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With cherry blossom season winding down in the DC area, these flowers will feed your springtime fix 03/31/2024 10:40pm • Tulips are now blooming across the D.C. region, including at the Netherlands Carillon in Arlington, Virginia, where the flower viewing experience is punctuated by the sounds of pealing bells. The steel tower bearing 53 bells was dedicated in 1960, a gift from the Netherlands to the U.S. for the Ame One of the last drivers to cross Baltimore's Key Bridge, this man is 'thankful' to be alive 03/31/2024 08:18pm • Larry Desantis, a baker who used the Key Bridge in Baltimore regularly, was in one of the last vehicles to cross before the bridge collapsed. (Courtesy Kristina DeSantis Geineder) As the loss of six construction workers emphasized the tragedy of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse la Prince George's Co. man dead after DC tunnel crash at Massachusetts Avenue exit 03/31/2024 05:47pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man is dead after his car struck a light pole, following an initial hit-and-run crash with another vehicle in a D.C. tunnel on Friday, police said. Ronald Jerome Jordan Jr., 48, of Capitol Heights, was driving a Malibu northbound in the Third Street Tunnel when In Key Bridge collapse, Baltimore lost a piece of its cultural identity 03/31/2024 12:03am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Generations of Maryland workers — longshoremen, seafarers, steelworkers and crabbers whose livelihoods depend on Baltimore’s port — watched in disbelief last week as an iconic symbol of their maritime culture crumbled into the Patapsco River. The deadly collapse of the hi Police ID suspects who they say tried to rob Prince George’s Co. GameStop before detectives intervened 03/29/2024 07:01pm • Prince George's County police have identified the three men accused of trying to rob a GameStop on Thursday, before police intervened and shot one of the suspects. Kanard Bishop, 26, Edward Leroy Brown, 24, and Kahlill Boyd, 18, all of D.C., face armed robbery and other charges, police said in a Majority of U.S. bridges lack impact protection. Will anything change? 03/29/2024 06:35pm • ▶ Watch Video: Work begins to reopen Port of Baltimore after Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse In the wake of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which plunged into the Patapsco River in Maryland after the cargo ship Dali slammed into one of its support columns, CBS News has Strange sight: Fake money flies around Maryland highway 03/29/2024 01:49pm • Drivers in Charles County, Maryland, were treated to an odd sight Friday morning: What looked like a large amount of money flying around the middle of a busy roadway in Waldorf — and it ended up sparking several calls to authorities. The reporters in the WTOP Traffic Center are used to call The Baltimore bridge collapse is an immigration story 03/29/2024 01:25pm • In "A Day Without a Mexican," a mock 2004 documentary from filmmaker Sergio Arau, Californians wake up and discover that all of the state's Mexican immigrants have vanished into thin air. Panic sets in, and the economy teeters, when there are no more produce pickers or gardeners, no more construc 1 dead, 4 hurt after fiery car crash on I-295 in Northeast DC 03/29/2024 01:00pm • One person is dead after a fiery car crash on Interstate 295 in Northeast on Friday morning. D.C. Fire and EMS posted on X that they received a call about a vehicle crash on I-295 at Benning Road NE at 6:50 a.m. Firefighters said one vehicle caught fire with a person trapped inside. One per Falls Church man accused of plotting mass shooting at church in Haymarket indicted on federal hate crime 03/29/2024 10:51am • A Falls Church man accused of bringing a gun, ammo and knives to a Haymarket church last September with the intent of bringing "injury and death" to the congregation has now been indicted for a federal hate crime. On Wednesday, a federal jury returned an indictment against Rui Jiang, 35, charging Data Doctors: Tips for testing and buying battery banks 03/29/2024 10:05am • Q: Is there a way to test an external battery pack before I go on a long road trip? A: With all the portable electronics we tend to bring on our trips these days, having a portable power source has become an essential travel accessory. If you’ve had your battery pack for a few years, its abi Are you afraid of driving over bridges? It's more common than you think, says local psychologist 03/29/2024 07:14am • As engineers studied the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, one thing occurred to Ben Schafer, a bridge expert with the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University: "Most people have some natural trepidation when they're driving across a large span bridge." Schaf Man shot and killed by off-duty DC police officer in Prince George's Co. 03/28/2024 05:46pm • A man is dead after being shot by an off-duty D.C. police officer in Prince George's County, Maryland, on Wednesday, officials said. Maryland State Police said this all started when troopers went to the area of Crain Highway at Village Drive around 5 p.m. in response to a two-vehicle crash. The d Things to do in the DC area: Building bouquets with meaning, zine make 'n trade … and more! 03/28/2024 01:09pm • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. In a celebration of Women's History Month, community organization an Remains of 2 people recovered after Baltimore Key Bridge collapse 03/27/2024 07:45pm • Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for our team coverage. Searchers recovered the remains of two people from the Patapsco River after a massive container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday morning. The discovery came amid a daylo