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DC-area police warn against leaving cars running unattended in cold weather 01/22/2024 10:54am • You might think its OK to rush out of your warm car and right back in with the engine still running to navigate around the cold weather. But that could cost you. In Maryland, motorists who leave their car on and unattended could be issued a $70 ticket and one point on their driving record, accord High-end cars and new EVs on full display at DC Auto Show 01/22/2024 10:49am • Thousands of people from all over the D.C. area battled snow and cold weather to head to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for the opening weekend of the Washington, D.C. Auto Show. The show — which runs until Jan. 28 — is known as the region's largest indoor event, using both floors Guinea soccer team appeals to fans to 'celebrate carefully' following supporter deaths 01/22/2024 07:23am • ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The Guinea soccer team has appealed to fans to “celebrate carefully” after several supporters were killed in traffic accidents back home following the team's win over Gambia at the Africa Cup of Nations. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of some of our supporter 'Get the kids out!': DC day care owner recounts evacuation of 16 children before explosion next door 01/22/2024 07:05am • Black, charred walls stand in place of a building in Southeast D.C. that was leveled Thursday after an apparent gas leak and explosion. A child day care center was housed next door to the now-leveled building on the 1200 block of Marion Barry Avenue. It, too, was severely destroyed by the bla Car Review: Lexus RX 500h F Sport leads the way with style, performance and conserves fuel 01/22/2024 05:07am • The Lexus RX 500h F Sport Performance is the latest version of the popular crossover. This hybrid is anything but boring. With 366 hp and 27 mpg if you try. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The Lexus RX, the midsize crossover, has been a hit for the company for more than 20 years. So, Lexus doesn’t rest whe Prince George's Co. officer dragged across 4-lane highway, suspect shot after attempted burglary, police say 01/22/2024 04:58am • A Prince George’s County police officer was dragged down a four-lane stretch of Crain Highway in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, early Sunday morning after attempting to stop a burglary suspect from speeding away. Two officers were responding to reports of a burglary in the 7600 block of Crain Highwa What to stream this week, women shine edition: Louis-Dreyfus, Kidman, Teigen and Vergara 01/22/2024 12:01am • Julia Louis-Dreyfus starring as a neurotic writer in the movie “You Hurt My Feelings" and Nicole Kidman leading the new limited series “Expats” are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by Man arrested near Taylor Swift's NYC townhouse after reported break-in attempt 01/21/2024 05:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift's townhouse in New York City appears to have been the target of another break-in attempt, this time by a man who was arrested near the singer's Tribeca home Saturday as police responded to a report of a disorderly person. Witnesses said the man tried but failed to e Mary Weiss, lead singer of the Shangri-Las, dies at 75 01/21/2024 04:58pm • Mary Weiss, the lead singer of the 1960s pop group the Shangri-Las, whose hits included “Leader of the Pack,” has died. She was 75. Miriam Linna, founder of Weiss' label, Norton Records, said Sunday that Weiss died Friday in Palm Springs, California. No cause of death was given. Rolling Stone Strike kills Hezbollah fighter, civilian in Lebanon, amid seeming Israeli shift to targeted killings 01/21/2024 03:52pm • SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in south Lebanon on Sunday, killing a Hezbollah member in one car and a woman in the other and wounding several other people, Lebanese state media and health officials reported. The strike appeared to be p Woman killed in hit-and-run crash while crossing Howard Co. road, police say 01/21/2024 01:52pm • A woman was killed in a hit-and-run in Ellicott City, Maryland, on Saturday afternoon, according to Howard County police. It happened shortly before 5 p.m. on Baltimore National Pike at Ridge Road, according to a news release. A 2013-2018 silver Nissan Altima was traveling east when it hit a w 911 calls from Maui capture pleas for the stranded, the missing and those caught in the fire's chaos 01/21/2024 11:43am • The day after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century destroyed a seaside community on Maui, the barrage of 911 calls didn't stop: Reports of missing people, stranded family members and confused tourists trapped without food or water lit up the emergency lines every few minutes, interspersed with r Texas man pleads guilty to kidnapping teen whose 'Help Me!' sign led to Southern California rescue 01/21/2024 11:41am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Texas man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a 13-year-old girl who was rescued in Southern California when a passerby saw her hold up a “Help Me!” sign in a parked car. A statement Friday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Central District of California said Steven R Lauren Boebert switched districts in a bid to stay in Congress. Winning over voters won't be easy 01/21/2024 11:37am • LAST CHANCE, Colo. (AP) — Fleeing a tough reelection bid in the district where she lives, Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is moving from the mountains to the plains, in the hopes of finding conservative pastures green enough to salvage her place in Congress. To win, she'll have to convince Brutally cold weather reaches deep into lower United States, causing dozens of deaths 01/21/2024 10:31am • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Much of the U.S. remained gripped by deadly Arctic weather Sunday — with subfreezing conditions reaching as far south as Texas and Florida. But the numbing cold is expected to ease up in the coming days. Freezing rain, sleet and high wind gusts later Sunday would make trave