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Meet the Republican candidates for Maryland governor: Kelly Schulz 06/27/2022 05:04am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland Meet the Democratic candidates for Maryland governor: Wes Moore 06/27/2022 04:48am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland Car Review: Ford offers an off-road ready Explorer with the rugged Timberline edition 06/27/2022 04:22am • The popular Explorer SUV had a makeover two years ago and Ford continues to tweak it to boost appeal. The latest Explorer is an adventure-seeking Timberline trim level. (WTOP/Mike Parris) With more ground clearance, the Explorer Timberline looks like a proper off-road SUV. The front-end styling is u Seat Pleasant officer injured after car crashes into police car 06/26/2022 12:11pm • A Seat Pleasant police officer was injured after a driver struck the police car, while officers were responding to a different car crash in Maryland on Sunday morning. After a call came in just after 5:30 a.m., Seat Pleasant police officers came to investigate a crash that closed Central Avenue i Families, safety advocates remember those killed on Md. Rt. 210 06/25/2022 08:30pm • Since 2007, around 80 people have been killed on one of the deadliest roads in the D.C. area: Maryland Route 210. On Saturday, families and safety advocates gathered to remember those who died, and to call for increased safety on the highway. The event called “The Dignity of Human Life” was h Police arrest man accused of sexually assaulting Food Lion employee in Manassas 06/25/2022 07:53pm • Police in Prince William County, Virginia, say they have identified and arrested the suspect they say sexually assaulted an employee of Food Lion grocery store on Friday. More Prince William County News More Virginia News On Friday evening, police had released a photo of the s Video shows Prince George's Co. police pursuit that ended in deadly crash 06/25/2022 06:34pm • New video released Friday shows a police pursuit in Prince George's County, Maryland, that ended in a deadly crash. The crash happened in Largo on June 8 around 6:30 a.m. at Pookey Way and White House Road. More Local News More Prince George's County News Police were trying 87-year-old man dies in Montgomery Co. pedestrian crash 06/25/2022 03:43pm • An 87-year-old Maryland man died after being hit by a car in Aspen Hill, Maryland, in the early hours on Friday morning, Montgomery County police said. The victim was identified as Randall Dwight Gibson, a resident of Rockville, on Saturday. More Montgomery County News More Maryland South Carolina man wins $100,000 lottery after using strategy he saw on TV 06/25/2022 12:11pm • Not everything you see on television is real, until it is ... A South Carolina man has won more than $100,000 after trying a lottery strategy he says was inspired by an episode of TLC's "Lottery Changed My Life." The strategy was to spend $25 per week for three months playing the lottery. Duri Police: Waldorf man set sister's house on fire, stole neighbor's car to get away 06/24/2022 08:51am • A Waldorf man was arrested Wednesday evening for setting his sister's Maryland house on fire and stealing a vehicle in hopes of getting away. Charles County Sheriff's deputies arrested Randall Wayne Crowder Jr, 42, not long after he fled his sisters' house in the 9200 block of Kris Drive in White 18-year-old indicted in crash that killed 2 Oakton High School students 06/23/2022 08:45pm • An 18-year-old has been indicted on manslaughter charges in a crash that killed two high school students in Virginia. Usman Shahid, 18, was indicted on manslaughter charges for striking and killing two teenage girls with his car on June 7 in Oakton, Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano said. No charges for 4 Montgomery Co. officers in Silver Spring shooting 06/23/2022 05:06pm • Four Montgomery County, Maryland, police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man who pointed a gun at them during a traffic stop in downtown Silver Spring late last year will not face charges. The officers had stopped a white Mercedes connected to a shooting outside a Silver Spring resta Md. pediatrician warns parents away from devices promising SIDS protection 06/23/2022 05:01pm • Updated safe sleep guidelines for babies published this week by the American Academy of Pediatrics mostly reaffirm recommendations from 2016 on how to prevent sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS. A Maryland doctor wants to highlight some of the new recommendations. "One of the additions to the Former Prince George's Co. police lieutenant guilty of tax evasion 06/23/2022 12:38pm • A former Prince George's County, Maryland, police lieutenant pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal tax evasion charge for underreporting over $1 million in income from his security business. Edward Scott Finn, 48, of Dunkirk, was with the Prince George’s County Police Department while he owned Ride On’s Flex – Celebrating Three Years of Convenience, Reliability and Ease of Use 06/22/2022 11:42am • This content is sponsored by the Montgomery County Department of Transportation. Montgomery County’s Ride On Flex on demand transit service is celebrating three years of helping riders get around Rockville, Glenmont/Wheaton! The simple and convenient bus service is hailed for its ease of us