Search

FBI: Artifacts stolen from museums in 1960s, 1970s returned 12/19/2021 01:02pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities say 15 historical artifacts stolen almost a half-century ago from a number of Pennsylvania museums have been returned to the institutions. The FBI art crime team and other law enforcement agencies repatriated the 18th- and 19th-century rifles and pistols Biden marks anniversary of 1972 car crash that killed wife 12/18/2021 10:25am • GREENVILLE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday commemorated the 49th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and infant daughter, visiting their graves at the Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church. Their deaths occurred just after Delaware voters elected Metro returns 1st 7000-series train to service after derailment investigation 12/17/2021 10:59am • The first 7000-series train was back on Metro's tracks Friday nearly two months after a derailment led the subway system to order the railcars out of service. The move comes after months of inspections and is part of a gradual return to service laid out by Metro earlier this week. More TikTok threats heighten school security across DC, Md., Va. 12/17/2021 09:25am • You may see more police cars in front of your child’s school. It is because of an alleged national trend on the video social media platform TikTok. Posts warn of shooting and bomb threats at schools across the country Friday. Most parents in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area have received a le Shooting victim crashes car into Prince George's Co. home 12/17/2021 12:03am • An unidentified man was hospitalized and a home damaged after a car crash in Brandywine, Maryland. Prince George's County Police officers said they discovered a man was shot just after 6 p.m. That man was driving the vehicle that crashed through a home on Grayden Lane. More Prince Geor After children struck by cars, new safety improvements come to Southeast DC neighborhood 12/16/2021 10:08pm • In an area where three young people have been hit by cars since October, the D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT) on Thursday announced what it has done and what it plans to do to make the area safer. Everett Lott, the interim director of DDOT, said two speed cameras were installed on Wheeler Group pushes for gender equity in car safety testing 12/16/2021 10:04am • A woman is 17% more likely to die and 73% more likely to be seriously injured in a vehicle crash, according to a group that says the federal government is sanctioning gender discrimination in vehicle safety testing. Every car on the road in the United States has had to meet design standards and h Baltimore officer on life support after ambush shooting 12/16/2021 09:29am • Police in Baltimore are searching for who opened fire on an officer sitting in her police car in the Curtis Bay area early Thursday morning. Police have identified the officer as Keona Holley. She was shot multiple times and is in guarded condition and on life support at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Metered parking recommended for core of Tysons 12/16/2021 05:58am • Change will be coming soon to some parking spots around Tysons in Virginia — more specifically, your pocket change. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors gave the go-ahead for transportation planners to work toward implementing paid parking places within the Tysons’ urban core over the next DC lawmakers want to transform crosswalks to improve pedestrian safety 12/15/2021 08:54pm • Days after two children were hit and injured by a driver in Northeast, D.C., lawmakers are taking action by proposing a drastic change to crosswalks across the city. Eight council members have co-introduced the Walk Without Worry Amendment that would change how crosswalks look in D.C.. One propos Woman dies after being struck by car on Leesburg Pike 12/15/2021 11:37am • A woman is dead after a car struck her on Leesburg Pike in Falls Church, Virginia, on Monday. The Fairfax County police said Nguyet Ly, 68, was walking east in the westbound travel lane of Leesburg Pike at Magnolia Drive near the shoulder at around 11 a.m. when she was hit by a Subaru Impreza. Trans-Siberian Orchestra rocks Capital One Arena for 25th anniversary concert 12/15/2021 04:39am • Listen to the full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” Twenty-five years ago, they released an album with the most rocking holiday tunes ever. Trans-Siberian Orchestra rocks Capital One Arena for an anniversary tour on Dec. 23. "Little did we know at that time our lives wo DC leaders call for stronger measures to make city streets safer 12/15/2021 04:34am • After a 9-year-old was hit by a car while leaving school in Southeast D.C. on Friday, two traffic cameras are now in place, but city leaders say more needs to be done to make the city's streets safer. D.C. Council member Christina Henderson said simply installing more traffic cameras is not the s What restaurants are open on Christmas Day? 12/14/2021 07:00pm • With three meals to consider on Christmas Day and potentially a houseful of people, a restaurant — whether for dine-in or carryout — can be a lifesaver. Fortunately, there are plenty of chain restaurants that are open on Dec. 25. The following restaurants have stated they'll be open on Christ Metro to begin plan to gradually return 7000 Series cars to service 12/14/2021 05:39pm • Metro’s plan to return its 7000 Series railcars to service has been approved by its safety regulator, and a gradual rollout could begin soon. Under the plan, which was approved by the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission on Tuesday, Metro would "gradually return nearly half of the 7000 Series