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Poland battles surge in Kremlin spies and hybrid warfare 09/08/2023 07:08pm • WARSAW — The sun-splashed streets of Warsaw in late August, periodically pelted with surprise rain showers looked, sounded, smelled and felt like any other modern, international city. Men and women in business suits rushed along to their appointments, dodging puddles, talking on their mobile ph Why did hundreds of Fairfax Co. drivers mistakenly receive speed camera tickets? 09/08/2023 04:53pm • On July 20, Fairfax County resident Gary Steinberg drove by Key Middle School in Springfield, Virginia — an area his wife Daphne said the couple is very familiar with. The two were surprised when they received a speeding ticket in the mail weeks later. The citation accused Gary of driving 36 mp Cyclists take over the streets this weekend for the 7th annual DC Bike Ride 09/08/2023 08:06am • Be prepared for road closures around the D.C. waterfront on Saturday: The streets will be taken over by 10,000 cyclists for the seventh annual D.C. Bike Ride. Riders will cycle 20 miles of streets across the District and Northern Virginia on the morning of Sept. 9. Locals and tourists alike wi Police: Man in stolen BMW crashes into Fairfax Co. front yard, starts house fire 09/07/2023 05:24pm • Fairfax County police have arrested a man who they say stole a car and crashed into a transformer box, igniting a house fire in Lorton, Virginia, before fleeing the scene. No one inside the house was injured. In a news release, Fairfax County police identified the man as 32-year-old Nico Antho Crash involving school bus sends 3 adults to hospital in Montgomery Co. 09/07/2023 04:48pm • A crash involving a school bus in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has sent three people — all adults — to the hospital. The crash, which involved a school bus and a car, happened on Miller Fall Road and Muncaster Mill Road, according to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. All 30 student Board of Public Works approves American Legion Bridge, vehicle emissions contracts 09/07/2023 12:40pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Board of Public Works voted Wednesday to approve $150 million in contracts that could one day lead to a widening of the American Legion Tesla will install 20,000 EV charging stations at 2,000 Hilton hotels 09/07/2023 09:13am • Tesla has partnered with Hilton Worldwide to install 20,000 charging stations at 2,000 Hilton hotel properties in North America starting next year. They will be universal charging walls, not specific to just Tesla vehicles. McLean, Virginia-based Hilton said the partnership will make Hilton's EV Irish pub closed by tragedy reopens in Arlington with joy 09/07/2023 06:35am • A popular Irish pub in Arlington, Virginia, will reopen its doors Thursday more than a year after tragedy struck, when a car crashed into the restaurant on Wilson Boulevard, injuring 15 people and setting off a devastating fire. "First and foremost, we're the most thankful that the people who wer Prince George's Co. police seek information on officer, woman caught on video going to back seat of cruiser 09/07/2023 05:12am • An internal investigation is already underway on a Maryland officer captured on video going into the back seat of a police cruiser with a woman. Now, Prince George's County police want to talk to anyone who can shed light on the interactions between the woman and the suspended officer — later i Prince George's Co. officer suspended after video shows him in cruiser back seat with another person 09/05/2023 05:30pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, police officer has been suspended after a video circulating on social media appears to show a uniformed officer embracing a woman and then getting into the back seat of a police cruiser with her. Prince George's County police identified the officer as Cpl. Md. poised to make changes to vehicle emissions inspection program, but some questions remain unanswered 09/05/2023 11:12am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Board of Public Works appears poised to approve a contract Wednesday that would change the state's longstanding vehicle emissions insp Car Review: Mercedes EQB 250 allows more buyers to experience a luxury EV 09/04/2023 09:03am • The Mercedes EQB250 is the least costly way to hop into a electric Benz. You might think to yourself that there seems to be more new models of Mercedes. Indeed, Mercedes has EV models hitting the roads and, over the next few weeks, we will sample two more of them. First up is the EQB 250, the entry Special events in the DC area for Labor Day Weekend 09/04/2023 06:50am • Looking for things to do for the long Labor Day weekend in the D.C. area? Here are some ideas for special events going on in the area. Maryland Sunday afternoon, officials in Gaithersburg canceled the city's Labor Day Parade ahead of potential record-breaking heat across the region. "Our sta Md. state trooper airlifted for injuries after crash with DWI suspect 09/02/2023 03:11pm • A Maryland state trooper was airlifted to treatment early Saturday after a crash in Hagerstown with a driver who authorities say was impaired at the time. Chauncey Dale Baylor II has been charged with impaired driving and additional charges are pending, according to a news release from the Maryla 2 dead, 3 injured in multivehicle Hagerstown crash involving 4 tractor-trailers 09/02/2023 05:49am • Two people are dead and three others injured after a Friday morning crash on southbound Interstate 81 in Washington County, Maryland, involving four tractor-trailers and two passenger vehicles, Maryland State Police said. A preliminary investigation revealed that a Chevrolet Tahoe struck the bac