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2 dead after crash, vehicle fire in Prince George's Co. 05/21/2022 12:11pm • Two people died early Saturday morning when a vehicle crashed and caught on fire in Glenn Dale, Maryland. The crash happened in the 12200 block of Annapolis Road near Fairwood Parkway around 2:40 a.m. Saturday, according to a tweet from Prince George's County police. More Maryland News Man driving stolen car crashes into jersey wall on I-495 05/21/2022 10:58am • Travel times were slowed on Interstate 495 in the D.C. area Saturday morning after a suspect in an armed carjacking crashed a stolen car into a jersey wall on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. It all started when a man stole a Toyota Camry at gun point in the 3300 block of Southgate Drive around 7:45 a. 6 hospitalized after driver crashes into 4 pedestrians in Fairfax Co. 05/21/2022 01:44am • Several people are in the hospital after a vehicle went off the road and crashed into a group of pedestrians Friday morning in Annandale, Virginia. Now police have revealed more details about the crash Saturday afternoon. Fairfax County police said the crash happened just after 11 AM in the 7200 Reward offered in vandalization of farm equipment in Montgomery Co. 05/20/2022 05:53pm • A farmer in Montgomery County, Maryland, is offering a reward of up to $50,000 to find the person who vandalized their farm equipment last year. The Montgomery County police said in a statement that a suspect was seen driving onto the farm on Long Corner Road, in Damascus, on the night of April 2 Montgomery Co. Council OKs $6.3 billion preliminary budget 05/20/2022 08:40am • Montgomery County, Maryland's county council agreed to a $6.3 billion spending plan in a vote ahead of next week's final decision on the 2022 fiscal year budget. Under the plan, Montgomery County Public Schools will get the greatest share of public spending — $2.7 billion. The plan includes $38 DC police officer charged with manslaughter in Lothian crash that killed young couple 05/20/2022 07:15am • A D.C. police officer is charged with manslaughter, negligent and reckless driving in the May 27, 2021 Maryland crash that killed 23-year-old Leah Mae Foster and 21-year-old Nicholas Raymond Harris. Austin Kirk Smith, 26, of College Park, Maryland, is currently on administrative leave, according Leesburg driver clocked at nearly 100 mph over speed limit 05/20/2022 05:27am • A Virginia driver is in hot water for allegedly treating a Loudoun County road like it's the autobahn. Luke Jones, 21, of Leesburg, was clocked driving at 133 mph — in a 45-mph zone — on May 11, according to Leesburg police. More Loudoun County News More Virginia News L From WTOP's Election Desk: Va. Republican House races heat up 05/20/2022 05:03am • Welcome back to WTOP’s weekly election update! WTOP's team of reporters will keep you informed on the latest through November as primary and election races heat up in the District, Maryland, Virginia and nationwide. Local politics and elections | Nick Iannelli Big political weekend in Virginia 1 dead, 1 injured in Southeast DC shooting 05/20/2022 01:31am • Police in D.C. are investigating a shooting in Southeast D.C. Thursday night that killed one man and sent another to the hospital. It happened at around 9:30 p.m. on the 1500 block of V Street near Ketcham Recreation Center. Police said officers found two men with gunshot wounds. One died a Confederate flag found hanging from Charles County high school 05/19/2022 10:57pm • Charles County Public Schools is investigating how a Confederate flag was hung from the flagpole of one of the Maryland county's high schools. On Thursday, cadets from La Plata High School's JROTC found it on the school's main flagpole. School staff removed the flag after it was reported. Civil rights groups join calls for DOJ to revisit Ghaisar case, citing new evidence 05/19/2022 04:58pm • Forty-five organizations, including national civil rights, criminal justice reform and progressive advocacy groups, have joined Capitol Hill lawmakers in asking the U.S. Department of Justice to revisit the case of Bijan Ghaisar, an unarmed motorist killed by the U.S. Park Police in 2017. A lette Montgomery Co. surgical assistant charged with sexual assault 05/19/2022 01:26pm • A surgical assistant has been arrested and charged with sexual assault in Montgomery County, Maryland. Forty-seven-year-old Mir Asadullah Naqvi, of Ellicott City, was arrested Wednesday in connection with an alleged incident after an operation at the Olney Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surger Victims identified in Beltway wrong-way crash 05/19/2022 11:18am • The Virginia State Police on Thursday identified the two men killed Tuesday in a head-on, wrong-way crash on the Capital Beltway in Fairfax County. Kaan Karabekir was driving south in the northbound lanes of the Beltway near Exit 46 for Chain Bridge Road when he crashed his Mazda 3 into a Buick E Montgomery Co. police release footage of armed robbery at a Silver Spring McDonald's 05/19/2022 01:00am • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, released footage of a suspect who robbed a fast-food restaurant in Silver Spring. Officers were called to a McDonald's restaurant located on Colesville Road and 2nd Avenue on May 5 at around 12:15 p.m. More Local News More Montgomery County New Montgomery Co. looks into a change in uniform for its police 05/18/2022 11:20pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said the Maryland county is considering a new look for its police officers. In the past, Montgomery County police officers wore khaki uniforms. Currently, they wear black. More Local News More Montgomery County News "There's a pretty