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Want a free e-scooter lesson? Montgomery Co. is offering them 03/31/2023 10:18pm • It seems like e-scooters are just about everywhere and in every neighborhood these days. That is why transportation officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, have decided to offer free lessons to people who want to learn how to pick up an e-scooter and ride it safely. "It's informal, so there' Fairfax Co. police chief: Officers sought 'best possible outcome' in US-1 barricade 03/30/2023 05:34pm • Fairfax County, Virginia, police are offering new details on a 36-hour standoff with an armed woman who barricaded herself on U.S. Route 1. In a news conference Thursday, Fairfax County Chief of Police Kevin Davis credited negotiators, who frequently communicated with the woman for more than a da Family of man paralyzed during traffic stop settles lawsuit with Prince George’s Co. 03/30/2023 03:46pm • The family of a Prince George’s County, Maryland, man who was paralyzed in a traffic stop in 2019 has reached a multimillion dollar settlement in a police brutality lawsuit. The $7.5 million payout is the second-largest payout the county has ever made for a police brutality claim, according to The new Chantilly Dash In has a Spike Mendelsohn burger 03/30/2023 01:00pm • Regional convenience store chain Dash In, which likes to call itself a restaurant with gas pumps, has opened its newest location in Chantilly — and Chef Spike Mendelsohn is adding a little star power to its opening weeks. Dash In, owned by La Plata, Maryland-based The Willis Group, has grown to Fairfax Co. police take armed woman into custody after 36-hour standoff 03/30/2023 06:53am • Part of Richmond Highway in Fairfax County, Virginia, being shut down while police are trying to help a woman who has barricaded herself in a car early Wednesday morning. (WTOP/Luke Lukert) After a 36-hour standoff, U.S. Route 1 in Fairfax County, Virginia, reopened Thursday morning, and an arme Virginia updates its Move Over Law to protect motorists in disabled vehicles 03/30/2023 04:30am • Angela Hurley, 49, of Mechanicsville, Virginia, was extremely creative, according to her sister Latane Flanagan. Her creativity fostered a career as a hairstylist, during which she had the opportunity to cut the hair of country music legend Kenny Rogers. More Virginia News More Loca DC police officer sentenced to 18 months in jail for fatal Lothian crash 03/29/2023 11:48am • A D.C. police officer was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for his role in a deadly Maryland car crash in 2021. Prosecutors said Austin Kirk Smith, of College Park, Maryland, was sentenced on two counts of felony vehicular manslaughter in the May 27, 2021, crash that killed 23-year-old Lea DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb weighs in on carjackings, criminal code and Commanders 03/29/2023 05:34am • DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb speaks with DMV Download podcast host Luke Garrett. (WTOP/Luke Garrett) D.C. had a turbulent start to 2023 — from a forsaken criminal code, a sharp spike in car thefts and to the recent resignation of Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio following allegations of sexua Md. first lady has lived with MS for 20 years — what is it? 03/28/2023 10:55pm • Maryland first lady Dawn Moore recently revealed something very personal to the world. For more than 20 years, she has lived with multiple sclerosis or MS. Her announcement comes during Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, and she said she is opening up about it to do just that — raise awareness No deal on reopening White's Ferry as owner plans to sell to Montgomery Co. 03/27/2023 04:42pm • The current owner of the now-shut-down historic White's Ferry says he's "run out of options" to resume ferry service across the Potomac River, from Maryland to Virginia, and now plans to sell the operation to Montgomery County, Maryland. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) The current owner of the now-closed Montgomery Co. 'Heads Up, Phones Down' contest encourages teens to stay alert 03/27/2023 08:05am • High school students in Montgomery County, Maryland, are getting a chance to share videos highlighting roadway safety and the importance of putting that phone down while walking, driving or riding a bike. The "Heads Up, Phones Down" video contest will give teens a chance to submit a 30-second vid DC police release photos of suspects in 3 armed robberies 03/27/2023 07:19am • D.C. police have released photos of two armed robbery suspects who they say approached and demanded property from three people in three hours on Saturday. D.C. police have released photos of the suspects and the car involved in three armed robberies in the District on Saturday. (Courtesy D.C. po Car Review: Refreshed Lexus NX crossover has new looks and even a plug-in hybrid 03/27/2023 04:09am • The 2023 Lexus NX 450h+ F Sport is a plug-in hybrid that can deliver up to 37 miles of all electric driving. (WTOP / Mike Parris) The second generation NX crossover came out last year with a new look, a better interior and a plug-in hybrid version (PHEV) to charge up the lineup. The new NX 450h+ F S Pedestrian struck and killed on the Capital Beltway, temporarily stops all traffic 03/26/2023 06:26am • A pedestrian is dead after being struck on the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway during the predawn hours on Sunday, according to Maryland State Police. It happened near New Hampshire Avenue in Prince George's County around 2:45 a.m. and the crash led police to close both directions of Interstate Traffic not so 'cheery' as cherry blossom visitors get stuck for hours 03/25/2023 11:55pm • As thousands of visitors descended on the District this weekend to see the world-famous cherry blossoms in peak bloom, some drivers went from admiring the pink and white blossoms to seeing red. Drivers trying to make their way around Southwest D.C., the Tidal Basin, the Wharf, Hains Point and