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Rare, futuristic 'jet-age' classic car now on display on the National Mall 09/10/2022 08:35am • Cars at the Capital is back on the National Mall, and this time it features a futuristic, ultrarare and ultra-valuable piece of the 1960s. A 1963 Chrysler Turbine Car is on display in D.C. between the National Air and Space Museum and the National Gallery of Art through Sunday. More Lo Family of Kaidyn Green sues school, security firm, driver over 9-year-old���s death 09/09/2022 10:34pm • The family of a 9-year-old student who suffered deadly injuries outside a D.C. public charter school last year is suing the school and its security company. Kaidyn Green, 9, was hit by a car outside the KIPP DC Honor Academy, on Wheeler Road in Southeast, on Dec. 10, 2021. He was in Children� Who���s hosting a fundraiser for Wes Moore this month? Who isn���t? 09/09/2022 06:51pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Wes Moore is a very popular guy these days. As the favorite to replace term-limited Gov. Larry Hogan (R), the Democratic nominee for gove Watchdog: Only 'minimal' progress at DC's 911 call center 09/09/2022 04:05pm • The Office of the D.C. Auditor says efforts to fix longstanding problems in the Office of Unified Communications, which operates the 911 call center, have produced only "minimal progress." ���There is no more important government service than responding to medical emergencies,��� said D.C. Audito Ex-rowing coach at Bethesda school sentenced for sexual abuse 09/09/2022 03:27pm • A former rowing coach at a Bethesda, Maryland, high school was sentenced Friday to serve three years in prison for sexual misconduct with two students. Kirkland Shipley, of D.C., has been sentenced to five years, with two suspended, on charges of first-degree sexual abuse of a secondary education Man charged with slashing tires in Dale City commuter lot, assaulting police dog 09/09/2022 12:45pm • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. Police say a man slashed the tires of dozens of cars in a Dale City commuter lot on Wednesday, assaulted officers and tried to stab a pol 20 years after Beltway snipers, ATF leader says new technology could have solved case sooner 09/09/2022 09:28am • As the 20-year anniversary of the Beltway Sniper shooting rampage nears, the man who headed the investigation at the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says new technology would have likely stopped the shootings sooner. During a three-week period in October 2002, John All 'Talk Soup' comedian Hal Sparks brings political comedy to Shakespeare Theatre 09/09/2022 02:41am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� You know him from "Talk Soup" and "Dude, Where's My Car?"��This Saturday, Hal Sparks cracks up Shakespeare Theatre��in D.C. for the "Sexy liberal Save Democracy" tour. "We started the Sexy liberal tour years ago for myself, Jo Police: Driver, passengers in custody after car chase in Prince George's Co. 09/08/2022 09:27am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, say a car chase ensued after a routine patrol approached an illegally parked car in District Heights. One officer was injured in the incident. Police told WTOP that around 9:10 p.m. Wednesday evening, officers were approaching an illegally parked car on Man sentenced for murder of woman on DC 295 and 2020 assault 09/08/2022 07:47am • A District man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of a woman along DC 295 in February and a previous assault against his child's mother in 2020. Gregory Johnson, 31, was sentenced Wednesday after he pleaded guilty in June in D.C. Superior Court to charges of second-degree mur Truck crashes through decorative railing on Arlington Memorial Bridge 09/08/2022 12:19am • A pickup truck mounted the sidewalk on the Arlington Memorial Bridge and crashed through the decorative masonry on its railing Wednesday evening. According to U.S. Park Police, the accident happened just before 8 p.m. on the inbound side of the bridge that looks over the Mt. Vernon Trail and the 1 dead, 3 injured after Southeast DC shooting 09/07/2022 09:43pm • One man was killed and three others were injured in a shooting in Southeast D.C. shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday, police said. They identified the victim as Kendrick Phillips, 30, of Southeast D.C. D.C. police said the four were shot while standing outside on the 600 block of Chesapeake Street 'I didn't want to die': Uber driver recounts confrontation with dirt bikes, ATVs in DC 09/07/2022 08:25pm • For the first six hours of his shift as an Uber driver on Sunday, Javier Gutierrez of Rockville, Maryland, said, his time picking up and dropping off passengers around the D.C. area was like any other. That all changed, he said, around 9 p.m., when he encountered a group of people riding dirt bik Police release video of Woodbridge drug-operation shooting that killed 1 09/07/2022 02:44pm • Police in Prince William County, Virginia, on Wednesday released security video of the incident in which police shot two men in Woodbridge, killing one of them. The police said that the incident began when three men tried to rob a detective during an undercover drug purchase. The Prince Willia Va. Republicans to discuss repealing ban on new gas cars 09/07/2022 09:47am • The Virginia General Assembly returned to Richmond Wednesday for a special session, and Republicans were expected to discuss their opposition to a law that requires Virginia to follow California's plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles beginning in 2035. "I do believe that we will t