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Car Review: New BMW M440i has impressive performance, but new look might turn some off 12/06/2021 04:07am • Luxury coupes and convertibles are still around, and BMW redesigned the 4 Series Coupe and Convertible with a bold new look to stand out. Before you ask about the performance or new interior, let’s take on the new styling. The nose garners all the attention — good and bad. The front-end styling Prince George's Co. carjacking ends in multiple accidents, 3 arrests 12/06/2021 01:25am • Three people have been placed in U.S. Park Police custody following a police chase on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Just before 9 p.m. on Sunday, park police tried to do a traffic stop on a car they identified as stolen from Prince George's County, Maryland. That's when officers said a cha Vintage cars, furry friends and Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin at Middleburg Christmas Parade 12/05/2021 01:33pm • The Middleburg Christmas Parade featured vintage cars, animals and even Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin made an appearance Saturday afternoon in Virginia. Tips on how to reduce vehicle-related crimes as spike in DC area thefts and carjackings continue 12/04/2021 12:29pm • Car thieves have been staying busy around the D.C. region. They’re taking more cars, sometimes at gun or knife point, and others are simply breaking into cars and taking things when car owners are not around. Anyone who is victimized can chalk it up to bad luck – to an extent. On the one hand Former WFT quarterback sells McLean home for $5.8M 12/04/2021 02:28am • Former Washington Football Team quarterback Alex Smith has sold his McLean home a few months after his release from the team. Smith sold the home for $5.8 million, according to representatives for Compass, the listing brokerage. Mark and Hunter McFadden represented the seller in the transaction. All clear: Logjam of USPS trucks leaves Prince George's Co. neighborhood 12/03/2021 11:58am • The streets in a Prince George’s County, Maryland, neighborhood are clearing after hundreds of tractor trailers filled the streets. Residents in the Timothy Branch neighborhood, in Brandywine, said shortly after 9 a.m. Friday that the trucks, filled with holiday mail, were moving again. The tru Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation set to open Youth Development Park in Prince George's Co. 12/02/2021 03:24pm • A new facility in Prince George's County, Maryland, aims to strengthen the relationship between the community and the county's police department through the nation's pastime: baseball. The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, with support from Group 1001, is nearing completion of the Foundation’s 101 NTSB report: Metro operator thought derailment was stuck brake 12/02/2021 02:25pm • A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that warns subway systems and commuter railroads nationwide about a wheelset problem also includes more details on how events unfolded following Metro’s Oct. 12 derailment. After the Blue Line train came to rest between t DC could soon have digital driver's licenses 12/02/2021 12:56pm • When a bartender asks for your driver's license in the future, you may be able to show your smartphone if you live in D.C. A new bill could be passed by the D.C. Council later this month that would give residents the opportunity to get a digital driver's license or identification card. The bill, i 'Bronze Bar for Valor' awarded to DC firefighter 12/02/2021 12:25pm • Richard Cunningham, right, has been given an award for valor after helping injured colleague Sgt. Matthew Westerbeck, left. (WTOP/John Aaron) A D.C. firefighter who came to the aid of an injured colleague — while continuing to fight a blaze — has been given an award for valor. Sgt. Matth Construction on Silver Line Phase 2 rail yard, maintenance facility complete 12/01/2021 06:51pm • Metrorail's Silver Line extension project reached another milestone with the "substantial completion" of a rail yard and maintenance facility. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said Wednesday that the 90-acre project at Dulles International Airport is important in completing the Silv DC teen arrested at Eastern High School, charged with killing in Va. 12/01/2021 04:09pm • A Northeast D.C. teenager was arrested Wednesday at Eastern High School and charged with murder in the killing of a man in October on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The 15-year-old was a fugitive from justice from Accomack County, Virginia, where he lived at the time he was involved in the killing of Bike infrastructure will help prevent crashes and fatalities, advocates and researchers say 11/30/2021 01:27pm • There are 2,000 miles of road in Baltimore City. Only 10 of those miles include separated bike infrastructure that divides the road into distinct lanes for cars and bikes. This is not unique to Baltimore City. Across the state, only fractions of county roadway systems include bike infrastructure, Shootings, smoke affect service on Metro's Red, Yellow, Green lines 11/29/2021 09:44pm • The shooting sparked a large police presence near the Metro station in Columbia Heights. (WTOP/Mike Murillo) Two separate shootings on the Green Line and a malfunction that caused smoke on the Red Line disrupted service throughout the Metrorail system Monday. First, a Metro spokesman said Met DC to target speeding, distracted drivers around schools 11/29/2021 02:52pm • After two child pedestrians died this year, D.C.'s mayor said Monday the city is expanding its Vision Zero plan to include enforcement around school zones. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the partnership between the D.C. police and D.C.'s Department of Transportation to target aggressive, distracte