Ciara Wells
Deputy Writer and Editor at WTOP-FM (Washington, DC)
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4 days ago |
wtop.com | Kyle Cooper |Ciara Wells
This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad blocker. In order to view the video you must disable your ad blocker. A D.C. man accused of doing doughnuts and driving recklessly on the National Mall on Saturday told police it was “just a joke,” and he’s facing charges of fleeing law enforcement and reckless driving. A judge ordered Curtis Lear, 30, to be held without bond after he appeared at the D.C. Superior Court Monday.
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1 week ago |
wtop.com | Ciara Wells
Executive Aisha Braveboy selected a new leader for the Maryland county’s police department to take over from Malik Aziz, who is in the running for a new job in Phoenix, Arizona. Braveboy during a news conference Wednesday appointed George Nader, who’s been serving as deputy chief. “I met Chief Nader in the community, where he loves to be. He will bring a renewed commitment to community policing back to Prince George’s County,” Braveboy said.
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2 weeks ago |
wtop.com | Ciara Wells
D.C. Water issued a boil water advisory Thursday for some neighborhoods in Northwest D.C. after a pump station lost power. The neighborhoods affected include Chevy Chase and Tenleytown. More than 4,900 customers will be affected and face low water pressure. WSSC Water said in a post on X that its customers in Chevy Chase, Maryland, are not affected by the boil water advisory, or any other area of Montgomery or Prince George’s counties.
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3 weeks ago |
wtop.com | Ciara Wells
This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The large-scale redevelopment of the Manassas Mall area is officially a go. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the rezoning in a 7-0 vote — with Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega absent. Officials say the project holds major implications for the future of the county and local transit.
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3 weeks ago |
wtop.com | Ciara Wells
In an emergency vote Tuesday, the D.C. Council voted to pause the increase of the tipped minimum wage in the city, which would have taken effect July 1. Initiative 82 was passed by an overwhelming majority of D.C. voters in 2022 and entails raising the minimum wage of tipped workers — such as restaurant employees or hair stylists — from $10 to $17.50 by 2027.
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