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Heatstroke can be 'sneaky.' Here is the 'major red flag' you need to pay attention to 06/17/2024 09:00pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Hot weather is forecast this week with the heat index possibly breaking 100 degrees on some days. What's certain is that extreme heat can be dangerous to your health. "The first and foremost important thing to remember is that he House GOP lawmakers try to put brakes on DC speed cameras 06/17/2024 05:25pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. House Republicans are trying to prevent D.C. from using automated traffic enforcement, including speed cameras, and want to restrict District enforcement to prevent motori The share of 'boring' vehicle colors is rising 06/17/2024 12:30pm • Odds are good that the color of vehicle you’re driving is a safe choice. Grayscale colors — black, white, silver or gray — are the most popular sellers. And increasingly so. “We’ve seen grayscale grow from roughly 60% of the market 20 years ago to 80%," said Karl Brauer at iSeeCars.c Heat wave begins Monday, bringing hotter weather and higher temperatures to DC area 06/17/2024 09:36am • After an ideal summer weekend for wandering outdoors, forecasts for the D.C. region this week see temperatures climbing upward, with heat indexes possibly breaking 100 degrees. Stay inside — and stay cool. Here's what you need to know. Starting Monday, an extended run of 90-degree days begin Hot days ahead for DC area: Heat emergency plan in effect this week 06/16/2024 05:52pm • D.C., Maryland and Virginia are starting a streak of 90-degree days this week as Juneteenth and the Summer Equinox — the longest day of the year and the beginning of astrological summer — creep ever closer. Here's what you need to know. After a calm, breezy and fairly sunny Father's Day weeke Man suspected of attempted armed robbery struck dead by car in Prince George's Co. 06/16/2024 09:58am • A man who police said was a suspect in an attempted armed robbery was struck by a car and killed outside a home in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, early Friday morning. Prince George's County police said officers went to a gas station in the 9200 block of Crain Highway around 12:50 a.m. to speak with a 4-year-old boy found dead inside SUV in Northeast DC 06/15/2024 11:02am • A 4-year-old boy was found dead inside a vehicle in Northeast on Friday evening, according to D.C. police. Police told WTOP officers were called to Galloway Street and South Dakota Avenue NE in the Fort Totten neighborhood shortly after 5 p.m., for the report of an unconscious child in a car. Hush your ride: Noise abatement cameras could come to Montgomery Co. to crack down on excessive car noise 06/15/2024 05:25am • Montgomery County has speed cameras and red-light cameras. Soon, noise-detecting cameras could be joining the traffic enforcement tools used across the Maryland county. Montgomery County Council Vice President Kate Stewart and District 6 Council member Natali Fani-Gonzalez are working on legislat 2 dead after shooting at car meetup in Prince George's Co. 06/14/2024 12:42pm • Two men are dead after a shooting at a car meetup in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on Thursday night — and police are offering a $25,000 reward for information. The shooting happened about 11:45 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of the Manokeek Village shopping center on Berry Road in Acco Godfather of Go-Go's son leads Chuck Brown Band at Maryland concert to ring in Father's Day, Juneteenth 06/14/2024 06:53am • It's time to "bust loose" and ring in both Father's Day and Juneteenth with some go-go music! This Saturday, the Chuck Brown Band headlines a free concert at Watkins Regional Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on a lineup that includes Trouble Funk, the Luther Relives Tr Police ID 62-year-old pedestrian killed in Southeast DC; search continues for hit-and-run driver who struck married couple 06/13/2024 03:05pm • D.C. police have identified the man who was killed during a hit-and-run Wednesday afternoon in Southeast; his wife was also injured in the crash but is expected to survive. Officers have found the suspect's vehicle but are still searching for the driver, D.C. police said Thursday. Alton Kelly, DC ‘Dasher’ describes how the job gives you ‘flexibility in your life’ 06/13/2024 02:18pm • This content is sponsored by DoorDash. In the modern gig economy, DoorDash has emerged as an important platform offering people the chance to become independent contractors. It’s a job that attracts workers seeking autonomy and control over their work schedules. “As an independent c State trooper struck during traffic stop near Fairfax Co.; 2 arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired 06/13/2024 12:55pm • A Virginia State Police trooper is recovering after suffering injuries in a dramatic crash on Interstate 495, and two people were arrested on suspicion of driving impaired. A video shared by Virginia State Police on X showed Trooper C. Aziz talking to the driver of a sedan that had stopped on t ‘Dashing’ his way to a few ‘luxuries of life’ is how one DC resident describes working for DoorDash 06/13/2024 08:48am • This content is sponsored by DoorDash. Washington, D.C. native, Melvin Campbell’s regular job only had him working three days a week. With all of that free time, Campbell, who served in the Marines for four years, decided to become an independent contractor. “I saw an ad on Facebook In this job, ‘you really are your own boss’ 06/13/2024 08:39am • This content is sponsored by DoorDash. Independent contractor: a person hired to do work who controls how the work is done. That’s the Merriam-Webster description. In today’s modern gig economy, independent contractors describe their work in many ways though, from side hustle and freel