Sherri Ly
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Baltimore police handing over evidence in Freddie Gray investiga
Baltimore police announced Wednesday they will not be releasing a report on Freddie Gray's death on Friday as previously expected. Instead, they are going to hand the investigation over to the Balt... → Read More
DC plans to improve traffic signal timing
DDOT has a plan to keep you moving through intersections on your commute.Starting today, DDOT will implement new traffic signal timing plans for nearly 650 intersections in the greater downtown DC ... → Read More
Md. kids saved from fire reunite with 911 staff, firefighters
Two Maryland children were reunited Tuesday with the people who saved them when their house caught on fire. → Read More
Woman fighting to get back Fort Washington home back from squatt
A Prince George's County woman is fighting to get her home back from what she claims are squatters. The house was supposed to be empty, but when the homeowner showed up, she found a family had move... → Read More
Students at Catholic University fight for campus gun rights
A group of students at Catholic University is fighting for their right to carry registered guns on campus. Their message is simple: it's their Second Amendment right. The Student Association Genera... → Read More
Donovan Hotel murder suspect arrest stuns friends, neighbors
Just a few years ago, 21-year-old Jamyra Gallmon was an aspiring basketball player dreaming of going to college. Now, she is behind bars, charged with murdering attorney David Messerschmitt during ... → Read More
Metrobus passenger helps nab escaped prisoner
The call came into 911 -- a Metrobus passenger had spotted someone who looked like Wossen Assaye. The bank robbery suspect had escaped from a hospital in Fairfax. His face had been plastered all ov... → Read More
MetroAccess leaves 90-year-old woman stranded
A problem with MetroAccess left a 90-year-old woman stranded. She had to pay to get another ride home and filed a complaint with Metro but didn't get a satisfactory answer. → Read More
Can DC's streetcar system be saved?
More trouble for D.C.'s long-delayed streetcars. The 2.2 mile line built on H Street and Benning Road in Northeast has already cost the city $200 million. Now, the city is considering whether the s... → Read More
Police: Former corrections officer linked to 5 shootings in Md.
A shooting spree across three Maryland counties has come to an end after a suspect was captured by police after five shootings since last week. → Read More
2 injured after truck struck by gunfire on Intercounty Connector in Md.
Two people have been hospitalized after a truck traveling on the Intercounty Connector was struck by two bullets. → Read More
3 attempted breaches stopped at White House in 24-hour span
Two attempted breaches were stopped at the White House.The first happened on Sunday night around 11:30 p.m. when a man jumped over a bike rack near the southwest corner of the White House. → Read More
FOX 5 helps Maryland man in dispute over cemetery plot
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery sold Melvin Cross a burial plot, but he claims he canceled the contract. Now months later, he is still paying and has not been able to get his money back -- that is until ... → Read More
Casino gambling on big payoff from Asian community
Maryland's largest casino is gambling on a big payoff from the state's growing Asian American community. It is the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year, and on Friday, Maryland Live! Casino kicked o... → Read More
Ex-karate instructor and convicted sex offender facing new allegations in decades-old case
A convicted child sex offender is now accused of doing it again. The former karate instructor is facing new charges in a case that dates back decades. → Read More
Snow, speed blamed in Howard County deadly accident
Snow and speed proved to be a deadly combination in Howard County on Tuesday. A driver was killed this morning after losing control of his car on Route 97, just north of New Hampshire Avenue near B... → Read More
Metro: DC Fire and EMS radio encryption blamed for failure in deadly L'Enfant incident
The National Transportation Safety Board and Metro revealed new details on Thursday about what may have gone wrong in last week's deadly smoke incident at L'Enfant Plaza. → Read More
NTSB investigation into deadly Metro incident could take months
Just outside the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station still sits the train where riders were trapped in a tunnel as it filled with smoke. Metro plans to remove the train Tuesday night and begin to repair t... → Read More
Alexandria couple blames suspicious fires on ghosts
It started with a string of mysterious fires at an Alexandria apartment, but investigators say they were intentionally set. The couple who lives there was arrested, but claim they didn't do it. Ins... → Read More
Va. task force meets on combating campus sexual violence
A Virginia task force met for the first time on Thursday since a controversial Rolling Stone report that was later retracted claiming a student at the University of Virginia was gang raped. → Read More