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24+ min ago (349+ words) December 5, 2025, 7:37 PM A lot of us look forward to the first snowfall of the season. It takes us back to the early mornings where we would wait by the radio for our school system to be announced and we could go outside and play in the snow until The Price is Right starts. While the weather only caused a few delays and closings, the light snow on Friday morning in the D.C. area did cause a few headaches during the morning commute. WTOP spoke to people in Frederick, Maryland, about the snow's impact on their day. "I think the snow's been kind of pretty," Ken Sartor said. "I was surprised my bus didn't come this morning." After waiting for over 10 minutes for the Connector bus, Sartor said he ordered an Uber to get to Downtown Frederick. While walking down S Market…...

30+ min ago (356+ words) PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. " The first taste of winter weather has people checking their thermostats, as energy bills have skyrocketed in recent years. This winter promises more of the same, and many are wondering what lawmakers can do to help." A lot of people woke up smiling to see snow on the ground, only to frown when thoughts turned to the first winter weather power bill." RELATED: Lawmakers team up to confront rising energy bills driven by data center boom In a time when energy costs are already up, Prince George's County is trying to find ways to protect residents." Mark Kidwell says that a few months ago, he noticed his electricity rates going up. "Made my rates double," Kidwell explained. "I was at 7 cents a kilowatt-hour hour and it went up to 14." Wala Blegay of Prince George's County Council says…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago (94+ words) Parts of Maryland were hit by snow on Friday, December 5.Footage taken by X user @charlcies shows "steady" snow in Calvert County, Maryland, on Friday morning.The National Weather Service warned that freezing drizzle was possible in the area on Friday afternoon. Credit: @charlcies via Storyful Parts of Maryland were hit by snow on Friday, December 5. Footage taken by X user @charlcies shows "steady" snow in Calvert County, Maryland, on Friday morning. The National Weather Service warned that freezing drizzle was possible in the area on Friday afternoon. Credit: @charlcies via Storyful...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago (400+ words) December 5, 2025, 5:42 PM The man accused of shooting and killing someone placing an order at the MGM National Harbor food court Wednesday is being held without bond. Benjamin Williams, of Fort Washington, made his first court appearance Friday morning. He's facing first- and second-degree murder charges, among others, in the shooting death of Darnell Hawkins Jr. The shooting, according to court documents, happened near the Shake Shack inside the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Wednesday afternoon. Charging documents described the attack in detail, stating that video surveillance from MGM shows Williams arriving at the hotel in a Honda Accord with a temporary Maryland tag. He then walked through the casino to the food court, approached Hawkins Jr. and shot toward him, documents state. Hawkins Jr. tried to flee but was hit and fell to the…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago (518+ words) A video viewed millions of times on social media shows a D.C. man thrown to the ground by U.S. servicemembers in Japan. News4s Joseph Olmo spoke to that man. The man is a D.C. resident who took a trip to the country last week to visit friends, he said in an interview youll see only on News4. Kareem El shared his account of what happened. "I was out in Okinawa visiting friends, having a good time. I found myself on Gate 2 Street," he said. Its around the corner from Kadena Air Base. "One minute I was standing outside, kind of minding my business. The next minute, I was being asked for an ID," El said. Surveillance video provided to News4 by Els lawyer shows him stepping outside of a bar and being approached by a patrol of U.S. military police about 15 seconds later. They talked for about…...

3+ hour, 35+ min ago (157+ words) December 5, 2025, 4:26 PM A homicide investigation is underway in Prince George's County after investigators identified the body found in November in a park in College Park, Maryland, as a D.C. teenager who had been missing for months. Prince George's County Police Department identified the victim as 14-year-old Jefferson Amaya-Ayala, the department said in a news release. Amaya-Ayala was last seen in D.C. in August, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. D.C. police, Prince George's County police, and the FBI Cross Border Task Force found "human remains" on Nov. 3 while conducting a joint missing persons investigation at Indian Creek Steam Valley Park. The remains were sent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, who ruled the death a homicide. The investigation remains ongoing with no current suspects or motives. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crime Solvers online....

5+ hour, 1+ min ago (383+ words) The DC Council's more lenient new "emergency legislation" on streateries may have come too late to save some of the city's outdoor dining sheds. But many restaurateurs say it's a step in the right direction, and increases the possibility that they'll retain or rebuild their streateries." When a group of restaurateurs fiercely criticized the DC Department of Transportation's new streatery rules last month, the council appeared sympathetic. Council member Charles Allen came to the conclusion that DDOT's guidelines, which barred enclosed dining sheds and levied a $20-per-square-foot cost on the previously free structures, threatened to put an end to the streatery era in DC." "To be honest with you, I don't know what's going to happen," Darricarrere says. "We never know with DC." In some ways, the council's legislation simply kicks the can further down the road, giving restaurants more time and…...

5+ hour, 9+ min ago (161+ words) BALTIMORE (WBFF) " Maryland's six casinos generated $158 million in gaming revenue last month and contributed $68.5 million to Maryland, according to Maryland Lottery and Gaming. Officials say the statewide total was an increase of $644,521 compared to November 2024. ALSO READ | Baltimore detention facility transfers inmates, staff due to unsafe building conditions Casino gaming contributions during November 2025 totaled $68,548,425, a decrease of $331,164 compared to November 2024. The November 2025 contributions included $49,447,720 to the Education Trust Fund, a decrease of $235,066 compared to November 2024. The gaming revenue totals for November 2025 were as follows: MGM National Harbor (2,265 slot machines, 211 table games) Live! Casino & Hotel (3,878 slot machines, 179 table games) Horseshoe Casino (1,365 slot machines, 115 table games) Hollywood Casino (654 slot machines, 17 table games) Ocean Downs Casino (900 slot machines, 18 table games) Rocky Gap Casino (630 slot machines, 12 table games)...

5+ hour, 10+ min ago (310+ words) A Virginia man on Friday made his first court appearance on charges that he planted a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in D.C. on the eve of a mob's attack on U.S. Capitol. Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, was ordered to remain in jail a day after his arrest on explosives charges. He did not enter a plea. Cole confessed to the Jan. 5, 2021, act in interviews with investigators, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News. He told the FBI he believed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke with NBC News. Cole wore a prison jumpsuit as he vowed to honestly answer all questions he was asked. He told the judge he graduated from high school and hadn't had any alcohol or drugs…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago (465+ words) President Frank-Walter Steinmeier's visit to UK is the first by a German head of state in 27 years. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has paid a visit to Coventry Cathedral in central England, symbolically atoning for the Third Reich's atrocities, as his country and the United Kingdom seek to bolster an alliance to combat Russia's prosecution of Europe's deadliest war since World War II. Steinmeier's visit on Friday commemorates the deadly Nazi bombing of Coventry on the night of November 14, 1940, which destroyed the 14th-century Gothic cathedral, leaving more than 500 people dead and a roofless ruin that stands as a reminder of the ravages of war. The UK was represented at the event by the Duke of Kent, who has long fostered British-German reconciliation following the war. Steinmeier's appearance wraps up a three-day state visit to the UK, the first by a German head…...