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Free training and naloxone in DC region empowers people with tools to prevent deadly opioid overdoses 12/02/2022 03:10pm • If someone is overdosing on drugs, would you recognize what was happening and know what to do? Free training and access to the lifesaving overdose-reversing medication naloxone is available throughout the D.C. region ��� anyone might find it useful. More Local News More Health & Man shocked on top of MARC train at Union Station 12/02/2022 02:11pm • A man is in the hospital with critical injuries after he was shocked on top of a MARC train at Union Station Friday morning. DC Fire and EMS said the man came into contact with power while walking on the roof of the train car, causing an electric shock. A statement from Amtrak spokeswoman Kimb Fairfax Co. police ID woman whose remains were found in woods in 1993 12/02/2022 12:54pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, say they now know the identity of a woman whose remains were found in the woods in Centreville nearly 30 years ago. Thanks to advanced DNA testing and forensic genealogy, police have identified the woman as Sharon Kay Abbott Lane, police said in a news release Va. lawmakers look at ways to detect high drivers 12/02/2022 11:27am • There are plenty of laws and regulations on the books related to how police are allowed to examine drivers for possibly being drunk, but the same cannot be said when it comes to checking on drivers for possibly being high on marijuana. "We're having a discussion to try and figure out what tools a Fairfax Co. police want victims of cash-for-gold ruse to come forward 12/02/2022 09:01am • Fairfax County police are still looking for more victims of a bizarre cash-for-fake gold scheme where drivers who stop to help a fellow driver on the side of the highway end up possibly getting abducted and intimidated into draining their bank accounts. Three people have been arrested in the Virg Frederick considers restrictions on use of security cameras 12/02/2022 06:58am • The City of Frederick, Maryland, is considering only keeping its security camera footage for two months and would ban the arbitrary tracking of people. The use of the cameras would be limited to public areas. Under the plan, the city's cameras would not be allowed to record audio. More Maryland hopes free online course for doctors can reduce suicide among veterans 12/01/2022 10:06pm • Maryland has some 350,000 veterans, 30,000 active-duty service members and 18,000 Reservists/National Guard members; primary care doctors have a lot of patients who are serving or have served in the military. That���s why the state hopes offering training to those doctors and their staff can play Pedestrian killed in Temple Hills crash 12/01/2022 10:03pm • A pedestrian is dead after being struck in Temple Hills, Maryland, early Thursday morning. Prince George's County police said in a release that the crash happened just before 4 a.m. along Branch Avenue east of the interchange with Saint Barnabas Road. More Maryland News More Prince ���Fairfax County���s most wanted��� arrested in Alexandria 12/01/2022 02:31pm • The man whom police called ���Fairfax County���s most wanted��� on Wednesday is under arrest Thursday. Kyjuan Omar Braxton Trott-McLean, 43, of Mount Vernon, was arrested Thursday afternoon on Colonial Avenue, in the Alexandria section, near Woodley Hills Elementary School ���after a short vehicl Man shot, killed by Frederick Co. deputies after stabbing is identified 12/01/2022 12:26pm • The office of Maryland���s attorney general on Thursday released the name of the man shot and killed by Frederick County sheriff���s deputies earlier this week. Aaron Mensah, 23, was shot at about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday on Zoe Lane, the office of Attorney General Brian Frosh said. The sheriff���s offi Magruder High parents, school officials discuss missteps following January school shooting 12/01/2022 06:51am • Montgomery County Public School officials Wednesday night acknowledged shortcomings in safety protocols and emergency communications following the Jan. 21 shooting at Magruder High School, parents said. Magruder High School parents met for two hours with the officials. More Local News 'He is Fairfax County���s most wanted' -- reward increased for suspect in fatal shooting 11/30/2022 03:51pm • Fairfax County, Virginia, police are still searching for the suspect in an October shooting that killed a 31-year-old Maryland man. And on Wednesday, they announced the reward for his arrest has jumped from $1,000 to $11,000. More Virginia News More Fairfax County News Kyju Lost emu helps deer hunter snag buck 11/30/2022 08:59am • A Wisconsin police sergeant has quite the ���buck tale��� to tell! Sixteen-year-old Summer Theys couldn���t help but think the worst when her three pet emus escaped their enclosure in Cecil. When Appleton native Asher Torbeck saw something walking near his fence, he knew exactly what that two-legged Hyattsville chief credits mom, officers with getting rifle away from sleeping teen 11/30/2022 08:22am • Hyattsville Police Chief Jarod J. Towers credits a mother for trusting his department and officers for successfully retrieving an assault rifle from a sleeping teen. The mother of the 15-year-old boy called police to the family's home, in the 3500 block of Madison Place, around 8 p.m. Sunday. Road closures for Christmas tree lighting, and a traffic parody you must hear 11/30/2022 04:35am • Traffic during the Christmas Tree lighting is usually terrible downtown. Will drivers have visions of sugarplums or brake lights dancing through their heads? WTOP traffic reporter Dave Dildine penned a parody of a Christmas classic. Listen below or read the full tale.   Now for the pa