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Metro announces new general manager 05/10/2022 11:25am • Metro is getting a new leader. Metro's new GM Randy Clarke (Courtesy WMATA) Randy Clarke, of the Austin, Texas, public transit system, has been named general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, tasked with leading the D.C. system as it faces major challenges. Cla 2 critical, 1 in serious condition after Southeast DC crash 05/10/2022 07:48am • Two men and a woman were hospitalized after a car crash in Southeast D.C. on Monday evening. D.C. Fire and EMS said the three-car crash happened in the 2300 block of Southern Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. First responders had to extricate the three victims from their vehicles, according to auth Union Market Drive-In kicks off outdoor movies series this weekend 05/10/2022 04:59am • For a decade now, it's served as the only drive-in movie theater in the nation's capital. The Union Market Drive-In returns to D.C. this Friday for six months of movie classics. "It's our 10th season, we're really excited," Founder Jon Gann told WTOP. "We have some new films we haven't sho How Chinese is Chinatown? The importance, and difficulty, of keeping historical connection 05/10/2022 04:26am • Any new construction or renovation in D.C.'s Chinatown has to contribute to the area's Chinese identity. But the small number of longtime residents and the former residents of the area, many of Chinese descent, may recognize little of the neighborhood where they were born and grew up. Brother DC police shoot at 1 after routine traffic stop turns to foot chase 05/09/2022 11:06pm • A man is in custody following a routine traffic stop in Northeast D.C. that turned into a foot chase, according to authorities. It happened on the 1700 block of H Street on Tuesday just before 4 p.m. D.C. police said officers initially pulled over a car with two people inside along Benning Roa Suspected impaired driver rescued from burning car in Beltsville crash; trooper injured 05/09/2022 04:01pm • Some Maryland state troopers are being credited with saving the life of a suspected impaired driver in Beltsville, Maryland, who the Maryland State Police said caused a fiery crash that injured one of their own. Shortly after 2 a.m. on Monday, a state trooper was assisting with another crash on R 1 dead, another seriously hurt in 3-vehicle crash on I-95 in Springfield 05/09/2022 11:52am • One person is dead and another seriously hurt after a car crashed into a Jersey wall and caught fire on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County, Virginia, early Monday morning. The three-car crash happened on I-95 south at the 169-mile marker in Springfield shortly after 3:30 a.m. Police said the impact Will Seven Corners 'ring road' untangle commuter chaos in this lifetime? 05/09/2022 09:43am • It's hard to think of a more confusing and difficult area to drive through than Seven Corners, Virginia A "ring road" plan to make it easier to navigate exists — what's not clear is whether it will be built while many of us are still around to drive it. Seven Corners, Virginia is one of the Metro sees ridership increase but remains lower than before pandemic 05/09/2022 07:24am • As gas prices climbed across the D.C. region in early March and more offices reopened, more people hopped on Metro trains and buses, according to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. People riding Metro more than doubled in March 2022 compared to March 2021. On average, 445,000 peopl Car Review: 2022 Genesis GV70 compact luxury crossover is worth a look 05/09/2022 03:52am • Not very familiar with the luxury brand Genesis? The new GV70 compact luxury crossover is worth a look. Even as a newer company in the luxury market, the Genesis brand has been selling luxury cars that offer all the trimmings for an easier-to-live-with price tag. Now it has a second, smaller crossov Man injured in Northwest DC crash 05/08/2022 11:30pm • D.C. police say that a man is in the hospital after being struck by a car in Northwest. The crash happened at around 10 p.m. on Connecticut Ave and Kanawha St in Chevy Chase. More Washington, D.C. News Officers say that the driver remained at the scene and that the pedestrian, Dumfries man killed in early morning Gainesville shooting 05/08/2022 04:41pm • A young man was shot and killed early Sunday morning in the parking lot of a Gainesville, Virginia, apartment complex. Prince William County police said 18-year-old Dumfries resident Michael Arthur was found shot near Somerset Pointe Apartments at around 2 a.m. Police said Arthur was shot mult Man charged with 1st-degree murder for shooting man carrying infant in Northeast 05/07/2022 05:43pm • The man who police say shot and killed a D.C. man who was holding an infant in March has been charged with first degree murder, according to police. D.C. police said that Jarrell David Harris, 27, of Southeast, was arrested by the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force on Friday for allegedly Flood warning expires for most of DC area as rain lightens 05/07/2022 05:13pm • Flood warnings have expired for much of the D.C. area after a steady downpour has left the region much of the region drenched. Flood warnings do remain in place for Frederick and Carroll counties in Maryland, as well as out west in Winchester, Virginia. "As for the Washington, D.C. metro area, Rain moves across DC region for a damp Mother's Day weekend 05/06/2022 11:55pm • Don't ask mom for a rain check — make Mother's Day plans indoors as the National Weather Service issued a flood watch for parts of the D.C. area. Here's what you need to know about the weekend's rainy weather. Key points: The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch through Saturd