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Metrorail to open early to get runners to cherry blossom 10 miler's starting line 03/17/2024 01:08pm • If you're wondering how you're going to reach the starting line for the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run in April, there's an option that will alleviate the stress of needing to park in downtown D.C. Metrorail is opening two hours early on Sunday, April 7 so runners can hop on the train to get to the a Maryland House gives preliminary approval to tolling, gaming bills as deadline nears 03/17/2024 09:29am • The House of Delegates gave preliminary approval to a bill to transfer $750 million from Maryland’s toll facilities to the state Transportation Trust Fund. The vote was one of two taken Saturday on bills meant to target projected operating and transportation deficits. House Bill 1070 is part Police seek for suspect who drove stolen car, fled scene of fatal Southeast DC crash 03/16/2024 08:02pm • D.C. police are seeking to identify a suspect they believe left the scene of a fatal car crash while driving a stolen vehicle in Southeast on Thursday night. At around 10:15 p.m., the driver of a stolen Volkswagen Golf was moving northbound at a high speed on Alabama Avenue SE when it entered the Police: 3 teenagers charged in Northwest DC armed carjacking 03/16/2024 07:56pm • Three teenagers were arrested and charged on Thursday after D.C. police said they carjacked a vehicle in Northwest, which was found by their helicopter. Those teens — two 15-year-olds and a 14-year-old — were charged by police with armed carjacking, police said in a news release. Just afte Police identify woman shot, killed by ex-boyfriend while on phone with 911 in Fairfax Co. 03/16/2024 06:15pm • A man is in custody following the shooting death of a woman late Friday afternoon in what police believe was a domestic violence-related dispute near the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in the area of Annandale, Virginia. Fairfax County police responded to the 3200 block of Woodburn Road around 4:30 8-year-old dead, 2 other juveniles hospitalized when driver overturns car, crashes into tree in St. Mary's Co. 03/16/2024 03:50pm • An 8-year-old is dead and two other juveniles were sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after the car they were in overturned and struck a tree in St. Mary's County, Maryland, early Saturday morning. Ashley Nicole Nolan, 27, of Leonardtown, was driving a 2008 Honda Odyssey north on No room for compromise for Maryland Senate on $1.2 Billion House revenue proposal 03/16/2024 08:28am • Democrats in the House are pressing a nearly $1.2 billion package they say will pay for both a multi-billion expansion of education funding and a multi-billion projected shortfall in the state’s Transportation Trust Fund. The package highlighted Friday by House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Balt See a crash or close call involving a pedestrian? You can now report it using this tool 03/14/2024 01:31pm • A new crash tracker and digital reporting form will enable people involved in, or witness to, a crash or near-miss to share details, in hopes of ensuring safer roads for bicyclists and pedestrians. The Washington Area Bicyclist Association has launched the phone-friendly reporting form "because o First on WTOP: Thousands fined for driving, parking in DC's bus lanes 03/13/2024 03:29pm • Thousands of people have received tickets for driving or parking in D.C.'s dedicated bus lanes, ever since a program that aims to make buses safer and more efficient advanced to its second phase earlier this year. As part of its Clear Lanes initiative, D.C.'s Department of Transportation started From El Salvador to the Senate: A local business owner lives the American dream 03/13/2024 06:03am • When Maria Duran first came to the United States in 1995 from El Salvador, she was seeking a better life, and she embarked on a journey that would ultimately help her reach her American dream. "I started making food at home and selling it outside," Duran said. Duran developed a passion for foo Bald eagle rescued from car grill after collision in Maryland 03/12/2024 08:07pm • A Calvert County, Maryland, Animal Control officer swooped in to save a bald eagle after a collision Saturday. A driver alerted Animal Control early Saturday that they collided with an eagle on Route 4, and that the bird was still alive and trapped in their car's grill, according to a Facebook po What to do if you receive a recall notice for your vehicle? A consumer advocate weighs in 03/12/2024 06:04am • We seem to hear about them all the time: vehicles under recall for a specific reason. But do you know what to do if you get a recall notice in the mail? "Read it carefully and understand what the recall is about. Understand the reason the manufacturer is issuing the recall, what could occur if William H. Macy visits DC's Warner Theatre for special screening of movie masterpiece 'Fargo' 03/12/2024 05:05am • He delivered memorable turns in acclaimed films ("Boogie Nights") and TV series ("Shameless"), but his career role will always remain his Oscar-nominated performance in the Coen Brothers' movie masterpiece "Fargo" (1996). This Thursday, William H. Macy visits Warner Theatre in D.C. to host Is your car spying on you? 03/11/2024 05:48pm • New York Times reporter Kashmir Hill. (Courtesy Earl Wilson/The New York Times) Is your car spying on you? Apparently, insurance companies are getting information on how you're actually driving in your car, and you probably had no idea it was actually being tracked. The information is being used Arlington Co. looks to cut down on pedestrian crashes with 'hardened centerlines' 03/11/2024 08:49am • In an attempt to decrease the amount of pedestrians being hit by cars on Arlington County, Virginia, streets, several intersections will see a pilot program of hardened centerlines starting this spring. Hardened centerlines are small raised bumps placed at the centerlines between lanes at interse