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A call to boost pedestrian safety on a major Montgomery Co. commuting route 02/22/2023 11:40pm • Pedestrian fatalities have been rising across the region, and a public meeting in Wheaton Wednesday night put a spotlight on a hazardous stretch of road in Montgomery County, Maryland. "Right now, Georgia Avenue, which is owned by the state, is extremely dangerous. People are dying just by crossi Virginia, DC girls accused of stealing cars, stabbing 02/21/2023 09:01pm • Two teenagers from D.C. and Virginia are accused of stealing cars and stabbing one person. Police arrested the girls, both 15, on carjacking offenses that happened in D.C. One of the girls is from Northeast D.C., and the other is from Herndon, Virginia. More Local News More DC News Taking stand in DC murder trial, sister recalls 10-year-old's final moments after gang shooting 02/21/2023 04:44pm • The older sister of a 10-year-old girl, who was gunned down in 2018 after returning from an ice cream truck, took the stand Tuesday during the trial of six men charged in the killing. Nyjhay Lewis, who was 18 at the time of the shooting, described for the jury how she and her younger sister Makiy 7 injured in serious crash in Northwest DC 02/21/2023 02:47pm • Seven people are injured ��� three critically ��� after a crash on Connecticut Avenue in front of the National Zoo in D.C. The crash happened just after 8 a.m., according to D.C. Fire and EMS. More DC News More Local News It involved two vehicles, and three victims were tra Red Line service increasing on Metro's busiest days of the week 02/21/2023 04:08am • D.C.-area riders on Metro's Red Line will see more trains during the busiest days of the week starting Tuesday. Trains will operate every eight minutes all day Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, which have become Metro���s highest ridership days, the transit agency said in a news release. 'I wanted to help save them': Maryland girl pens bird guide for a cause 02/20/2023 11:00pm • At 11 years old, Xaviana Leis, from Edgewater, Maryland, is not only a published author, but she's also a philanthropist. Leis, who goes by Xavi, has written and illustrated a guide to the birds of Maryland, and the money raised from the sales of her book goes to a nonprofit organization that reh Family and friends remember Silver Spring woman killed in weekend apartment fire 02/20/2023 10:17pm • Family, friends and colleagues remembered the Silver Spring, Maryland, woman who died during a fire at an apartment building downtown on Saturday. They said Melanie Diaz, 25, is a loving daughter and colleague who put others first. "Everybody loved her, she gave you a lot of love,��� her fathe Prince George's Co. police give out steering wheel locks to Kia, Hyundai owners 02/20/2023 02:50pm • A long line of vehicles snaked through a parking lot of a District Heights, Maryland, shopping center on Monday. They were there because Prince George's County police were giving away 150 steering wheel locks to people who owned Hyundais and Kias. The bright yellow locks, given to the departm Car Review: Cadillac XT4 offers loads of space and style for pint sized exterior 02/20/2023 06:19am • Cadillac has been very successful building and selling large luxury SUVs for two decades now. For the last couple of years, the carmaker been giving attention to its smallest crossover, the XT4. More Consumer News WTOP���s Car Reviews The small XT4 is very stylish just like its bestselling big b Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins longest Daytona 500 in history 02/19/2023 07:51pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Daytona 500 in double overtime and under caution Sunday night in the longest running of ���The Great American Race.��� The two overtimes pushed the 65th running of the race to a record 212 laps ��� a dozen laps beyond the scheduled distance La Plata sex offender arrested after following teen home from Target 02/19/2023 07:57am • Deputies in Charles County, Maryland, arrested a registered sex offender earlier this month after he allegedly approached several women and followed some around public spaces. Edward Jackson Bunn, 49, was arrested on a warrant for his involvement in suspicious activity around the city of La Plata Stafford Co. sisters arrested following car chase, off-road crash 02/18/2023 03:42pm • Two women from Stafford County, Virginia, were charged Friday for leading police on a vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash and a brief foot chase, according to authorities. The Stafford County Sheriff's Office said that Kelzy Young, 19, and sister Sharlynia Young, 21, were both arrested when the Crash on Clara Barton Parkway leaves 2 hospitalized 02/18/2023 12:17pm • Two people were hospitalized, one with life-threatening injuries, after a crash early Saturday on the Clara Barton Parkway in Maryland, according to authorities. U.S. Park Police officers responded to a crash on the roadway east of Route 495 near Cabin John around 12:45 a.m., according to spokesm Mistrial declared in case of off-duty Pentagon officer who shot and killed 2 02/17/2023 07:00pm • The judge in the case of an off-duty Pentagon officer accused of shooting and killing two people at his apartment complex has declared a mistrial. David Hall Dixon, of Takoma Park, Maryland, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of use of a handgun in commission of a fel Arlington 'bike bus' inspires confidence as kids commute to school 02/17/2023 04:34pm • Pick a weekly playlist, a safe route and get moving ��� that's the key to creating a successful bike bus. It's something that two dozen kids in Arlington, Virginia, use to get to school once a week. Every Friday morning, Gillian Burgess leads a group of kids, including her own, to Escuela Key Ele