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This article was written by WTOP’s news partner Bethesda Today and republished with permission. Sign up for Bethesda Today’s free email subscription today. Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) called off a Hindi-language book event planned for Sunday at its Germantown Library after a coalition of religious and civil rights organizations objected to the participation of a local Hindi school associated with what the...

Kitchen Social’s future Downtown Crown location is moving into the next phase, with a $2 million permit now issued for interior work at the restaurant’s first Maryland outpost. According to the permit, the approved work includes building out the new restaurant’s interior, making minor facade changes to the...

D.C. police identified the man who died in the shooting near the Maryland border as 25-year-old Deangelo Scott.

MISSISSIPPI — Two individuals wanted in Maryland on kidnapping charges were arrested over the weekend in Columbia, according to the Columbia Police Department. Officers initially stopped a vehicle for speeding on Saturday, April 11. During the stop, authorities discovered that the driver, identified as Celso Galvez Morales, was wanted in Maryland on kidnapping charges. He […] The post Two people arrested in Mississippi following kidnapping incident...

Black bears are popping up in backyards and neighborhood green spaces across the Baltimore region this spring, as the animals emerge from winter dens and start hunting for easy meals. Biologists say a growing statewide population, along with young bears striking out on their own, explains why sightings that once clustered in western Maryland are now appearing in suburban parks and shopping centers. After...

Montgomery County Police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle collision that occurred early Sunday morning near Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road in Glenmont. Officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded around 1:17am, where they found a Cadillac Escalade that had left the roadway, struck a wooden utility pole, and overturned in the roadway.

Construction is now underway on the new Chick-fil-A at 22675 Clarksburg Road at the Clarksburg Outlets. The development follows the issuance of a $1.4 million building permit back in January. Plans for the restaurant have been in motion since at least 2023, when a pre-submittal community meeting was held to...

D.C. firefighters pulled a woman from a burning Southeast apartment early Sunday as heavy smoke and flames poured from a unit, according to local video and fire department footage. Crews can be seen moving fast to reach the resident while neighbors recorded the chaos from the street. Officials have not yet released information on injuries or what sparked the blaze.

Montgomery County Public Schools officials are investigating an incident at Bradley Hills Elementary School in Bethesda after graffiti referencing the perpetrator of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was found on a fence on school property. School officials said the act is being treated as an attempt to intimidate...

WASHINGTON — A victim has been identified in the triple shooting in Southeast DC that left one person dead and two injured. Dereon Womack, 18, of Northeast, DC was shot and killed on April 11 on the 3500 block of 22nd Street in Southeast. Police found Womack in the driveway of the rear of the location.