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Car Review: 2024 Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe: A well-executed performer that is a standard-bearer for internal combustion sports cars 01/07/2024 06:55am • Brian Armstead, Special Contributor A-M-G: Three letters that stoke fear in pretender performance cars, and instill worship in those who understand what the ultra-performance wing of Mercedes-Benz is all about. The Sierra Nevada Mountain range on the outskirts of Granada, Spain, served as the perfec Analysis: Maryland climate plan is comprehensive but lacks short-term legislative strategy 01/06/2024 11:31pm • By most accounts, the Maryland Department of the Environment's plan outlining the policy actions required to dramatically reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions is innovative and ambitious. But the 98-page document, released during the quiet days between Christmas and New Year's, lacks a coh Top global transportation leaders meet in DC for key conference 01/06/2024 02:31pm • Transportation leaders from around the world are coming to D.C. for one of the biggest conferences in the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is among the senior officials headlining the Transportation Research Board meeting, an annual event that brings together thousands o Md. authority supports overhaul of horse racing industry, starting with complete rebuild of Pimlico 01/06/2024 09:41am • An overhaul of Maryland’s horse racing industry is needed, a new report concludes, and the Preakness could find itself at a new state-of-the-art home in the next few years. The report released Friday from the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority, which was established last year, Health officials call for community help amid blood supply shortage 01/06/2024 07:28am • A blood shortage has health officials asking donors in the D.C. area to step up. "Not only are we challenged from a collection and donor perspective, but we do see increases in blood use this time of year as well," said Sean McCleary, vice president of professional services with Inova Health Syst 4-month-old baby girl found after Jeep stolen in Georgetown with her inside 01/05/2024 08:33pm • A 4-month-old baby girl was located safely after a white Jeep was stolen in Georgetown on Friday evening with the child inside, according to D.C. police. Authorities say it happened around 6 p.m. in the 3000 block of M Street NW. The baby girl — who police say was wearing a pink snowsuit — Prince George's Co. animal shelter temporarily closed after mystery dog illness outbreak 01/05/2024 01:39pm • The outbreak of an unidentified canine illness shut down a Prince George's County, Maryland, animal shelter and halted most dog adoptions on Thursday. Shelter staff are initiating quarantine protocols to stop the spread of the disease and begin treating ill dogs, the Prince George’s County Anim More than 50 cars stolen in DC in first few days of 2024 01/05/2024 08:38am • The troubling spike in stolen cars in the District seems to be continuing into 2024. According to D.C. police data, there were 6,829 thefts of motor vehicles last year — an 82% increase from the previous year. In the first four days of 2024, 53 cars have already been stolen. On New Year's NTSB criticizes 'ineffective safety culture' at Metro leading up to 2021 derailment 01/04/2024 05:04pm • The National Transportation Safety Board released its final report on the October 2021 Blue Line train derailment, which led to more than half of Metro's fleet of trains being pulled off the tracks and drastically reduced rail service. The NTSB's final report said Metro was aware of a problem th Review: 'All of Us Strangers' finally opens in DC for haunting, supernatural tale of love, grief 01/04/2024 03:46pm • It premiered to acclaim at the Telluride Film Festival in August before being released in select U.S. cities Dec. 22. This Thursday, the British indie gem "All of Us Strangers" finally opens in our area, including the Landmark E Street Cinema in Northwest D.C., the Alamo Drafthouse in Northeast D Police: Loudoun Co. gun store burglary suspects drove stolen car into building, took 'multiple' guns 01/04/2024 02:15pm • Police arrived at Loudoun Guns in Leesburg early Thursday for reports of a loud noise. At the scene, they found a four-door Kia sedan that appeared to have crashed into the front doors of the store and lodged into the building. (Courtesy Leesburg Police Department) Four burglary suspects broke i 1 dead after 'chain-reaction' crash on I-66 in Virginia, police say 01/04/2024 01:47pm • One person died Wednesday after a series of three-vehicle crashes on Interstate 66 in Virginia, according to state police. Around 6:30 p.m., police responded to a three-car crash in the westbound lanes of I-66 at the 51-mile marker. One driver had minor injuries but declined treatment. A tow t Pedestrian injured after SUV crashes into bank in Arlington 01/04/2024 01:34pm • A man has serious injuries after being struck by a car that veered off the road and crashed into a bank in Arlington, Virginia, Wednesday evening. Arlington police said they responded to reports of a crash in the Crystal City area Wednesday just after 7 p.m. An initial investigation found that Car strikes deer, sending it flying into another car, leaving 1 dead in Charles Co. 01/04/2024 07:56am • A driver on Maryland Route 6 near Port Tobacco Road struck a deer that went flying into another vehicle, striking and killing its driver on Tuesday. Maryland State Police arrived on the scene at approximately 3:44 p.m. When they arrived, they found that a Nissan Altima driven by a 50-year-old Wal Prince George's Co. man faces murder charges after disappearance of friend 01/03/2024 09:26am • A Prince George’s County, Maryland, man is facing murder charges after the mysterious disappearance of his friend in April 2023. Parrish Goode, 23, of Fort Washington was arrested on Dec. 27 and has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Damion Myers Ac