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Cruising the Commonwealth: Virginia Tech, Virginia and James Madison prepare for the CFB season 08/27/2024 07:48pm • Is Virginia Tech back? After enjoying eleven 10+ win seasons from 1995-2011, the Hokies have posted just one double-digit victory year (2016) since. And that season was last time they finished in the Top 20. Last fall looked like more of the same (Tech went 14-21 from 2020-22) when they started 2 Former Prince George’s County Council member pleads guilty to felony theft scheme and perjury 08/26/2024 03:27pm • Former Prince George’s County Council member Mel Franklin faces up to a year in prison after pleading guilty Monday to charges of a felony theft scheme and perjury. Prosecutors said that from 2020 through at least October 2023, Franklin embezzled more than $124,000 from his campaign committee, Bus lane tickets in DC are declining, but thousands are still getting caught 08/26/2024 02:12pm • Thousands of drivers are getting caught parking or standing in one of D.C.'s dedicated bus lanes or bus zones, but the number has started to decline, according to Sharon Kershbaum, acting director of D.C.'s Department of Transportation. In January, the agency started giving citations to a Car Review: Evoque has look of a big Range Rover without the price and size 08/26/2024 01:07am • The 2025 Range Rover Evoque is a good cruiser, providing a quiet cabin on the highway. (WTOP/Mike Parris) Luxury SUVs are a staple for Range Rover, and now their smallest ride, the 2025 Evoque, was refreshed last year to better fit the Range Rover image. The new front-end styling is borrowed from th Temple Hills man dies after single-vehicle crash in Prince George's County 08/25/2024 11:50pm • A man from Temple Hills, Maryland, has died following a car crash in Lanham early Sunday morning. In a news release, Maryland State Police said officers responded to the area of westbound U.S. Route 50 near the Capital Beltway in Lanham around 2 a.m. for reports of a single car crash. At the s More officers, speed cameras added to Howard Co. back-to-school enforcement 08/25/2024 05:32pm • Drivers passing through school zones in Howard County, Maryland, this week will see some extra police cars, cameras and new lighted stop signs to help keep students safe as they head back to class. The extra enforcement is part of an annual plan called Helping Arriving Students Through Enforcemen Driver killed in Woodbridge crash had gasoline in cab 08/25/2024 10:54am • A man who died in a fiery crash in Woodbridge, Virginia, had placed gasoline in the passenger area of the car before it caught on fire, according to Prince William County police. The crash happened just before 7 p.m. on Friday at the intersection of Old Bridge Road and Occoquan Road. The crash The VW Beetle evokes memories of years gone by, but in Mexico it’s still part of the present 08/25/2024 04:28am • (CNN) — In today’s world of autonomous cars, keyless ignitions and charging ports, it’s hard to imagine just how big the tiny, two-door Volkswagen Beetle once was. But in Mexico, where the last Beetle rolled off the production line at Volkswagen’s flagship factory in Puebla in 2003, the p The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024 08/25/2024 04:00am • (CNN) — If there was one sign this week of Vice President Kamala Harris’ place atop the Democratic ticket having improved the party’s brand, it was the presence of so many Senate candidates taking the stage at its convention in Chicago. Notably, three of the most vulnerable senators skipped Coating clothes with this simple material could cool your body by up to 8 degrees 08/25/2024 03:00am • (CNN) — Spending time outside during a heat wave can be sweaty, uncomfortable, even health-endangering, but scientists have come up with an innovation they say could provide relief: clothes that physically cool down the body. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed Data Doctors: How to enable crash detection on your devices 08/23/2024 04:35pm • Q: How do I check whether my devices have the crash detection option available? A: A recent tragedy involving a car that went off a cliff was reported in real-time by an Apple Watch that the person in the vehicle was wearing. Authorities said the automated call included coordinates and an appr DC bridge that collapsed after truck crash has been rebuilt 08/23/2024 02:46pm • A pedestrian bridge in the District that collapsed three years ago after a truck slammed into it has now been completely rebuilt and reopened to the public, officials with the D.C. transportation department said Friday. The "Lane Place Bridge" functions as a pathway over D.C. 295 between Dean National Park Service explores ending reversible lanes along Rock Creek Parkway 08/23/2024 05:46am • The National Park Service is exploring eliminating the one-way reversible lanes in place during morning and evening rush hours along Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway in D.C., citing crash data and safety concerns. In an 81-page Transportation Impact Assessment, completed with the U.S. Department of Outdated EV charger on Benning Road gets a makeover at groundbreaking event 08/22/2024 05:30pm • Ford is the latest car manufacturer to announce a scaling back in production of electric vehicles due to a lack of demand, as customers voice frustrations over high costs and a lack of charging infrastructure. The federal government, however, is trying to beef up the country’s charging capabil Car crashes through Whole Foods parking garage, dangles over Tenleytown shops 08/22/2024 11:29am • Shoppers at the Whole Foods in Tenleytown this morning may have noticed a car sticking out of an upstairs parking garage. DC Fire and EMS posted on the social media platform X that a car went through the parking garage's barrier wall Thursday morning. The single-car crash happened at 8:25 a.m. on