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Baltimore Soundstage brings Grace Potter, Chase Rice to Frederick 10/21/2020 12:54pm • Baltimore Soundstage has sat quiet near the Inner Harbor throughout the pandemic. However, its music mission returns as it partners with AutoFlex Entertainment and All Good Entertainment for a new drive-in concert series at the Frederick Fairgrounds in Frederick, Maryland, which just wrapped WTOP Top Kids: Alexandria 5th-grader keeps glass recycling going during pandemic 10/21/2020 12:36pm • Emily Holland, of Alexandria, fills the trailer she pulls with her bicycle with recycling from neighbors. (Courtesy the Holland family) When glass recycling pickup stopped in one Alexandria, Virginia, neighborhood, a business-savvy fifth-grader found a way to help her community and the environme A road trip in a pandemic? Get your car checked first 10/21/2020 11:04am • The only thing worse than being stuck on the side of the road during a holiday trip is being stuck on the side of the road during a holiday trip in the middle of a pandemic, so AAA is encouraging drivers to get their vehicles checked out now. Thanksgiving is a heavy travel season, and most of it DC-area drivers with advanced-tech cars sought for paid study 10/20/2020 09:40pm • Northern Virginia and D.C.-area drivers with cars equipped with advanced driving technologies are wanted for a transportation research study. Participants will be paid at least $50 a month, with a maximum compensation of $1,250. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute is behind the research pr Inspectors pinpoint likely cause of Metro cars unexpectedly separating 10/20/2020 08:32pm • Independent safety regulators have pinpointed the likely failure that caused two Metrorail cars to unexpectedly detach two weeks ago near D.C.'s Union Station. The incident stranded some 103 passengers for about two hours. The Red Line cars pulled apart shortly after the train left Union Station Suspects identified in fatal Frederick County police chase 10/20/2020 06:31pm • The Frederick County Sheriff's Office has released more details, including the identity of the suspects, in a fatal chase that started in Pennsylvania and ended in Frederick County, Maryland. Around 2:30 p.m. Monday, Pennsylvania State Police asked the Frederick County Sheriff's Office for help i 4 hospitalized after car crashes into Midlothian store 10/20/2020 07:59am • MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — Four people have been hospitalized for injuries they sustained when a car crashed into a store in Virginia. WRIC-TV reports the incident happened Monday afternoon when the vehicle ran into an eye care store in Midlothian. A man who was in the store during the crash told the Car Review: Volvo V60 Cross Country blurs the line between crossover and station wagon 10/19/2020 04:18am • The station wagon is a very capable machine with space to spare. But it doesn’t really have a great reputation of being a cool ride. Volvo has set out to make the humble station wagon cool again. The automaker began by giving the wagon some slick styling with curves — this is no box on wheel 7 injured in Outer Loop crash near Chevy Chase 10/19/2020 12:36am • Seven people were injured and a section of the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway was closed after a crash Sunday night near Chevy Chase, Maryland, officials said. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said all lanes between Georgia Avenue and Connecticut Avenue were initially Pedestrian dead in BW Parkway crash 10/18/2020 02:27pm • A man whose car ran out of gas on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Greenbelt, Maryland, was hit by a car and killed early Sunday morning, police said. The pedestrian was hit by a car moving southbound on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway just inside the Capital Beltway, according to U.S. Park P Virginia lawn mower driver killed, rider hurt in crash with car 10/18/2020 12:16pm • HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man who was driving a riding lawn mower in a roadway has died after being struck by a car, police said. Hampton police said in a news release that a call came in about a motor vehicle crash late Saturday night. Officers found a sedan had hit the mower from behind. Montgomery Co. police see different types of crime committed during pandemic 10/16/2020 10:49pm • In Montgomery County, Maryland, there was a sharp drop in crime calls when the coronavirus pandemic started. Then, police began seeing changes in the types of calls compared to a typical year. "Most of our crime categories are down, other than homicide, and our aggravated assaults are up, as well Fairfax Co. prosecutor explains decision against murder charges in Bijan Ghaisar case 10/16/2020 11:29am • After an almost three year investigation and cries for justice in the 2017 shooting of unarmed driver Bijan Ghaisar, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano said Thursday's indictments of two U.S. Park Police officers for manslaughter and reckless use of a firearm fit the crimes in the Post report further details alleged mistreatment of Washington Football cheerleaders 10/16/2020 09:52am • Report further details alleged mistreatment of Washington cheerleaders originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Washington Post provided further details Friday on mistreatment allegations made by former Washington Football Team cheerleaders, including exploitative working conditions and& Police: Man arrested following pursuit, crash in Virginia 10/16/2020 09:22am • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A man who police say was seen fleeing the area of a fatal shooting in Virginia was arrested following a pursuit. Newport News police said the incident happened Thursday night after officers received a call about a shooting in the city. The victim was pronounced dead