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Virginia State Police have identified the woman killed in Monday’s early morning, two-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Prince William County. According to authorities, a 1986 GMC pickup was headed northbound on I-95 around 3:30 a.m. when the driver ran off the road to the left, “overcorrected” and then struck a 2023 Kia Telluride. The…

When something is not working, change it. The Virginia Board of Education is proposing that kind of transformative change for its new accountability framework, by splitting up the state’s accreditation system into two parts: an accreditation system, to assess whether schools are meeting all requirements laid out in state laws and regulations; and an accountability…

A person is dead and another is injured following a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Prince William County, Virginia, early Monday morning, police said. Virginia State Police said the deadly crash happened around 3:30 a.m. on I-95 northbound at the 151-mile marker, just after exit 150 for Triangle. It is unclear if more people…

A 10-year-old boy is in critical condition Monday after a home in Bowie, Maryland, caught fire overnight, Prince George’s County Fire officials said. Firefighters were called to the scene of a single-family house fire in the 16200 block of Penn Manor Lane in Bowie just after 1 a.m. A woman was inside the building with…

The Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History in D.C. is celebrating a significant milestone for one of its oldest fossils, known as Allosaurus. The Jurassic dinosaur is being recognized as a type specimen for the entire species, meaning it’s the single physical example researchers will refer to when they describe new fossils of the Allosaurus fragilis…

A Southeast D.C. day care operator was honored Saturday for helping save the lives of 16 children at the Baby Einstein Child Development Center in January. There were 16 children inside the center on Marion Barry Avenue, in the heart of Anacostia, when the day care center’s owner and director Regina Snead smelled the distinctive…

In Maryland’s state Senate chamber, lawmakers moved swiftly through dozens of bills in a Saturday afternoon session. The legislative flow was only disrupted occasionally, due to brief technical errors, confusion over which bills were being discussed, or senators away from their seats when they were supposed to lead floor discussion on legislation. As the Senate…

What if the cure for Alzheimer’s disease could be found long before the age where people are most susceptible to it? A new nationwide program called the AHEAD study aims to answer that question and bring researchers one step closer to defeating Alzheimer’s for good. Dr. Julio Rojas, a neurologist and associate professor at the…

Some schools in Maryland’s Montgomery County are providing “after-school viewing” for the solar eclipse on Monday, but at least one school is keeping students indoors “out of an abundance of caution.” WTOP contacted Montgomery County Public Schools’ Director of Communications Chris Cram, who explained in an email, “Schools across the district are observing the eclipse…

A 12-year-old boy has suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car on his way to school Thursday morning in Damascus, Maryland. Montgomery County police told WTOP they were called to the area of Ridge Road and Oak Drive around 7:45 a.m. for reports of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle. The John T.…

Unemployment rates in February were slightly higher than a year ago in 247 of the 389 metro areas, including the D.C. metro area. The Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Wednesday shows the Washington, D.C. metro unemployment rate in February was 3%, up from 2.8% in January and 2.8% in February 2023. Arlington and Alexandria…

Heavy rain is soaking the D.C. area with a potential for flooding, hail and damaging winds ahead of a cold front’s arrival late Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know. There’s a possibility for an isolated tornado as the cold front moves through, according to the National Weather Service. “We’re going with a ‘severe…

Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza reverberated around the world, as friends and relatives mourned the losses of those who were delivering food to besieged Palestinians with the charity World Central Kitchen. Killed were three British nationals, an Australian, a Polish national, an American-Canadian dual citizen and a Palestinian. Some had traveled…

New details emerged Wednesday about what led Prince William County police to charge a 36-year-old man with two counts of murder, after two women were found shot to death in a Manassas, Virginia apartment. It started early Tuesday morning at approximately 12:45 a.m., when a man reported an armed carjacker stole his Toyota Camry in…