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Md. man fought his $100 DC speeding ticket. Now it’s easier for others to challenge theirs 12/01/2022 04:43am • When one Maryland driver got a $100 speeding ticket from the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles in 2019, he didn’t grudgingly pay the fine like hundreds of thousands of drivers around the D.C. area do every year. He decided to fight it — and he took his case all the way to the District’s highes Pilot and rescuers recount perilous plane rescue in Gaithersburg 11/30/2022 08:15pm • Patrick Merkle of D.C. has been flying for more than 30 years. And on Sunday night, he had hoped to conclude a day trip to New York with a friend at the Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg. But a few miles before the airport, Merkle’s plane crashed into a power transmission tower and left Checklist for choosing a maternity hospital 11/30/2022 07:00pm • When you're pregnant, there are many things to consider when preparing to welcome your new family addition. These include choosing an OB-GYN who fits your personal needs, packing all of your essential items in your maternity hospital bag, choosing a name for your baby -- and finding the best materni Lamborghini's last purely gas-powered supercar is a road car turned into an off-road monster 11/30/2022 08:01am • The new Lamborghini Huracán. (Courtesy Lamborghini) The Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato, officially unveiled in Miami Wednesday will be the Italian automaker's maker's last purely gasoline-powered supercar. It will also be unlike any Lamborghini supercar before because it's designed to go off-roa LISTEN: 'Twas the night of the tree lighting 11/30/2022 05:16am • Traffic during the Christmas Tree lighting is usually terrible downtown. Will drivers have visions of sugarplums or brake lights dancing through their heads? WTOP traffic reporter Dave Dildine penned a parody of a Christmas classic. ‘Twas the night of the tree lighting, when near the White Md. driver who stopped to remove something from the road struck and killed 11/29/2022 03:58pm • A woman who got out of her car to remove something lying in the roadway was struck and killed by another driver, police in Prince George's County, Maryland, said. The crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Monday in the area of Indian Head Highway and Livingston Road. More Local News More Assault charges dropped against ex-DC deputy mayor 11/29/2022 01:54pm • Assault and battery charges have been dropped against a former D.C. official who was accused of grabbing another man by the neck in an Arlington, Virginia, gym parking lot. Online court records confirm that prosecutors dropped the charges against 53-year-old Chris Geldart, who was formerly the Di Police release video of suspects in burglary at Silver Spring car dealership 11/28/2022 04:36pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, police have released a video of the four suspects they say broke into a car dealership in the predawn hours of Monday. More Montgomery County News More Maryland News More Local News The four broke into Universal Auto Group, in Silver Spring, Car Review: Audi unleashes the ultimate little sedan with a 400hp five cylinder powered RS 3 11/28/2022 03:58am • The Audi RS 3 sedan is a special car — not just a run-of-the-mill small luxury sedan. The RS 3 comes equipped with a different engine than most cars today. A five-cylinder turbo engine that packs a 401hp punch! It even won the “International Engine of the Year award.” This engine has a Robbers use stolen car to break into Rockville gun shop 11/25/2022 06:35pm • A Rockville, Maryland, gun shop was burglarized early Friday after a car rammed into the storefront. Montgomery County police say the suspects drove a stolen black sedan into Atlantic Guns' storefront around 1 a.m. Friday. Police believe up to six people were involved. More Montgomery Gold gun, gold getaway car: 2 arrested after armed robbery at Bethesda Row Apple store 11/24/2022 11:47am • A Prince George's County, Maryland, woman has been arrested in connection with an October armed robbery at an Apple store in Bethesda Row. Brianna Zigler, 27, of Oxon Hill, was identified as the second suspect in the armed robbery, according to Montgomery County police. Tyrone Lamont Jones, 32, o Woman banned while Uber investigates racist diatribe caught on camera in Northwest DC 11/23/2022 11:06pm • Uber has banned a customer from using the ride-sharing app while the company investigates a racist rant against an Uber driver captured on a cellphone camera in Northwest D.C. The one-minute video had some 2.5 million views in several hours after it was posted on Twitter. The highly charged excha Police: 3 teens, 1 adult shot outside Temple Hills shopping center 11/23/2022 09:42pm • Three teenagers and an adult are in the hospital Wednesday night after being shot in Temple Hills, Maryland. According to Prince George's County police, the shooting happened just before 6:30 p.m. outside a strip mall on Iverson Street in Hillcrest Heights. Investigators say someone in a car s DC-area airports prepare for increase in holiday passenger count 11/22/2022 05:14pm • During one of the most expensive holiday travel seasons in recent memory, Reagan National and Dulles International airports are expecting thousands of Thanksgiving-ready passengers. Whether you're getting to the airport on the newly-minted Silver Line or driving yourself to a reserved parking spa Fairfax Co. police announce arrest in 1988 rape case 11/22/2022 04:26pm • The Fairfax County, Virginia, police on Tuesday announced an arrest in an alleged rape from 1988. George Thomas Jr., who is now 61, is being charged with two counts of rape, one count of sodomy and one count of abduction, Cmdr. Ed O’Carroll said at a briefing. He’s being held without bond in