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Maryland lawmakers seek to reconnect communities divided by highways 04/28/2021 10:57am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Baltimore has its Highway to Nowhere, a road that gobbled up communities before the project was abandoned. Wilmington, Del., had neighb Ellicott City man charged in wife's murder 04/28/2021 08:05am • Howard County police have charged an Ellicott City man with the murder of his wife in their Maryland home. Ronald Scott McCandless, 61, is charged with first- and second-degree murder and assault in the death of Veronica Theresa McGinley, 60, on Monday afternoon. Police said McGinley died of m Nat Geo Kids book 'Top Secret' transforms your child into the next 007 04/28/2021 01:39am • Is your son an amateur sleuth? Is your daughter adept at cracking codes? National Geographic Kids has published a book by Crispin Boyer and Suzanne Zimbler called "Top Secret: Spies, Codes, Capers, Gadgets & Classified Cases Revealed." "Young readers like one thing more than anything e DC Council members push to keep Beach Drive closed to traffic 04/27/2021 06:45pm • Several members of the D.C. Council have signed a proposed resolution to permanently close a portion of Beach Drive to traffic. The upper part of Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park has been closed since the pandemic began, giving residents space for activity amid pandemic-related closures. But cou Police ID 77-year-old pedestrian killed on Little River Turnpike 04/27/2021 10:22am • A 77-year-old Annandale woman died after she was struck by a car on Little River Turnpike in Fairfax County, Virginia, Monday night. Fairfax County police identified the woman as Choon Yoo. Yoo is the county's fourth pedestrian fatality in 2021. Police said she was crossing the road, outside o Soft bedding continues to claim infant lives despite warnings, study finds 04/27/2021 07:19am • Amanda Saucedo did everything the natural parenting blogs she read told her to do before she brought her newborn son Ben into her bed to co-sleep in October 2014. "I was a single mom of two kids, so I took sleep any way I could get it," said Saucedo, who was 27 at the time. "I was like, 'These pe Husband accused of killing wife inside Ellicott City home 04/27/2021 06:31am • Howard County police are investigating a domestic homicide that occurred in Ellicott City, Maryland, on Monday afternoon. Detectives believe a man killed his wife inside of their home in the 3700 block of Spring Falls Court. Officers were called to the residence for a welfare check just before 4 2 cruisers totaled, 4 DC officers investigated for street racing 04/26/2021 06:00pm • Four D.C. police officers are being investigated after they crashed two cruisers in a Northeast neighborhood Thursday, apparently while street racing, police said. The officers have also been ordered to not have contact with the public, according to the department. "The officers were assigned Family of Black man shot by deputy seeks release of audio 04/26/2021 03:02pm • SPOTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE, Va. (AP) — The family of a Black man shot by a Virginia sheriff's deputy last week demanded the release of additional audio recordings related to the incident Monday and said Isaiah Brown remained in “very critical” condition. Speaking at a news conference outside t Dodge turns 2021 Durango into sports car killer with the hellcat engine 04/26/2021 09:50am • This content is sponsored by Fair Oaks Motors. SUVs are very useful for the family vehicle that that they are. However, the Dodge Durango marches to a slightly different beat than the others. For most of the competition, the V6 engine is the only source of power. But with the Dodge, a V6 is j Remains of Virginia woman have been identified in Alabama 04/26/2021 08:25am • NORFOLK, Va. — Authorities in Alabama say they have identified skeletal remains that had belonged to a Virginia woman who’d been missing for more than two years. WKRG in Mobile reported Saturday that a forensic laboratory positively identified the remains of Shari Saunders. The Norfolk wom Tractor-trailer hits Maryland state trooper's vehicle on US 50 04/26/2021 07:08am • Maryland State Police say a tractor-trailer struck a trooper's vehicle on U.S. Route 50 in Annapolis early Monday, in what investigators are calling a hit-and-run crash. According to a police account of the incident, a trooper was clearing a traffic stop on the westbound U.S. 50 shoulder before M Car Review: Jetta GLI turns up the fun factor in the compact sedan market 04/26/2021 04:08am • You might know the name VW Golf GTI — the sporty, small, five-door hatchback that is a hoot to drive. The Jetta GLI is transformed into a sports sedan with the 2.0L turbo four and is available with the manual transmission that you find in the smaller GTI. The engine really wakes up the Jetta sedan 2 pedestrians dead in Southwest DC crash 04/24/2021 12:47pm • Two people are dead after they were hit by a car in Southwest D.C. on Saturday morning. The U.S. Park Police tell WTOP they responded to Hains Point just after 10:30 a.m. for reports of a pedestrian-involved crash. When police arrived, they found two people with critical injuries. They were ta Body camera video, 911 call released in police-involved shooting of Va. man 04/24/2021 05:30am • The Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office in Virginia released body camera footage and 911 audio Friday night of the recent officer-involved shooting of a 32-year-old Black man. The recordings appeared to show the deputy mistook a cordless house phone held by Isaiah Brown for a gun before the deputy sh