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What residents are saying about the DC stadium deal 07/29/2025 04:11pm • Impassioned speakers lined up Tuesday to let the D.C. Council know what redeveloping the RFK Stadium site would mean to them, while opponents pushed council members to negotiate better terms with the Washington Commanders. Another public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday with a first vote set f Drivers blocking Montgomery Co. bike lanes could soon see hefty penalties 07/28/2025 05:20pm • Montgomery County Council member Evan Glass is introducing a bill intended to increase safety for cyclists. Under the proposal, drivers would be barred from standing, parking or otherwise blocking designated bike lanes. Glass told WTOP part of the impetus for the bill was county data that show 2 members of 'Felony Lane Gang' arrested, connected to thefts across Northern Virginia, Maryland 07/28/2025 03:11pm • Two alleged members of the "Felony Lane Gang," which deputies in Loudoun County, Virginia, said was responsible for identity and checkbook thefts up and down the East Coast, have been arrested and tied to crimes in Northern Virginia and Maryland. Rickie Noel, 21, and Freddrick Holmes, 28, both of 50 years later, detectives hope new forensics analysis, tips can solve Kathy Beatty murder 07/25/2025 04:52pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, cold case detective, who's spent much of her career trying to solve one of the area's most perplexing murders, is hoping that new forensics analysis and old fashioned tips can bring answers to the question: "Who killed 15-year-old Kathy Lynn Beatty?" "Fifty year The smallest Audi packs some big fun 07/25/2025 05:20am • Forget sitting up high and having tons of space. There���s a lot of fun to be had in a smaller car. Simply fire up this Audi A3 quattro and get ready to zoom around town. Audi calls this an ���affordable premium compact sedan,��� and this one stands out in bright red (called Progressive Red metallic WATCH: Car explosion in Crystal City parking lot damages 3 other vehicles 07/24/2025 05:35pm • Arlington County firefighters were dispatched to a parking lot in Crystal City where a car explosion damaged three other vehicles on Thursday morning. In a post on social media, the Arlington County Fire Department said the explosion was caused by a boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion, o DC SNAP recipients to see lower traffic ticket fines under pilot program 07/22/2025 06:45pm • After several months of planning, D.C. SNAP benefit recipients are now eligible to get some of their traffic and moving violation fines, such as running a stop sign or a red light, reduced from $100 to $50. Officials say about 1,500 SNAP families have the potential to have their lower level traff New and old challenges greet familiar face's return to top of Prince George's Co. police force 07/22/2025 05:03pm • He���s a familiar face to the veterans of the Prince George���s County Police Department, but new police Chief George Nader said his time away from the county, where he spent over two decades working, will be an asset now that he���s made his return. Calling the department an organization he know Video shows Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car 07/22/2025 04:26pm • A video showing Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car during a traffic stop has sparked nationwide outrage, with civil rights lawyers accusing authorities of fabricating their arrest report. The footage shows that William McNeil Jr., 22, was sitting in the driver's seat, WTOP tours water park, resort coming to Spotsylvania Co. 07/21/2025 05:19am • What were fields wedged between Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, are being converted into the Commonwealth's largest indoor water park, resort and convention center ��� with the hopes of bringing tourists and tax revenue to the area. WTOP toured the construction si Maryland county fields more than 100 rescue calls in two-hour period 07/20/2025 07:19pm • ��� Watch Video: Flash flooding hits Washington, D.C. A Maryland county reported more than 100 rescue calls Saturday in a two-hour period during intense rainfall and flash floods ��� numbers normally seen in a 24-hour period. Significant rainfall from storms caused flash flooding in parts Pouring rain and storms cause significant flooding for parts of DC region 07/19/2025 09:04pm • Pouring rain and storms hit the D.C. region Saturday, which led to significant flooding. WTOP Meteorologist Mike Stinneford said there have been water rescues in Silver Spring and Takoma Park because of the flash flooding. Montgomery County fire crews have reported a water rescue conducted in WSSC Water lifts Boil water advisory in effect for Prince George's Co. towns after water main break 07/19/2025 03:27pm • The boil water advisory issued by WSSC Water on Friday night for several towns in Prince George's County, Maryland, has been lifted as of 12:45 a.m. on Sunday. The advisory was initially put in place after a water main broke near the Cheverly Metro station. WSSC Water said in a release a 16-inch Take a look inside Dulles Airport's upcoming concourse 07/19/2025 03:25pm • Thursday was a landmark moment for construction on the new Concourse E at Dulles International Airport, as workers placed the final steel beam into the structure, which is expected to open sometime in 2026. The 435,000-square-foot concourse will feature 14 gates to give the Northern Virginia airport What to know about the 'juvenile curfew zone' in DC's U Street corridor this weekend 07/19/2025 10:02am • D.C. police are turning the U Street corridor into an expanded juvenile curfew zone this weekend ��� a new authority granted to the department under emergency legislation signed by the mayor earlier this month. The District's expanded citywide curfew begins nightly at 11 p.m., thanks to the legis