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Why the Fairfax County schools superintendent needs a bodyguard 08/06/2025 04:27pm • Fairfax County Public Schools is planning to hire a bodyguard for Superintendent Michelle Reid, a move the Virginia school district said is necessary to bolster security in response to recent "highly publicized tragic events around the country." The job posting, for a role called "executive prote Trump responds after former 19-year-old DOGE employee beaten bloody in DC attempted carjacking 08/06/2025 05:51am • A 19-year-old ex-Department of Government Efficiency employee was violently beaten during an attempted carjacking in D.C. on Sunday. Now, President Donald Trump is once again threatening to "federalize" the District. D.C. Police confirmed to WTOP that around 3 a.m. Sunday, officers observed Edwar WATCH: Under, around and through: Trucks get thorough inspections on Va. 28 by Fairfax Co. police 08/05/2025 07:53pm • Small cars and large trucks share many of the roadways in and around D.C. The Fairfax County Police Department's motor carrier safety unit spent Tuesday trying to make sure that trucks on the road were safe for all involved. Many trucks driving in the busy Virginia State Route 28 corridor were wa 'Nature usually can find a way': A climate activist on the message trees are sending us 08/05/2025 05:29pm • Recent weather events in the D.C. region appear to highlight the impacts of climate change. Violent wind and thunderstorms brought down large trees ��� including one that crushed a car on Connecticut Avenue in D.C. Flash floods in a Potomac, Maryland, neighborhood stranded a family whose young Three people arrested as police pump the brakes on illegal car rallies in Maryland 08/04/2025 11:52pm • A Maryland police task force that's been cracking down on illegal car rallies busted up a large number of exhibitions planned for the first weekend of August. Eight rallies ��� two planned for Laurel and one each in Largo, Clinton, District Heights, Burtonsville, Lanham and Hyattsville ��� were 'Raging' car fire on Interstate 95 temporarily causes significant delays 08/04/2025 09:06pm • A vehicle fire on Interstate 95 left commuters stranded in miles' worth of traffic delays on Monday in Maryland. The fire was reported on the northbound lanes of I-95 near MD-198 It's unclear what prompted the fire, or if any injuries were sustained from the incident. "You can see the smoke Why DC ranks No. 2 for EVs (and why leasing one may be better) 08/04/2025 11:51am • When compared to states, the District ranks No. 2 for sales of electrified vehicles in the second quarter, including pure EVs, hybrids and hybrid plug-ins, according to the Alliance for Automotive Innovation. Its quarterly report said 20.6% of new vehicles purchased by D.C. residents in the secon First responders in Maryland reconnect with 12-year-old saved from a flash flood days earlier 08/04/2025 04:14am • First responders with Montgomery County, Maryland's Fire and Rescue Services got to have a special reunion Sunday. Members of the swift water rescue team met with the family of a 12-year-old boy who they had saved from flash flood waters just days earlier. On July 31, rescuers responded to Maryland���s high-speed maglev train project is not happening 08/01/2025 04:34pm • No high-speed train will be zooming throughout parts of Maryland. The federal government has determined the potential multibillion-dollar investment to construct the proposed Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (SCMAGLEV), known as maglev, ���is no longer feasible,��� accordi Can you change a tire? If the answer is no, a new study finds you���re not alone 08/01/2025 04:10pm • A new study from personal finance company FinanceBuzz has found less than half of drivers know how to change a tire, and only one third can perform an oil change on their own. The study was created from a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults done in May 2025. It found that most people are confident in the Flash flooding inundates parts of Montgomery Co., leading to water rescues 07/31/2025 09:12pm • Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for the latest traffic and weather conditions. Storms packing heavy rain brought flash flooding to parts of the D.C. region Thursday, including parts of Montgomery County, Maryland, where floodwaters inundated some roadways and le Prince George's Co. swim instructor charged with sexually assaulting children during lessons 07/30/2025 04:12pm • Editor���s note: This story contains sexually graphic details involving children that readers may find disturbing. A man in Prince George's County, Maryland, has been charged with sexually assaulting a boy and a girl he was teaching to swim. A relative of two children who were taking swim les Analysis: After NYC shooting, focus returns to ���see something, say something��� 07/30/2025 04:09pm • The shooting Monday at a midtown Manhattan office building ��� carried out by a man armed with an M4-style rifle ��� was a chilling reminder of how fragile public safety can be when a determined assailant strikes, even in one of the most densely populated places on the planet. The armed attacker Weeks after his release from prison, Franklin hired back to Prince George���s Co. Council job 07/30/2025 09:30am • At-large Prince George���s County Councilmember Calvin Hawkins II believes in second chances. He���s led a career marked by overcoming past mistakes, and now he hopes to play a role in a ���comeback story��� for an old colleague: former At-Large Councilmember Mel Franklin, whom he hired as his ne Montgomery Co. plans meet and greets with garage security robot 'Parker' 07/30/2025 04:23am • He's not great at handshakes, but the robot that's part of a pilot program for security in Montgomery County parking garages in Maryland is expected to do some meet and greets with the public as part of a public education campaign. The Montgomery County Department of Transportation's pilot progra