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88-year-old man accused of fatally shooting 87-year-old wife in Chantilly
An 88-year-old man is in custody in Chantilly, Virginia, after allegedly shooting and killing his 87-year-old wife inside their home on Friday morning, police said.
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15-year-old arrested after 2nd gun scare at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
A teenager was arrested and faces three charges after he allegedly brought an airsoft gun to Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School on Tuesday, according to Montgomery County police.
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Metro considers banning violent offenders
Metro is considering banning people who have committed sex offenses within the transit system or assaulted its employees. “We need a tool beyond the tools we have today. I personally have run into people on the system, I get e-mails from women who have been victimized. It’s just a horrible experience, and it’s preventable if we can keep people...
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84-year-old woman dead from townhouse fire in Prince George's County
An 84-year-old woman is dead after a fire started inside a townhouse in Oxon Hill, Maryland Tuesday night, according to the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department. Firefighters responded to the townhouse on Brandyhall Court at 6:54 p.m., according to firefighters. When they arrived on the scene, firefighters could see fire coming from the second floor of the three-story townhouse....
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Apartment fire in Mount Pleasant leaves woman dead, 5 others displaced
A woman is dead after a Mount Pleasant row home caught fire overnight into Saturday, according to DC Fire and EMS, and five other people who lived in that building have been left homeless.
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Visitors ditch luxury purses outside Capital One Arena before Trump presidential parade
Some looking to attend the presidential parade inside Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C., had to make a tough choice when they got to the security checkpoint outside: Ditch your bag, or lose a shot at seeing the presidential parade.
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More snow falls as some DC-area roads remain icy
More snow is falling over the D.C. area. Although it’s likely we’ll only get a dusting to 2 inches, it could worsen conditions on roadways that remain icy days after Monday’s snow storm. Here’s the latest forecast, along with what residents are dealing with on the roads throughout the region. Snow started to fall in the area about 10...
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2 men drown after car dives into icy pond at Northern Virginia hotel
Two men are dead after a car was found submerged in a pond outside a hotel in Chantilly, Virginia, Thursday morning, police say. The car slid on ice, skidded through the snow down a hill and into the freezing cold pond near the Wingate by Wyndham hotel on Centerview Drive about 7:30 a.m., Fairfax County police said. The driver, 55-year-old…
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As snow returns to DC, so does a District tradition: The group snowball fight
For the last 15 years, residents of the District have participated in an annual snowball fight, hosted by the DC Snowball Fight Association.
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Some Metro Red Line trains go past stations on 1st day of automatic operation
Metro’s switch to automatic train operation (ATO) on the Red Line Sunday went well — aside from a few times in which trains went past the stations’ platforms before stopping, a spokesperson for Metro said. The spokesperson said there were no impacts to Red Line service and that the ATO system was “performing well with only minor, first-day adjustments.” “I…
