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Police kill man accused of loading gun at bus stop near Gaithersburg shopping center
Police shot and killed a man who was accused of loading a gun at a bus stop near a busy shopping center in Gaithersburg on Sunday.
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Maryland man accused of killing his former girlfriend
A Temple Hills man is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend on the Fourth of July. Prince George’s County police charged Terrence Penn Jr., 31, in the killing of Dakota Keys, 31, of Capitol Heights. Police called the murder “domestic-related.” Police responded to a report of a shooting on the 1900 block of Brooks Drive on Saturday around 10 p.m. and…
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Measles case reported at Dulles Airport, Adams Morgan clinic
A measles case has been reported in a Maryland resident who traveled internationally, the Maryland Department of Health said on Saturday.
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Bus driver in deadly Stafford I-95 crash charged with involuntary manslaughter
The driver of a bus involved in a deadly crash in Stafford County has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, Virginia State Police said. Five people were killed when a bus crashed into multiple vehicles on I-95 at around 2:35 a.m. Friday about two miles south of the exit for Quantico. Forty-four people were also sent to area…
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5 dead, 44 taken to hospitals after I-95 bus crash in Stafford
Drivers were slowed down because of a work zone in the Quantico area when a bus “failed to slow for traffic” and slammed into six vehicles, police said.
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Protester climbs down Douglass Bridge after nearly 5 days, faces charges
The man could be seen just after 9 a.m. using a ladder inside the bridge arch to get to a boom lift and back to the ground. All southbound and northbound traffic on the bridge was stopped for roughly 30 minutes while he climbed down.
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Atop the Douglass Bridge since Friday: Negotiations with protester continue
A protester who scaled D.C.’s Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge on Friday afternoon remained atop one of its steel arches as of Monday afternoon. Parts of the bridge remained shut down. Expect delays if you’re traveling in the area. Police on the bridge deck and in a boat could be heard trying to communicate with the man and get him...
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Rare disease advocates push for local insurance reforms, improved access to care
Odds are, most people have probably met someone with a rare disease — or even has one themself. While each condition on its own might be uncommon, altogether there are about 25-30 million people in the U.S. currently living with a rare disease, according to the National Institutes of Health. About half of these people are children. But despite the…
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Washington Commanders release more renderings of planned DC stadium
The Washington Commanders and architecture firm HKS released new renderings of their planned D.C. stadium Wednesday.
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1 person seriously injured in Calverton gas explosion
One person was taken to a hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries after a gas leak and explosion in Calverton, Maryland, Prince George’s County Fire and EMS said. The fire department said it responded to the scene Powder Mill Cherry Hill Roads at 10:15 p.m. It also said there were downed power lines. Montgomery County police said it...
