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15 years after shuttering its tax-prep app, Va. may be ready to compete with TurboTax again 06/09/2025 01:14pm • The Virginia Department of Taxation’s website parts company with the web presences of other  agencies in the commonwealth: It doesn’t offer its own tools to help you complete your primary task there — taxes. While you can renew a car registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles site Dating during divorce proceedings? Maryland lawyer says wait, don’t dissipate 06/09/2025 01:11pm • If you’re separated and in the process of getting a divorce, dating someone new can complicate things legally. Especially if the divorce is not amicable. Adultery is no longer considered fault-based grounds for divorce in Maryland or D.C. In some cases, it still is in Virginia. If the couple ha Fairfax Co. grad went from being unable to walk to earning lead role in ‘Footloose’ 06/09/2025 10:52am • Last summer, when James Culatta was hiking with his family on Topaz Mountain in Utah, someone who worked at the site recommended they see the hot springs. Tired from all the movement they’d done so far, James, his uncle and baby cousin drove to see them. They were about a half-mile away from wh Trump deploys California National Guard to LA to quell protests despite the governor's objections 06/08/2025 09:52am • PARAMOUNT, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom after a second day of clashes between hundreds of protesters and federal immigration authorities in riot gear. Confrontations broke out on Ways to go boating — without having to buy a boat 06/06/2025 08:14pm • As summer gets underway, the lure of boating intensifies — whether it's lazily drifting with a rod and reel, hosting a sea-bound party with friends or leaping through waves. Traditionally, there's been a potential sticking point — you had to own a boat. "We're seeing a lot of new opportuni 'We're not interested in collecting revenue': Fairfax Co. board chairman says more speed cameras are being installed 06/05/2025 10:28am • Fairfax County, Virginia, is expanding its speed camera program — and soon. Later this month, Fairfax County will do something new with speed cameras, Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay said. “The newest ones were putting out are on the Fairfax County Parkway and they are in the cons Local transgender advocate honored for her efforts to support the LGTBQ+ community 06/05/2025 08:51am • Throughout June, WTOP is celebrating Pride and recognizing and honoring the rich history and diversity of the LGBTQ+ community in the region. Earline Budd was honored at the WorldPride Welcome Center on Wednesday night for her efforts to advocate for transgender and civil rights. Budd, a long Car Review: Nearly button-free, Polestar’s first SUV is a rocket ship made for iPad lovers 06/05/2025 04:26am • Sleek and fast are the main words to describe this 2025 Polestar 3 Launch Edition. First, the sleek: I counted a grand total of one physical button inside this midsize, two-row, electric SUV. It’s a volume knob that can also pause or play audio. Most everything else can be done through the big Md. man found in backseat of his burned-out pickup truck, charging docs detail 06/04/2025 11:37am • Two Anne Arundel County teenagers allegedly attacked the owner of a koi pond business in his Davidsonville, Maryland, store before burning him. Jonah Michael Poole, 18, of Davidsonville, and Kylee Alyssa Dakes, 18, of Harwood were charged last Saturday in the death of Edward Koza, whose body was Post-COVID 'revenge spending' appears to be on the way out 06/03/2025 09:27pm • After COVID restrictions lifted, many of us made up for lost time by shopping, leading to a trend known as “revenge spending.” Now, with uncertainty surrounding the economy, it appears many are turning in the opposite direction and putting a focus on saving. According to a report by the B From Dave Thomas Circle to Mamie Johnson Plaza, DC upgrades dangerous interchange 06/02/2025 04:21pm • D.C. leaders cut the ribbon on the new Mamie “Peanut” Johnson Plaza on Monday afternoon, hoping the transformation of one of the city’s most dangerous intersections makes commutes safer. The plaza, which includes three new public spaces with greenery and walking paths, caps a yearslong 2 suspects charged in death of man found burned inside car in Annapolis 06/01/2025 03:46pm • Two suspects were charged Saturday in the May death of a man whose burned remains were found inside a car that was fully engulfed in flames in Annapolis, Maryland. Jonah Michael Poole, 18, of Davidsonville, and Kylee Alyssa Dakes, 18, of Harwood, were taken into custody at a residence in the unit 2 hospitalized after tanker rolls over in crash with car on River Road in Potomac 06/01/2025 03:15pm • Two people were sent to the hospital Saturday night after a fire tanker rolled over in a crash with a car on River Road in Potomac, Maryland. It happened around 8 p.m., as the fire tanker and was responding to a truck fire on the outer loop. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said both the driv European Union AI regulation is both model and warning for U.S. lawmakers, experts say 05/30/2025 11:27am • The European Union’s landmark AI Act, which went into effect last year, stands as inspiration for some U.S. legislators looking to enact widespread consumer protections. Others use it as a cautionary tale warning against overregulation leading to a less competitive digital economy. The European Car Review: The Audi Q6 e-tron is fancier than the average EV 05/30/2025 04:27am • Regardless of what you think of electric vehicles, this one is undeniably fancy. Prepare to be awed by the inside of this Audi Q6 e-tron Quattro, an electric midsize SUV. It’s not just the pearl beige interior that garners attention (though that certainly is nice). There’s a big LED screen for t