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Metro's performance report: Ridership rising; crime, customer satisfaction slumping 10/12/2022 04:18pm • Metro's annual performance report says rail reliability and customer satisfaction was high during the first quarter of the fiscal year, but dropped dramatically after that. That���s likely because on Oct. 12, a passenger train derailed due to wheel issues. It sidelined the 7000-series cars, which Curfew consequences: Why crime dropped in Prince George���s Co. 10/12/2022 01:10pm • ���I could go on with probably 25 or 30 more variables for why things like that happen," said Prince George���s County Police Chief Malik Aziz, shown in this file photo. All of that put together, he added, ���can go any way on any given day, because the terrain constantly evolves.��� (WTOP/Michelle Man struck, killed along I-95 shoulder in Fairfax Co. by suspected impaired driver 10/12/2022 11:30am • A man is dead after being struck by a suspected impaired driver on the southbound shoulder of Interstate 95 in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Tuesday afternoon. The Virginia State Police identified the man who was killed as 35-year-old Jose Davi Hernandez-Zelayandia, of Woodbridge. Investigators Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda reopens after fatal motorcycle crash 10/12/2022 11:24am • A deadly crash involving a motorcycle temporarily closed part of Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, Maryland. The crash happened at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Chestnut Street shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday, when a motorcycle collided with another vehicle, Montgomery County police said. Maryland's forensic DNA database records 10,000th match 10/12/2022 08:30am • A tool used to catch criminals ��� and clear the innocent ��� is proving its worth in Maryland. The state's 30-year-old DNA database has recorded its 10,000th "hit," Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Woodrow Jones II announced Tuesday. More Maryland News More Crime News Small earthquake rumbles parts of Central Maryland 10/12/2022 07:50am • A small earthquake shook parts of Maryland late Tuesday evening. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 2.0 earthquake occurred near Sykesville, in Central Maryland, at around 11:49 p.m. Tuesday with a depth of around 3.1 miles. According to the agency's Did You Feel It site ��� which g Road closures, parking restrictions for Capitals' Rock the Red Carpet pregame event 10/12/2022 05:05am • D.C. police have posted road closures and parking restrictions for events related to Wednesday's Washington Capitals regular-season opener. One street will be posted as Emergency No Parking from 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday. F Street from 6th Street NW to 7th Street NW Meanwhile, the Arrest made in Turks and Caicos in shooting death of Arlington NAACP VP 10/12/2022 12:22am • Police in the Turks and Caicos Islands have made an arrest in last week's shooting death of an Arlington, Virginia, man killed while on vacation. Kent Carter, a vice president of the Arlington branch of the NAACP, was killed Oct. 2, when suspected drug gangs opened fire on a car returning him Prince George's Co. youth curfew extended through end of year 10/11/2022 03:45pm • Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said enforcement of a youth curfew will be extended through the end of the year, saying it has helped protect children and also coincided with a drop in crime in the Maryland county. When Alsobrooks first announced stronger enforcement of the you Driver killed in Woodbridge crash 10/11/2022 03:35pm • If you saw a deadly crash in Woodbridge last night, police want to hear from you. It happened just before 10 p.m. near the intersection of Horner Road and Millwood Drive. According to police in Prince William County, Virginia, the driver of a 2021 Hyundai Sonata lost control at a sharp curve o Prince George's Co. man charged in stepson's stabbing death 10/11/2022 12:34pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man has been charged with fatally stabbing his adult stepson. Jamie Porras, 68, of Upper Marlboro is charged with both first- and second-degree murder in the killing of 53-year-old Kelly McClary. More Local News More Maryland News More Prince G Woman dies after being hit by car in Fairfax 10/11/2022 10:45am • A woman crossing the road was hit by a car and died Monday morning in Fairfax County, Virginia, police said. Ligia Jeannette Herrera Betbeder, 63, was struck just before 6 a.m. on West Ox Road, north of Legato Road, in Fairfax, the police said in a news release. More Local News More Virginia report finds Black drivers stopped at higher rates than white motorists 10/10/2022 11:45pm • An analysis of traffic stops by police in Virginia between July 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022 has found that Black drivers were stopped at far higher rates than white drivers. The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services concluded in its report released Oct. 5 that while Blacks comprise 19.5 Prince William Co. middle school student charged with hate crime against classmate 10/10/2022 08:50pm • A 13-year-old boy from Prince William County, Virginia, has been charged with a hate crime after using a slur toward a classmate. More Prince William County News More Virginia News The school resource officer for Rippon Middle School in Woodbridge recommended the charges after Analysis: Why latest Russian move on Ukraine 'feels different' 10/10/2022 07:20pm • Police inspect the scene of Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Two explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) At 7:25 a.m., as I prepared to do a live update with the morning broadcast team on W