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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

2 landscapers killed in Alexandria shooting identified 07/18/2022 03:07pm • Alexandria police in Virginia have identified the two men who were killed in a shooting Saturday morning. They��re 48-year-old Adrian Dejesus Rivera Guzman and 24-year-old Juan Carlos Anaya Hernandez. A suspect in the landscapers�� deaths is in custody on unrelated charges. Police have ident

Springfield man wanted for wife's murder arrested in South Carolina 07/18/2022 02:28pm • The man who police say fled after murdering his wife Sunday in Springfield, Virginia, was arrested Monday morning in South Carolina. Jose Hernandez Mejia stabbed and killed his wife, Evelin Molina, in their home in the 5200 block of Rolling Road on Sunday afternoon, police said. More F

Maryland man arrested after choking police K-9 in Fauquier County 07/18/2022 05:46am • 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. A Maryland man has been arrested and charged with attempting to maim or kill a law enforcement officer animal and driving under the i