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Beloved Prince George’s Co. pizzeria closes after decades of serving 12/31/2023 06:41pm • The Pizza Oven has been a staple in the Riverdale, Maryland, community since the 1950s — and for his 90th birthday, owner Brian Boileau got a big gift: retirement. With over 60 years of service under his belt, Boileau is packing up the handmade sauce and dough and closing his doors, but not wit U. of Md. student, Howard Co. resident dies after College Park car crash 12/30/2023 10:16am • Prince George's County, Maryland, police said a Clarksville resident involved in a collision at the University of Maryland, College Park campus earlier this month has died. Erik Mechtel, 22, was in the area of Campus Drive and Mowatt Lane at around 5:40 p.m. on Dec. 16 when the crash happened, ac Over 300 businesses, residential buildings lose power after Falls Church car crash 12/29/2023 09:45am • Listen to WTOP Traffic on 8s for the latest details.  A car crash in Falls Church, Virginia, Friday morning caused multiple street closures and a major power outage, affecting over 300 businesses, residences and government buildings. Falls Church police said the outage was caused by a car cra Planning to pop some New Year's bubbly? A safe ride program is offering discounted Lyfts 12/29/2023 05:00am • New Year's Eve is a big drinking holiday, so one local organization is offering celebrants and partygoers a free and safe ride home. "If you're of legal drinking age in the greater Washington area this New Year's Eve … and your plans involve alcohol, you can go to SoberRide.com and download a c Top 10 most popular videos on WTOP in 2023 12/29/2023 04:27am • In 2023, everyone could get their 15 minutes of fame — whether they wanted it or not. Only in the case of viral videos on WTOP's social media platforms, those 15 minutes last roughly 90 seconds or so. To cap off the year, we compiled a list of our 10 most-played videos on Instagram, from fun an $25M lawsuit claims Deshazor Everett, 2 other Washington football players were racing before 2021 fatal crash 12/28/2023 10:47pm • The mother of a woman killed in a 2021 crash while riding in a car driven by former Washington football player Deshazor Everett in Loudoun County, Virginia, has filed a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit against Everett, two current Washington players and a friend. The filing by Kathleen Peters n Virginia mom asks Taylor Swift fans for help with her daughter and boy did they respond 12/28/2023 04:48pm • Click here for updates on this story CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Virginia (WTVR) — Like many mother-daughter relationships, Sarah Blanks and her daughter Abby have a special one. Along with a deep love for each other, the pair also share a love for Taylor Swift. Mother Sarah claims she was a Swifty 3 years after White’s Ferry closed, Md. group feels ‘betrayed’ 12/28/2023 10:06am • On the third anniversary of the shutdown of historic White’s Ferry, which runs between Montgomery County, Maryland, and Loudoun County, Virginia, people on the Maryland side of the Potomac River say they feel "beyond frustrated" and "betrayed," that the ferry remains closed with "no end to the sta 3 hospitalized after crash on Maryland Route 200 in Montgomery Co. 12/27/2023 01:10pm • Three people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after a single-car crash in Montgomery County, Maryland. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue) Three people were hospitalized on Wednesday morning after a single-vehicle crash in Montgomery County, Maryland. The crash happened in the wes Man dies after being rescued from car in Anacostia River 12/25/2023 04:49pm • A man died after rescue divers pulled him from a car inside the Anacostia River on Monday, according to DC Fire and EMS. Officials responded to a car in the water in the area of the Anacostia River and the 11th Street Bridge at around 1:30 p.m. DC Fire and EMS deployed its dive team shortly af 1 driver seriously injured after 4 crashes along I-295, DC officials say 12/25/2023 01:20pm • D.C. officials responded to a string of Christmas morning accidents along a stretch of Interstate 295. D.C. Fire and EMS and the D.C. Department of Transportation told WTOP that four separate car crashes happened between 11:40 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 1 a.m. on Christmas Day. The first two mi DC police identify man struck, killed by car in Northeast 12/25/2023 08:48am • Police have identified a Northeast D.C. resident who was struck and killed after being hit by a vehicle Friday. Samuel Thorton, 34, was struck just after 10 p.m. on Dec. 22 while walking through an alley in the 1100 block of 5th Street Northeast, according to a news release. An investigation i Car Review: Volvo S60 Recharge AWD Ultimate barges into German compact luxury sedan market 12/25/2023 05:59am • Volvo might not always be your first thought for small luxury sedans, but the updated S60 makes a case for the Swedish brand. Now you can have a plug-in hybrid version. When you pick the S60 Recharge, you get a sedan that runs 40 miles on electric power before the gas engine kicks in. I drove it for WWE superstar LA Knight gets the key to Hagerstown 12/24/2023 01:47pm • Hundreds of people packed University Plaza to see LA Knight receive the key to the city of Hagerstown, Maryland, on Saturday. Shawn Ricker spent the first 20 years of his life living in Hagerstown. At the age of 20, Ricker left Western Maryland and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to chase his drea Police: 2 victims identified in quadruple Southwest DC shooting 12/22/2023 04:04pm • D.C. police have identified the two people killed in Thursday morning's shooting in Southwest, which officials continue to investigate. Patricia Harris, 35, and Tyrone Jacobs, 24, were both killed in the shooting in the 1300 block of Half Street Southwest. Harris died at the scene, while Jacobs d