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'Unprecedented' murder trial of Prince George���s Co. police officer begins 11/28/2023 01:57pm • The shooting happened nearly four years ago, before most people had heard of COVID-19 ��� as one lawyer pointed out ��� and, now, after several delays and hiccups, an unprecedented murder trial has begun in Prince George���s County. The defendant in the case is a police officer ��� Cpl. Michael O 14-year-old dies days after Fairfax Co. crash that left 5 other teens hospitalized 11/28/2023 08:25am • A 14-year-old has died and four other teens remained in the hospital Monday after a crash last week near the Idylwood area in Fairfax County, Virginia, according to police. Six teens were initially sent to the hospital after the Nov. 20 crash at the intersection of Pioneer Lane and Shreve Road. Last access points for 95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension to open next month 11/27/2023 07:36pm • The last access points along the 95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension are scheduled to open early next month, according to Transurban North America, which operates the express lanes. The access points are expected to open at 10 p.m. Dec. 7 and will be ready for use during the northbound rush EVs don���t hold their value ��� but hybrids do 11/27/2023 02:10pm • Hybrid vehicles are emerging as the choice for buyers looking for an alternative to a traditional vehicle, and used hybrids are holding their value better than most other vehicles. All-electric vehicles have the worst depreciation rate by vehicle type. iSeeCars reports the average five-year depre Want to see Tesla's new Cybertruck? There's one in Montgomery County 11/27/2023 02:03pm • As Tesla prepares to start shipping out its new Cybertruck to customers this week, the electric car company has been making the vehicles available to see in person at showrooms across the country, including at the Tesla store at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Maryland. The truck looks lik 2 DC natives tackling food insecurity in Philadelphia with a new grocery store 11/27/2023 08:42am • Two D.C. natives are helping to tackle food insecurity in Philadelphia with a new type of community grocery store. They hope the idea will catch on around the country, including in their hometown. During the pandemic, Eli Moraru and Alexandre Imbot, founders of the Community Grocer, were voluntee ���It���s very traumatizing���: DC woman���s French Bulldog stolen months after losing another pup in District Dogs flood 11/27/2023 07:45am • A woman who lost one dog earlier this year in the flooding at District Dogs is asking for help after an armed robber stole her new puppy Saturday afternoon. "It's very traumatizing, you know. For this to happen, for someone to just take my dog, where I stay, it's overwhelming," Teffiney Worthy of Car Review: The VW Golf GTI is a polished hot hatch that's still fun and practical 11/27/2023 05:49am • The VW Golf GTI Autobahn is a grown-up hot hatch with more power and still available manual transmission for now. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The hot hatch was born 40 years ago when Volkswagen gave its sensible five-door hatch more power, improved suspension and some styling tweaks. The GTI has been a stapl Cut your own Christmas tree at this Maryland family-owned farm 11/27/2023 01:30am • With Thanksgiving over, you might start to see more cars topped with Christmas trees hitting the streets. The day after Thanksgiving is a ���busy, busy day��� for Jerry, the ���fresh-cut guy,��� running the chain saw at Butler���s Orchard farms in Montgomery County, Maryland. ���I love it out Over 900 carjackings reported in DC this year amid increase in crime, data shows 11/26/2023 09:57am • According to data from D.C. police, there have been over 900 reported carjackings in the District this year amid the increase of crime in the city. Police said that 77% of those carjackings involved a gun. The numbers also revealed that there have been close to 160 arrests for carjackings, with 6 Riverdale community mourns 2 children struck, killed outside school 11/25/2023 10:58pm • Members of the Riverdale community in Prince George's County, Maryland, came together on the grounds of Riverdale Elementary School at sunset Saturday for a candlelight vigil in memory of the two children struck and killed outside their school Monday morning. Shalom Mbah, 10, and Sky Sosa, 5, wer Video appears to show Virginia State Police chase off-duty DC officer; felony charges filed 11/24/2023 10:45pm • Virginia State Police have arrested a D.C. police officer who was allegedly caught on camera evading troopers before crashing into another vehicle on Thanksgiving Day morning. D.C. police said Officer Peter McCauley, a 25-year-old Alexandria resident and member of the police force since June 2020 DC unveils proposed financial literacy standards that could be taught starting next year 11/24/2023 04:50pm • D.C. has unveiled several financial literacy standards that could be taught to high school students as soon as next year. Last week, the city's Office of the State Superintendent of Education said the draft standards will help students with scholarship and grant opportunities and learn how to DC could ban cars in 3 corridors and create pedestrian zones 11/24/2023 03:00pm • Cars could be banned in three corridors of the District in favor of creating pedestrian zones if a recently introduced D.C. Council bill is successful. The "Public Life and Activity Zones Amendment ('PLAZA') Act of 2023," introduced by Ward 6 Council member Charles Allen would establish three ped How a DC restaurant's turkey fry event is supporting the community 11/23/2023 02:00pm • Dozens of people lined the street corner near Medium Rare in Cleveland Park on Thursday morning, dropping off their turkeys with a team of efficient volunteers working to support the community on the Thanksgiving holiday. Since 2008, the Northwest D.C. restaurant has offered to fry turkey