Some afternoon storms once again across the DMV
For your weekend, the heat and humidity are still sticking around, along with scattered late-day thunderstorms on Saturday, so make sure you are staying weather-aware during your outdoor plans. Highs today will be in the lower 90s under partly sunny skies. Sunday will also be around 90, but with some clouds and fog in
Man Detained by Transit Police While Riding Train With His Pet Goat, Metro Says...
A man was handcuffed on a Washington, DC Metro train after Metro Transit police responded to a BOLO alert tied to a case out of Prince George's County, but the detainment had nothing to do with his pet goat, Lil Bob. A video of a man being handcuffed on a...
Washington Painter Found Dead After Rats Were Heard Inside His Locked Room
When fellow lodgers heard rats moving around inside George Goodman’s locked room, they knew something was wrong. The 54-year-old Washington, D.C., painter had only recently been discharged from the hospital and returned to his rented room on H Street. By the time police forced their way inside, Goodman was...
Bowie Contractor Denies His Own Name, Admits $1.35M COVID Fraud After Caribbean Trip
A 51-year-old Bowie and D.C. resident who once told a federal judge he was not the man named in his own indictment has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for doctoring bank records to pocket $1.35 million in COVID-19 relief funds meant for his struggling hauling and snow removal company. Robert Terrell, owner of District Log
Man critically hurt in Oxon Hill shooting
The Prince George's County Police Department is investigating after a man was seriously hurt in an Oxon Hill shooting Friday night.
WMATA bus driver attacked while driving bus in Silver Spring; Police searching for suspect
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The Metro Transit Police Department is looking for the man caught on camera attacking a bus driver in Silver Spring last week. The attack happened Saturday night, Aug. 1. Police said the man got on the bus near the Woodmoor shopping center, on Colesville Road near Woodmoor Circle.
Second suspect arrested after Northwest DC gun battle
Police recover another firearm in ongoing shooting investigation WASHINGTON, D.C. — A second suspect has been arrested in connection with a Northwest DC shooting that investigators say involved an exchange of gunfire and left property damaged, police announced. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the shoot
DMV First Warn Friday due to PM storm threat
DMV First Warn Day Friday due to the threat of strong to severe storms developing this afternoon and evening. Similar to yesterday, these storms will contain torrential rain, frequent lightning, but the storms today could be slightly stronger. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued until 9pm across most of the reg
Ground stop issued at DCA, BWI, IAD due to thunderstorms, gate constraints
Ground stops were issued at all three airports in the D.C. area.
Firefighter hospitalized after battling commercial fire in Vienna
A firefighter was hospitalized while battling a two-alarm fire at a commercial building in Vienna on Friday, according to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department.
