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A stubborn weather system that has stalled over the D.C. area will fill the sky with clouds and several rounds of rain throughout Saturday. “Expect waves of rain, mainly on the lighter side,” said NBC Washington meteorologist Lauryn Ricketts. “We will have some hit-or-miss showers today just about anytime, mainly looking at showers as storm…

A Prince William County, Virginia, animal sanctuary and working farm could be in trouble now that the land it sits on is up for sale. The nonprofit Hope & Serenity Farm Sanctuary, which remains open during the COVID-19 pandemic, has almost 150 rescued animals that visitors can learn about and interact with. “We work with…

Dozens of arrests were made by D.C. police as they surrounded protesters in the Adams Morgan neighborhood on Thursday night. D.C. police say they made 41 arrests for felony rioting and assault on police officer offenses. “We facilitate daily peaceful demonstrations in D.C. Overnight, intentional fires were set and property destroyed. When this occurs, our…

Bouts of rain will ease up to end the D.C. area’s work week, but storms are expected to intensify throughout the weekend. The deluge witnessed in spots throughout the region Thursday will mostly take the form of occasional showers this weekend, according to NBC Storm Team4 meteorologist Chuck Bell. Bell is anticipating less severe weather…

The 2020 presidential election is now less than three months away, and registered voters in Virginia will be able to start casting their votes in just a matter of weeks. Election officials in Virginia and states across the U.S. are busy preparing for what will be a very different run up to Election Day on…

The storms that battered the D.C. region Wednesday, continued early Thursday, prompting several flash flood warnings. In addition, midmorning, the National Weather Service issued a warning for parts of Prince George’s County and Charles County, until 1:45 p.m. About three inches of rain has already fallen, with another one to two inches expected in the…

The annual Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon and Half Marathon, which had already been postponed from March to November on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, have been canceled. “When we postponed the 2020 United Airlines Rock ‘n’ Roll Washington D.C. Marathon & ½ Marathon from its original date of March 28 to Nov. 7, 2020, we…

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee’s Courts & Criminal Justice Workgroup published a report Tuesday with 19 recommendations to help the state’s correctional and judiciary systems navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. “COVID-19 has prompted a…

Firefighters combing through the debris at the site of a major gas explosion that destroyed three Baltimore row houses Monday found a man’s body overnight, bringing the death toll from the deadly blast to two, city officials said. The man’s body was found just before 1 a.m., Baltimore Fire Department spokeswoman Blair Adams said during…

One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash in Montgomery County, Maryland, late Monday night. A car struck a utility pole and caught fire at the intersection of Md. Route 190/River Road and Luvie Lane, trapping its driver just before 11 p.m. Monday, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said on Twitter. The…

Baltimore firefighters are on the scene of a major gas explosion that has killed one woman, injured at least two other people, and leveled three houses, the city’s fire department tweeted. Several people could still be trapped beneath the rubble of the homes on Labyrinth Road, west of Reisterstown Road near Pikesville, the Baltimore Fire…

A 17-year-old is dead and 20 people, including an off-duty D.C. police officer, were shot during a large public gathering in Southeast D.C. early Sunday morning, according to police. D.C. police said shots were fired around 1 a.m. Sunday on the 3300 block of Dubois Place SE, in a residential neighborhood located between Fort Circle…

One person is dead and another injured following a crash in Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia, early Sunday morning. Fairfax County police said a single vehicle was involved in the crash, which took place in the 3400 block of Carlin Springs Road around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Police confirmed one fatality in a tweet Sunday morning. A second…

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit about 2 miles from the town of Sparta, North Carolina, along the state’s border with Virginia, according to the preliminary report from the US Geological Survey. It’s the strongest quake to shake the state since 1926, according to the North Carolina Geological Survey. The quake, whose epicenter is in Alleghany County,…

There won’t be many students walking into classrooms at the University of Maryland College Park this fall, but that doesn’t mean students who already finalized leases for off-campus housing won’t be moving in over the coming weeks either. With the arrival of students, there’s a concern about house parties and gatherings that violate the Prince…