A Question of Substance

Submitted by Evelyn Laurence, WUSA Community Blogger

Friday, April 8th, 2016, 12:38pm

MICHELLE XU

Usually it’s the Supreme Court justices who get to ask the tough questions. But every so often, prominent public figures come to Georgetown, and undergraduates glean the rare opportunity to ask questions in return.

Last Wednesday, those who attended Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s lecture received an index card where they could write one question for Sotomayor to answer during the standard post-lecture question-and-answer session — a Gaston Hall standard that usually fosters a candid discussion and enriches university programming. In Wednesday’s case, however, the questions were screened and posed by a university official, rather than the student or event attendee who originally wanted an answer.

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Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff

Monday, February 22nd, 2016, 2:04pm

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WUSA9) -- The mother of two missing children, Catherine Hoggle was deemed incompetent for trial, a judge announced Monday morning.

The judge allowed the state to order the sixth evaluation for Hoggle, who has been deemed incompetent for trial.

Hoggle is scheduled to return to court on April 25.

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Monday, February 22nd, 2016, 8:59am

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WUSA9) -- Police are investigating after a drunk driver crashed into a beer and wine store with her car in Gaithersburg early Monday morning, Montgomery County police said.

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Monday, February 22nd, 2016, 12:16am

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WUSA9) -- A Md pet owner says he’s happy the shooter didn’t accidentally hit a kid, but he’s still furious someone shot his two dogs with a BB gun.

“Being neighborly, I would’ve expected if someone had a problem with the dogs, they come talk to me first instead of shooting um, because I mean, my boys, especially my eldest, he’ll go run out and chase the dogs too and that was the biggest concern for me,” said Brian Sundstom.

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Monday, February 15th, 2016, 1:08pm

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WUSA9) – An 18-year-old woman was killed Sunday in a single-vehicle crash in Maryland, Montgomery County police said.

The crash happened around 3 p.m. in the area of 12860 Travilah Road.

According to police, a Dodge Viper was heading west on Travilah Road when, for unknown reasons, left the road and struck a brick wall.

The driver, 21-year-old Brandon Bussard, was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. His passenger, 18-year-old Christina Koutsoukos, was transported by helicopter to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. She later died from her injuries.

Detectives are now investigating if speed was a factor.

The crash is still under investigation.

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Friday, January 29th, 2016, 9:55pm

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WUSA9) -- At a blood drive in honor of his son, the father of fallen Montgomery County police officer Noah Leotta spoke to WUSA9 about the memory of his son.

For Rich Leotta, his was son also was his best friend. But he is able to take solace in the fact Noah died doing what he loved.

"Noah loved his job with a passion. He loved his family, he loved his girlfriend, he loved life. He was in a good spot in life. I would see him every day. He was my pal he was my best friend," Rich Leotta said. "We did everything together, we played golf, we did sports, we did walks, we did talks, we went to the movies. And because of his profession we had some very deep discussions about life."

Friday's blood drive was the second blood drive organized by Montgomery County police to honor Leotta. His father said his son was an organ donor and the blood drive helps honor Leotta's goal of saving lives.

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Saturday, January 23rd, 2016, 3:22pm

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WUSA9) -- A partial roof collapse has left more than 200 Gaithersburg condos without power or gas, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue tweeted.

The partial roof collapse happened at 780 Quince Orchard Blvd. Crews are responding to the Potomac Oaks Condos that currently have no heat. Shelter is in place, officials said. Residents were evacuated for 45 minutes.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue crews are going from door to door checking on residents and helping them.

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