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11 best weekend getaways from DC 01/10/2023 11:00am • There's no denying the countless things to do and see in our nation's capital. However, the nonstop pace of Washington, D.C., can wear anyone out, and sometimes a weekend getaway is just what the doctor ordered. Luckily, D.C.'s central mid-Atlantic location gives travelers easy access to top destina Electric vehicles at CES give a peek at the future of battery-driven transportation 01/09/2023 12:50pm • If one were to stroll through the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the venue that housed the Consumer Electronics Show’s behemoth automotive exhibition over the past few days, you’d be excused for thinking that all vehicles presently in circulation are electric. After all, pretty Driver injured after tractor-trailer fire on Capital Beltway's Outer Loop 01/09/2023 06:54am • The driver of a tractor-trailer was injured after his vehicle crashed and caught fire near the exit for Georgetown Pike on Interstate 495 in McLean, Virginia, on Sunday afternoon. According to Virginia State Police, around 1 p.m. Sunday, troopers responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash inv Car Review: Jeep's Grand Wagoneer L is big, luxurious and ready to take on other big luxury SUVs 01/09/2023 04:45am • Jeep has been producing off-road ready SUVs for decades, but when it came to large luxury SUVs, the brand fell short and lost customers when they wanted something larger than the Grand Cherokee. To fix that, last year, Jeep brought back Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer nameplates for the large luxurious 1 fatally shot, another injured near Navy Yard Metro station 01/08/2023 08:30pm • Police have identified the man shot and killed outside the Navy Yard Metro station on Saturday in downtown D.C. just hours before another person was wounded in the same area. D.C. police were called to the area of Half and M Streets Southeast for a report of the shooting around 8 p.m. Police said Carfax: Odometer fraud on used cars is on the rise for the DC area 01/08/2023 03:51pm • Thinking about buying a used car this year? With odometer fraud and other scams up around the D.C. region, you'll need to find different ways to verify mileage on the vehicle you want to purchase. “A lot of people think that with digital odometers, that odometer can't be manipulated. And that c Police: Northeast DC homeowner fatally shoots 13-year-old boy 01/07/2023 09:03pm • A homeowner in Northeast D.C. shot and killed a 13-year-old boy in the early morning hours on Saturday after witnessing him breaking into vehicles, police claim. The homeowner allegedly shot the boy, later identified as Karon Blake of Northeast D.C., during a confrontation with a registered firea 'So much safer now': Bicyclists ride new bike lanes on Old Georgetown Road 01/07/2023 04:49pm • A small band of devoted bicyclists braved chilly winds Saturday to ride on the newly-installed bike lanes on Old Georgetown Road, which have been previously criticized by some Maryland drivers as troublesome, unnecessary and annoying. Seven bicyclists took part in the ride that began in downtown 'Don't feel safe': Brightwood planning community meeting after deadly shooting 01/06/2023 09:17pm • A longtime D.C. resident recently told Kim Patterson, a newly-elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and vice president of the Brightwood Community Association, that she no longer plans to take the bus from Georgia Avenue downtown. The woman's brother had previously mentioned that he wasn't c Data Doctors: Preventative maintenance tips for your computer 01/06/2023 07:03pm • Q: What preventative maintenance tasks should I be doing to help my computer run better? A: As with many other items in daily life, preventative maintenance is the key to avoiding expensive repairs that often come as a surprise. Imagine driving your car until it broke down instead of regularly Can a ferry system increase tourism for waterfront towns along the Chesapeake Bay? 01/06/2023 01:54pm • Right now, it's just an idea, and not a new one, but tourism groups around Maryland are coming together to fund a study that will look at whether a ferry system could work around the Chesapeake Bay. When the ferry would run, how often it would run, exactly where it would run, and even at what Receive a DC parking ticket? Here’s how to get alerts to pay it on time 01/05/2023 06:54pm • D.C. said that all its residents can enroll in the Ticket Alert System, a service aimed at making sure you know and remember that you have unpaid parking tickets and traffic citations, so you pay or contest them in time. “DC DMV has worked hard to streamline the TAS enrollment process and make 2 teens charged with carjacking ride-hail driver in Prince George's Co. 01/05/2023 04:38pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, have arrested two teen boys in connection with an armed carjacking of a ride-hailing driver Monday night. The two Landover residents, ages 16 and 17, were charged as adults with armed carjacking and firearm-related offenses. More Prince Georg Potomac man sentenced to 9 years in prison for Bethesda armed carjacking 01/05/2023 08:35am • A 19-year-old man has been sentenced for his role in a June 2022 armed carjacking at a parking garage in Bethesda, Maryland. Herbert Randall, of Potomac, was sentenced to nine years in prison and five years of supervised probation upon release for charges of Armed Carjacking and Use of a Firearm Metrorail operator accused of operating train under the influence 01/05/2023 04:45am • A Metrorail operator is accused of operating a train while under the influence and has been arrested. The incident, as first reported by Greater Greater Washington, happened on Dec. 23, after a Blue Line train bypassed the Van Dorn Street Station. It came to a stop for more than 30 minutes and th