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One person was displaced after a fire broke out at a row house in Southeast D.C. overnight.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Hazmat teams are on the scene of a crash in Montgomery County after a fuel spill on Tuesday morning, officials said. Pete Piringer, spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Services, posted on X around 6: 10 a.m. about the incident. The crash, involving a...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA — A 41-year-old Fredericksburg woman was found fatally stabbed at a bus stop shelter in Fairfax County on February 23, 2026, in a case that has drawn national attention after authorities confirmed the suspect had more than 30 prior arrests. The victim, identified as Stephanie Minter,...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A woman went to the hospital after a bullet grazed her in Navy Yard Sunday. The shooting broke out in the 600 block of L Street, Southeast, on March 1. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) told DC News Now that officers received a report...

When retired journalist Dorothy Butler Gilliam heard about the mass layoffs at the Washington Post in early February, the news stunned her. The Post hired Gilliam in 1961 as its first Black woman reporter, and the newspaper remains dear to her heart for many reasons. “It made me very sad,...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Hagerstown, Maryland – Ice up to two tenths of an inch is glazing bridges and overpasses across western Maryland and the Potomac Highlands right now, creating slick travel ahead of the Tuesday morning...

(WBFF) — Scammers are using increasingly sophisticated tactics to pressure Maryland residents into handing over money, from phone calls impersonating family members to text messages posing as official court notices. Warnings from the Better Business Bureau have long included the so-called grandparent scam, which...

A 28-year-old Montgomery County man is wanted by Metro Transit Police following social media videos that appear to show a man touching multiple women’s hair on Metro trains without their knowledge. Metro Transit Police have identified the suspect as Bryan Betancur, 28, of Silver Spring. Police say he has...

High school by day, trying to help support his family by night. That’s what Mark Briseno, a teen from Germantown, Maryland, says he’s been doing after his dad was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in December. “I think I went through a really bad depression as...

HB 1479: $18 Minimum Wage + Automatic Annual Increases. TUESDAY, March 3rd, – Testimony SIGN-UP from 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 pm. You must sign up during this window to testify at the House hearing. Once the window closes, no additional sign-ups will be accepted. MARYLAND – A bill...