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Car Review: VW���s hot Jetta is entirely too much fun 04/11/2025 04:53am • The Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn. (WTOP/John Aaron) Some cars have a fun factor that just can’t be measured, and the Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn certainly fits the bill. Don���t forget to push the clutch pedal in when you try to start up the turbocharged four-cylinder engine, because this o Prince George's County's 'Teacher of the Year' leads with 'heart, purpose and vision' 04/10/2025 04:58pm • A 23-year veteran educator was named Teacher of the Year by the Prince George's County Public School system. It's the first time ever a teacher who teaches in a nontraditional learning environment has received the award. Fighting back tears, Lafiya Tunstall was presented the award from Superi Stuck in traffic? Carpooling and other alternatives can help 04/10/2025 09:59am • ��� This content is provided by the Fairfax County Department of Transportation. Traffic in the D.C. region has surged in recent months. With thousands of employees returning to the office, congested morning and evening commutes and competition for limited workplace and marketplace parking spa A warning for Metro about expanding automated train service 04/09/2025 11:03am • Automated trains have been running on Metro���s Red Line for the past few months. But a safety organization that oversees the D.C. transit agency's operations is against expanding automation to other lines, citing concerns that trains keep running beyond platforms. ���Automated train control syst DC-area officials unveil new program to lower pedestrian and bicyclist traffic deaths 04/08/2025 04:07am • Motorists in the D.C. area may notice signs and other advertisements encouraging them to slow down and be more aware of pedestrians and bicyclists. At a crowded intersection in Prince George's County, Maryland, two women are wearing signs urging drivers to slow down and be more aware of their Car Review: Mitsubishi Outlander sports bold styling and improved interior design for 2025 04/07/2025 07:29am • A compact SUV that can seat seven people, the 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander SEL looks to make a name for itself with bold looks and batter interior. (WTOP/Mike Parris) It might not be the biggest car company, but Mitsubishi is having a bit of renaissance in the U.S. market and its largest vehicle, the O The cost of living in the DC area: The pain and the gains you can make 04/07/2025 04:26am • The cost of everything is going up, and there are widespread concerns that the D.C. area could fall into a recession. Often times, what would be considered a middle class income in most parts of the country won't cut it in the D.C. region, and it's only getting harder. Whether you own your ow Driver dead after fiery Beltway crash in Prince George's Co. 04/06/2025 10:02pm • A driver is dead after a fiery crash in Prince George's County, Maryland, Sunday evening. Maryland State Police told WTOP it happened around 6:30 p.m. on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway near Baltimore Avenue. A white Nissan Sentra was reportedly driving "recklessly" when it hit a concret Crossing guard in DC arrested after allegedly trying to sell narcotics, cocaine 04/06/2025 05:51pm • A crossing guard in D.C. has been arrested for allegedly attempting to sell cocaine and narcotics, according to court records. Tara Jones was arrested on Thursday afternoon during her shift working as a crossing guard for the District's Department of Transportation. In an affidavit, police sai Purple Line 'dynamic testing' of light rail cars to begin in Maryland 04/06/2025 05:14pm • There will be light rail cars running on a mile-long track of the Purple Line in Maryland as ���dynamic testing��� begins. The testing will be adjacent to the project���s operations and maintenance facility along Veterans Parkway in Glenridge, Maryland, according to a news release from the Maryla Police: Driver arrested in DC after crashing car into pedestrian, utility pole, injuring 7 04/06/2025 09:09am • D.C. police have made an arrest in connection with that crash that injured seven people in the U Street corridor early Saturday. Police said Eric Lyons, 31, of Northwest D.C., was driving a 2016 Audi A5 eastbound on U Street near the intersection of 11th Street and crashed into a pedestrian, a util Protests continue at Tesla showrooms amid talk Elon Musk could soon leave DOGE 04/06/2025 07:00am • (CNN) ��� More than 60 protests were planned for Saturday, and a dozen more for Sunday, at Tesla showrooms across the United States, as backlash continues against CEO Elon Musk for his cost-cutting role at the Department of Government Efficiency. Just a week after more than 200 demonstrations too Briscoe hoping for second straight Darlington win in first season with JGR 04/04/2025 01:11pm • DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) ��� Chase Briscoe didn't get much time to revel in his Southern 500 victory the last time he was at Darlington Raceway. He plans to soak in some of the memories when he returns to the track this weekend. Briscoe used a dramatic, three-wide pass late in the day to take the check NBA fines Grizzlies' Ja Morant $75,000 for continued finger-gun gestures, after warning him to stop 04/04/2025 12:06pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Ja Morant showed off an imaginary gun. The NBA hit back with a real fine. A day after Morant again used his aiming-a-gun gesture to celebrate making 3-pointers, the Grizzlies��� star was fined $75,000 by the league Friday. It���s the second time this week that Morant ��� who was suspe Trump���s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash 04/04/2025 11:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump's expansive new tariffs reverse a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers and are likely, economists say, to raise prices for Americans by thousands of dollars each year while sharply slowing the U.S. economy. The White House is gambling that oth