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Jessica Taylor to take over as chief of US Park Police next month, NPS says 04/17/2023 10:57am • The U.S. Park Police department will be led by a new chief, Jessica Taylor, starting in May, the National Park Service says. Taylor will oversee 560 employees in the District, New York City and San Francisco, according to a news release from NPS. The U.S. Park Police department will be led by Car Review: Aston Martin’s DBX 707 is an ultra-sporty, high performance, high-priced SUV 04/17/2023 04:57am • Aston Martin is renowned for racing and iconic cars with breathtaking looks and performance. It’s the star that stole the show in a few 007 films over the decades, so the company couldn’t just build a plain SUV. Instead, Aston Martin built the DBX 707 to be as exotic as its cars and now with per DC-region Red Cross CEO thanks volunteers for making a difference this National Volunteer Month 04/16/2023 07:06am • This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. It's National Volunteer Month and a D.C.-area chapter of the American Red Cross wants to encourage more people to volunteer and thank thos NTSB releases initial report on Maryland crash that killed 6 highway workers 04/14/2023 12:27am • The National Transportation Safety Board has released an initial report regarding a crash that killed six highway construction workers in Maryland last month, and it states the two vehicles that collided before the fatal crash were reportedly going above the 55 mph speed limit "and greater than the PHOTOS: Inside the most expensive 'iconic and rare' home for sale in DC 04/13/2023 07:15pm • Listed at $26.5 million, the most expensive home on the D.C. market is a Georgetown estate that combines three properties, more than 16,000 square feet and more than 200 years of history under one roof. The list of notable former owners and residents of the property includes Georgetown Mayor Thomas 'How low can you be?' 1 dead, 3 wounded in shooting outside Northeast DC funeral home 04/12/2023 04:30pm • D.C. police are working to figure out who is behind a shooting outside of a funeral home in Northeast that left a man dead and three people wounded Tuesday afternoon. The shooting happened about 12:15 p.m. as people who had just attended a funeral service were milling on the sidewalk outside the I-95 shootout suspect charged with abduction 04/12/2023 02:51pm • The man wounded last week in a police shootout on Interstate 95 in Prince William County, Virginia, after he allegedly kidnapped a woman in New York has now been charged. Michael C. Davis, 34, of North Chesterfield, Virginia, has been charged with one felony count of abduction. Davis was wounded New dashboard tracks every fatal crash in Maryland: Where are the region's deadliest roads? 04/12/2023 01:29pm • It happened, on average, more than once a day last year. In fact, preliminary data shows that for the second year in a row, exactly 563 people died on Maryland roads in 2022. The new numbers were released Wednesday by the state of Maryland. In 2022, 135 pedestrians died on state roads, up by four Red light, school zone cameras approved, coming to Prince William Co. by summer 04/12/2023 08:15am • Drivers in a hurry, take notice because school and highway zone speed cameras, and red light enforcement cameras are coming to Prince William County, Virginia. On Tuesday, the Board of County Supervisors approved a one-year pilot program that will start this summer to install automated enforcemen A tail-wagging reunion after a terrier taken during a car theft in Prince George's Co. is found safe 04/12/2023 04:50am • Gianni, a Boston terrier, was missing for weeks after Cary and Roxanne Zamilskis' car was stolen with Gianni inside in March. To the Zamilskis immense pleasure, Prince George's police located Gianni and reunited the pooch with the couple on Tuesday. Just over two weeks ago, a stop to fill up on 'Grease' is still the word at Toby's Dinner Theatre 04/12/2023 04:01am • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b19zHNPFWjw&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Ftobysdinnertheatre.com%2F&feature=emb_imp_woyt The 1972 musical was a Broadway smash before the 1978 movie cemented it in our pop culture. This spring, Toby's Dinner Theatre stages "Grease" now through June 11 in Police looking for car in Northeast DC shooting that killed 1, wounded 3 04/11/2023 10:20pm • One person was killed, and three others were hospitalized after a shooting in Northeast D.C. It happened on Tuesday just after 12:15 p.m. on the 4000 block of Benning Road near Fort Mahan Park. Police found two men and two women who had been shot. One of the men was dead, and authorities took his Suspect arrested after barricade situation in Arlington bank 04/11/2023 09:38pm • Arlington County police say a suspect is in custody after an attempted robbery and barricade at a Clarendon-area bank on Tuesday afternoon. Police said they arrested Oscar Gonzalez Allarenja, 30, of Durham, North Carolina, and charged him with bank robbery and abduction. Allarenja is being held w The unexpected way license plate readers find missing persons in Virginia 04/11/2023 04:14pm • License plate readers are relatively new in Virginia's Fairfax County, but police think that beyond helping them find 30 stolen cars and arrest 50 suspected criminals in the last few months, the technology has also helped them find four missing people. "We have found that a lot of our community m Metro looks to keep DC's bus lanes clear with cameras, fines 04/11/2023 01:17pm • You may want to stay out of those bus lanes in the city when you need a quick parking job — in the future, camera-enforced tickets may be coming. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority estimates their busses only travel about 10 mph on average. It’s even worse for the transit agen