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Horses and Horsepower car show returns to Upperville 05/28/2025 09:32am • The Upperville Colt & Horse Show is the oldest horse show in the U.S., and in recent years, the Virginia event has attracted car buffs as well. The Horses & Horsepower Invitational Car Show returns to Fauquier County for its eleventh year in the Upperville Horse Show on June 8. The hor 'I have seen policing evolve': US Capitol Police chief retires after nearly 50 years in law enforcement 05/27/2025 05:02am • After nearly four years, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger says he's retiring at the end of May. It's not the first time that Manger, 70, has retired as the leader of a police agency. He served as Fairfax County police chief from 1998 to 2004. Manger left that job to serve as the chief o Metro takes next steps toward full automation of rail system 05/26/2025 04:40am • Metro's effort to fully automating the agency's trains inched one step closer to the finish line on Friday, as the Green and Yellow Lines became the latest to undergo the transition. Randy Clarke, who serves as Metro's CEO and general manager, told WTOP that the transit agency is focusing on reli Va. man sentenced after lighting car ablaze on US Capitol grounds 05/24/2025 12:50pm • A Virginia man was sentenced Friday after lighting his car on fire using "napalm" on U.S. Capitol grounds while former President Jimmy Carter was lying in state. Thirty-six-year old Adrian J. Hinton of Lorton was sentenced to one year of supervised release and 125 hours of community service, acco Body camera footage released in Fairfax County deadly shooting that also injured 2 officers 05/23/2025 05:05pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, have released body camera footage of an incident in April when two police officers were shot while conducting a traffic stop, with a third officer fatally shooting the gunman, according to authorities. The shooting happened in the 4000 block of Majestic Lane ne Hyundai's Kona Limited packs luxury into small package 05/23/2025 05:14am • When you think ���luxury car,��� something huge might come to mind, but what if you took all those creature comforts and threw them into a miniature package from a mainstream brand? That���s what���s happened with the Hyundai Kona Limited AWD, seen here in Ultimate Red Metallic. Black plastic body c 2nd teen who escaped youth detention caught in DC, police say 05/21/2025 07:23pm • D.C. police have arrested the second of three teens who escaped Sunday from a youth detention facility in Pennsylvania that the District contracts with. Police said they caught 18-year-old Javontay Johnson on Tuesday night in Southeast. Officers took a 17-year-old into custody Sunday night after Her car broke down on a Fairfax County road. A high schooler fixed it on the spot 05/21/2025 05:55pm • Elizabeth Mulenga was about 15 minutes from home on April 13 when her car started to jerk as she drove near Chantilly High School in Virginia. Frightened, she decided to pull over and put her hazard lights on. Many cars passed by as Mulenga contemplated what to do, but Chantilly senior Om Desai s Gasoline prices are falling as millions prepare for Memorial Day travel 05/21/2025 01:31pm • AAA is forecasting a record 45 million-plus people will travel Memorial Day weekend. For those travelers driving to their destination, they'll find much lower gas prices. Nationwide and locally, gas prices are dropping. The price of gasoline is closely tied to the price of oil, and oil is a barga How companies convince you to buy things you really don't need 05/20/2025 04:57pm • Most of us know we could save several dollars by making a cup of coffee at home, rather than buying a $6 latte ��� but Consumers' Checkbook has compiled a list of 65 things you probably shouldn't be paying for. Kevin Brasler, executive editor of Consumers' Checkbook, said many of the bad deals fa Prince William Co. police charge man with animal cruelty after dog dies in hot car 05/20/2025 04:50pm • A 28-year-old man was charged Friday evening after leaving his dog inside a car outside the Manassas Mall, leading to the death of his 2-year-old American bulldog, according to police. According to police spokesperson Renee Carr, Malik Lee Dorsey O���Bannion left one of his dogs alone inside his Part of GW Parkway reopens Tuesday evening after storm cleanup concludes 05/20/2025 04:47pm • A section of the George Washington Parkway reopened tuesday evening as crews concluded their clean-up following a deadly storm last Friday. A 2.5-mile section of the parkway, between Belle View Boulevard and Alexandria Avenue, remained closed Monday and Tuesday afternoon after storms toppled tree DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton calls for new restrictions on military helicopters near Reagan National 05/20/2025 11:26am • In the aftermath of the fatal midair collision near Reagan National Airport, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is calling for new restrictions on military helicopter flights, including those transporting government officials in the capital region. A total of 67 people were killed when an Army Black LitBox vending machine stocked full of books by DC-area authors 05/20/2025 05:59am • In 1884, Minneapolis��� William Henry Fruen patented the first vending machine in the United States, which would serve mineral water for a coin. Over the next 140-plus years, the vending machine has gone on to dispense sodas, snacks, sweets, iPads and even cars. Now, in D.C.���s Western Market 3 escape youth detention in Pennsylvania, steal car involved in DC robbery and shooting, police say 05/19/2025 05:15pm • Three boys escaped from a Pennsylvania youth detention center that D.C. contracts with this weekend��and returned to the District in a stolen car that was then involved in a robbery and shooting, according to police. One of the escapees is in custody and police are still searching for the other t