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Democratic Party will spend thousands to target ‘extremist’ school board candidates</a> </h2> <div class="newsFeed__item--footer"> <p class="newsFeed__item--footer-timestamp">October 19, 2024</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="newsFeed__item " data-tb-region-item> <div class="newsFeed__item-content"> <h2 class="newsFeed__item--title"> <a href="https://wtop.com/crime/2024/10/sheriff-domestic-assault-car-chase-end-with-man-woman-killed-in-maryland/" class="newsFeed__item--title-link">Man shoots himself after police car chase near home where woman was found shot</a> </h2> <div class="newsFeed__item--footer"> <p class="newsFeed__item--footer-timestamp">October 16, 2024</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="newsFeed__item " data-tb-region-item> <div class="newsFeed__item-content"> <h2 class="newsFeed__item--title"> <a href="https://wtop.com/maryland/2024/08/idea-of-a-ferry-service-is-floated-to-boost-chesapeake-bay-tourism/" class="newsFeed__item--title-link">Crisscrossing the Chesapeake Bay without a bridge? Proposal for ferries might make it possible</a> </h2> <div class="newsFeed__item--footer"> <p class="newsFeed__item--footer-timestamp">August 15, 2024</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div id="news-region-county-news-charles-county-content" class="news-region-content" style="display:none !important" > <article class="newsFeed__item " data-tb-region-item> <div class="newsFeed__item-content"> <h2 class="newsFeed__item--title"> <a href="https://wtop.com/charles-county/2025/06/woman-drives-car-into-multiple-people-at-charles-co-baby-shower-police-say/" class="newsFeed__item--title-link">Woman drives car into multiple people at Charles Co. baby shower, police say</a> </h2> <div class="newsFeed__item--footer"> <p class="newsFeed__item--footer-timestamp">June 13</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="newsFeed__item " data-tb-region-item> <div class="newsFeed__item-content"> <h2 class="newsFeed__item--title"> <a href="https://wtop.com/charles-county/2025/05/grandfather-of-student-charged-after-gun-went-off-inside-md-elementary-school-last-month/" class="newsFeed__item--title-link">Grandfather of student charged after gun went off inside Md. elementary school last month</a> </h2> <div class="newsFeed__item--footer"> <p class="newsFeed__item--footer-timestamp">May 14</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="newsFeed__item " data-tb-region-item> <div class="newsFeed__item-content"> <h2 class="newsFeed__item--title"> <a href="https://wtop.com/local/2025/05/an-nfl-great-goes-from-running-routes-to-galloping-thoroughbreds/" class="newsFeed__item--title-link">Former Washington Commanders player opens equestrian facility in Md. to honor brother’s memory</a> </h2> <div class="newsFeed__item--footer"> <p class="newsFeed__item--footer-timestamp">May 12</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="newsFeed__item " data-tb-region-item> <div class="newsFeed__item-content"> <h2 class="newsFeed__item--title"> <a href="https://wtop.com/charles-county/2025/04/charles-co-sheriffs-office-maryland-mothers-boyfriend-and-his-uncle-facing-charges-for-killing-burying-her/" class="newsFeed__item--title-link">Charles Co. Sheriff’s Office: Maryland mother’s boyfriend and his uncle facing charges for killing, burying her</a> </h2> <div class="newsFeed__item--footer"> <p class="newsFeed__item--footer-timestamp">April 26</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="newsFeed__item " data-tb-region-item> <div class="newsFeed__item-content"> <h2 class="newsFeed__item--title"> <a href="https://wtop.com/charles-county/2025/04/westlake-high-school-student-reportedly-caught-with-marijuana-handgun-and-ammunition/" class="newsFeed__item--title-link">Westlake High School student arrested after being caught with handgun, drugs</a> </h2> <div class="newsFeed__item--footer"> <p class="newsFeed__item--footer-timestamp">April 24</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div id="news-region-county-news-fairfax-county-content" class="news-region-content" style="display:none !important" > <article class="newsFeed__item " data-tb-region-item> <div class="newsFeed__item-content"> <h2 class="newsFeed__item--title"> <a 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spear’ shot dead by Howard County police</a> </h2> <div class="newsFeed__item--footer"> <p class="newsFeed__item--footer-timestamp">June 10</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="newsFeed__item " data-tb-region-item> <div class="newsFeed__item-content"> <h2 class="newsFeed__item--title"> <a href="https://wtop.com/howard-county/2025/05/teen-arrested-in-new-york-is-charged-in-fatal-july-shooting-inside-the-mall-in-columbia/" class="newsFeed__item--title-link">Teen arrested in New York is charged in fatal July shooting inside The Mall in Columbia</a> </h2> <div class="newsFeed__item--footer"> <p class="newsFeed__item--footer-timestamp">May 29</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="newsFeed__item " data-tb-region-item> <div class="newsFeed__item-content"> <h2 class="newsFeed__item--title"> <a href="https://wtop.com/maryland/2025/05/md-teen-linked-to-120-vehicle-break-ins-gets-released-hours-after-arrest/" class="newsFeed__item--title-link">Md. teen linked to 120 vehicle 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