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ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated on Thursday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history. The arc of Lewis’ legacy of activism was once again tied to Ebenezer’s former pastor Martin Luther King Jr., whose sermons Lewis discovered while…

Levi Norwood, 17, has been indicted by a Fauquier County grand jury on murder charges in the February shooting deaths of his mother and brother, in their home in Midland, Virginia. Online court records show on Monday, Leviathan Norwood was indicted on several charges, including two counts of first-degree murder, for killing his mother Jennifer,…

It’s crunch time for the census, and D.C.-area residents are being reminded to take care of theirs if they haven’t already. Despite the pandemic, “the 2020 Census is still happening,” said Rachel Ortiz, media coordinator at the U.S. Census Bureau for the Philadelphia region, which covers eight states, including Maryland and Virginia as well as…

Four people were seriously injured in a multivehicle crash Tuesday morning on Route 28/West Montgomery Avenue near Interstate 270 in Rockville, Maryland. The crash happened just after 9 a.m. Tuesday when two vehicles apparently collided and two more vehicles subsequently crashed into the initial wreck, according to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. (Courtesy…

A Code Orange air quality alert was issued for Monday as steamy weather continues to cook the D.C. region. The alert is for the Baltimore metro, including Anne Arundel, Carroll and Howard counties. Sensitive groups are the most at-risk for a Code Orange air quality alert, according to NBC Washington meteorologist Lauryn Ricketts. “It’s mainly…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A city dump truck was set on fire as protesters faced off with police in Virginia’s capital during a demonstration in support of protesters on the other side of the country in Portland, Oregon. Virginia State Police and Richmond police worked to clear the crowd of a several hundred demonstrators late…

A funeral procession for civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis is planned in the District on Monday, before his body lies in state at the U.S. Capitol. The ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. Monday. The city said there will be increased police activity in support of the procession and temporary road closures…

Three people were shot in a wooded area behind an elementary school in Germantown, Maryland on Saturday night. The incident occurred after 8 p.m. behind Clopper Mill Elementary School on 1800 block of Cinnamon Drive near Gunners Branch Park. Montgomery County Police said in a tweet two men and one woman were taken to the…

Residents living in Virginia have been receiving unsolicited seeds that appear to have originated from China. State officials are now asking residents who receive packages with the unidentified seeds not to plant them in their gardens, urging caution as they could be from a non-native or invasive plant species. “Invasive species wreak havoc on the…

A team of inspectors from Prince George’s County in Maryland will be visiting fields in county schools and parks over the weekend to make sure that people using them are following coronavirus guidelines. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks announced Friday that the Ambassador COVID-19 Compliance Team, along with Prince George’s County police, will be checking sports…

 In the middle of CIA headquarters, there sits a sculpture that contains a secret code that has stumped top cryptologists for decades. In the late 1980s, artist Jim Sanborn was commissioned to create a sculpture to be displayed at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Knowing some of the world’s top intelligence officials would see…

As the student representative on the Fairfax County School Board in Northern Virginia, Nathan Onibudo has been receiving emails from frustrated parents and teachers who are worried about what the new school year will look like during the coronavirus pandemic. But Onibudo said one thing he has not been receiving so frequently is messages from…

The Severn River Association and the Oyster Recovery Partnership announced Thursday that 16.9 million spat-on-shell (baby oysters) have been planted in Maryland. The groups said the planting was done at the mouth of Weems Creek. A planting originally scheduled for last year was delayed “due to low salinity limiting spat production,” according to a release.…

A National Park Service crew working on a trail in a section of Fort Totten Park in Northeast D.C. on Wednesday discovered an unexploded World War I-era bomb revealed by recent heavy rains. The section of the park, east of the Fort Totten Metro station and west of South Dakota Avenue Northeast, and bounded to…