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Car Review: The 2023 Hyundai IONIQ 6 is another Tesla killer 06/05/2023 05:45am • Brian Armstead, Special Contributor As auto manufacturers race toward partial or full electrification, one brand is building an electric vehicle arsenal that could catapult it ahead of the current number one EV brand: Tesla. Hyundai and their new 2023 IONIQ 6 is an affordable, well contented, techno WTOP wins 5 first place awards from Chesapeake AP Broadcasters Association 06/04/2023 03:36pm • It was a big night for WTOP at the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards convention held in Ocean City, Maryland, on Saturday. In all, 27 news organizations in D.C., Maryland and Delaware submitted 314 entries for the annual contest. You can check out the full list of the wi 3 dead after car plunges into Frederick Co. quarry 06/04/2023 12:44pm • Three people are dead after a car was found in the bottom of a quarry Sunday morning in Frederick County, Maryland. The Frederick County Sheriff's Office said that, shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, deputies were called to the area of Clemonsville and Peter Shriner roads for a report of a car cr DC-area students race electric vehicles at RFK Stadium for EV Grand Prix 06/04/2023 07:26am • The cheers were loud at RFK Stadium in D.C. on Saturday afternoon, but the engines? Not so much — and for good reason. High school students from across the D.C. region raced each other in the EV Grand Prix in what could appropriately be described as an electric atmosphere. “We give student Rockville bank employee sentenced for fraud scheme targeting churches, religious organizations 06/03/2023 08:43am • A man from Rockville, Maryland, was sentenced Friday to three years in federal prison for a yearlong bank fraud scheme that stole millions from local churches and religious organizations. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland said that Diape Seck, 29, helped carry out the fraud Prince George's Co. prosecutor says it may be time to hold parents accountable for some youth crime 06/02/2023 01:44pm • The rising number of car thefts and car jackings, as well as notorious crimes — such as the attempted murder of a student on a Prince George's County, Maryland, school bus last month — are all emblematic of failing support systems no longer working for kids, according to Prince George's County S Come for the birding, stay for the brunch — Prince George's Co. wraps up Black Birder's Week 06/02/2023 05:02am • Maria Elena Montero wants everyone to find the same joy she feels when she goes bird watching. Montero, who works at the tourism agency Experience Prince George’s, will be leading a birding and brunch event Saturday, the final event of Black Birder’s Week. She said that, as a person of col Maryland governor gets firsthand look at Wheaton pedestrian safety concerns 05/31/2023 11:42pm • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore walked alongside two busy state-run streets in Wheaton, Wednesday afternoon and heard from leaders about the pedestrian and traffic safety concerns in the area. Moore came to Montgomery County after being invited to walk the area by council member Natali Fani-González. 2 men in Virginia defrauded millions in COVID relief 05/31/2023 02:53pm • Two Northern Virginia businessmen will likely spend the next several years in prison after pleading guilty in a joint scheme to defraud banks and the Small Business Administration of around $7.6 million in COVID relief funds. Bennie Earl Magee, 54, of Manassas, Virginia, and Michael Gilcher, 45, Review: 'Ted Lasso' ends in heartwarming fashion with 'pitch' perfect finale 05/31/2023 02:29pm • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR9yjn7Lkdg After saying goodbye to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" last Friday and “Succession" and "Barry" on Sunday night, it's time to bid farewell to "Ted Lasso" on Wednesday — or should we say, "So Long, Farewell." That's the title of the series fina Credit cards, car loans and mortgages: Should financial literacy be required for students? 05/31/2023 12:41pm • Does your high school student understand interest rates, car loans and mortgages? That type of knowledge on financial literacy could become mandatory to get a diploma in the Montgomery County, Maryland, school system. “We as a system do believe that financial literacy is important. And it's cer Jail for Prince George's Co. officer who grabbed, struck handcuffed teenager 05/31/2023 05:49am • A Prince George's County, Maryland, police officer will spend but 45 days of his five-year sentence in jail for assaulting a teenager in custody. A judge sentenced Cpl. Darryl Wormuth Tuesday after he was convicted earlier this month of second-degree assault and misconduct while in office. In Woman accused of shoplifting briefly escapes police in Montgomery County 05/30/2023 09:27pm • A woman arrested for shoplifting briefly got away from police after her arrest Tuesday afternoon. Montgomery County police said the woman had been arrested for shoplifting at a Giant Food Store on University Boulevard in Wheaton, Maryland. When the patrol car the woman was in arrived at the Mo How the new AI-powered Arlington Co. call system will impact you 05/30/2023 08:30pm • Instead of a person answering the phone during nonemergency calls for assistance in Arlington County, Virginia, a computer system will be picking up the phone. According to the county, the artificial intelligence system “Amazon Connect” will be greeting people who call the region's nonemergen 2 people seen running after deadly Prince George's Co. crash are 'persons of interest' 05/30/2023 05:29pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, are looking for two people linked to a crash that killed a Capitol Heights woman. PHOTO of two persons of interest in fatal pedestrian hit-and-run in Capitol Heights on Sunday. Investigators would like to talk to them. Please retweet.https://t.co/TkWQke