Search

Virginia's likely Republican nominee for governor reflects on her priorities, reentry into politics 11/26/2024 05:00am • Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is the��first Republican to officially enter the race��for the party���s nomination in 2025. "I never really thought of being lieutenant governor in the first place," Earle-Sears told WTOP, as she reflected on her decision to run for governor. She was endo Car Review: Does the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox have what it takes to challenge the top compact crossovers after a big redesign? 11/25/2024 05:17am • General Motors has given the popular compact crossover ��� Chevrolet Equinox ��� a full redo for the 2025 model year. It’s been gaining in sales and now it looks to take a few buyers from stalwarts Toyota and Honda. A new tough and rugged, less car-like look sets it apart from the previous Equ A Christmas tree already? Why some in the DC area have theirs up 11/24/2024 03:51pm • Is it too early for a Christmas tree? Thanksgiving is still days away, but that didn���t stop some from loading their families in the car and heading out to get this year���s Christmas tree. ���Considering Thanksgiving is early, we decided to get ours early,��� Ally Wagner said. ���So, eve AAA forecasts record holiday travel, but will that actually mean more traffic? 11/21/2024 06:22pm • Nearly 80 million people will pack up and travel more than 50 miles over the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, setting a record and exceeding pre-pandemic travel, AAA projects. The bulk of those travelers ��� an expected 71.7 million ��� will hit the road in a car, which also tops 2023 and Eight months later, suspect in District Heights killing of mother, postal worker apprehended 11/21/2024 01:33pm • The suspect in the District Heights killing of a postal worker and mother has been apprehended in North Carolina after an eight-month search. Prince George's County police announced Thursday the arrest of 23-year-old Raheem Hawkins-Boseman, just one day after officers walked business to busin 'I am extremely grateful': Trauma survivors share stories of endurance at GW Hospital 11/20/2024 08:00pm • At George Washington University Hospital in D.C., former trauma patients came together on Wednesday��with the first responders, doctors, nurses and others who played a role in their recoveries to tell the miraculous stories of survival and emotional reunions. It was part of the annual Trauma DC advocates want tech installed in vehicles to prevent drunk or impaired driving 11/20/2024 11:50am • As sunset was approaching Tuesday evening on the National Mall in D.C., roughly 10,000 battery-powered candles were evenly spread out with framed pictures of family and friends who���ve been killed by a drunk driver. The candles were symbolic of the total of people killed by a drunk driver an DC's embattled 911 call center launches new campaign to direct non-emergencies to 311 hotline 11/20/2024 05:40am • The Office of Unified Communications in D.C. has launched a new initiative urging residents to avoid calling 911 with non-emergencies. The "Make the Right Call" campaign, according to a news release, serves as a reminder for community members to dial 311 with issues that don't require an emergenc Residents are split on expanding car-free section of Old Town Alexandria 11/19/2024 07:50pm • Another block of Old Town Alexandria���s popular King Street will soon be open to foot traffic only, as the Northern Virginia city expands its pedestrian-only portions of the road to two blocks from the waterfront of the Potomac River. The city already reserves the 100 block of the street for tho 'Fighting for her life': Community comes together after pickup truck strikes beloved DC teacher 11/19/2024 06:55am • An undated photo of Irma Bonilla, who teaches at Petit Scholars in Northeast D.C. (Courtesy Jessica Hart) The Northeast D.C. community is coming together after a day care teacher, Irma Bonilla, or "Ms. Irma," as her students know her, remains in critical condition after being struck by a pickup DC man gets 80 years behind bars for revenge killing that also left a bystander dead, another wounded 11/18/2024 04:32pm • A D.C. man was sentenced to 80 years in prison for a revenge shooting that also took the life of an uninvolved bystander, prosecutors said Monday. Beysean Jones, 29, was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder while armed, one count of assault with intent to kill and several other weapons Car Review: Chevrolet Malibu, the final gas sedan ��� for at least another year 11/18/2024 05:03am • Not long ago, the midsize sedan was the bread-and-butter for automakers. But with the popularity of the crossover and SUV, the once popular sedan class is survival of the fittest. Chevrolet is down to just one all-gas sedan and the Malibu keeps sticking around, at least for another year. It has been Hundreds show up to turkey giveaway in Prince George's County 11/18/2024 04:12am • More than four hours before Prince George���s County Council member Krystal Oriadha���s annual holiday turkey giveaway was to get started, a line of cars formed at the William Beanes Community Center in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland. A single mother of five told WTOP that 12 cars were in line w College Football Corner: Sad Saturdays for Navy and Maryland while one league stands for Sowing Eventual Chaos 11/17/2024 03:00pm • Dave Preston is an AP Top 25 voter. Read��his ballots here. Some days are longer than others. This past Saturday, I tried to complete a rare double play in college football coverage (forgive me for using a baseball term in a football article) by covering Navy-Tulane at noon and Maryland-Rutgers a Some good climate news, for once: Md. leads in carbon emissions reductions 11/16/2024 12:45pm • Here���s some rare good news for Marylanders on climate change: A new analysis of federal government data found that Maryland led the way when it came to states reducing greenhouse gas emissions over a 17-year period. Maryland cut carbon emissions by 36% between 2005 and 2022 and by 42% per capit