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3 hospitalized after crash on Maryland Route 200 in Montgomery Co. 12/27/2023 01:10pm • Three people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after a single-car crash in Montgomery County, Maryland. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue) Three people were hospitalized on Wednesday morning after a single-vehicle crash in Montgomery County, Maryland. The crash happened in the wes Man dies after being rescued from car in Anacostia River 12/25/2023 04:49pm • A man died after rescue divers pulled him from a car inside the Anacostia River on Monday, according to DC Fire and EMS. Officials responded to a car in the water in the area of the Anacostia River and the 11th Street Bridge at around 1:30 p.m. DC Fire and EMS deployed its dive team shortly af 1 driver seriously injured after 4 crashes along I-295, DC officials say 12/25/2023 01:20pm • D.C. officials responded to a string of Christmas morning accidents along a stretch of Interstate 295. D.C. Fire and EMS and the D.C. Department of Transportation told WTOP that four separate car crashes happened between 11:40 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 1 a.m. on Christmas Day. The first two mi DC police identify man struck, killed by car in Northeast 12/25/2023 08:48am • Police have identified a Northeast D.C. resident who was struck and killed after being hit by a vehicle Friday. Samuel Thorton, 34, was struck just after 10 p.m. on Dec. 22 while walking through an alley in the 1100 block of 5th Street Northeast, according to a news release. An investigation i Car Review: Volvo S60 Recharge AWD Ultimate barges into German compact luxury sedan market 12/25/2023 05:59am • Volvo might not always be your first thought for small luxury sedans, but the updated S60 makes a case for the Swedish brand. Now you can have a plug-in hybrid version. When you pick the S60 Recharge, you get a sedan that runs 40 miles on electric power before the gas engine kicks in. I drove it for WWE superstar LA Knight gets the key to Hagerstown 12/24/2023 01:47pm • Hundreds of people packed University Plaza to see LA Knight receive the key to the city of Hagerstown, Maryland, on Saturday. Shawn Ricker spent the first 20 years of his life living in Hagerstown. At the age of 20, Ricker left Western Maryland and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to chase his drea Police: 2 victims identified in quadruple Southwest DC shooting 12/22/2023 04:04pm • D.C. police have identified the two people killed in Thursday morning's shooting in Southwest, which officials continue to investigate. Patricia Harris, 35, and Tyrone Jacobs, 24, were both killed in the shooting in the 1300 block of Half Street Southwest. Harris died at the scene, while Jacobs d How to prepare for the busiest holiday travel period in four years 12/22/2023 09:25am • Getting ready to hit the road for the holidays? Prepare to hit the brakes, a lot. AAA expects about 104 million Americans to hop in their cars for the holidays, up 1.8% from last year. This end of year holiday travel period, which runs from Dec. 23 through Jan. 1, is forecast to be the second bus 'It has gotten so much better': DC mom on electric tricycle talks going carless in the city 12/22/2023 09:23am • How safe is it to bike around the District? One mom in Northeast D.C. has gone carless, and despite a recent run-in with a car, she thinks it's pretty safe. Lelac Almagor's family stopped driving in 2019. "We own a car, but we literally have to set a reminder to start it once a month and drive Man dies after rescue from car submerged in Potomac River, police say 12/22/2023 07:24am • A man is dead after a vehicle was found in the Potomac River early Thursday morning, according to U.S. Park Police. The federal agency said officers arrived at Ohio Drive SW in the area of the Memorial Bridge at about 12 a.m., after a car was found in the Potomac River. D.C. police and DC Fire an Jeep Cherokee believed to be linked to quadruple DC shooting found burned in Prince George's Co. 12/21/2023 11:13pm • The white Jeep Cherokee believed to be the same one used in a shooting in D.C. Thursday morning was found burned in Suitland, Maryland, according to officials. D.C. police said they could not confirm this was the same car used in the shooting but they do believe it may be, officials told WTOP Thu Busiest Christmas and New Year's travel period kicks off in DC area 12/21/2023 01:52pm • If you're someone who travels out of the D.C. region for the holidays, one of the busiest winter holiday travel days has arrived. "A lot of folks are getting away early for their holiday. We saw a lot of that yesterday, we're seeing more of it today," said WTOP traffic reporter Bob Immler. Whi How proposed budget would eliminate 'most hated tax in Virginia' 12/20/2023 10:50pm • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is trying to eliminate the state's car tax as part of his proposed budget shared with some state lawmakers Wednesday. Calling it the "single most-hated tax in Virginia," Youngkin said "eliminating it permanently is complicated. Yet it is a very worthy aspiration." Is your car road ready for the holidays? Here's some tips on how to avoid disaster on the highway 12/20/2023 01:16pm • It's the holiday season, which means you may be getting ready for a road trip. Do you have what you need? You should have a checklist before that holiday road trip. If you haven't had the car in the shop for its check up, make sure you're getting that done before pressing that gas pedal. And t ‘Smash-and-grab’ robberies fuel new laws, but Virginia critics question the need 12/20/2023 11:24am • Even before Virginia lawmakers passed a tough new law against organized retail crime earlier this year, Bradley Haywood, a public defender in Arlington, Virginia, challenged the rationale. The idea that retailers in the state had lost billions to organized theft was a myth manufactured by retailers