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Md. State Police investigate deadly hit-and-run along I-95 12/06/2022 01:50pm • The Altima involved in Sunday morning's deadly hit-and-run along southbound I-95 has New Jersey tags with the number P92NJE, police said. (Courtesy Maryland State Police) Maryland State Police are looking for a black 2009 Nissan Altima that they believe killed a Howard County man Sunday morning. After narrow win and a super-short transition, Fitzwater readies an aggressive agenda in Frederick 12/06/2022 09:47am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The next phase of Frederick County’s relatively young experiment with charter government began on Monday, with the swearing-in of new Co WATCH: Officers receive Congressional Gold Medals for Jan. 6 12/06/2022 09:35am • Nearly two years after the bloody attack on Jan. 6, 2021, the law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol received Congressional Gold Medals on Tuesday morning. Hundreds of officers were recognized as medals were placed in four locations — at U.S. Capitol Police headquarters, the Metropolita New legislators get schooled on how to make friends, find success in Annapolis 12/06/2022 09:30am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Five weeks ago they were on the campaign trail. Five weeks from now, they will be sworn in as state legislators, completing a whirlwind tran Youngkin panel targets antisemitism in Va. classroom, courtroom 12/06/2022 09:11am • Calling antisemitism the world's "oldest hatred," the head of a panel commissioned by Gov. Glenn Youngkin says it is "surprising and disturbing that incidents of such hatred and bigotry have been increasing both nationally and in Virginia." Monday, the Commission to Combat Antisemitism, which You Man killed in Fairfax Co. shooting 12/06/2022 01:59am • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are investigating a fatal shooting that happened in the Hybla Valley area on Monday night. Second Lt. James Curry, a spokesperson for the department, said that a resident discovered a man on the sidewalk after 8 p.m. Monday in the 7900 block of Audubon Avenue. Pedestrian fatally struck along Arlington Blvd. 12/06/2022 01:25am • Fairfax County police are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian traveling along Arlington Boulevard and Allen Street in Falls Church, Virginia. Investigators said that 66-year-old MD Kamrul Hassan was struck while trying to cross the "against the pedestrian crossing" Sunday evening. Va. clergy, police and hospitals pitch for change in mental health treatment 12/06/2022 12:10am • Religious leaders have joined with law enforcement and hospital representatives calling on the Virginia General Assembly to do more for people in mental health crises. The group Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement is calling on state legislators to provide $58 million in fund New faces, ideas, personalities aim to shake up Prince George’s Co. council 12/05/2022 10:40pm • Five new members have been sworn in as members of the Prince George’s County, Maryland, Council. While District 3’s Eric Olson might be considered new, he has also served two terms on the council in the past. Joining him are Ingrid Harrison, Wala Blegay, Wanika Fisher and Krystal Oriadha. How lights, parades and other events will impact DC-area roads this holiday season 12/05/2022 03:00pm • There are a number of reasons why the holidays can be so stressful, and while gift shopping and family drama normally top the list, another one can be fighting D.C. traffic to either take in or just avoid seasonal events. Here’s a rundown of a few of the area’s larger holiday events, and some Md. police ID victim in fatal, multivehicle hit-and-run that closed I-95 12/04/2022 03:00pm • Maryland State Police say they are investigating the pedestrian hit-and-run crash in Prince George’s County that killed one man and closed Interstate 95 for over four hours Sunday morning. The deceased victim has been identified as 23-year-old Ceasar Alfred Charles Burke of Columbia, Maryland. Experts say system designed to protect children can break up families 12/04/2022 09:37am • In June 2017, at a family picnic in a park in Aurora, Colorado, Vanessa Peoples noticed that one of her young sons had slipped away. Peoples, who was studying to be a nurse, is not the first parent to take her eyes off a child; it happens all the time. But a bystander's call to police resulted i Son's coach ID'd as Florida mom's killer decades after her murder 12/04/2022 07:00am • ▶ Watch Video: The Betrayal of Linda Slaten On Sept. 4, 1981, Jeff Slaten, 15 and his brother Time, 12, were awakened by Lakeland, Florida, police and told their mother, Linda Slaten, had been murdered. Investigators collected a rape kit and lifted a palm print from the windowsill wher Injured hunter air rescued by Maryland State Police in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge 12/04/2022 03:00am • An injured hunter was air rescued by Maryland State Police on Friday after he became trapped by marshy terrain inside a Dorchester County nature refuge. According to a news release, the MSP Trooper 6 crew responded to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge near Cambridge, Maryland, to rescue the hun Police seek suspect who aimed gun at Frederick Co. highway drivers 12/03/2022 09:29pm • A driver on westbound U.S. Route 15 near Mount Zion Road in Frederick County, Maryland, reported another driver aimed a firearm at them while passing on the highway, authorities said. The driver reported that the suspect drove very close to their vehicle and started tailgating them around 2:20 p.