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Reverend recalls aftermath of Charlottesville attack 5 years ago 08/11/2022 09:29pm • Reverend Seth Wispelwey in Charlottesville. Virginia, on Aug. 11, 2017 to protest against the "Unite the Right" rally. (Courtesy Heather Wilson) It has been five years since a deadly car attack during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, but the trauma from what took place con New Carrollton Metro station getting a facelift — just like the land around it 08/11/2022 04:38pm • Big changes are already happening around the New Carrollton Metro station in Maryland. There's a big Kaiser Permanente facility, not to mention lots and lots of new housing going up where vast concrete parking lots used to overflow with cars parked by commuters. Eventually, the Purple Line will o Annual cost of owning a new vehicle crosses $10K mark 08/11/2022 01:22pm • The annual cost of owning and operating a new vehicle has stretched beyond $10,000, according to a new report from AAA. The average cost is now at $10,728, or $894 per month. That is considerably higher when compared to the same time in 2021, when the average cost was $9,666, or $805.50 per month Tips for driving during excessive rainfall 08/11/2022 11:00am • The National Weather Service's mantra "Turn Around Don't Drown," which strives to convey the seriousness of flash flooding and the action drivers should take when faced with a water-covered roadway, is a catchy slant rhyme and an important rule of thumb. In metro areas where traffic is often heav HOV privileges will end soon in Md. for drivers of electric vehicles 08/11/2022 10:09am • It's been an incentive and perk of owning an electric vehicle for more than a decade. However, starting Oct. 1, EVs and hybrid and vehicles will no longer get a free ride in Maryland's high-occupancy vehicle lanes. As of Sept. 30, the state's HOV sticker program will end, according to the Motor V 'Blowing sideways into your face': Water rescues abound as heavy rain, flooding wallop DC area 08/11/2022 03:00am • The D.C. region got a wallop Wednesday afternoon, as severe weather descended over the area and brought heavy rain and flooding that led to water rescues and power outages. The threat of flooding has diminished and any lingering showers tapered off by 1 a.m. Thursday, but not before rain poun 3-month-old dies in Northwest DC 08/10/2022 06:56pm • A 3-month-old infant died Tuesday in Northwest D.C. D.C. police were called to the scene just after 6 p.m.; they said the 3-month-old boy was unconscious when they arrived in the 600 block of Park Road Northwest. Despite efforts by paramedics, the child was pronounced dead less than an hour later School buses in Anne Arundel Co. get cameras to record illegal passing 08/10/2022 04:05pm • Hundreds of school buses in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, are being outfitted with high-tech cameras that can automatically detect cars that illegally pass stopped buses — and snap pictures of their license plates. County officials Wednesday announced the effort to crack down on drivers who fa Nationals hope skipping start will help Patrick Corbin get back on track 08/10/2022 01:33pm • Nats hope skipping start will help Corbin get back on track originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonNationals pitcher Patrick Corbin will skip his turn in the team's pitching rotation and sit out his next scheduled start. After failing to get out of the first inning in two of his last three Woman rescued moments before car swallowed by sinkhole 08/10/2022 08:54am • A woman trapped in her car at an intersection in El Paso, Texas, was rescued on Tuesday evening just moments before her vehicle was mostly swallowed up by a sinkhole. Video filmed by Enrique Duenas-Aguilar, the public information officer with the El Paso Fire Department, shows the small white Metro asks watchdog for permission to run more 7000-series cars 08/10/2022 07:28am • Metrorail is seeking to put more of its troubled 7000-series railcars back into service in the D.C. area. The Washington-region transit provider is allowed to operate 64 of the railcars each day as it stands, amounting to eight trains’ worth of cars. More Metro News More Transport Triple-digit heat index culminates in storms moving through DC region 08/09/2022 10:22pm • It was another sizzling day with heat index values that feel like 107 degrees. As the D.C. area headed home, widely scattered thunderstorms followed right behind. Here's what you need to know. The heat and humidity led to a somewhat unstable atmosphere that brought a risk of severe weather and he Driver in Baltimore shoots 1 medic with air pellet, hits another with car 08/09/2022 10:38am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say two medics were injured while responding to a call in south Baltimore when a driver fired an air pellet gun at them, then struck one medic with the car. The Baltimore Sun reports that Fire Department spokesman Chief Roman Clark says a medic unit was responding to 'Really horrifying': People rescued from their vehicles after flash flooding in Prince George's Co. 08/09/2022 09:54am • Some people were briefly trapped after major flooding hit the region Monday afternoon in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The Riverdale area got the brunt of the flooding in the afternoon. Olufunmi Lola Johnson told WTOP's Kyle Cooper that she was working in an office building in the 6000 b Storms following heat, humidity lead to impassable roads in Prince George's Co. 08/08/2022 11:20pm • Between 1 to 4 inches of rain fell, and most of it in Prince George's County, Maryland, causing flooding on roadways just as the D.C. area was heading home. Here's what you need to know. There was flash flooding reported in the Riverdale area, with rapidly rising water making the roads impass