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Virginia man charged in fatal shooting during 'car meet' at Prince George's Co. shopping center 05/22/2024 05:09pm • A Stafford, Virginia, man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting that happened during a “car meet” in District Heights, Maryland, on Sunday. Raheem Adams, 22, was arrested Wednesday morning at his Virginia home and is being held in that state, pending Watchdog report: Metro skipping some steps while inspecting railcars 05/22/2024 07:23am • An independent agency that oversees safety on Metro released an audit Tuesday that found the D.C. transit system has skipped some safety checks, including railcar inspections and precautions to protect personnel. The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission conducted interviews, site visits and dat DC calls them 'scofflaws.' And if they’re found, they’re getting towed 05/21/2024 04:33pm • Much has been made in recent years about all the money owed by drivers who have racked up tickets for speeding, running red lights and other infractions caught on D.C.’s bevy of traffic cameras. And quietly over the last month, D.C. has started going after some of those drivers. A pilot program Maryland vehicle registration costs set to go up July 1 05/21/2024 02:48pm • Maryland motorists will have to dig a little deeper after July 1 when they renew their vehicle registrations. The cost of registering a passenger vehicle will increase 60-75% under new rates that take effect on July 1. The new fees, passed as part of a budget compromise between the House and Sena 2 suspects in DC shooting that wounded officer charged with firearms offenses in Prince George's Co. 05/21/2024 02:13pm • Two men suspected in a shooting Monday that wounded a police officer in D.C. are now facing firearms offenses in Prince George's County, Maryland. Police arrested Rasheed Thorne and William Walker IV, both 21, on Monday after they crashed the car they were in on Landover Road near Kent Town Place 'It means so much': Prince George's Co. teacher of the year awarded new car 05/20/2024 10:30pm • She's been on the job for 26 years, and her boss says she embodies everything you want in a teacher. So it only makes sense that Kathy Russell, a third grade teacher at Fort Washington's Rose Valley Elementary School, would be the Prince George's County Public School Teacher of the Year. R Man dead, another hospitalized after shooting during 'car meet' at Prince George's Co. shopping center 05/20/2024 05:03pm • A Waldorf man was killed and another man hospitalized in a Sunday morning shooting that happened during a "car meet" in District Heights, Maryland, according to police. The Prince George's County Police Department said the shooting happened around 1:45 a.m. in the Great Eastern Plaza shopping cen DC police officer wounded after suspect fires at his vehicle; 2 arrested in Prince George's Co. 05/20/2024 03:02pm • A D.C. police officer was taken to the hospital after a person shot at his car while he was on his way to work Monday afternoon. Two suspects sought by police in the shooting were later arrested in Prince George's County after their car crashed and flipped over. It all began unfolding around 12:1 Car Review: Kia Sportage adds plug-in hybrid version with 35 miles of all-electric driving 05/20/2024 05:12am • The Kia Sportage PHEV is happy to cruise quietly on electric power or combine the gas and electric together. (WTOP/Mike Parris) It seems like I just drove the revised and impressive Sportage Hybrid with its new looks and pleasing fuel efficiency. Like the hybrid version we looked at two weeks ago, t Family coach says changing kids' attitudes around chores is key 05/19/2024 06:23pm • Summer is fast approaching, and kids will be spending a lot more time at home. The end of the school year is a great time to have a conversation with kids about the work that goes into keeping homes flowing, family coach Lori Sugarman-Li told WTOP. "Having them around gives us the opportunity to Man in critical condition after early morning shooting in Arlington 05/19/2024 03:58pm • Police say a man is in critical condition after a shooting in a hotel parking lot early Sunday morning in Arlington, Virginia. In a news release, the Arlington County Police Department said officers responded to multiple reports of shots heard near the 1200 block of North Courthouse Road around 2 Maryland officials prepare for beginning of Bay Bridge summer traffic 05/19/2024 03:49pm • Memorial Day is one of the busiest traffic days of the year, especially on the way to Maryland's Eastern Shore. In preparation for the increase in traffic, Maryland Transportation Authority police officers conducted "high visibility traffic enforcement" along US-50 near the Bay Bridge on Friday. WTOP Book Report: How 'Jazzmen' Ellington, Basie and Armstrong moved America forward on racial justice 05/19/2024 06:59am • New York Times-bestselling author Larry Tye offers a captivating new work titled "The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America." The book explores the intimate lives and historic musical legacies of Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie � 3 hurt in 3-car crash on Rock Creek Parkway in DC 05/18/2024 10:49pm • An evening crash closed D.C.'s Rock Creek Parkway in both directions Saturday. U.S. Park Police and D.C. Fire and EMS told WTOP it happened at about 8:30 p.m. near P Street NW. First responders found three people injured, including a woman — who D.C. Fire and EMS spokesperson Vito Maggiolo s Fewer bus routes and longer walks: Prince William school system making some transportation tweaks 05/18/2024 02:17pm • Prince William County Public Schools will be making several changes to transportation for the 2024-25 school year in hopes of improving on-time arrivals and bus routing. In response to challenges with student transportation, the school division contracted a third-party transportation consultant exp