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'Like a freight train': Maryland tornado damages cars, buildings 09/01/2021 11:20pm • "You ever seen 'Wizard of Oz?'" It looked just like that, said David Joseph, describing the tornado that touched down in Annapolis, Maryland, on Wednesday afternoon. It sounded "like a freight train," Joseph and co-worker Brian McLaughlin said. They were trying to close the bay doors when they Flooding, water rescues; 2nd tornado reported as Ida's remnants move through DC region 09/01/2021 09:20pm • Lightning is seen over D.C. on Sept. 1, 2021. (WTOP/Dave Dildine) The remnants of Ida battered the D.C. region Wednesday, bringing tornadoes and flash flooding to a region already waterlogged from recent storms. Two tornadoes struck Maryland, one in Anne Arundel County around 2:15 p.m., and a 10 children, driver rescued by boat in Frederick Co. after school bus trapped in flood waters 09/01/2021 06:06pm • Ten children and a driver were rescued from a school bus that was caught in rising flood waters in Frederick County, Maryland on Wednesday afternoon. Todd Wivell, spokesman for Frederick County Sheriff's Office, told WTOP that the school bus became trapped in flood waters around 4:30 p.m. on Hess Wolf Trap, Signature Theatre present Brian Stokes Mitchell, Renée Elise Goldsberry 09/01/2021 12:32pm • Hear the full conversation on today’s “Beyond the Fame” podcast. After a long pandemic shutdown, Broadway officially reopens this week in New York City. Wolf Trap and Signature Theatre are celebrating with "Broadway in the Park" on Friday, featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell ("Hamilton" Betting the farm on solar energy in Maryland 09/01/2021 11:12am • An artist's rendering of what the solar panels will look like arrayed across the land at Triple Creeks Farms in West Friendship. Photo from the Howard County government Flickr account. (Used by permission.) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matt What should be in your emergency kit 09/01/2021 04:00am • Every home should have an emergency kit on hand for when storms and power outages occur. WTOP recommends you print it out this list ahead foul weather and power outages. Supplies to have on hand: Portable radio. If your power goes out, radio will be your lifeline. Preset your radios to 103. Late arrivals, short supply of bus drivers among issues of getting kids to school in Md. 09/01/2021 12:47am • When schools opened Monday in Montgomery County, Maryland, Todd Watkins, the transportation director for the county public school system said there were a number of reports of late buses — some were as much as one hour late. Every year there are issues with late buses, but this year is differen At least 3 injured, including mother and 2-year-old, in Southeast DC shooting 08/31/2021 11:29pm • At least three people, including a mother and her 2-year-old son, were injured in a shooting in Southeast D.C. Tuesday evening. D.C. police reported a shooting occurred on the 1500 block of Howard Road shortly after 9 p.m., police Chief Robert Contee said. Officers found a parent with her chil Tuesday rain, storms will intensify overnight as remnants of Ida arrive 08/31/2021 10:30pm • After a wet Tuesday, the remnants of Hurricane Ida will dump even more rain on an already-water-logged area -- and bring the risk of both flooding and flash flooding. "The rain would be enough of a problem during a drought, but we have saturated ground and swollen creeks already, so there is no r Montgomery County police release video of armed carjacking, seek public's help 08/31/2021 04:48pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, police have released a video of an attempted armed carjacking and are asking for the public’s help to identify the suspects. According to police, the attempted carjacking took place at 2 a.m. on Aug. 16 at a Silver Spring gas station. The victim was sitting in hi Prosecutor: No charges in death of toddler hit by vehicle 08/31/2021 08:56am • HENRICO, Va. — A prosecutor in Virginia says charges won’t be filed in the death of a toddler who was struck by a vehicle in an apartment complex parking lot. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor said Monday that police and the prosecutor� DJ Jazzy Jeff headlines wine fest at National Harbor, reflects on journey with Will Smith 08/30/2021 11:57am • Hear the full conversation on today's "Beyond the Fame" podcast. DJ Jazzy Jeff rose to hip-hop fame alongside "The Fresh Prince" Will Smith. This Labor Day weekend, you can watch him spin at Célébrez en Rosé, a two-day wine and music festival at National Harbor on Sept. 4 and Sept. 5. Car Review: 2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e allows for 30 miles of electric motoring 08/30/2021 04:10am • Luxury SUV and crossovers are big business, and BMW has been making the popular X5 model for two decades now. There are models catering to the performance-minded buyers with turbo in-line 6 and big V-8 turbo power for those who need more punch than most sports cars pack. Now for 2021, there is a new College Football Corner: Maryland football preview 2021 08/30/2021 03:45am • It’s “go-time” in College Park. Year three under Head Coach Mike Locksley isn’t going to be about a blueprint as much as it will be about building. He said during the Big Ten’s Media Day last month there would be no excuses this fall. If 2019 was “Year Zero,” where he established 1 dead in car crash in McLean 08/29/2021 06:17pm • A man is dead after a car crashed into two trees in McLean, Virginia, Sunday morning. Police said that the crash happened sometime before 2 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of Dolley Madison Boulevard at Waverly Way. The driver, who police have identified as 31-year-old Curtis Mathia Rustin I