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Running on all cylinders: This fall's fastest and fanciest cars 11/06/2023 05:00am • It’s not a secret to listeners that WTOP morning anchor John Aaron is a big car aficionado. So when the Washington Automotive Press Association held its annual rally — giving reporters and reviewers a chance to sample numerous new cars, from the Lexus RZ to the Mazda Miata Club — it was like C How to protect your personal information when renting a car 11/06/2023 04:15am • Have you ever rented a vehicle and found an unfamiliar contact list when trying to connect a phone to the car's infotainment system? Turns out, the information may belong to an earlier renter of the automobile. This is happening more often as states require drivers to go hands free behind the whe Maryland State Police identify 4 killed in deadly Carroll Co. crash 11/04/2023 11:32pm • Maryland State Police are investigating after four people, including one teen, died in a multi-car crash Saturday evening. The crash happened just before 5:30 p.m. along westbound Liberty Road in the area of Westminster, Maryland. Investigators said that the driver of a Chevy Equinox, 72-year- DC man arrested after carjacking teen driver and crashing into Fairfax Co. gas pump 11/04/2023 02:44pm • A D.C. man was arrested Monday after he stole thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise from a local mall, carjacked a teenager and drove into a gas pump, according to Fairfax County, Virginia, police. Mecca Lee-Bey, 20, has been charged with carjacking and grand larceny. Police were called s Review: Sylvester Stallone breaks down career from 'Rocky' to 'Rambo' in new Netflix documentary 'Sly' 11/03/2023 02:07pm • He joins Harrison Ford as the only two actors to star in No. 1 box-office smashes in six different decades, but unlike Han Solo and Indiana Jones, the man behind Rocky Balboa also wrote an iconic Best Picture winner. This Friday, Sylvester Stallone reflects on his career hits and misses in the ne Prince George's Co. man charged with attempted murder in stabbing, carjacking of elderly woman 11/03/2023 01:14pm • The man who police say followed an elderly woman into a Prince George's County, Maryland, business earlier this week, stabbed her multiple times and then stole her car has been charged with attempted murder. In addition to first- and second-degree attempted murder charges, 30-year-old James Minor Prince George's Co. police arrest man in stabbing, carjacking of elderly woman 11/03/2023 04:48am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, have arrested a man in connection with the stabbing and carjacking of a woman in her 70s Wednesday night in the Camp Springs area. It happened around 8 p.m. on Temple Hill Road, near Allentown Road, as the woman was entering a business, according to inv How the Virginia election may shake up gun laws 11/02/2023 05:58pm • Follow WTOP’s coverage of the Virginia Election 2023. The politics surrounding gun control have been at a standstill in Virginia due to its divided government, but the state could take a hard turn depending on what happens in its closely-watched election that's coming up on Tuesday. With Rep Are more expensive phone chargers worth the cost? Not necessarily 11/02/2023 05:41pm • Online and in stores, cheap versions of charging cables for Apple and Android phones aren't hard to find. But how sturdy are the less pricey cables? Consumer Reports found that with several cables you get what you pay for, but other times that's not the case. The testing pitted Apple’s $30 c Montgomery Co. officer struck on I-270 is in 'phenomenal spirit,' police chief says 11/02/2023 09:28am • A police officer from Montgomery County, Maryland, wants to get back to work, even after the job cost him his legs. Sgt. Patrick Kepp was hit by a car driven by a teen driver running from police on Interstate 270 on Oct. 18. His legs had to be amputated as a result of the injuries, but that is no Detective: Mom turned in 12-year-old son charged in carjacking attempt that left DC teen dead 11/01/2023 06:32pm • The 12-year-old facing charges in connection with an attempted carjacking in D.C., during which a 13-year-old was killed, was turned in to police by his own mother. A judge ordered the boy held in D.C.'s youth detention center during a hearing Wednesday. Police said the attempted carjacking happe DC to give out free digital tracking tags to aid in recovering stolen vehicles 11/01/2023 06:00pm • They're not just for locating your luggage at the airport or finding where you put your keys. D.C. is hoping that digital tracking tags, such as Apple AirTags, can help get your vehicle back amid a rise in carjackings in the District. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. acting police Chief Pamela Smith How this weekend’s clock change can affect your driving 11/01/2023 09:31am • You may get an hour of sleep back this weekend when the clocks switch to standard time, but the time change can still affect your sleep habits enough to leave you fatigued and drowsy, which is a big problem as you hit the road. “Anytime we change our body's kind of natural time clock or circadi 12-year-old arrested in suspected carjacking that led to 13-year-old's shooting death by off-duty officer 11/01/2023 08:54am • A 12-year-old connected to an attempted carjacking that left a 13-year-old dead in D.C.'s Penn Quarter neighborhood Saturday night has been arrested. D.C. police said the 12-year-old, of Southeast D.C., has been charged with armed carjacking. After 10 p.m. on Saturday night, police were called Inflation, economy on the minds of Virginia voters ahead of upcoming election 11/01/2023 04:07am • In less than a week, Virginia voters head to the polls for a closely-watched, high-stakes election, and the economy is on the minds of many people who will cast a ballot, according to a recent poll from The Wason Center at Christopher Newport University. The poll of 800 likely voters from Virgini