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'I just heard this great big noise': Md. neighbors recall moment Baltimore's Key Bridge fell 03/26/2024 03:32pm • Listen to WTOP online��and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for our team coverage. Throughout the day on Tuesday, dozens of people kept ignoring the ���no parking��� signs that line Dundalk Avenue to get out of their cars and look beyond the Port of Baltimore toward the Francis Scott Key Brid Missing French bulldog Recardito found after car stolen in Northwest DC 03/25/2024 06:39pm • A missing French bulldog who was taken when its owner's car was stolen in D.C. has been reunited with its owner Monday. The 4-year-old dog, named Recardito, was stolen after its owner's car was stolen in Northwest D.C. on Sunday. Recardito was inside a parked car on 14th Street Northwest when the Don't feed the plants! 'Little Shop of Horrors' devours Ford's Theatre in DC 03/25/2024 01:00pm • It began as a 1960 horror comedy flick directed by Roger Corman before Alan Menken and Howard Ashman adapted it into an off-Broadway musical that hit the big screen in 1986 directed by Muppet master Frank Oz. Now, "Little Shop of Horrors" gets a fresh take with a diverse cast at Ford's Theatr Used EV prices in DC drop ��� and Tesla���s price swings may be to blame 03/25/2024 10:17am • Used EV prices in D.C. have dropped, and Tesla���s price swings may be to blame, according to new data analysis. Nationally, the average price of a used car is down 3.6% from a year ago, but used EV prices nationally have fallen 31.8% since last year, according to vehicle search site iSeeCars, wh As dust settles from Kevin Hart's Kennedy Center party, who should receive next Mark Twain Prize? 03/25/2024 07:37am • On Sunday night, Kevin Hart received the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. So that begs the question: Who should be next year's recipient? Before we know where we're going, we have to know where we've been. Past prizes have gone to a list of legends, including Richar Car Review: Hyundai continues its string of hits with the all-new 2024 Santa Fe 03/25/2024 04:47am • Not just comfortable on the paved road. Now the Santa Fe can tackle some off-roading with added ground clearance and AWD. (WTOP/Brian Armstead) By Brian Armstead, special contributor The first Santa Fe bowed in 2000 and was a competent, but fairly homely, SUV. Well, things have changed in a big way. 'There's so much room���: Visitors react to Metro���s newest 8000 Series rail cars 03/24/2024 05:25pm • You might not expect to see a train car on the National Mall in D.C., but it will be the norm all through this week. Metro is offering the public a sneak peek into its new 8000 Series rail car and zero-emission buses through the Fleet of the Future Expo, held on the National Mall from now through Va. man pleads guilty to setting fire to stalking victim's family home 03/23/2024 07:59pm • A Virginia man pleaded guilty to setting fire to the cars and home of the parents of a woman he had previously been convicted of stalking. In Loudoun County Circuit Court on Thursday, Julian Darius Karapetkov pleaded guilty to two offenses related to a 2022 house fire in Sterling. Karapetkov w Emergency responders offer new ways to alert drivers they're on the road, using 'lights and sirens we've had for decades' 03/23/2024 01:04pm • What if you could get a real-time alert in your car as soon as a nearby fire truck turns on its emergency lights? New technology is now making that a reality. HAAS Alert���s Safety Cloud partners with 3,600 agencies across the U.S. to provide digital alerts to drivers, showing them the location o What's in store for spring weather in the DC area? 03/22/2024 09:19pm • The first day of spring was technically earlier this week on March 19, but it didn't bring the nicest weather here in the D.C. area. In fact, officials are warning people to get ready for more severe storms. Spring may brings flowers and sunshine, but it also bring ���damaging wind gusts, hail Woman killed after being hit by car in Beltsville, caused delays on MD-212 03/22/2024 08:08am • A woman is dead after being hit by a car Friday morning in Beltsville, Maryland. The crash happened at around 4:50 a.m. on Powder Mill Road near High Point High School,��Prince George's County police said in a post on X. Officers arrived to find the woman in the middle of the road. She died on 'When he needed help, no one responded': DC, 911 call center sued over drowning death 03/21/2024 10:33pm • The family of a man who drowned after jumping into the Washington Channel ��� after a 911 call listed his situation as a non-urgent, Priority 2 situation ��� is suing D.C., its Office of Unified Communications and the mayor. David Earl Griffin, 47, died on March 14 in 2022 after a more than half- New health rankings: How do Maryland, Virginia counties fare? 03/21/2024 03:16pm • A county-by-county breakdown shows Northern Virginia and the Maryland suburbs of D.C. are generally much healthier than the national average. The 2024 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, produced by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, looks at why there are differences in 2 Northern Va. teens facing charges for YouTube prank at Lowes 03/21/2024 01:18pm • Two Northern Virginia teenagers are facing serious charges after their attempt to film a YouTube prank resulted in a police response in the City of Fairfax earlier this month. Sgt. James Lewis said the City of Fairfax Police received reports of someone being abducted outside of a Lowes on Jermant Near-record home sale in Cleveland Park (and why it���s called Cleveland Park) 03/21/2024 01:01pm • A newly-built six-bedroom home in Northwest D.C.���s Cleveland Park neighborhood has sold for $7.35 million, the second-highest sale ever in Cleveland Park. The home, at 3126 38th Street NW, was built by Coba Properties, along with MS Vicas Interiors and Bennett Frank McCarthy Architects. The fou