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Review: Tom Hanks is Forrest 'Grump' in somber but life-affirming 'A Man Called Otto' 01/13/2023 12:30pm • In 2008, Clint Eastwood played a "get off of my lawn" curmudgeon in "Gran Torino." Now, it's Tom Hanks' turn in "A Man Called Otto" (a.k.a. Forrest "Grump") a movie that is often depressing but ultimately pays off as life affirming as it opens in theaters Friday. Based on Fredrik Backman's DC teacher dies after Los Angeles police encounter 01/13/2023 04:32am • A 10th grade teacher at Digital Pioneers Academy in D.C. died in Los Angeles following cardiac arrest hours after being shocked with a Taser multiple times by police. On Tuesday, Jan. 3, while visiting family in California, Keenan Anderson, 31, was stopped by L.A. police officers after a car acci DC police release photos of Metrobus shooting suspects 01/12/2023 02:58pm • Police in D.C. have released photos of two suspects in a shooting that wounded three people, including two young children, outside a Metrobus in Northwest D.C. Wednesday afternoon. A man who was also wounded in the gunfire is also now under arrest after police say he boarded the bus armed with kn Toad the Wet Sprocket frontman Glen Phillips plays Union Stage at The Wharf in DC 01/12/2023 04:49am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” He's best known as the lead singer of the alternative-rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket. Next week, Glen Phillips hits Union Stage in D.C. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, playing Sprocket's biggest hits and stuff from his new solo album 2 juveniles dead, 1 injured in Fairfax Station crash 01/11/2023 05:53pm • A crash claimed the lives of two teenage girls and seriously injured another in Fairfax Station, Virginia, late Tuesday — marking Fairfax County's first non-pedestrian traffic deaths of the new year. Fairfax County officers were called to the 7400 block of Lee Chapel Road just before 9:30 p.m. Mayor: Man who shot and killed 13-year-old is DC government employee 01/11/2023 04:24pm • A man shot and killed 13-year-old Karon Blake in the District’s Brookland neighborhood on Jan. 7, 2023. (Courtesy Sean Long) Members of a Northeast D.C. community are still demanding the name of a man who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy accused of breaking into cars. Mayor Muriel Bowser reve DC community demands answers following fatal shooting of 13-year-old boy 01/11/2023 05:33am • "We want justice. He was 13. He was a baby!" That's what a woman who identified herself as Karon Blake's aunt said Tuesday night at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in Northeast D.C., where hundreds of community members gathered to ask questions and demand answers from District leaders an DC police chief calls inaccurate information swirling over shooting of 13-year-old 'reckless' 01/10/2023 05:30pm • A man shoot and killed 13-year-old Karon Blake in the District’s Brookland neighborhood on Saturday morning. (Courtesy NBC Washington) Hours before a scheduled community meeting, the head of D.C. police gave an impassioned statement to address what he called the "spreading of inaccurate inform 11 best weekend getaways from DC 01/10/2023 11:00am • There's no denying the countless things to do and see in our nation's capital. However, the nonstop pace of Washington, D.C., can wear anyone out, and sometimes a weekend getaway is just what the doctor ordered. Luckily, D.C.'s central mid-Atlantic location gives travelers easy access to top destina Electric vehicles at CES give a peek at the future of battery-driven transportation 01/09/2023 12:50pm • If one were to stroll through the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the venue that housed the Consumer Electronics Show’s behemoth automotive exhibition over the past few days, you’d be excused for thinking that all vehicles presently in circulation are electric. After all, pretty Driver injured after tractor-trailer fire on Capital Beltway's Outer Loop 01/09/2023 06:54am • The driver of a tractor-trailer was injured after his vehicle crashed and caught fire near the exit for Georgetown Pike on Interstate 495 in McLean, Virginia, on Sunday afternoon. According to Virginia State Police, around 1 p.m. Sunday, troopers responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash inv Car Review: Jeep's Grand Wagoneer L is big, luxurious and ready to take on other big luxury SUVs 01/09/2023 04:45am • Jeep has been producing off-road ready SUVs for decades, but when it came to large luxury SUVs, the brand fell short and lost customers when they wanted something larger than the Grand Cherokee. To fix that, last year, Jeep brought back Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer nameplates for the large luxurious 1 fatally shot, another injured near Navy Yard Metro station 01/08/2023 08:30pm • Police have identified the man shot and killed outside the Navy Yard Metro station on Saturday in downtown D.C. just hours before another person was wounded in the same area. D.C. police were called to the area of Half and M Streets Southeast for a report of the shooting around 8 p.m. Police said Carfax: Odometer fraud on used cars is on the rise for the DC area 01/08/2023 03:51pm • Thinking about buying a used car this year? With odometer fraud and other scams up around the D.C. region, you'll need to find different ways to verify mileage on the vehicle you want to purchase. “A lot of people think that with digital odometers, that odometer can't be manipulated. And that c Police: Northeast DC homeowner fatally shoots 13-year-old boy 01/07/2023 09:03pm • A homeowner in Northeast D.C. shot and killed a 13-year-old boy in the early morning hours on Saturday after witnessing him breaking into vehicles, police claim. The homeowner allegedly shot the boy, later identified as Karon Blake of Northeast D.C., during a confrontation with a registered firea