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Car Review: Kia Sportage Hybrid is frugal on gas, but stands out in the crowd 05/06/2024 08:21am • The front end has striking-shaped LED lights that will make you take a double take when you see it on the road or even parked. (WTOP/Mike Parris) Kia has been remaking its lineup the last few years with more EV, PHEVs and hybrids in many of its popular models. The compact crossover Sportage is no di Largo woman found shot dead inside car 05/05/2024 12:02am • A 20-year-old Largo, Maryland, woman is dead after being found shot inside her car found in a ditch. According to Maryland State Police, Nyah Strong Hairston was located shortly before 10:45 p.m. Friday in her Nissan Versa near southbound Interstate 495 before Landover Road. She was found unre Are skin care products with benzoyl peroxide dangerous? This Va. doctor says 'context matters' 05/03/2024 11:16pm • A recent report links benzoyl peroxide skin care products, often used for acne, to an increased risk of cancer. One local dermatologist says more context is needed, and her message is: don't panic. "A small, independent research organization called Valisure recently did a study where they took, e Suspects in Dunbar drive-by shooting in police custody 05/03/2024 01:20pm • Two teenage suspects are in police custody after a shooting outside of a D.C. high school Friday morning that sent a hail of bullets into the building, police say. Gunfire erupted across the street from Dunbar High School in Northwest D.C., shortly before 10 a.m. Friday, D.C. police Chief Pam DC speed cameras at these locations issued 10,000-plus tickets over three months 05/01/2024 06:55pm • D.C.'s busiest speed camera in the last three months of 2023 was also one of its newest, according to Department of Transportation data shared with the D.C. Council. From Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, the speed camera located along the northbound Potomac Freeway at 25th Street in Northwest issued 3 Police, family of slain Hyattsville nightclub security guard plead for help 05/01/2024 03:24pm • Police and family members in Prince George's County, Maryland, pleaded for help Wednesday as they continue to search for a motive and suspects in a March 2023 shooting outside a Hyattsville nightclub that left a man dead. Alex Lynch, 28, was a security guard at the Area Code Gentlemen's Club alon Review: Netflix's most-watched show 'Baby Reindeer' is about so much more than a stalker 05/01/2024 01:46pm • It currently ranks as the No. 1 show on Netflix with 22 million views this past week alone. If you're not watching the stalker thriller miniseries "Baby Reindeer," remedy that immediately. It's so compelling that I binged all seven episodes in less than 24 hours. Inspired by the true traum AM car radios debated in Congress, automakers want to phase out 'century-old technology' 05/01/2024 10:37am • Many WTOP listeners have at one point listened to Washington's all-news station on an AM car radio — Congress is debating a bill that would require automakers to continue to install AM radios in new models. In 2024, listeners can hear WTOP in their cars, at work, on a smart speaker, online or o 'Drivers are flouting rules': Bill before DC Council aims to address rise in moped use 05/01/2024 06:17am • A new bill introduced before the D.C. Council on Monday would address the rise in moped use in the city by implementing point-of-sale regulations regarding registration. Ward 1 Council member Brianne Nadeau introduced the Motorized Vehicle Registration Accountability Amendment Act of 2024 alongsi Longtime Asian American residents raise concerns about DC's 'dwindling' Chinatown 05/01/2024 05:50am • As D.C. looks toward the future of its Chinatown neighborhood, some longtime members of the city's Asian American community are concerned their voices are not being heard. The Save Chinatown Solidarity Network hosted a town hall at the Chinese Community Church in D.C.’s Chinatown on Tuesda From the classroom to the car lot: Montgomery Co. students sell the cars they've refurbished 04/30/2024 07:06pm • On Saturday, a group of Montgomery County, Maryland, high school students will be at their school, but they won't be learning, they'll be selling cars. The annual refurbished car sale is part of the Montgomery County Students Automotive Trades Foundation's program. The foundation is a nonprofit o Bill that cracks down on 'street meetups' awaits Md. governor's signature 04/30/2024 06:06pm • Among the hundreds of bills passed during Maryland's General Assembly session is one that's designed to crack down on the street meetups that have caused worries over safety and blocked roadways. House bill 601 was sponsored by Maryland Del. Mary Lehman, who told her colleagues the bill would inc Here's how a Prince George's Co. facility is making better, safer batteries 04/29/2024 06:11pm • It might not be a stretch to say that the future will be powered out of Beltsville — and the future will come faster if you’re in the U.S. Army. A company called ION Storage Systems, which was invented in a lab at the University of Maryland, is now up and running at its production facilit Brittney Griner reflects on gut-wrenching moment she was detained in Russia in exclusive "20/20" special 04/29/2024 08:55am • (NEW YORK) -- WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was released from Russian detention in a prisoner swap in December 2022, opened up for the first time about her harrowing experience in a Russian prison in an exclusive interview that will air May 1 on a special edition of ABC News' 20/20. ABC's Good Morn Grammys on the Hill to honor Sheryl Crow in DC, advocating for AI guardrails, ticket price legislation 04/29/2024 06:55am • The Hamilton in D.C. hosts the annual Grammys on the Hill event on Tuesday night. This year, all they wanna do is have some fun with this year's musical honoree Sheryl Crow. "She's won a bunch of Grammys, but she has also been very active around fighting for the rights of music people and