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Prince George's Co. police release photos of armed robbery suspect 07/21/2022 01:17am • Police have released two photos of the person they believe was involved in a string of armed robberies in Beltsville, Maryland. (Courtesy Prince George's County Police) Prince George's County Police have released two photos of a suspect linked to four armed robberies in Beltsville, Maryland. Bicyclist killed in truck crash near Foggy Bottom area of DC 07/20/2022 10:40pm • D.C. police identified the bicycle rider killed in a crash in Northwest. The crash happened around 8 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of 21st and I streets in the Foggy Bottom area. More Local News More DC News Police said a truck driver was traveling south and tried to m Md. man gets 8 years for using Library of Congress network to access child pornography 07/20/2022 09:30pm • A former federal employee from Maryland will serve eight years in prison for using the wireless network at the Library of Congress to download and view videos and images showing the sexual abuse of young children. Gary Lee Peksa, 58, of Mechanicsville, pleaded guilty last December to the charge o Montgomery Co. executive, council races: Elrich and Blair neck-and-neck with many mail-in ballots uncounted 07/20/2022 05:00pm • The polls are now closed and votes are being counted in Maryland���s most populous county, where voters are making their picks for a slew of Montgomery County Council seats and deciding whether County Executive Marc Elrich will get a second term. This is the first election with two newly-added Co 1 dead, 1 wounded in Md. shooting that involved Montgomery Co. deputy 07/20/2022 02:41pm • Authorities gathered to investigate the shooting Wednesday in Gaithersburg. (WTOP/Anna-Lysa Gayle) One person is dead and another is in the hospital after a shooting Wednesday in Gaithersburg, Maryland, that involved a Montgomery County sheriff's deputy. It happened just after 9 a.m. along Ga After being shot, driver gets out of moving car in Anne Arundel Co. 07/20/2022 12:52pm • Maryland State Police are searching for the person who shot a 21-year-old driver early Wednesday in Anne Arundel County. In a news release, police said the shooting near Maryland Route 295 and West Nursery Road in Linthicum Heights became a traffic hazard when the wounded driver got out of the ca Japan's former PM Abe's assassination exposes new reality for US public figures 07/20/2022 04:40am • On July 8 at 11:30 a.m. local time, Japan���s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stood atop a small red, 2-foot-tall platform. It was 3 feet long and positioned in the middle of a busy street. He was protected by a trapezoid-shaped arrangement of guardrails and a handful of visible bodyguards. Dres Md. gov results: Trump-backed Cox wins GOP race for governor, AP projects; Wes Moore leads Dems 07/20/2022 12:05am • Votes in closely-watched Democratic and Republican primary races for Maryland governor are being counted ��� and with hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots still uncounted ��� The Associated Press called the Republican contest for Trump-backed Republican Del. Dan Cox. In early vote totals, Cox 3 accused of embezzling thousands of Fairfax Co. school laptops 07/19/2022 05:31pm • Three men are accused of "illegally relocating" thousands of Fairfax County, Virginia, Public Schools' laptops. Franque Minor II, 35, of Maryland, and Mario Jones Jr., 21, of Woodbridge, Virginia, were arrested and charged with embezzlement and larceny with the intent to distribute. Fadi Atiye Police: Target arson was diversion to steal merchandise 07/19/2022 10:47am • DOVER, Del. ��� A Delaware man has been charged with arson in a Target store fire that police say he started ���as a diversion to steal a cart full of merchandise.��� Dover police say the 26-year-old man started the fire in the linen section of the store on July 10 and the store was quickly evacu Prosecutor: No charges for Virginia officers who shot and killed armed woman 07/19/2022 09:32am • LYNCHBURG, Va. ��� A Virginia prosecutor says law enforcement officers won't face charges in the fatal shooting of a woman who pointed a gun at them as she exited her burning home. According to Bedford County Commonwealth���s Attorney Wes Nance and a news release last year from Virginia State Pol Full traffic stops near Quantico this week on I-95 07/19/2022 08:18am • 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. Multiple overnight work zones are planned on Interstate 95 from Quantico through Fredericksburg through Friday, July 22. I-95 nort Teen killed in Kettering crash 07/19/2022 01:39am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, say a teenage girl was killed in a fatal car accident at the intersection of Kettering Drive and Kettering Place Sunday afternoon. Officers responded to the crash just before 6 p.m. and found five people inside the car. More Prince George's C Montgomery Co. police provide updates on church fires 07/18/2022 11:47pm • The investigation into the fire and vandalism of churches in Bethesda, Maryland, is being handled in juvenile court. That's the update Monday from Montgomery County police, who also added in a statement that "There is no ongoing threat to the community in relation to these incidents." DC police reviewing surveillance footage in shooting by off-duty officer at The Wharf 07/18/2022 03:41pm • There are still many questions surrounding a deadly shooting at The Wharf on Saturday. D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee gave some information on Monday as the investigation continues. One of the biggest questions that remains is whether there was an exchange of gunfire between a man pointing a gun