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'The two were a fixture in downtown Bethesda': Popular dog who rides on the back of owner’s bike dies 06/07/2024 11:03pm • When Richard Hoye rode his bike around downtown Bethesda, Maryland, his black Labrador retriever, Rudder, would be right behind him in a pedicab. Hoye, 68, and Rudder were the best of buddies for 14 years until Rudder passed away on Wednesday, leaving not only Hoye, but many in the downtown Bethe 2 suspects charged in murder at District Heights car meetup held without bond 06/07/2024 10:00pm • Two men charged with murder at an illegal car meetup last month in the District Heights area of Maryland were ordered to be held without bond Friday. The killing of 26-year-old John Phipps happened shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, May 19. The shooting followed several reports of drag racing and g Honks of hope: How a Northern Virginia community is supporting a brave car enthusiast 06/07/2024 03:11pm • "His normal day looks like sitting near the window thumbing through a car magazine and watching the world go by." Samantha Tunador wrote this in a June 5 post on Facebook. The post was about her 52-year-old brother Alex Scott. Scott is living with cerebral palsy and currently battling live DC Pride parade and festival this weekend: Road closures you need to know 06/07/2024 02:17pm • The biggest weekend in all of D.C. Pride Month brings a few traffic closures throughout Saturday and Sunday, as celebrations take over downtown D.C. and the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The Capital Pride Alliance is putting on festivities throughout the entire month to celebrate Pride and this yea Virginia woman suspected of 'heinous' killing of 3 roommates arrested after high-speed chase in New York 06/06/2024 10:10pm • A 23-year-old woman suspected of killing her three older roommates in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, earlier this week was taken into custody following a high-speed chase and cash on a New York highway Thursday. Alyssa Jane Venable, of Spotsylvania, is charged with three counts of second-degree m Gov. Glenn Youngkin on ditching Calif. emissions standards: 'Virginians should be able to decide what car they buy' 06/06/2024 11:17am • In a potential blow to the push to get more people to buy electric cars, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says the Commonwealth's strict auto emission standards — based on California legislation — will be lifted by the end of the year. The governor says Virginians deserve to choose which vehicles 1 dead, 6 hurt after crash on Capital Beltway, causing delays for morning commute 06/05/2024 02:04pm • Listen to WTOP for traffic updates on the 8s. A man is dead and six others hurt after a three-vehicle crash on the inner loop of the Capital Beltway near Georgia Avenue in Montgomery County, Maryland, early Wednesday. The overnight crash investigation prompted hourslong closures on the interst Hundreds show up to a pool party in a quiet Brandywine neighborhood 06/04/2024 11:38pm • Summertime means time by the pool, but some local pool parties have been getting rowdy. One in Brandywine, Maryland, on Saturday night ended with authorities on the scene. Around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Charles County Sheriff's officials responded to Inheritance Drive for reports of "an except Police ID woman killed after stolen SUV crashes into DC building; suspect charged with murder, kidnapping, carjacking 06/04/2024 05:01pm • A woman is facing charges after police say she carjacked an SUV with a passenger inside from in front of a D.C. hospital and then crashed into a building Monday afternoon. The 55-year-old passenger, Leslie Marie Gaines, of Northeast D.C., died following the incident, police said. The suspect, 'Egregious behavior': Va. work crew threw bear carcass off overpass, near trail, animal rights group says 06/04/2024 04:30am • A work crew in Virginia illegally threw the body of a black bear that had been hit by a car off an overpass, which led to a woman's gruesome discovery of the carcass Friday, according to the Animal Welfare League of Arlington. A company contracted by the Virginia Department of Transportation has Catholic University unveils DC's largest solar farm 06/03/2024 06:41pm • The Catholic University of America, along with Rockville-based solar energy company Standard Solar, unveiled the city's largest, brand-new, 25-acre solar array located on the university's West Campus on Monday. At the solar array’s unveiling ceremony, representatives from Catholic, Standard Sol Neighbors react after rowdy Potomac, Md. pool party: 'Where was the county?' 06/03/2024 03:10pm • Mindy Farber and John Camp came home from dinner on Saturday, May 25, and found their quiet neighborhood packed with cars. “I've never seen anything like it,” Farber told WTOP. The house near them on Stapleford Hall Drive had become the site of a reportedly raucous pool party, with tic Md. motorcyclist dead after striking Tesla in Silver Spring, police say 06/03/2024 05:35am • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, said they are investigating an overnight collision in Silver Spring between a motorcycle and a Tesla that left one man dead early Saturday morning. Police said officers responded to the intersection of University Boulevard and Kerwin Road just after midnight There's no Q about this BBQ: 14th Beltway BBQ Showdown is Sunday 06/01/2024 04:19pm • Cue your barbies — the 14th Edition of The Beltway BBQ Showdown will be in Prince George's County on Sunday. The grub hub starts at noon at the Show Place Arena & Equestrian Center. This "art of barbequing" event is "nationally sanctioned, as a Master’s Series Level Event, by the Kansa X Ambassadors ready to rock 9:30 Club like 'Renegades,' leaving DC a little 'Unsteady' 05/31/2024 02:30pm • The alt-rock band X Ambassadors rocks the 9:30 Club in D.C. on Tuesday, June 4. WTOP caught up with lead singer and co-founder Sam Harris to get hyped. "We've played the 9:30 Club so many times, I've eaten so many of those delicious cupcakes, I can't wait to come back and have some more," Har