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Metro warns of lower capacity this July 4 06/29/2022 06:06pm • If you're planning to catch Fourth of July fireworks on the National Mall in D.C. Monday night, you might want to leave home a little earlier than you were planning. That's because Metro said its rail capacity will be lower than it typically is on July 4. "That means customers should be prepar College student awarded Carnegie Medal for tackling armed man in DC 06/29/2022 03:35pm • A college student is being recognized for tackling an armed man to the ground in D.C. last summer.  Tuesday it was announced that Tucker Shields, who saved a couple held at gunpoint, was awarded a Carnegie Medal.  The medal is given throughout the U.S. and Canada to someone who “entered extre Police: Fairfax City man shot dead lying in bed next to wife; family acquaintance arrested 06/29/2022 12:37pm • Police in Fairfax City, Virginia, said Wednesday the father of two who was shot to death last week was asleep in bed with his wife when an acquaintance of the family fired multiple rounds at him. Joshua Daniel Danehower, 33, of Arlington, Virginia, has been arrested and charged with second-degree Vehicle drags Baltimore police sergeant about two blocks 06/29/2022 06:08am • A Baltimore police sergeant attempting to make a traffic stop was struck by the vehicle he was trying to pull over dragged roughly two blocks Tuesday night, CBS Baltimore reports. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said the driver accelerated, dragging the sergeant and hitting another Report: VDOT does not have enough contractors to help in heavy snow removal 06/29/2022 04:12am • The findings of an audit of the Virginia Department of Transportation's snow removal process found that the agency does not have sufficient contractors to assist in heavy snow removal. The report by the Office of the State Inspector General (OSIG), covers the snow season in the following areas: 6-year-old girl, man critically injured in Fort Washington shooting 06/29/2022 12:36am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, are investigating a shooting that injured a 6-year-old girl and a man in Fort Washington Monday night. According to Prince George's County police, the shooting happened in front of a home on Frontier Court near Old Fort Hills Park.  More Pr DC-area July Fourth events guide 06/28/2022 10:12pm • Independence Day in the D.C. area is almost here, and there is no short supply of events to celebrate the country's 246th birthday. DC July 4 Fireworks on the National Mall (Courtesy National Park Service) Fireworks start at 9:09 p.m. on July 4 and will be launched from both sides of the Li Man charged in fatal beating of homeless woman in Va. 06/28/2022 08:08pm • Fairfax County police have arrested a man in connection with the June 17 beating of a homeless woman who later died. Chante Antonio Jones, 32, is charged with aggravated malicious wounding. He is being held without bond. More Local News More Virginia News More Fairfax County News Prince George’s Co. chief details efforts to head off summer crime 06/28/2022 06:22pm • Prince George's County Police Chief Malik Aziz on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (WTOP/John Domen) Prince George’s County, Maryland, Police Chief Malik Aziz on Tuesday touted success in the fight against violent crime around the county, and detailed the work being done to make sure crime doesn’t ri Metro’s police to wear body cameras by 2023 06/28/2022 12:51pm • Metro will equip its police force with body cameras no later than 2023. The Department of Justice has granted $905,000 in funding to the Metro Transit Police Department to launch a body camera program. More DC News More Transportation News “This grant gives us the ability Police investigate killing of nonprofit leader in Fairfax City 06/28/2022 09:00am • Police in the City of Fairfax, Virginia, are asking for help from the public as they investigate the killing of a 32-year-old man who led a nonprofit group in the area. Gret Glyer was shot in his home Friday on Bolton Village Court, which is near the intersection of Main Street and Maple Avenue. Meet the Republican candidates for Maryland governor: Robin Ficker 06/28/2022 05:02am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland Meet the Democratic candidates for Maryland governor: Peter Franchot 06/28/2022 05:02am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland Congressional candidate Vega facing criticism for comments on rape and pregnancy 06/27/2022 06:21pm • 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 Supervisor Yesli Vega, the Republican nominee in the 7th Congressional District, is coming under fire for her recen Woman who died following Fairfax Co. bus stop attack was homeless, beaten 06/27/2022 05:06pm • The woman who died after she was found hurt at a Virginia bus stop was beaten, Fairfax County police said. Michelle Huntley, 63, was homeless, and she was using the bus stop on the 7800 block of Richmond Highway in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County as a shelter when she was attacked on Jun