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1 dead in fatal District Heights crash 05/21/2022 10:26pm • A woman is dead and two people are injured after a crash in Prince George's County on Friday night. The two-car crash happened right before 8 p.m. on Marlboro Pike in District Heights. Prince George's County Police say one driver had minor injuries and another was critically injured. Both were Ford's 'Driving Skills for Life' course helps DC area teens steer away from danger 05/21/2022 03:43pm • For teenagers and children in the U.S., motor vehicle crashes are the second leading cause of death. This weekend, teens in the D.C. area are getting behind the wheel at a special driving course aimed at preventing those accidents. "The screeching sound kind of scared me at first," said Kelly Spe Rare items from Disney World and Disneyland go up for auction 05/21/2022 12:40pm • A vehicle from Walt Disney World's Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, and a Skyway gondola and an Autopia car from Disneyland are just a few items available in a unique Disney auction set for Saturday. The collection of about 45,000 items belongs to Scott Rummel, a voice actor from Orange County. From its Man driving stolen car crashes into jersey wall on I-495 05/21/2022 10:58am • Travel times were slowed on Interstate 495 in the D.C. area Saturday morning after a suspect in an armed carjacking crashed a stolen car into a jersey wall on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. It all started when a man stole a Toyota Camry at gun point in the 3300 block of Southgate Drive around 7:45 a. Festival of Speed & Style returns to Old Town Alexandria with fashion and fast cars 05/21/2022 10:34am • The Old Town Festival of Speed & Style will feature more than 100 cars, including Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches and Jaguars, in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sunday. But that's not all. “We’ve hand-picked six cars that will then be paired with models who are dressed up and done up to mat 6 hospitalized after driver crashes into 4 pedestrians in Fairfax Co. 05/21/2022 01:44am • Several people are in the hospital after a vehicle went off the road and crashed into a group of pedestrians Friday morning in Annandale, Virginia. Now police have revealed more details about the crash Saturday afternoon. Fairfax County police said the crash happened just after 11 AM in the 7200 No cars, just people: DC kicks off Open Streets in Anacostia 05/20/2022 08:02pm • Why should cars get all the fun? A major thoroughfare in Southeast D.C. will open up to pedestrians, scooters and bicyclists this weekend. And no cars allowed. The District's Open Streets in your Neighborhood is kicking off on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue on Saturday. About a third of a mile wi Asking the right questions might better ID people considering suicide — especially those with access to guns 05/20/2022 07:35pm • Craig Bryan collaborates with his colleagues at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center about including more comprehensive questions on mental health assessments. Bryan led a new study that found gun owners are less likely to report suicidal ideation, prompting action to tailor questions to I-95 cleanup complete but Va. crews still clearing debris from January's winter storm 05/20/2022 03:26pm • More than four months after a winter storm shut down a large stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia, officials say they have finally finished the clean-up effort on the state highway — but work on secondary roads remains to be done. Downed trees and other debris caused by the storm have been remo Heat emergency safety practices, signs of heat-related illness and when to get help 05/20/2022 02:57pm • A potentially dangerous heat wave is descending upon the region; D.C. has declared a heat emergency through Sunday, and a Northern Virginia physician wants people to know the signs of heat stroke. Dr. Jason Singh, an internal medicine doctor at Kaiser Permanente in Manassas, Virginia. (Courtesy Green, Yellow line service to improve after delays caused by lapsed recertifications 05/20/2022 02:29pm • Metrorail says service on the Green and Yellow lines will improve next week after limited service on the two lines that typically see some of the heaviest crowding. Starting Monday, Green and Yellow line trains will arrive every 15 minutes, Metro said in a news release Friday. All this week, t New movie '18 1/2' explores gap in Nixon tapes on 50th anniversary of Watergate 05/20/2022 10:34am • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zs_8g-gJ08 Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in on June 17, 1972. So what ever happened to the missing 18½ minutes of Richard Nixon's tape recordings? That's the premise of the new film "18½," which comes to the Landmark E St DC touts developments to bridge the divide of the Anacostia 05/19/2022 09:41pm • They were back-to-back announcements only an hour and less than a mile apart Thursday, but in two different wards in two different quadrants and on two sides of the Anacostia River. If D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has her way, though, the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge over the river will soo Metro's plan to return 7000-series rail cars to service gets green light 05/19/2022 06:00pm • Amid a leadership shakeup at Metro, the transit agency says its plan to restore its long-sidelined 7000-series rail cars by late this summer remains on track. Late Thursday afternoon, Metro submitted a formal return-to-service plan aiming to safely bring back a limited number of 7000-series rail Victims identified in Beltway wrong-way crash 05/19/2022 11:18am • The Virginia State Police on Thursday identified the two men killed Tuesday in a head-on, wrong-way crash on the Capital Beltway in Fairfax County. Kaan Karabekir was driving south in the northbound lanes of the Beltway near Exit 46 for Chain Bridge Road when he crashed his Mazda 3 into a Buick E