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This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Prince William County is providing a 60-day extension on its boost for taxicab drivers while considering a permanent extension and deregulating the business. During its meeting last Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors extended its…

This article was written by WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters and republished with permission. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. If Maryland is truly “America in Miniature,” should we play a bigger role in picking presidents? As the Democratic Party looks to reshuffle early presidential primary states for 2024, party leaders want the state to be…

A data-driven report published by D.C.’s independent Criminal Justice Coordinating Council outlines 16 short- and long-term strategies for reducing violent crime. It includes setting up a “Peace Room” which would have dedicated full-time data and crime analysts, violence reduction managers and assigned liaisons from various government agencies to review and respond to shootings in real…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is asking residents not to hoard baby formula as a nationwide shortage has sent parents searching in the region. “We discourage hoarding, because sometimes the scarcity of products makes people buy more than they need right now,” Bowser said, adding that it can exacerbate the problem. More D.C. News Asked if…

Eagles are being exposed to lead poisoning at an alarming rate, according to a study released earlier this year. Jeff Cooper is a Wildlife Biologist with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources; he’s been coordinating the eagle project for the state over the last 20 years. More Animal News More Local News During that time,…

Thousands are expected to march through downtown D.C. in support of abortion rights Saturday afternoon, nearly two weeks after a leaked draft opinion revealed the Supreme Court to be on the brink of upending a decades-old legal precedent for abortion access. The Women’s March and Planned Parenthood, together with several other women’s rights and progressive…

Bus and train service at the Silver Spring Transit Center is stalled as Metro Transit Police search for the suspect who shot a man at the Maryland station Saturday morning. The South entrance to the station is also closed, but the north entrance has reopened, according to Metro. More Transportation News More DC News A…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Demonstrators facing down a Supreme Court decision that could overturn the constitutional right to abortion are aiming to use rallies from coast to coast Saturday to express their outrage and to mobilize for the fight ahead. More than 380 events were set from Maine to Hawaii, with the largest gatherings expected in…

A man and a 16-year-old boy have been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a man who was found shot dead in Gainesville, Virginia, in the predawn hours of Sunday. Michael Arthur, of Dumfries, was shot and killed in a parking lot of the Somerset Pointe Apartments at about 2 a.m. Prince…

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A jury in Alexandria found in favor of Manassas Park Police Chief Mario Lugo and Captain Trevor Reinhart Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by former city police officer Regan Miller. Miller’s suit claimed he was wrongfully terminated by…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit twelve women brought last summer against Liberty University, accusing the Christian institution of fostering an unsafe environment on its Virginia campus and mishandling cases of sexual assault and harassment. A notice of dismissal filed Wednesday by the plaintiffs’ attorney, Jack Larkin, said the…

The Fairfax County police say a woman is dead and three other people are injured after a car crash in Franconia. The single-car crash happened near Manchester Boulevard and Beaulah Street just before 12:30 a.m. More Fairfax County News Fairfax County police said that the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Another female and…

Five people are injured following a three-vehicle collision Thursday morning in Aspen Hill, Maryland. The crash happened about 7:30 a.m. on Connecticut Avenue at Atherton Street. Two people are critically injured, and three others have non-life-threatening injuries, according to Pete Piringer, spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services. All five people had traumatic injuries…

All five Inova hospitals in Northern Virginia have received top grades for patient safety from a national nonprofit. For the medical centers, it’s a repeat achievement from The Leapfrog Group. More Virginia News More Health News Inova Loudoun Hospital has scored an “A” for every grading cycle since 2012, according to a release. This spring’s…

Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax posted its first profitable quarter as a commercial stage company, but its quarterly revenue fell short of expectations, sending its stock down as much as 20% in Tuesday trading. Novavax shipped 31 million doses of its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine last quarter, putting it short of its previously-stated goal for 2022, but the…