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1 dead after police chase ends in Rockville crash, lane closures on I-270 05/20/2023 12:24pm • A man is dead after a police chase led to a crash Saturday morning between Falls Road and Route 28 in Rockville, Maryland, leading to standstill traffic and lane closures on Interstate 270. Montgomery County police said that around 5 a.m. they were called to do a welfare check on a man inside a c Some local car buyers are getting refund checks in the mail 05/19/2023 05:41pm • If you bought a vehicle from Passport Auto Group in recent years, you could be getting some money back in the form of a check in the mail. The Federal Trade Commission said this week that it was mailing out more than 18,000 checks to Passport customers. Anyone who receives a check is encourage Deliberations to begin for 6 DC men in fatal shooting of 10-year-old girl 05/19/2023 04:08pm • Nearly five years ago, 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson was gunned down after walking back from an ice cream truck in Northeast D.C. Now, the three-month trial of six men charged in her murder is wrapping up, with the jury expected to begin deliberations Tuesday. In a silent courtroom, Wilson's grandmo Potomac Yard Metro's 1st-day riders say full impact is further down tracks 05/19/2023 01:36pm • Most of the first riders boarding and departing on Blue and Yellow line Metro trains at the brand new Potomac Yard station on Friday morning were holding festive pennants to celebrate the opening, but some said the full impact of the station won't be felt for years to come. Metro user Emmet Ryan Teenager injured in Riverdale, Md., shooting, police say 05/18/2023 10:04pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, police said a teenage girl is in the hospital after she was shot in Riverdale. Police told WTOP the shooting happened Thursday at around 5:40 p.m. in the 6800 block of Riverdale Road. Officers said they found the girl shot outside an apartment complex in a nea Ex-Prince George's Co. police lieutenant sentenced to 16 months in prison for tax evasion 05/18/2023 05:26pm • A former Prince George's County, Maryland, police lieutenant was sentenced Thursday to 16 months in federal prison on a federal tax evasion charge. Authorities said 48-year-old Edward Scott Finn, who owned and operated a private security company called Edward Finn Inc., pleaded guilty in June 202 Man dead after ride-share vehicle strikes deer in Fairfax County 05/18/2023 09:34am • The driver of a ride-share vehicle is dead after colliding with a deer along the Dulles Airport Access Highway in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Wednesday night. The deadly collision happened in the westbound lanes of the Dulles Airport Access Highway, a mile after Interstate 495 at around 8:30 p.m First 4 miles of I-66 'parallel trail' now open to cyclists, pedestrians 05/18/2023 07:42am • The first section of the 66 Parallel Trail is available for people to enjoy. Once complete, the new shared-use path will span 11 miles in Fairfax County, Virginia. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the Vienna-Fairfax/GMU Metrorail Station on Wednesday, next to the new 18-mile trail which is p Lit ready to rock Let's Go Music Festival in Annapolis 05/18/2023 04:40am • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” The Let's Go Music Festival returns to Annapolis, Maryland on June 2 trough June 4 with Live and Collective Soul. WTOP caught up with Jeremy Popoff, guitarist of the band Lit, which rocks day two with 311 and Col 10-year-old shot on Mother's Day in Northeast DC dies in hospital 05/18/2023 04:39am • D.C. police said 10-year-old girl Arianna Davis was shot while in the back seat of a car in Northeast. (Courtesy D.C. police) Arianna Davis, the 10-year-old girl who was shot while riding home in the back seat of a car, died at a hospital on Wednesday, according to D.C. police. At around 9:14 Md. man leads Virginia State police on chase in stolen SUV, rams into trooper car 05/17/2023 06:51pm • The disabled Virginia State Police SUV that was rammed multiple times during a stolen car pursuit on May 17, 2023. (Courtesy Virginia State Police) Police say a man from Brooklyn, Maryland, stole an SUV from a dealership in Prince William County, Virginia, on Wednesday morning, ramming into a Vi Is a decades-old U.Md. tradition getting out of hand? 05/17/2023 04:31pm • For decades, students at the University of Maryland have made playful sacrifices to the Testudo statue in front of the library, hoping for a little extra luck on their final exams. Over the years, you may have seen anything from pens and notebooks to coffees and alcohol set up around the statue over Review: 'The Big Door Prize' on Apple TV+ is existential dramedy about life's potential 05/17/2023 01:40pm • What would you do if a magical machine revealed your true life potential? Would you suddenly change your career to pursue your supposed destiny? Or would you be content with the life you have already built by chance? That's the high-concept premise of the new 10-episode streaming series "The How the opening of the Potomac Yard Metro station could impact your commute 05/17/2023 01:32pm • Metro's Potomac Yard station on the Blue and Yellow lines is set to open on Friday, May 19. (Courtesy City of Alexandria) When the Potomac Yard Metro station finally opens Friday, it will benefit more than those seeking a ride to the fast-growing area between the Braddock Road and Ronald Reagan How many people in DMV car crash deaths weren't buckled up 05/17/2023 12:20pm • For most, putting on your seatbelt is a simple reflex. For those who still prefer living life on the edge, some new data may convince you otherwise: Half of all Americans killed by car crashes in 2021 were unbuckled. The D.C. region saw a similar trend, according to data released on Tuesday from