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Video shows Park Police fatally shooting teenager in stolen car in Northeast DC 04/04/2023 11:07pm • Body camera videos released by U.S. Park Police show details of the events leading up to their officer shooting and killing a teenager in a stolen car in Northeast D.C. D.C. police flagged down a Park Police vehicle for assistance over what they said was a stolen vehicle on the 3400 block of Bake Staying put this spring break? Check out some day trip ideas for the DC area 04/04/2023 08:53am • Deciding to save a little dough by not spending big on a spring break trip this year? There are plenty of fun-packed day trips for you and the kids near the D.C. region. “We have access to Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and with that comes so many different opportunities,†Where DC, Maryland and Virginia rank for distracted driving 04/04/2023 12:32am • As more drivers took to the road following the outbreak of COVID-19, the nation chalked up a significant increase in the number of crashes to distracted driving in 2021. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that there were 3,522 fatal crashes nationwide in which at least on Court documents reveal moments leading up to Va. woman's deadly stabbing at Ivy City Hotel in DC 04/03/2023 05:35pm • Less than an hour after a Virginia woman checked into a D.C. motel Friday evening, a man on a bicycle approached her room, opened the door and then brutally stabbed her 30 times with a kitchen knife, according to court documents. George Sydnor, 43, of no fixed address, has been charged with first 7News, WTOP partnership brings new voices for listeners 04/03/2023 08:45am • Some new voices will be joining the WTOP airwaves in the coming workweek due to a partnership that was just formed between WTOP and 7News. Starting Monday, WTOP listeners will hear 7News meteorologists delivering the forecast every 10 minutes during the WTOP segment "traffic and weather on th Car Review: Ram 1500 TRX is ready for work and fun for a big price 04/03/2023 05:18am • I have been driving sensible cars and crossovers with electric power for some of the driving duties lately. This week is a HUGE departure from that with the six-figure Ram 1500 TRX. The Ram 1500 TRX is a gas-swilling 6.2L supercharged Hemi V-8 ready to wake your neighbors when you hit the start butt DC mayor announces 2023 Open Streets events 04/02/2023 12:22am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has released dates for this year's Open Streets events, where community residents take over usually busy and car-filled roadways for some mile-long fun in the sun. The annual tradition was announced for Sunday, June 4, this year on 12th Street NE in Ward 5 between Frankli Car collision in Montgomery Co. leaves 1 dead, another injured 04/01/2023 11:30pm • One person has died and another was hospitalized, after a head on car crash left a car dangling over an overpass in the Montgomery County, Maryland, Saturday night. Just after 7:30 p.m., Montgomery County Fire and EMS reported to Norbeck Road on Route 28 between Norwood Road and New Hampshire Ave Fairfax police arrest 3 men after armed carjacking 04/01/2023 01:21am • Fairfax County, Virginia, police were able to track down three men wanted in connection to an armed carjacking in Maryland earlier this week. On Wednesday, a 2014 Audi Q5 was reported stolen in an armed carjacking in Prince George's County, Maryland. More Local News More Virginia Ne Want a free e-scooter lesson? Montgomery Co. is offering them 03/31/2023 10:18pm • It seems like e-scooters are just about everywhere and in every neighborhood these days. That is why transportation officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, have decided to offer free lessons to people who want to learn how to pick up an e-scooter and ride it safely. "It's informal, so there' Fairfax Co. police chief: Officers sought 'best possible outcome' in US-1 barricade 03/30/2023 05:34pm • Fairfax County, Virginia, police are offering new details on a 36-hour standoff with an armed woman who barricaded herself on U.S. Route 1. In a news conference Thursday, Fairfax County Chief of Police Kevin Davis credited negotiators, who frequently communicated with the woman for more than a da Family of man paralyzed during traffic stop settles lawsuit with Prince George’s Co. 03/30/2023 03:46pm • The family of a Prince George’s County, Maryland, man who was paralyzed in a traffic stop in 2019 has reached a multimillion dollar settlement in a police brutality lawsuit. The $7.5 million payout is the second-largest payout the county has ever made for a police brutality claim, according to The new Chantilly Dash In has a Spike Mendelsohn burger 03/30/2023 01:00pm • Regional convenience store chain Dash In, which likes to call itself a restaurant with gas pumps, has opened its newest location in Chantilly — and Chef Spike Mendelsohn is adding a little star power to its opening weeks. Dash In, owned by La Plata, Maryland-based The Willis Group, has grown to Fairfax Co. police take armed woman into custody after 36-hour standoff 03/30/2023 06:53am • Part of Richmond Highway in Fairfax County, Virginia, being shut down while police are trying to help a woman who has barricaded herself in a car early Wednesday morning. (WTOP/Luke Lukert) After a 36-hour standoff, U.S. Route 1 in Fairfax County, Virginia, reopened Thursday morning, and an arme Virginia updates its Move Over Law to protect motorists in disabled vehicles 03/30/2023 04:30am • Angela Hurley, 49, of Mechanicsville, Virginia, was extremely creative, according to her sister Latane Flanagan. Her creativity fostered a career as a hairstylist, during which she had the opportunity to cut the hair of country music legend Kenny Rogers. More Virginia News More Loca