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28 top things to do in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 05/13/2022 04:00am • While Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is home to the oldest Amish communities in the U.S., there's a lot more to Amish Country than meets the eye. From sampling award-winning ice cream at the Turkey Hill Experience to sipping craft brews along the Lancaster Ale Trail or staying in the one-of-a-kind Cartoon Cost of fuel doesn't appear to affect American summer travel plans 05/12/2022 05:43pm • When gas prices go up, it also costs more to fill up planes, trains and buses. In turn, the cost of a summer vacation rises. With fuel costs spiking, one would expect travel demand to decrease, right? Not according to Expedia’s Christie Hudson. “Every indication we have right now is that i Metro exploring possibility of mask-only cars 05/12/2022 04:49pm • Metro officials say they are considering designating some Metro rail cars as mask-only. During a meeting of WMATA's Board of Directors Thursday, Bryna Helfer, an alternate board member, mentioned that she'd been working with the Rider Advisory Council and said, "Somebody had suggested, can we hav Weeks after Van Ness sniper shooting, 'unprecedented' look into investigation but still no answer to why 05/12/2022 04:39pm • Three weeks after a sniper opened fire on a Northwest D.C. school, wounding four and terrorizing several blocks in Van Ness before turning the gun on himself, police are providing an "unprecedented" inside look into their investigation. But D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said police still do 1 dead, driver charged in Franconia collision 05/12/2022 04:36pm • The Fairfax County police say a woman was killed and three other people were hurt after a car crash in Franconia just after midnight Thursday. The car crashed while heading east on Manchester Boulevard near Silver Lakes Boulevard just before 12:30 a.m. when it left the roadway and crashed into a Company that can sell your used baby gear expands to DC area 05/11/2022 10:22am • Denver-based GoodBuy Gear, which buys and sells used baby and children’s items, has expanded to the D.C. region market. GoodBuy Gear, founded in 2016, has now expanded to five metros, including Dallas, Houston and Philadelphia, with plans for continued nationwide growth. More Busines Etch and Catch program aims to curb catalytic converter thefts 05/10/2022 04:27pm • Catalytic converters have become a popular target for thieves, and police in Takoma Park, Maryland, hope to change that. The police department has teamed up again with a local auto repair shop to launch an Etch and Catch program, which will allow vehicle owners to get their license plate number e Metro announces new general manager 05/10/2022 11:25am • Metro is getting a new leader. Metro's new GM Randy Clarke (Courtesy WMATA) Randy Clarke, of the Austin, Texas, public transit system, has been named general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, tasked with leading the D.C. system as it faces major challenges. Cla 2 critical, 1 in serious condition after Southeast DC crash 05/10/2022 07:48am • Two men and a woman were hospitalized after a car crash in Southeast D.C. on Monday evening. D.C. Fire and EMS said the three-car crash happened in the 2300 block of Southern Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. First responders had to extricate the three victims from their vehicles, according to auth Union Market Drive-In kicks off outdoor movies series this weekend 05/10/2022 04:59am • For a decade now, it's served as the only drive-in movie theater in the nation's capital. The Union Market Drive-In returns to D.C. this Friday for six months of movie classics. "It's our 10th season, we're really excited," Founder Jon Gann told WTOP. "We have some new films we haven't sho How Chinese is Chinatown? The importance, and difficulty, of keeping historical connection 05/10/2022 04:26am • Any new construction or renovation in D.C.'s Chinatown has to contribute to the area's Chinese identity. But the small number of longtime residents and the former residents of the area, many of Chinese descent, may recognize little of the neighborhood where they were born and grew up. Brother DC police shoot at 1 after routine traffic stop turns to foot chase 05/09/2022 11:06pm • A man is in custody following a routine traffic stop in Northeast D.C. that turned into a foot chase, according to authorities. It happened on the 1700 block of H Street on Tuesday just before 4 p.m. D.C. police said officers initially pulled over a car with two people inside along Benning Roa Suspected impaired driver rescued from burning car in Beltsville crash; trooper injured 05/09/2022 04:01pm • Some Maryland state troopers are being credited with saving the life of a suspected impaired driver in Beltsville, Maryland, who the Maryland State Police said caused a fiery crash that injured one of their own. Shortly after 2 a.m. on Monday, a state trooper was assisting with another crash on R 1 dead, another seriously hurt in 3-vehicle crash on I-95 in Springfield 05/09/2022 11:52am • One person is dead and another seriously hurt after a car crashed into a Jersey wall and caught fire on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County, Virginia, early Monday morning. The three-car crash happened on I-95 south at the 169-mile marker in Springfield shortly after 3:30 a.m. Police said the impact Will Seven Corners 'ring road' untangle commuter chaos in this lifetime? 05/09/2022 09:43am • It's hard to think of a more confusing and difficult area to drive through than Seven Corners, Virginia A "ring road" plan to make it easier to navigate exists — what's not clear is whether it will be built while many of us are still around to drive it. Seven Corners, Virginia is one of the