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Search underway for boater involved in Anne Arundel Co. deadly hit-and-run 07/05/2022 05:36pm • Maryland Natural Resources Police are searching for the driver of a boat that they say struck another and killed a woman before leaving the scene in Anne Arundel County on Sunday night. Laura Slattery, 63, of Pasadena was killed when the 20-foot Wellcraft boat she was on was struck from behind in Anne Arundel Co. commits to Vision Zero goals to eliminate traffic deaths 07/05/2022 04:38pm • Driven by the philosophy that traffic-related deaths and injuries are not acceptable and can be prevented, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, has officially adopted a Vision Zero plan. Vision Zero is a global movement embraced by many area jurisdictions such as Montgomery County, Maryland, and D.C. Nearly 100 suspected drunken drivers arrested in Maryland over Fourth of July weekend 07/05/2022 02:45pm • Authorities in Maryland say state troopers nabbed almost 100 suspected drunken drivers over the July 4 weekend. In a news release Tuesday, state police said troopers arrested 95 impaired drivers between Friday, July 1, and Monday, July 4, through regular road patrols and special patrols focused o Hogan directs police to suspend Maryland gun carry standard 07/05/2022 01:54pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has directed the state police to suspend the state���s ���good and substantial reason��� standard for permits to carry handguns after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a similar New York law last month. The Republican governor said in a statement Man arrested, charged after police chase through Northern Virginia 07/05/2022 04:44am • A man was arrested and charged after he led police on a high-speed chase through Northern Virginia late Sunday night. Derrick R. Adjei, 24, of Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested and charged with a felony count of eluding police and for reckless driving, according to police. A firearm was recovere 2 shot in Southeast DC 07/05/2022 01:34am • Police in D.C. are investigating a shooting in Southeast that injured two people Monday night. The shooting occurred just before 10 p.m. on Pennsylvania Avenue near Fairlawn Avenue. A man and a male juvenile suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. They were taken to local hospital Cyclist, fireworks stand worker killed by pickup in DC identified 07/04/2022 06:44pm • A cyclist and a fireworks stand worker were hit and killed by a pickup Saturday evening when the driver suffered a medical emergency, D.C. police say. (Courtesy D.C. police) D.C. police have identified the two people killed Saturday when a truck struck both a cyclist and a fireworks stand worker Man charged in Montgomery County police chase that ended in Fairfax Co. crash 07/04/2022 05:34pm • A Germantown, Maryland, man has been charged in a police chase that started in Germantown and ended with a crash in Fairfax, Virginia, that closed Route 7 in Tysons. Frederick K. Njihia, 26, will be charged in Montgomery County with four counts of attempted murder and first-degree assault with a DC's Palisades neighborhood turns out to celebrate the Fourth 07/04/2022 05:10pm • Complete with police on motorcycles, vintage fire trucks, and politicians tossing candy and treats for children, the 56th annual Fourth of July parade in D.C.���s Palisades neighborhood kicked off a sunny, sparkly neighborhood celebration. Laura Hopman, who attended with her husband, Brian, and thei 14 arrested after protesters block Inner Loop traffic in Silver Spring 07/04/2022 04:26pm • Climate activists blocked traffic on the Capital Beltway���s Inner Loop for over an hour Monday afternoon. It happened on the Inner Loop at the Route 29/Colesville Road exit. Over a dozen climate activists blocked all lanes of the Inner Loop. According to Maryland State Police, troopers respon 4 wounded in shooting at car wash gathering in Manassas 07/04/2022 08:25am • Four men were wounded in a shooting at a large gathering in a car wash parking lot in Manassas, Virginia, late Sunday night, police say. A large group had gathered in the parking lot of Sam's Car Wash on Sudley Road in the Westgate Plaza Shopping Center when an argument broke out, according to po One killed in Northeast DC shooting, police say 07/04/2022 03:22am • D.C. Police say a man has died after a shooting in Northeast D.C. Police say the shooting happened just before 10 p.m. in the 1600 block of K Street in the Carver / Langston neighborhood. More Crime News They say the man was shot in the face and subsequently taken to the hospi Motorcycle driver killed in Fairfax Co. crash 07/04/2022 03:22am • The Fairfax County police said a person has died in a two-vehicle crash at Burke Center Parkway and Ox Road in Burke, Virginia. Police first told WTOP's news partners at NBC Washington they responded to the crash at around 6 p.m. Officers are on scene of a crash involving a motorcycle & a Metro prepares for Fourth of July crowds, responds to 7000-series concerns 07/04/2022 01:59am • Metro is preparing for increased Independence Day travel with more security at stations and the continued presence of just eight 7000-series trains. Andy Off, the interim general manager for WMATA, spoke with NBC Washington's Adam Tuss about the potential for increased wait times at stations like Va., Md. leaders: Supreme Court justice safety request raises First Amendment concerns 07/04/2022 12:16am • After a controversial decision to revoke the nationwide right to an abortion ��� throwing out Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood ��� sparked protests near justices' homes, Supreme Court officials asked that Maryland and Virginia leaders do more to protect the justices. By Sunday, all but Vi