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Union Market Drive-In adds more tickets due to high demand during coronavirus 07/08/2020 12:15am • Moviegoers enjoy the Union Market Drive-In on top of their cars pre-COVID. That's different this year. (Tom Kochel) Nostalgia is usually the selling point for the Union Market Drive-In in Northeast D.C. This year, it's an escape for cooped up residents during the coronavirus pandemic. How the pandemic might be changing people’s perceptions about bike rides 07/07/2020 08:57pm • The Washington Area Bicycling Association wants to know how people's perspective on biking has changed during the pandemic. (Courtesy WABA/Colin Browne) A D.C. bicycling advocacy group wants to know how the coronavirus pandemic has changed the role that bikes play in people's lives. “We’v Metro investigates after Red Line train derails outside Silver Spring station 07/07/2020 04:00pm • Metro riders should expect delays after an outbound Red Line train derailed outside the Silver Spring station, on Colesville Road, on Tuesday morning. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service said the train derailed at low speed at the platform and that no one was hurt. Spokesman Pete Piringer s Coolest cars for summer: Convertibles 07/07/2020 04:17am • No talk about cars for summer can be complete without some convertibles. The decline of the convertible has often been lamented, but there are actually quite a few drop-top options out there. Our favorites for summer fun include the Mazda Miata and a pair of Jeeps. Rickey Smiley's daughter injured after being shot in Texas 07/06/2020 11:07pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Atlanta-based radio host and comedian Rickey Smiley said Monday that his daughter was hospitalized after being shot in Houston while on her way to Whataburger to get something to eat. “My youngest daughter was shot last night,” said Smiley, host of � Coolest cars for summer: Best cars for road trips 07/06/2020 05:26am • With the coronavirus pandemic throwing cold water on many plans that involve flights or cruises, road trips are an especially popular option right now. Having the right vehicle is key. And some of the ones WTOP has tested fit the bill perfectly. Car Review: 2020 VW Atlas Cross Sport loses third row seat, gains flashy style 07/06/2020 03:14am • In the span of only a few years, Volkswagen has gone from looking in on the competition to actually competing in the mid-size crossover market. The new VW Atlas Cross Sport comes with boxy style and a large interior with three usable rows. It’s a serious player. For 2020, the stylish new Atlas 11-year-old boy killed in Southeast DC 07/05/2020 08:20pm • An 11-year-old boy was killed after being shot in the head in Southeast D.C. Saturday night. Davon McNeal was on his way to a cookout and stopped at his aunt's house to pick up a phone charger, according to a Facebook post by his grandfather, John Ayala. When he got out of the car and started The pandemic isn't stopping summer travelers, they're just doing it differently 07/03/2020 08:05pm • Even as the number of coronavirus cases has been rising in several states outside of the D.C. region, many are traveling over Fourth of July weekend and planning trips later this summer, too. "In spite of the spiking cases, Americans don't have much discipline and we need to get out," said CBS Ne Pets and fireworks: How to keep your animals calm and safe on July 4 07/03/2020 08:26am • Fireworks explode like magnified gunfire in the exquisitely sensitive ears of many of our pets. Measuring between 150 and 175 decibels, fireworks are louder than gunfire (140 decibels) and even many planes at takeoff (120 decibels). Decibels measures the loudness of a sound while hertz measures t More details on the RFK campus pop-up drive-in theater 07/02/2020 03:16pm • Tickets are set to go on sale July 8 for film showings at the planned pop-up drive-in movie theater coming to the RFK Stadium campus. The team behind Broccoli City is spearheading the drive-in effort, which is slated to show its first film in second or third week of July. Customers should expe Loudoun Co. details plans for July drive-in movies 07/01/2020 09:34pm • Public health restrictions stemming from the coronavirus pandemic have kept D.C.-area theaters closed so far this summer, and it's led to the revival of a once-cherished tradition — the drive-in movie. The latest example comes in Loudoun County, Virginia, which will host a series of three pop- Looking for a new car this Fourth of July weekend? Check out some of the best deals 07/01/2020 04:14pm • U.S. News and World Report gathered intel on some of the best new car deals available for the Fourth of July weekend. The cars include top sellers from Ford, Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Kia, Lincoln and Infiniti. The models are all from 2020, and many of them include interest-free financing for a number Bring your car collection: Bronze and glass DC home on market for nearly $13M 07/01/2020 04:05pm • A newly-built, six-bedroom modernist home, designed by acclaimed architect David Jameson, is on the market for $12.950 million. The house, which is on Chain Bridge Road overlooking Battery Kemble Park, is one of the highest-priced residential listings currently on the market in D.C. 3131 Chain 'We don't want to see that here': Bowser warns of virus surge, personal fireworks 07/01/2020 02:40pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser sounded the alarm on the nationwide rise of new coronavirus cases, urging residents again to stay home for the Fourth of July. "We are seeing dramatic increases in cases across the country, in states across the country, and we don't want that to happen in D.C.," Bowser sa