Silver Spring MD

The Maryland Gaming Commission has slapped two casinos with ‘cease-and-desist’ letters, effective immediately. Two casinos have been delivered cease-and-desist letters by the Maryland Gaming Commission after the organization found that they had been operating games to those in Maryland without authorization. The...

WTOP - 11/20/2025 09:16:00 PM. Maryland Governor Moore recently launched a unique program aimed at providing free vaccines to uninsured and underinsured adults aged 19 and above. The initiative, backed by a $2.8 million outlay from the Maryland General Assembly, seeks to reduce the number of preventable illnesses and...

A man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was caught on camera opening fire in a Silver Spring parking garage, killing a man. FOX 5’s Shomari Stone spoke with the victim’s mother following the sentencing.

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman found probable cause and ordered a homicide defendant jailed on Nov. 18 based partly on her own statements that she committed the crime. Shawnta Aiken, 51, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for her alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of her boyfriend,...

A man was sentenced to life without parole for shooting and killing a 21-year-old and shooting at two women in a Silver Spring parking garage.

Residents of Alexandria, specifically in the Richmond Highway corridor, are urged to be vigilant as reports of increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity have surfaced on social media. According to the reports, ICE officers have been seen apprehending individuals from various locations including a...

Layoffs in Maryland are up nearly 30%, with about 2,000 more jobs being cut than this time last year. Nationally, this year has seen over one million layoffs — the highest amount for this time of year since the Covid-19 pandemic and the Great Recession. This year, artificial intelligence...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Governor Wes Moore and AstraZeneca today announced plans to invest $2 billion to expand AstraZeneca’s manufacturing footprint in Maryland, representing the largest private capital investment in the state in the last decade. The investment includes a significant expansion of AstraZeneca’s flagship...

WJLA - 11/20/2025 09:46:12 AM. Ricardo Rush, a D.C. man who threatened a family with an Uzi-style pistol on a Metrobus, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Rush, a convicted felon, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, assault with a dangerous weapon, and possession of a firearm...

Officers said the ambush happened at around 3:35 p.m. on Nov. 23, in the area of Russett Green East and Hayshire Street. The victim told police he was walking to his car when he “observed a theft from an automobile in progress.”. Police said he yelled at the suspects...