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'This was a miracle': Police ID driver of car who struck father, daughter in harrowing crash 07/10/2023 11:15am • Police have identified the D.C. man who officers say crashed a car into a father and daughter, leaving both with serious injuries Saturday. Thaniyyah Veney, 32, of Southeast D.C., was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, leaving after colliding, assault with a 'Don't put it off': Cost concerns aren't keeping Gen X, boomer travelers from the great getaway 07/10/2023 05:46am • This summer, WTOP is taking you on a tour and exploring how adults 50 and older are spending their travels. They may not be doing it for the 'Gram, the likes or their followers, but older adults are visiting top travel destinations, and they're not letting recent inflation get in the way of check Car Review: Kick it old school in the 2023 Lexus GX460 before its big makeover 07/10/2023 12:11am • What an old-school luxury SUV the 2023 Lexus GX460 is in its final year before a big makeover. (WTOP / Mike Parris) In the luxury SUV market, the players are usually modern, car-based rather than off-road ready. Lexus marches to a different drummer with the old-school GX460, sporting full-time, four Unsafe streets: The dangers facing pedestrians 07/09/2023 09:34am • ▶ Watch Video: The rise in pedestrian fatalities It's been nearly a decade since a drive down Philadelphia's Roosevelt Boulevard was no big deal for Latanya Byrd. And it never will be again. It was July 16, 2013. Latanya's 27-year old niece, Samara Banks, her four sons, and her sist City of Fairfax expands left turn lane at busy intersection to avoid crashes 07/08/2023 10:23pm • An additional left turn lane has been put in place for drivers at a busy Virginia, intersection — in hopes of helping motorists avoid potential collisions. The City of Fairfax announced Saturday that the second left turn lane at the Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place intersection is now accessib Man sentenced to 45 years in prison for murder of aspiring rapper from Triangle 07/08/2023 05:14pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A Spotsylvania County man has been sentenced to 75 years in prison with 30 years suspended for the 2020 murder of his friend Brian T DC-area dermatologists: It may take more than sunscreen to keep your skin healthy this summer 07/08/2023 05:17am • Summertime means spending more time outdoors enjoying the warm weather — but local doctors are warning not to forget about one big thing to help you enjoy the sunshine. Dr. Randa Khoury, a dermatologist with Kaiser Permanente in Virginia, says the best way to avoid skin cancer, burning and spot Black-owned businesses swap successes, samples at Expo 07/07/2023 10:08pm • Inside Sandlot, an event space along Howard Road in Southeast D.C., cars pulled up and business owners poured out to set up tables with brightly colored banners, space for samples and business cards. They were setting up to take part in the Black Business Expo, an event organized by D.C. Mayor Mu Trend of scattered showers, risk of flooding in DC area continues this weekend 07/07/2023 06:53pm • Friday started off hot and muggy with temperatures in the mid 90s before heavy rain caused some area roadways to flood. Scattered storms will continue this weekend, with Friday night having offered a brief reprieve from the storms. Here's what you need to know. The D.C. area remained under a floo What’s happening locally with car sales? You might be surprised 07/07/2023 01:41pm • As summer comes to a peak, car dealership supply shortages and related price premiums have largely eased in the Washington, D.C., area. WTOP talked with three dealers who shared that they again have enough cars for customers to be able to visit their dealerships and test-drive vehicles in per Man arrested for string of Northern Virginia sexual assaults described as a 'true predator' 07/07/2023 12:25pm • A man the Fairfax County police chief called "public enemy No. 1" and a "true predator" is behind bars after being arrested for a string of sex assaults in Northern Virginia. Twenty-year-old Hien The Dinh, of Stafford County, has been charged with one count of sexual battery and one count of abdu DC Council introduces bills that would get dangerous drivers off road sooner, impound cars 07/07/2023 09:50am • "Innocent unless proven guilty" is the presumption of innocence in courtrooms across the U.S., but members of the D.C. Council are looking for ways to keep dangerous drivers off the road in the meantime. At-large Councilmember Christina Henderson presented legislation that would suspend the licen Cameras catch thousands of speeders near Fairfax Co. school zones 07/07/2023 05:29am • Thousands of drivers have been caught speeding in the months since speed cameras were placed in school zones near eight Fairfax County, Virginia, schools, according to police data obtained by WTOP. In total, 23,431 cars were caught going 10 or more miles per hour above the speed limit in April, M 2 stolen French Bulldogs found, returned to family, DC police say 07/07/2023 04:47am • The two French Bulldogs that were stolen at gunpoint in D.C. on Monday have been found and returned to their rightful owner, D.C. police said Thursday. According to police, the dogs were stolen around 10:30 a.m. Monday. A man was walking the dogs along V Street in Southwest D.C. when multiple sus Man driving for Lyft killed in Northeast DC 07/06/2023 05:37pm • A 31-year-old man was shot and killed while working a shift as a Lyft driver in D.C. on Monday. Police responded to a report of an unconscious person in the 400 block of 11th Street NE at 12:08 a.m. When they arrived at the scene, they discovered Nasrat Ahmad Yar, of Alexandria, Virginia, in his