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Fairfax Co. police arrest man accused of stealing medical transport vehicle after crash in stolen car 02/24/2024 09:22pm • The man accused of stealing a medical transport vehicle after leaving a hospital where he was being treated for injuries sustained during an earlier crash was arrested Friday, according to police. Police said that on Monday, 32-year-old Rickey Lowe, of Manassas, was a passenger in Toyota Corolla, DC police sergeant pleads guilty to federal civil rights violation in fatal shooting of man sleeping in car 02/23/2024 08:19pm • A D.C. police sergeant pleaded guilty Friday to violating the civil rights of a man found sleeping in his car in Northeast in 2021, according to the Department of Justice. Enis Jevric, 42, pleaded guilty in federal court in the shooting death of 27-year-old An'Twan Gilmore by using excessive forc Jury awards $13 million to family of man killed in 2018 DC fire truck crash 02/23/2024 02:59pm • A jury has awarded more than $13.5 million to the family of a man killed in a 2018 crash involving a speeding D.C. fire truck. The award, to be paid to the widow of DeAngelo Green and his six children, came after a jury found that the District was "grossly negligent" in the March 9, 2018 crash. 'People have absolutely gone crazy': The latest effort to curb speeding in Maryland work zones 02/22/2024 10:15pm • Maryland Lt. Gov.��Aruna Miller testified in favor of a bill that's designed to get drivers to slow down near work zones on Thursday. Miller, a former transportation engineer, told lawmakers in Annapolis that in 2023 there were more than 1,200 crashes in work zones across the state. "That's ov Southbound lanes of BW Parkway in Prince George's Co. reopen after crash investigation 02/22/2024 09:25am • A two-car crash closed the southbound lanes��of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Laurel, Maryland, for nearly five hours Thursday morning, causing major traffic delays. Park Police told WTOP they responded to the crash around 4:15 a.m. near Powder Mill Road. One person was taken to the hosp Routes, stops revealed for proposed passenger ferry network in Chesapeake Bay 02/21/2024 09:29am • Most of us drive to a vacation on the Chesapeake Bay, but tourism officials for the five Maryland counties surrounding the bay hope you might be more willing to explore if a passenger ferry were an option. An update of an ongoing feasibility study, including a first glimpse of proposed routes and Police: Search continues for man who walked out of hospital, stole ambulance after earlier crash involving stolen car in Fairfax Co. 02/20/2024 06:45pm • Clad in a hospital gown and with an IV still hanging from his arm, a Prince William County man took an ambulance from the hospital where he was being treated following a crash involving a stolen car in Fairfax County, police said. Rickey Lowe, 32, was a passenger in the car that was reported stol 5 hospitalized after stolen car crashes in Fairfax Co. 02/19/2024 05:10pm • A crash involving a stolen car in the Fair Oaks area sent five people to the hospital Monday, according to Fairfax County police. Police said they were alerted around noon that the car was stolen from another jurisdiction. The driver left a parking lot near the Fair Oaks Mall and upon seeing poli A greener alternative to cremation could soon be available in Maryland 02/19/2024 01:47pm • You may have never heard of "aquamation" or ���flameless cremation.��� It is a new, greener alternative to cremation that may soon be available in the D.C. area. A bill is now in front of Maryland's legislature to allow and regulate the practice. Alkaline hydrolysis or aquamation place the deceas What's open, what's closed in the DC area on Presidents Day 2024 02/19/2024 08:55am • Presidents Day celebrates America's former leaders ��� George Washington and Abraham Lincoln chief among them. This year, it's on Feb. 19, which is also a day off for many of us in the D.C. area. Check out what's open and closed on Presidents Day 2024. Banks Almost all of the major banks wil Man killed in Fairfax Co. hit-and-run crash 02/19/2024 07:44am • A man is dead after a hit-and-run crash Sunday night in Fairfax County, Virginia. Police said it happened just before 10:45 p.m. on Richmond Highway at Buckman Road in Woodlawn. The man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. Police told WTOP that witnesses Car Review: Toyota finally jumps into the EV game with the bZ4X small crossover 02/18/2024 11:21pm • Toyota���s first EV is an all-electric crossover. The bZ4X is a stylish little crossover with a more futuristic look. The bZ4X sports a front end without a big grill like Toyota gas vehicles, and I like the look. The sleek LED headlight clusters are visually appealing with small individual lights in Car Review: Mazda���s 3-row SUV is a high-tech hit 02/18/2024 10:55pm • ���This is the greatest car ever,��� proclaimed my hyper-focused 5-year-old. She had homed in on the available rear-seat center console as the deal-sealer, giving her, for the first time, her very own mobile stash for small stuffed animals, snacks and other things that young children somehow find ap 'Go-Go Honors' celebrates pioneers of DC's 'official music'; prepares for museum opening 02/18/2024 04:59am • Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating��Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. Four years after Go-Go���s designation as ���The Official Music of Washington D.C.,��� and months after a celebrated ribbon-c Details of Loudoun Co. Parkway emergency landing outlined in NTSB preliminary report 02/17/2024 02:50pm • A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board is providing more insight into the emergency landing of a small commuter plane on the Loudoun County Parkway in Virginia last month. On Jan. 19, the plane's two pilots were forced to land their disabled Southern Airways Express Cess