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Amtrak trains sport 50th anniversary paint jobs 03/18/2021 10:45am • Amtrak trains are being painted with 50th anniversary logos to mark 50 years of service. Six have already entered service on the national network with different versions of the logos. (Courtesy Amtrak) Amtrak has survived, and thrived, throughout its history, and while the pandemic has put it sq The truth about white (and pink and brown) noise for sleep 03/18/2021 04:15am • What's your favorite bedtime jam? Do you doze off to jazz, a babbling brook, a crackling fire or a whirling fan of white noise? Or maybe you're a sound aficionado, and have replaced your white noise machine with one that provides the more fashionable pink or brown noise? Metro signs deal for new railcars 03/17/2021 11:17am • Metro has begun the process of building a new series of railcars. Metro said in a statement Wednesday that it had awarded a contract to Hitachi Rail to make at least 256 8000-series railcars, though that number could grow to 800. The contract could be worth up to $2.2 billion. The 8000-series Fiery crash leaves child, adult 'seriously' hurt in Burtonsville 03/16/2021 05:51am • A child and adult are in the hospital after their car crashed into a utility pole Tuesday morning in Burtonsville, Maryland. Montgomery County firefighters responded to crash involving a single vehicle into a power pole around 1 a.m. on Old Columbia Pike, south of Spencerville Road. First resp What are best cars for families? US News offers insight 03/16/2021 04:19am • For car shoppers, parenthood means changing up that wish list. Safety becomes an even more important factor, as does convenience, and it's through that lens that U.S. News & World Report evaluated 86 different vehicles for its list of the 2021 Best Cars for Families, released on Tuesday. " What to expect as a first-time pandemic traveler 03/15/2021 11:38pm • As vaccines go into arms, more and more people are expected to do something they put off last year due to COVID-19: travel. According to a survey done by travel company Expedia, almost half of the 2,200 people surveyed in December said widely available vaccines would make them comfortable traveli 2 crashes, 1 fatal, early Monday in Md. 03/15/2021 03:55pm • A Germantown, Maryland, man was killed in a crash early Monday, Montgomery County police said. The crash happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. Monday on Frederick Road/Maryland Route 355 at Germantown Road, Montgomery County police said. The man who died was identified as Louis George Yiallouros o Man dies in Prince William Co. motorcycle crash 03/15/2021 02:31pm • A Prince William County, Virginia, man died Sunday night after going through a stop sign and crashing his motorcycle into an embankment, police said. The crash happened about 10:35 p.m. Sunday not far from the Manassas National Battlefield Park. The Prince William County police said Chad Eldri Dinosaurs come to Centreville this summer 03/15/2021 08:41am • A self-guided, drive-through dinosaur park will come to Centreville, Virginia this summer, the second such attraction in the D.C. area. The Jurassic Encounter at the Bull Run Special Events Center, in Bull Run Regional Park at 7700 Bull Run Drive, runs from May 14 through May 31, and will be open Car Review: 2021 Subaru Crosstrek gets new nose and power boost under the hood 03/15/2021 04:13am • Subaru has been making the small Crosstrek crossover for some time now, and it has proven to be a popular ride. With rugged styling, flared fenders and better-than-normal ground clearance, it promises a little more off-road ability. For 2021, there is an updated look with a new grill design and even Ambitious climate bill voted out of Maryland Senate 03/12/2021 05:40pm • High standing water and bobbing hail stones on Clara Barton Parkway near Little Falls on June 2. (WTOP/Dave Dildine) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Maryland Sena W&OD bridge over Route 29 opens 03/12/2021 02:46pm • The new bridge goes over Route 29 at Fairfax Drive. (Courtesy VDOT) A new bridge on the Washington & Old Dominion trail opens Friday and is designed to make travel safer for pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers. The new W&OD Bridge over Route 29, next to Interstate 66, opens Friday aft Data Doctors: An update on anti-robocall technology 03/12/2021 11:20am • Q: I’m fed up with robocalls; wasn’t there supposed to be a new system to take care of this annoying problem? A: The technology used to make robocalls and texts is cheap and easy to use, which is why the problem persists despite all the efforts to fight them. Last year actually saw a drop Man dead, another person injured in Reston shooting 03/12/2021 07:58am • A man is dead and another person was injured after a shooting in Reston, Virginia, Thursday evening. The shooting happened just before 5:30 p.m. in the 2200 block of Winterthur Court near Colts Neck Road. "Officers arrived and located a person suffering from gunshot wounds inside the entryway Prince George's teachers and students voice concerns about return to hybrid learning 03/12/2021 05:57am • A cacophony of car horns filled the air around Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Springdale Thursday as part of a protest against Prince George’s County’s plan to return students and teachers to the classroom in the Maryland county amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the people behind th