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As back-to-school nears, the fight over cellphones in classrooms rages on 08/02/2022 07:24am • ▶ Watch Video: Kids on the pressures of having a cell phone, social media at an early age As summer begins to draw to a close, back-to-school season promises the renewal of an ongoing fight over whether cellphones should be allowed in the classroom. With students' mental health top 4 DC firefighters file $10 million lawsuit alleging race, gender discrimination 08/01/2022 09:23pm • Four D.C. firefighters have filed a $10 million race and gender discrimination lawsuit against the District. In their lawsuit, veteran firefighters Jadonna Sanders, Shalonda Smith, Takeva Thomas and Bolatito Ajose — four African American women — said that they have experienced racial and gend Bail hearing Tuesday for man shot inside DC hotel 08/01/2022 08:10pm • The case against the former Baltimore police officer who is accused of molesting children at his wife's Maryland day care is moving forward. James Weems Jr., 57, is facing 13 charges, including alleged sexual abuse of three children. An investigation is still underway, and Baltimore County pol Suspended Montgomery Co. assistant police chief out 08/01/2022 06:20pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, assistant police chief who had been suspended since June is now out of a job. Carmen Facciolo had been appointed to a newly-created job of civilian assistant police chief in June 2021. In a statement, County Executive Marc Elrich's office said that Facciolo is "n How to handle a threatening situation? Self-defense expert offers tips 08/01/2022 05:29pm • Recent headlines of people being harassed and attacked at Metro stations, in restaurants and on city streets have left some people wondering what they can do to protect themselves when situations turn threatening. WTOP spoke with a local self defense expert on some tips to avoid an attack. If Man accused of posing as federal agent pleads guilty 08/01/2022 04:10pm • A D.C. man who was arrested in April and accused of posing as a federal agent pleaded guilty in court Monday. Arian Taherzadeh, who faced charges of impersonating a government employee and weapons charges, pleaded guilty to three charges in District Court: conspiracy, illegal possession of a larg 36 years after teen's hanging death, his family is still searching for answers 08/01/2022 03:20am • On the 36th anniversary of her brother Keith's death, Sherri Warren was still fighting back tears. "There is no evidence to show me that this was a suicide," Sherri told WTOP. July 31, 1986, marked the day Montgomery County police discovered the body of 19-year-old Keith Warren hanging from a DC police identify drive-by suspect shot by police 07/31/2022 07:50pm • District police have identified the man shot and killed by an officer moments after his alleged involvement in a drive-by shooting along Georgia Avenue in Northwest Saturday afternoon. On Sunday, D.C. Police identified the deceased as 31-year-old Kevin Hartgraves-Shird, of Southeast, D.C. Acco Baltimore man sentenced for role in fraud schemes totaling over $1.2 million 07/31/2022 02:49pm • A Baltimore man who admitted taking part in schemes to defraud over $1.2 million through identity theft and fraudulent business loan applications has been sentenced to over five years in prison. While on probation for previous fraud schemes, the defendant committed additional fraud and identify t Georgetown Pike in Great Falls opened after morning car crash 07/30/2022 10:25pm • On Saturday, Georgetown Pike in Great Falls, Virginia, reopened to traffic after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole during the early morning. Until around 7 p.m. Saturday, VA-193/Georgetown Pike remained closed in both directions between Walker Road/Great Falls and Old Dominion Drive, while Progress slow for Prince William Co. Racial Justice Commission 07/30/2022 05:44pm • 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’s Racial and Social Justice Commission has yet to fully delve back into its work over the past five months, with Howard Co. woman sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing newborn baby 07/30/2022 03:15pm • A woman from Howard County, Maryland, was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison for the 2018 murder of her newborn son. In April, 41-year-old Moira Akers, of Columbia, was found guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse by a Howard County Circuit Court jury. More Rockville police say group of boys killed 'beloved' neighborhood goose; $1K reward offered 07/30/2022 07:41am • Neighbors are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction after police say a group of boys killed a Canada goose in Rockville, Maryland, on Sunday night. Rockville police said they found the dead bird on the bank of Lake New Mark around 8 p.m. The lake is a part o DC police investigate 3 double shootings 07/30/2022 02:20am • Police in D.C. are investigating three separate shootings that killed one and injured five others Friday night. The first incident occurred just before 9 p.m. on Alabama Avenue near F Street in the Benning Ridge neighborhood in Southeast. Officers arrived to find two people -- a man and a woman - Man killed in Southeast DC shooting 07/29/2022 10:23pm • A man is dead after a shooting in Southeast D.C. Friday afternoon. According to D.C police, the shooting happened around 3 p.m. on Wheeler Road near Valley Avenue. Officers found a man outside with a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died. Police did not reveal th