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DC AG Racine leads panel on combating hate 04/15/2021 01:10pm • D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine hosted a webinar Wednesday for the community of attorneys general on combating hate and how to better support victims and their families. The event featured a panel of guests who had been victimized in hate crimes and a discussion among several attorneys general Police release photos, offer reward for information in NW road rage case 04/15/2021 11:38am • Police are now asking for the public's help in identifying the woman who shot a man during a road rage incident early Thursday on Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest D.C. The man who was shot in the head by the woman after she sideswiped his Acura SUV is at George Washington Hospital with life-thre Lawyer for family of man killed in Takoma Park shooting demands release of video 04/14/2021 03:41pm • Lawyers for one of the men killed by an off-duty Pentagon police officer in Takoma Park, Maryland, last week are demanding the release of any video of the shooting. “We know that it must be a very strong video for second-degree murder charges to be put in place so quickly,” said Malik Shabazz Maryland's former chief medical examiner, subject of lawsuit, testifies in Chauvin's defense 04/14/2021 10:40am • Maryland's former chief medical examiner testified for the defense in the Minneapolis murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with killing George Floyd. Dr. David Fowler's testimony came at the same time he's being accused of helping to cover up the police's role in the 2 Driver's Guide: New intersections to keep traffic moving on Va. Route 28 04/14/2021 09:12am •  Drivers whose commutes include the often-infuriating stretch of Va. Route 28 between Manassas Park and Fairfax County have likely noticed recent traffic flow tweaks to roadway configurations. However, the biggest change is still to come — a rare-to-this-area type of intersection that aims Bitcoin soars to new record above $62,700 04/13/2021 06:01am • Bitcoin has rocketed to a new record above $62,700 as investors gear up for this week's eagerly awaited direct listing of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global. Bitcoin has more than doubled in price this year, and it represents just over half of the overall cryptocurr Microplastics in our air 'spiral the globe' in a cycle of pollution, study finds 04/13/2021 12:10am • Tiny bits of plastic from your packaging and soda bottles could be traveling in the atmosphere across entire continents, carried by winds, a new study found. Most of our plastic waste gets buried in landfills, incinerated or recycled -- but up to 18% ends up in the environment. Since plastic isn' Runaway train on Metro's Red Line went unreported for weeks 04/12/2021 04:33pm • After an empty runaway train on the Red Line went unreported to managers, Metro's general manager is changing the rules on what incidents require an emergency response. Back on March 26, a Metro train stopped 100 yards short of the Rhode Island Avenue station platform, and passengers waited 90 mi Bike ride will honor cyclist killed in DC 04/12/2021 01:01pm • An avid cyclist who was killed Friday in a crash near Union Station will be remembered in a memorial ride Thursday. Jim Pagels was killed on his bike Friday in an accident involving five cars. His friend Finn Vigeland remembered Pagels as passionate about "everything in his life, whether it wa 1 dead in crash on US 29 in Silver Spring 04/12/2021 09:43am • A woman is dead after a single car crash in Maryland's Montgomery County. The accident happened just before 5:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of U.S. 29/Columbia Pike just past Briggs Chaney Road in Silver Spring. Montgomery County police say there were no other people in the car during the cr Car Review: Mazda moves toward other luxury brands with the 2021 Mazda CX-9 Signature 04/12/2021 06:02am • Even though it is not a large automaker, Mazda has carved out a market niche with cars that are fun to drive. Lately, it has been moving upscale and doing more to stand out. You can tell right away when you hop in the CX-9 Signature that it is a luxurious ride. Quilted Nappa, leather-trimmed heated Pentagon officer charged in Takoma Park shooting accused of assault for separate incident 04/11/2021 12:50pm • Takoma Park Police Chief Antonio DeVaul speaks at a news conference Friday. (Courtesy Takoma Park police) Takoma Park police have charged the off-duty Pentagon Force Protection Agency officer they say shot and killed two men Wednesday morning in Montgomery County, Maryland. The officer has also Website showing open vaccine appointments across US hailed as lifesaver 04/11/2021 05:29am • For weeks, Nick Muerdter had been hearing about his coworkers' concerns and frustrations as they tried to navigate complicated and evolving Covid-19 vaccination systems to land an appointment for their parents. Some sent around emails with helpful articles and brainstorm Bicyclist dead, 3 injured after multi-vehicle crash in Northwest DC 04/10/2021 01:44am • A bike lays on the pavement near Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest D.C. after a multi-vehicle crash. (WTOP/Dave Dildine) A bicyclist is dead after a multi-vehicle crash in Northwest D.C. Friday night. It happened around 7:30 p.m. on Massachusetts Avenue near 2nd Street NW. According to D.C Tegna shareholder says company has pattern of racial bias, insensitivity 04/09/2021 02:17pm • Tysons, Virginia-based television station owner Tegna Inc. has been called on by one of the company’s largest shareholders to open its books and records to investigate what is being called a broad pattern of bias and racially-insensitive behavior. The letter to Tegna’s board of directors is f