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Wind advisory issued for DC region as 40-50 mph gusts blow into town 01/29/2025 05:07am • Listen live to WTOP online and on 103.5 FM for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Residents across the D.C. region are in for a bit of an intense Wednesday as the day will be full of sunshine, with temperatures getting as high as 60 degrees. 7News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Veronica J Car Review: Ram looks to gain some lost ground with updated 2025 Ram 1500 01/27/2025 01:56pm • The updated Ram 1500 sports a more aggressive look with a new grill design. The Warlock model, a less pricey trim level, still comes with big wheels and all-terrain tires for that tough look truck style. (WTOP/Mike Parris) Pickup trucks are as popular as ever. Ram has seen a rough patch lately with Thinking about buying a used EV? The most important factor to consider 01/27/2025 09:55am • Buying a used all-electric vehicle may be intimidating for car shoppers. A recent Kelley Blue Book survey found that 52% of consumers felt their lack of knowledge about EV batteries makes them hesitant or reluctant to buy a pre-owned EV. Their hesitation may be warranted. Autotrader said the most FedEx driver hospitalized after truck catches fire on I-270 in Montgomery Co. 01/25/2025 11:01pm • A FedEx driver is in the hospital after a major crash on Saturday on Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland, caused the delivery truck to flip onto its side and catch on fire. Montgomery County Fire & Rescue were called to the scene around 7:30 p.m. to the southbound I-270 spur under W Car Review: Mazda simplifies its successful SUV formula with CX-70 01/24/2025 06:42am • One of the best SUVs out there has ditched its third row, for those who don���t want it. The Mazda CX-70 Turbo S Premium Plus features a smooth and powerful, turbo, six-cylinder engine that moves the vehicle with ease. This one looks great in what���s officially called “Soul Red Crystal Metall Trump pardons DC police officers convicted in fatal 2020 pursuit of Karon Hylton-Brown 01/22/2025 06:30pm • President Donald Trump has pardoned two D.C. police officers who were convicted after one chased a man riding a moped, which ultimately led to his death, and the other helped cover it up. In an executive order on Wednesday, Trump granted a "full and unconditional pardon" to Lt. Andrew Zabavsky an Suspect in Rockville double homicide drove away, sitting on dead victim, police say 01/22/2025 02:26pm • A 25-year-old Montgomery County, Maryland, man charged with two counts of murder drove from the shooting scene with one of the dead victims beneath him, according to charging documents. During a Tuesday hearing, Kaloyan Stoev, who recently lived in Derwood, was ordered held without bond, charged Maryland divorce attorney: Social media sinks contentious divorces 01/20/2025 11:23am • Roughly half of first marriages in the U.S. end in divorce, and if the divorce is contentious, a spouse���s digital footprint will almost certainly come into play. Divorce attorneys are increasingly using e-discovery as evidence in divorce cases. Almost everything that people post on social media Car Review: Kia Sorento X-Pro SX Prestige adds off-road credentials to a solid smaller SUV with three rows 01/20/2025 05:56am • The Kia name has gone from being known only as affordable transportation to a more obtainable premium vehicle. One stalwart is the Kia Sorento, a compact SUV, with three rows of seats. The Sorento got a new chiseled face last year ��� one that better matches Kia’s very popular and larger Tellu 2 dead after truck veers off Arlington Memorial Bridge; another body found in Potomac River 01/18/2025 12:00pm • Rescue divers have recovered another body from the Potomac River after a crash Thursday night that sent a white pickup truck off the Arlington Memorial Bridge and into the icy waters below, killing the driver. U.S. Park Police said the body of another person was discovered on Friday afternoon, as U.Va. study finds Gen X has historically high lead exposure, health risks 01/17/2025 07:30pm • A new study from the University of Virginia has shed light on the extensive impact of lead exposure on individuals born between the late 1960s and mid-1980s in the U.S. Researchers revealed that members of Generation X had historically high levels of exposure to lead due to car exhausts with lead Man arrested in connection with double homicide in Montgomery Co. 01/17/2025 07:25pm • Montgomery County Police have arrested a man in connection to the double homicide of a man and a woman that were discovered Friday within a half-mile of each other. Police said Friday night they had taken 25-year-old Kaloyan Dimov Stoev into custody. The first body ��� a man ��� was found insi Amazon and DC police look into package theft from building in Northwest 01/17/2025 03:28pm • A person wearing an Amazon delivery uniform and another person were caught on video taking packages out of a D.C. apartment building and placing them in a car outside. It happened Jan. 10 at a building in the 3600 block of Connecticut Avenue NW. Security camera footage shared with WTOP sho 'Tense and uncomfortable': Historian describes presidents riding together to the inauguration 01/17/2025 01:25pm • This year���s presidential inauguration will be the coldest since 1985, when former President Ronald Reagan had to take the oath of office inside the Capitol Building. Not only can it be cold outside at the ceremony, the ride from the White House to the Capitol may also be frosty. Througho Meet the DC native who will lead inaugural parade motorcade 01/17/2025 08:53am • When the 60th inaugural parade kicks off on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. Monday, a Ward 8 native will lead the motorcade to protect the newly sworn in Commander in Chief. ���It is an honor, a privilege, to be in this position,��� said Lt. Joseph Hudson with the D.C. police Department. On Motor