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A former youth track coach from Waldorf, Maryland, will spend more than 20 years in prison after being sentenced for second degree rape, child pornography, and other offenses. Over the summer, 34-year-old Warren Gray plead guilty to the abuse, which started in 2017 when the victim was just 13 years old. It went on for…

With unseasonably warm temperatures in the weekend forecast, organizers of the 48th annual Marine Corps Marathon are keeping a close eye on Sunday’s weather. The average high temperature for the race day for the past 14 years is 67 degrees, while Sunday’s race day temperature is expected to reach 78 degrees. “We are probably checking…

A woman is dead and another was injured after a wrong-way crash in Fairfax County, Virginia, early Saturday morning. Virginia State Police said the crash happened after 2 a.m. in the northbound Interstate 495 Express Lanes at the 51-mile marker near Gallows Road. Annette M. Ozaltin, 44, of McLean, was driving a Toyota Prius southbound…

A dual Israel-American citizen who grew up in Rockville, Maryland, was killed in a missile attack along the Lebanon border on Friday. In a post on Instagram, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School announced the death Omer Balva, 22, who attended the school and was the child of Israeli parents. Balva was serving with the…

In the search for the man suspected of shooting and killing a Maryland judge, his vehicle was found Saturday morning as he remains at large. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said that a resident found a silver Mercedes SUV, believed to be driven by 49-year-old Pedro Argote, in a wooded area off Bottom Road in…

Child care is unaffordable for the majority of Virginia families with young children, and nearly all of the state’s low-income families with young children, according to a new report by the state’s oversight agency of the Virginia General Assembly. The Oct. 16 report by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, “Virginia’s Self-Sufficiency Programs and…

After losing out on possibly millions of dollars in revenue from their plastic bag tax, Montgomery County, Maryland, may look to retool the program after confusion of how many businesses are supposed to collect on the tax. Like many counties and municipalities in the D.C.- area, Montgomery County collects a 5-cent tax on every plastic…

This weekend, Metrorail track work may affect your ride about town. All lines will be affected. Here’s what you need to know: Blue, Orange and Silver Lines: Buses will replace trains between the Eastern Market and Minnesota Ave./Benning Road stations as an aerial structure rehabilitation project at the Stadium Armory takes place. Trains run every…

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A judge who was shot to death at home was “targeted” by a suspect in a divorce case, authorities in Maryland said Friday. Washington County Sheriff Brian Albert said authorities are “actively working” to apprehend 49-year-old Pedro Argote in the shooting of Maryland Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson. Wilkinson, 52, was…

The mental health crisis is costing the Northern Virginia region $8 billion a year in unrealized economic output, according to a  new report from the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia. The report from the foundation’s research arm, Insight Region, found that the economic loss caused by mental health has quadrupled since 2019, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic that…

With just a few weeks to go, the high-stakes election that will decide whether Democrats or Republicans control the Virginia General Assembly, remains basically a dead heat. Heading into Election Day on Nov. 7, Republicans hold a narrow majority in the 100-seat House of Delegates (50-46, with four vacancies) and Democrats maintain a similarly narrow…

Hair straighteners and hair smoothing products are often marketed for and used by Black women. But the Food and Drug Administration plans to ban hair straighteners that release formaldehyde gas — a chemical that can cause uterine cancer. Clinton Jones, owner of the Magnum Opus salon in North Arlington, Virginia, told WTOP he plans to…