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Things to do in the DC area: Earth Day-inspired food festival, vintage clothing pop-up … and more! 04/17/2024 04:04am • Celebrate Earth Day early with local artists, food vendors and eco-friendly community offerings at the Earth, Art and Eats: An Earth Day Festival. There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. C White's Ferry shut down in 2020. A land donation to Montgomery Co. could bring back the Potomac River crossing 04/16/2024 08:10pm • There is newfound hope that ferry services that once carried up to 800 cars a day across the Potomac River between Montgomery and Loudoun counties could resume. The current owners of White's Ferry, Chuck and Stacy Kuhn, have made a formal offer to donate the ferry landing property to Montgomery C 'Bright and accomplished' Howard University student dies after being hit by car on campus 04/16/2024 03:28pm • A Howard University student has died after he was struck last week by a car reportedly driven by a faculty member. Mohamed Samura, 18, died Monday after being struck on Thursday, while he was walking on the D.C. campus, police said. The driver, who has not been identified, was traveling northb PHOTOS: What's inside a 2,000-acre Virginia estate that sold for $18.8M 04/16/2024 01:35pm • A 2,000-acre estate in Virginia Hunt Country has sold for $18.750 million, the most expensive residential sale in Virginia, Maryland or D.C. since 2022. Prior to selling, the Hume, Virginia, property was most recently listed at $19.5 million. The estate is named The Cove. It was listed by Kathryn Ha ‘Fought for his life’: How a construction worker was able to survive Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse 04/16/2024 06:33am • As the Dali cargo vessel approached Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, construction workers on it were repairing potholes. In the seconds before the ship struck the bridge, its pilot made a mayday call that enabled local law enforcement to help stop any additional traffic from dri DC and Maryland top the nation in vehicle theft increases 04/16/2024 06:13am • Vehicle thefts have been surging nationwide, but D.C. and Maryland top the list in percentage increases, according to a new report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau, a nonprofit organization that tracks crime and fraud. In 2023, more than 1 million vehicles were stolen across the country. Library of Congress adds The Chicks, Green Day, Notorious B.I.G. to National Recording Registry 04/16/2024 05:29am • ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” Blondie’s “Parallel Lines,” The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ready to Die,” Green Day’s “Dookie,” The Chicks’ “Wide Open Spaces” and Lily Tomlin’s comedy have been selected as some of the defining sounds of history and culture that will join the Nat Pop-up storms dump 'car-denting' hail across DC region 04/15/2024 05:45pm • Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for the latest weather conditions.  Severe storms popped up throughout the D.C. region Monday afternoon, bringing strong winds, "car-denting hail" and heavy rain. Here's what you need to know. In the traffic center, WTOP's David Car Review: Range Rover LWB has more space for people and cargo with loads of luxury at a big price 04/15/2024 12:49am • The front-end style of the Range Rover is modern without being too much or shouty. (WTOP/Mike Parris) It was just two weeks ago that I had to make do with a Range Rover Sport. Now, it’s time to up the luxury a few degrees with the Range Rover LWB — long wheel base — the head of the Land Ro 'I don't take it for granted': DC native Rajah Caruth makes his mark in NASCAR’s Truck Series 04/13/2024 07:53am • Rajah Caruth is not your average 21-year-old. On a normal day, he wakes up early in the morning and hits the gym, and before he can think about his classes at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, the D.C. native heads to the car shop for a different kind of study hall: learning to impro Toyota's newest Highlander is Grand — terribly grand 04/12/2024 05:28am • “How grand!” exclaimed Liza Minnelli’s character, Lucille Austero, in season one of “Arrested Development,” after being bid on at a charity auction. “How terribly grand!” Those words kept echoing in my head as I cruised around in Toyota’s recent creation. It was, indeed, gran 9 red flags that could trigger an audit 04/11/2024 08:00pm • An audit occurs when the IRS chooses to review a taxpayer's accounts and financial information to ensure they reported all required income and followed all tax laws. According to a 2023 report from Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, the IRS audited 3.8 out of every DC police have a plan to crack down on crime. Here's how it's going 04/11/2024 05:45am • On a cold Thursday evening at D.C.'s police headquarters, some 30 officers gathered at the department's operations hub before deploying to the neighborhoods displayed on four big screens in the room. “Welcome to the 37th consecutive week of the Robbery Suppression Initiative,” Inspector M Back-to-back hit and runs have Montgomery Co. police asking for the public's help 04/10/2024 11:00pm • Montgomery County police are investigating two fatal pedestrian crashes that happened three days apart and are asking for the public's help. Both crashes involved white Acura TLs, but police say the two hit-and-run crashes are not related. "There have been several social media posts stating th What is financial wellness (and why does it matter)? 04/10/2024 04:12pm • This content is provided by WAEPA. Since 1943, WAEPA has remained committed to the health, welfare and financial well-being of Civilian Federal Employees. 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