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Amber Alert canceled after 14-year-old DC girl found safe 09/27/2024 07:00pm • D.C. police have canceled an Amber Alert after a 14-year-old District was safely found Friday afternoon. According to authorities, the girl went missing from the 1300 block of Longfellow Street NW around 10:30 p.m. Thursday. In a release, D.C. police said when they arrived on the scene Thursda Boo! Opening night of popular Field of Screams delayed amid Montgomery Co. permit issues 09/27/2024 08:52am • For over two decades, the popular Field of Screams Maryland at the Olney Boys and Girls Club has been hailed as a Hollywood-caliber haunted attraction. But Friday's scheduled opening night has been canceled, amid a yearslong permit dispute with Montgomery County. WTOP takes an exclusive look at what Lyft scooters will be unavailable in DC by October 09/26/2024 03:05pm • If you're looking to get around D.C. on two wheels, don't count on riding a Lyft scooter. You can still book a bike on the rideshare company's app through its partnership with Capital BikeShare. But Lyft's scooters will be gone by next week. In a message to users, the company announced its Things to do in the DC area: Art All Night, Virginia Beer Festival … and more! 09/26/2024 04:44am • This weekend, the District is hosting a citywide celebration of art and culture with vibrant performances and dining opportunities across all eight wards. Art All Night, on Friday and Saturday, occurs from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m., with both the visual and performing arts showcased in indoor and outdoor 'The cars were just like leaning to the left': Some 20 vehicles had tires slashed in this Fairfax County town 09/24/2024 02:15pm • It has been a frustrating experience for drivers in Northern Virginia who have walked up to their parked vehicles in the morning only to find that they are not drivable. They had their tires slashed. Something that's been happening more and more lately, according to police. "We have 22 vehicle Car Review: 2025 Audi SQ8 offers supercar performance and luxury in a five-seat configuration 09/23/2024 04:37am • By Brian Armstead The roads surrounding Park City, Utah, were perfect test bed to evaluate the 2025 Audi SQ8. With such perfect roads in Utah, I had no choice but to utilize as much of the SQ8’s 500-horsepower V8 as my skill set allowed. The SQ8 didn’t disappoint, as the power, coupled with the Naresh Bhatt denied bond due to 'overwhelming,' 'horrific' testimony 09/20/2024 11:23pm • Naresh Bhatt was denied bond Friday in Prince William County Circuit Court after prosecutors revealed incriminating new evidence and an updated timeline in the disappearance of Mamta Kafle Bhatt. Judge Kimberly A. Irving presided over the lengthy hearing, which lasted approximately two and a half Montgomery County Transportation officials taking action on Silver Spring parking issues 09/20/2024 12:50pm • People who live on Quebec Terrace in Silver Spring, Maryland, are frustrated about the lack of parking and are taking matters into their own hands. On Wednesday, the Montgomery County Police and the Department of Transportation filled three dump trucks with a variety of objects and cones people u Used EV prices in the DC market are down 27%, bargains, but beware 09/20/2024 10:13am • Used vehicle prices in the D.C. market have fallen dramatically over the past year. Vehicle search site iSeeCars.com says the average price of a used 1- to 5-year-old EV has dropped 27.4% over the past 12 months, or the average equivalent of $9,728. That compares to a drop of just 5.3% for simila A year later, Hyattsville and CSX closer to deal on reimbursement following big train derailment 09/19/2024 03:37pm • It was about a year ago that a train derailed as it crossed over Baltimore Avenue in Hyattsville, Maryland, shutting down the road for weeks and scattering cargo. The mess itself is long gone, but a road adjacent to the tracks remains torn up and the cost of fixing it has been one of the sticking po Most DC air travelers drive themselves to the airport, and business travel is still down 09/19/2024 02:00pm • The Metropolitan Washington Council of Government’s National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board has released findings from a survey of  D.C.-area air travelers. For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, COG's National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board surveyed How DC is helping drivers to keep child passengers safe 09/19/2024 09:45am • D.C. is making extra efforts to get properly-installed child seats into the cars of its drivers during National Child Passenger Safety Seat week from Sept. 15 through 21. "On Saturday, we're going to be at the Bald Eagle Recreation Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. … Any D.C. resident can show up w Montgomery Co. police search for would-be thieves who rammed car into Giant grocery store ATM 09/19/2024 07:27am • Montgomery County, Maryland, police have released surveillance footage to the public as they continue their search for three suspects who drove a car into a Giant grocery store on Monday and attempted to steal money from an ATM inside. Police received reports of a commercial burglary around 4:30 Family of DC man killed by police outside a McDonald's in Southeast calls for federal probe 09/17/2024 09:17pm • The family of a man who was shot and killed by police outside a McDonald's in Southeast D.C. earliest this month is calling for the U.S. Justice Department to launch a civil rights investigation into his killing. The relatives of Justin Robinson believe police didn’t do enough to de-escalate the s Acquitted of perjury, longtime Loudoun Co. schools spokesman has new book on school 'culture war' 09/17/2024 05:21pm • He spent 20 years as the spokesman for Loudoun County Public Schools and then found himself at the center of a national controversy — and a felony perjury trial — over the school system's handling of two sexual assaults by the same student. Now, Wayde Byard, who was acquitted last year in hi