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'Be smart, be safe': Warnings on underage drinking as prom season gets into full swing 05/01/2025 08:33pm • When Michele Mirowicz Hobart thinks about her daughter who was killed in a crash on Interstate 270 in Maryland, the memories come with tears and a sad smile. The smile comes from the jumbled memories of a holiday in which 19-year-old Amelia tried and failed to bake bread from scratch or serve up Humane Rescue Alliance warns of new scam involving missing pets 05/01/2025 05:08am • The Humane Rescue Alliance is alerting the D.C. region to a new scam targeting people who have lost their pets. It involves a person claiming to be an employee or a veterinarian from the organization, saying they have found your missing pet, and trying to pressure the pet owner to give money to g Manassas real estate taxes may spike even more than previously estimated 04/30/2025 03:48pm • Manassas residents could face a higher real estate tax rate than initially proposed, as the City Council weighs raising the rate to help fund next year’s budget. The city had initially proposed a real estate tax rate of $1.26 per $100 of assessed value, which would have raised the average hom 1 dead, 2 injured in triple shooting in Petworth 04/30/2025 03:22pm • D.C. police are investigating a triple shooting in the Petworth neighborhood that left a young man dead and a man and teenage boy injured Tuesday night. Authorities responded to the area of Georgia Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue near the Petworth Metro station just after 9 p.m. When officers Lawmakers pump brakes on annual national car fee 04/30/2025 01:30pm • A GOP proposal to create an annual $20 fee for all U.S. vehicles — which has been criticized by members of both parties as a national car tax — was pulled Wednesday from budget reconciliation legislation. The chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. Sam Graves, a R Southeast DC residents skeptical of new stadium plans in Ward 7 04/30/2025 11:18am • A day after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Washington Commanders and the NFL announced a $3.7 billion public-private deal to bring the Commanders back to the RFK Stadium site, Southeast D.C. residents appear skeptical of the project. Hundreds packed a meeting organized by a group opposed to the pl Maryland begins first-ever inspection program for EV chargers 04/30/2025 09:21am • The little-known team of 18 Maryland Department of Agriculture inspectors that typically checks equipment such as gas pumps and grocery store scales for accuracy has a new target: electric vehicle chargers. In recent weeks, the department has begun dispatching the “weights and measures” inspe How a Virginia school is empowering the next generation of financially literate adults 04/30/2025 04:16am • On a rainy day at Hayfield Secondary School in Virginia, a group of students took turns standing up and sitting down. Some would stand if they preferred Skittles over Jolly Ranchers or sit if they liked Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups over Snickers. But what did these all have to do with each other, A look at the 'districts' that would come with the new Commanders stadium at RFK site 04/29/2025 08:17pm • If the $3.7 billion deal to bring the Washington Commanders back to the District gets the green light from the D.C. Council, it will bring five new and distinct districts to the 180-acre RFK Stadium campus. The districts would become housing, restaurants, retail and more, according to City Ad Will Metro expand to accommodate a new DC stadium? GM says it's 'very premature' 04/29/2025 03:35pm • One of the reasons Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris said he wanted to bring the football team back to D.C. goes beyond nostalgia and gets to logistics. "The centrality of that location, in terms of its proximity to the seat of government," he said during a Monday news conference. "As well Why new car tariffs will push DC-area used car prices up as much as 10% 04/28/2025 12:13pm • Hefty tariffs on new vehicle imports have already resulted in more would-be car buyers moving up plans to buy in order to avoid the tariff effect, likely to show up on sticker prices once dealerships have depleted their existing inventories of pretariff imports. More buyers may turn to the used v Distracted driving remains a top concern for law enforcement in Maryland 04/24/2025 04:56pm • Despite seeing a 34% decrease over last year, the state of Maryland continues to see a large number of deadly crashes. The numbers come as the state continues to see a common theme behind crashes, including those that claim lives. Distracted driving, according to Capt. Warren Jensen with Montgome Don't go 'Cruisin' for trouble: Ocean City lays out rules for Cruisin’ Ocean City Special Event Zones 04/24/2025 01:03pm • Ocean City is bracing for the roar of thousands of classic and custom cars next week as the 35th Annual Cruisin’ Ocean City event kicks off in Maryland. The high-profile car celebration is expected to bring lots of vehicles and a sea of spectators to the beach town — and with it, tighter enfo 2 Fairfax Co. police officers wounded in shooting; suspect killed 04/23/2025 05:22pm • Two Fairfax County, Virginia, police officers were shot Wednesday while conducting a traffic stop, with a third officer fatally shooting the gunman, according to authorities. Both officers were taken to the hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, Fairfax County police said in a post Even more automation could be coming to Metro, but with a hefty price tag 04/23/2025 02:32pm • Metro’s Red Line has been running automated train service for the last several months, and now the transit agency is planning to double down on automation in the coming years. In a presentation to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board titled “World Class Transit,” Metro s