police Department said that Officer Albert Murray was placed on administrative leave after he was served a criminal summons for a prostitution offense Thur DC police release bodycam footage of shooting in Anacostia 02/18/2023 04:54am • D.C. police have released body-worn camera footage of an officer shooting a man, who appears to have been unarmed, on the morning of Feb. 10 in Southeast D.C. The Washington Post first reported that police had released body camera footage of the officer-involved shooting in Anacostia. 2 men sentenced to prison after failed robbery in Northeast DC 02/17/2023 09:21pm • Two Silver Spring, Maryland, men will spend the better part of the next decade in prison after a failed armed robbery attempt in Northeast D.C. involving a baby almost two years ago. Before sentencing Kenneth Vann, 43, and Jose Gonzalez, 48, to six and eight years in prison respectively, District