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'A modern day civil rights leader' — Washington Teachers' Union remembers president 04/05/2021 02:47pm • The Washington Teachers' Union is remembering its president after she died in a crash Sunday night in Prince George's County, Maryland. Elizabeth "Liz"  Davis lived in D.C., worked as a teacher in D.C. schools for more than 40 years and served as the union's president for eight years. She was 7 US Park Police officer injured in Northwest DC crash 04/05/2021 02:17pm • A U.S. Park Police officer was injured in a two-car crash in Northwest D.C. early Monday. The officer's car was hit by another car on 14th Street NW, near Thomas Circle, just after 3:30 a.m. Monday. The officer was treated on scene for knee injuries before being released. The WTOP Traffic C Beltsville man, 20, charged with reckless driving for Md. 212 incident 04/05/2021 12:18pm • A driver believed to be involved in a reckless driving incident on Maryland Route 212 Saturday night has been charged with multiple offenses, Maryland State Police said. Police charged Jonathan C. Iraheta, 20, of Beltsville, with six traffic citations that carry fines of more than $1,800. The Where DC ranks for auto insurance rates (and how to lower them) 04/05/2021 08:34am • It turns out being involved in a collision doesn't have the biggest impact on raising auto insurance rates, according to Bankrate. (WTOP/Dave Dildine) The auto insurance industry is highly competitive and insurance premiums rates vary wildly based on a variety of factors — but on the whole, th Car Review: Towing heavy loads, working is the specialty for the Ford F-250 Super Duty 04/05/2021 04:14am • If you need more capability than that F-150 you are driving, the next step is the Super Duty line of trucks from Ford. The F-250 is bigger, more capable and ready to work. In recent years, the Super Duty has been transformed. It is no longer just a work truck, but also a large luxury truck that can Car Review: Ford Super Duty F-250 sports new V8 and off-road Tremor package 04/05/2021 04:10am • The Ford truck has been a bestseller for over 40 years, and this F-250 sports some firsts for the popular truck line — a new V8 joins the lineup. The big 7.3L V8 packs a 430hp punch and it sounds great as well. It is a $2,045 option — a big savings compared to the turbo diesel V8 we looked at in 9-month-old child killed in BW Parkway crash 04/04/2021 04:02pm • A nine-month-old child is dead and a woman is in the hospital after a crash on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, near BWI Airport in Maryland, early Sunday morning. The baby is believed to be the child of Talaya C. Martin, 29, of Elkridge. She was the driver of a 2002 Ford Explorer and is now hos Police identify driver killed in Montgomery County crash 04/04/2021 10:42am • The driver of a single-vehicle car crash that occurred Saturday afternoon in Montgomery County, Maryland, has been identified. Montgomery County police named the deceased driver as 30-year-old Lanham resident Gadivel Aviles Navarrete. Navarrete, the vehicle's sole occupant, was driving eastbou Suspect in Capitol checkpoint attack suffered from delusions, paranoia 04/04/2021 12:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, killing one of them before he was shot to death by police, had been suffering from delusions, paranoia and suicidal thoughts, a U.S. official told The Associated Press. I WATCH: Vehicle spins donuts in middle of Beltway 04/03/2021 09:48pm • A car spun donuts in the middle of the beltway in Prince George's County Saturday evening.   Maryland State Police said a line of cars slowed all outer-loop lanes to a standstill around 7 p.m. Saturday near I-95.   Once all lanes were blocked, some drivers at the front of the line got out of Montgomery Co. single-car crash now fatal 04/03/2021 08:11pm • A single-vehicle collision in the Fairland area of Montgomery County is now fatal, Montgomery County Police said. A collision reconstruction unit was called to the scene on Greencastle Road at Pitcarin Place around 5:45 p.m. Saturday. Police advised travelers to avoid the area. Update: single- Mural turns Columbia grocery store into art attraction full of mythical creatures 04/03/2021 03:55pm • If you didn't already know, there's a department store for monsters and mythical creatures in Columbia, Maryland. This week, the humans working there unveiled a new surprise for visitors - a mural half the length of a football field. The new art adorns the front of an old Safeway grocery s Friday's deadly breach could delay decisions about Capitol fencing 04/03/2021 11:39am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest deadly breach of the Capitol’s perimeter could delay the gradual reopening of the building’s grounds to the public just as lawmakers were eyeing a return to more normal security measures following the Jan. 6 insurrection. Capitol Police officer William “Billy� 1 Capitol Police officer dead, 1 injured after car rams US Capitol barricade 04/03/2021 05:20am • A U.S. Capitol Police officer was killed and another officer was injured after a knife-wielding man rammed his car into the officers near a Capitol Hill security barricade Friday afternoon, authorities said. The man rammed the officers shortly after 1 p.m., and then crashed into the North Barrica Officer killed in attack outside Capitol an 18-year veteran 04/03/2021 04:44am • This image provided by the U.S. Capitol Police shows U.S. Capitol Police officer William “Billy” Evans, an 18-year veteran who was a member of the department's first responders unit. Evans was killed Friday, April 2, 2021, after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.