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Crime increased in Montgomery County for third straight year, data shows 02/05/2024 09:30pm • Overall, crime increased in Montgomery County for the third year in a row. In a briefing before the Montgomery County Council Public Safety Committee, legislative analyst Susan Farag laid out the data: Auto thefts spiked by 131% Carjackings rose by 28.6% Crimes under the category "crim Metro GM's proposed budget won't call for dramatic service cuts, station closures 02/05/2024 07:37pm • After sounding the alarm that dramatic cuts would be needed to keep Metro afloat, the transit agency’s leader is painting a less bleak budget picture as he proposes his spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. General Manager Randy Clarke said promises of additional funding, totaling $480 mi DC day care devastated by gas explosion is getting help from the community 02/05/2024 06:50pm • The community around the D.C. day care center destroyed in a gas explosion is pitching in to help the owner. The Agua 301 restaurant in Navy Yard donated 25% of every check between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Monday to help Baby Einstein Child Development Center get back on its feet. Traci Johnson wi Safer, but also prettier streets, coming to Mt. Rainier 02/05/2024 03:43pm • It's a small town in terms of size, but the city of Mount Rainier, Maryland, is also dense, with thousands of residents living in a municipality that's less than 2 square miles. It's very urban today, though it was designed as a much more suburban locale decades ago. But the streets and sidewalks 'Complete shock': DC musician Cat Janice has 'dream come true' in hospice watching song climb the charts 02/05/2024 03:02pm • The Grammys rocked L.A. on Sunday night, but D.C. should invent its own award for the Most Inspiring Singer: Cat Janice. WTOP first told you about the D.C. native releasing her final song from hospice on Friday, Jan. 19. After being diagnosed with an ultrarare sarcoma early in 2022, Janice arr Car Review: 2024 Subaru Crosstrek gets a makeover with a little more space and improved tech 02/05/2024 04:33am • The 2024 Subaru Crosstrek is a popular small crossover with a big makeover that looks a lot like the old one. (WTOP/Mike Parris) Subaru has been making the small Crosstrek crossover for some time now and it has proven to be a popular ride with rugged styling, flared fenders and better than normal gr DC police search for suspect, stolen car in Northwest carjacking and kidnapping 02/04/2024 08:28pm • D.C. police released new photos Sunday of an allegedly stolen vehicle and a suspect in a carjacking, robbery and kidnapping case that took place in Northwest last month. Police said the photos, captured by surveillance cameras, depict the suspect and the stolen car. D.C. police are searching DC, Md. teens charged in connection to 2 murders, drive-by shooting 02/04/2024 10:45am • D.C. police and the District's U.S. Attorney have announced charges for three teenagers who are allegedly connected to two murders and a drive-by shooting over the past two years. The 26-count federal indictment charged Derrico Johnson, 19, and Daveon Robinson, 17, both of D.C., and Ronald Hender Paris votes whether to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs in latest green drive before Olympics 02/04/2024 08:51am • PARIS (AP) — Parisians were voting Sunday whether to muscle SUVs off the French capital's streets by making them much more expensive to park, the latest leg in a drive by Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo to make the host city for this year's Olympic Games greener and friendlier for pedestrians and cyc Body of missing Va. man found in Hazel Run creek 02/03/2024 09:09pm • The body of a Virginia man, missing for over a week, was found in a creek in Fredericksburg Saturday morning.  Fredericksburg police received a call that a body was found in Hazel Run creek around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Patrol officers, the Fredericksburg Fire Department and the Rescue Squad Court docs: Lyft driver arrested in alleged rabbi assault kicked in family's door during earlier burglary 02/03/2024 08:59pm • The D.C. Lyft driver who was arrested and charged in the alleged assault of a rabbi last week has also been tied to the burglary of a family's home earlier in January, court documents show. New details allege that Tireek Myrick, 32, of Northwest D.C., kicked his way into a residence on R Street i 1 dead after single-car crash closes part of BW Parkway in Annapolis Junction 02/03/2024 11:01am • A person is dead after a one car crash in Anne Arundel County on Saturday morning. The accident happened at about 6 a.m. on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway going southbound by the Annapolis Junction. The individual was pronounced dead on the scene, according to U.S. Park Police. The southb North Carolina woman sitting in car with dog fatally shot in Prince William County 02/02/2024 04:59pm • A North Carolina woman sitting in her car with her dog near a Dale City, Virginia, apartment complex was fatally shot early Friday morning, according to authorities. Around 2:00 a.m. Prince William County police responded to reports of the shooting in the area of Brickwood Drive and Bronson Cour First look at transportation plans for Potomac Yard entertainment district 02/02/2024 05:52am • The Commonwealth of Virginia, City of Alexandria and Monumental Sports & Entertainment officials unveiled an overview of its plans Thursday for a new sports arena and entertainment district in Potomac Yard. The plan includes 9 million square feet for an arena that would house the Washington C Can SZA send out an 'SOS' or will Taylor Swift be the 'Anti-Hero?' A preview of Sunday night's Grammys 02/02/2024 04:20am • The 66th annual Grammy Awards honor music's best this Sunday night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Trevor Noah will host the ceremony for the fourth time airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ at 8 p.m. R&B, hip-hop and pop star SZA leads the way with nine total nominations, fol