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Spike in carjackings during pandemic spurred regional crackdown 05/19/2021 04:43pm • Details from the case of two D.C. men charged last week for carjacking and assault highlight the reason the region's top prosecutors are banding together to take on the crime, which has seen a sharp increase since the start of the pandemic. Rashaun Onley and Elijah Greene-Parker face more than 14 Cicada envy? Look at this Herndon guy's infestation 05/19/2021 06:59am • While some in the National Capital region have yet to lay eyes on a single member of the 17-year Brood X and may be feeling cicada envy, Jeff Herge of Herndon, Virginia, invites you to look at his fence. The #cicada are emerging heavily under the tree in my yard. pic.twitter.com/apKMIbpvgG — J Safety audit of Metro finds some rail workers ignore rules they don't like 05/18/2021 07:29pm • Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews respond to the Silver Spring Metro station area for a train derailment on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. (Courtesy Pete Piringer via Twitter) Some Metrorail workers are ignoring safety rules they don't agree with. That's one of the findings from a Washi Mother of missing DC infant no longer faces murder charge 05/18/2021 01:01pm • Prosecutors are dropping the charge of felony murder against the mother of a missing 2-month-old baby who is presumed dead. Prosecutors suggest in the documents charging LaDonia Boggs that her son Kyon Jones could have died unintentionally and amended the charges against Boggs by dropping felony Goodbye, Dave Thomas Circle: Actual left turns coming to New York, Florida Ave NE 05/18/2021 08:42am • The redesign for Dave Thomas Circle in Northeast. Click to enlarge. (Courtesy DDOT) One of D.C.'s busiest and most infamous intersections will soon be untangled, with the goal of providing relief and safety for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists who navigate where New York and Florida avenues mee Howard Co. high school seniors get good news about graduation 05/17/2021 06:30pm • Howard County, Maryland, high school students and families got some good news Monday about graduation. More tickets will be available to each high school senior participating in a graduation ceremony. Students are now allowed to receive six guest tickets for graduation, and all guests may sit in 2 arrested with loaded 'ghost gun' in Howard Co. high school parking lot 05/17/2021 02:46pm • Two people with a loaded "ghost gun" were arrested Monday in the parking lot of Long Reach High School in Columbia, Maryland, according to Howard County police. Rashad Rudder-Watkins, 18, of Elkridge and Katherine Mejia, 20, of Glenarden have been charged with multiple firearms violations, includ Business travel has disappeared — will it ever come back? 05/17/2021 05:40am • Book tickets. Schedule meetings. Obsess over your presentation. Pack a carry-on. Rush to the airport. Check out the lounge. Priority boarding. Take off. Land. Get to the hotel. Meet clients. Seal the deal. Fly home. Repeat. For countless executives and salespeople, business trips have been a bedr Nationals Notebook: The dessert is delicious 05/17/2021 04:16am • Sometimes, finishing with a flourish can color the rest of the experience. Years ago, I had dinner with my brother and mother in Baltimore and the meal was subpar. We picked up cannolis on the way back to my car, and they were so delicious they wiped out whatever bad vibes we had from the meal. Car Review: Kia's 2021 Sorento combines hybrid efficiency with easy-on-the-eyes design 05/17/2021 03:55am • Kia has spent the last couple of years adding and remaking models. The Kia Sorento is the latest to go under the knife. The 2021 version has a new look and it gains more space inside. It pays off for second-row riders with more legroom and the Sorento offers comfortable captain’s chairs that stand Pedestrian killed in Leesburg Pike hit-and-run identified 05/16/2021 07:01pm • A man is dead after a vehicle struck and killed him on the eastbound lanes of Va. Route 7/Leesburg Pike in Herndon, Virginia, early Sunday morning. Fairfax County police responded to the intersection of Leesburg Pike and Redberry Court around 5:30 a.m. Sunday for a hit-and-run crash involving a p DC court documents detail death of 2-month-old Kyon Jones 05/16/2021 04:23pm • New court documents detailing the death of 2-month-old Kyon Jones provide a disturbing account from the infant’s mother. Earlier this month, 37-year-old LaDonia Boggs stood by claims her son was missing and provided contradicting accounts of where he might be, but according to court documents, Summer seem all booked up? How vaccinated Americans can still plan a memorable getaway 05/16/2021 10:10am • The wait-and-see approach to travel right now is prudent from a health perspective. From a booking perspective, maybe not so much. US airfares are on the rise, rental cars are in short supply and sifting through vacation home rental sites for gems in popular destinations 1 dead after two-vehicle crash on Capital Beltway in Prince George's Co. 05/15/2021 09:33pm • One person is dead after a two vehicle crash occurred on the outer loop of the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County, Maryland, at approximately 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The crash occurred at the Interstate 495/I-95 split, and currently only two lanes are open for traffic while the Maryland State AP reporter's diary: Shouts, a hurried evacuation, and then the bombs came 05/15/2021 08:59pm • GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — My colleagues' shouts awakened me, and the pounding of my heart drowned out the racing of my mind. What was happening? Had someone been injured on the streets of Gaza City, or worse? It was 1:55 p.m. on Saturday. I had been napping on the upper floor of the two-floo