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Prosecution fights motion to drop murder charges against Catherine Hoggle 01/23/2020 12:59pm • Flyers with the photos of the two missing Hoggle children lie on a car windshield in a Germantown, Maryland, parking lot in this file photo. Jacob Hoggle, on left, was 2 years old at the time; his sister, Sarah Hoggle, was 3. (WTOP/Michelle Basch) Prosecutors in Montgomery County, Maryland, are Maryland man charged with thefts from cars in Aspen Hill 01/23/2020 12:43pm • A Wheaton, Maryland, man has been arrested and charged with stealing from two vehicles in Aspen Hill in November, and the police are still looking for the other suspect. Deauntae Slaughter, 19, was arrested Monday and charged with several offenses related to the thefts, which happened Nov. 10, th Amtrak’s new Acela fleet is on the move (see it) 01/23/2020 09:35am • The new Acela trains will carry up to 386 passengers, a 30% increase over current Acela train cars. (Courtesy Amtrak) It will be more than a year before the new fleet of high-speed Acela trains go into service, but the first of the 28 in production is already out for a test run. The new Acela Bill aims to make Maryland roads safer for pedestrians 01/23/2020 05:00am • One of the bills getting support from a group of Maryland lawmakers in Annapolis would increase minimum fines for traffic offenses involving pedestrians, but it's not enough for proponents who want a broader approach to making roads safer. Del. Vaughn Stewart, who sponsored the Pedestrian Safety How likely are you to be a 'porch pirate' victim? New study offers clues 01/22/2020 04:05pm • As more and more consumers shop online, opting for the convenience of having packages delivered to their door, thieves are finding it pretty easy to steal the boxes with minimal fuss. There’s even a term for such a thief — “porch pirate” — and it’s a crime that impacts millions at a subs Metrobus crash causes damage to multiple parked vehicles in Northwest DC 01/22/2020 03:58pm • A Metrobus driver caused damage to at least a half-dozen vehicles parked along a street in D.C.'s Cleveland Park neighborhood early Tuesday. Just after 1 a.m., a Metrobus on the H4 route hit a parked vehicle at Porter Street and Connecticut Avenue Northwest, resulting in damage to multiple vehicl DC police search for suspect in 5 early-morning armed robberies in Mt. Pleasant 01/22/2020 03:55pm • The suspect in a series of D.C. armed robberies. This is surveillance footage from when the suspect robbed a restaurant on the morning of Jan. 12. (Courtesy D.C. police) Residents of Northwest D.C. are expressing concern as police continue the search for a suspect believed to be behind a string Ex-Fairmount Heights officer indicted on charges of raping woman after traffic stop 01/22/2020 02:39pm • A former Fairmount Heights, Maryland, police officer has been charged with raping a woman after a traffic stop last year, and of doing so knowing he had HIV — and the police want anyone who has been in contact with him to get in touch with them. Martique Vanderpool was indicted by a grand jury Ford GTs sold for $450,000 three years ago — now, they're worth more than $1 million 01/22/2020 08:14am • Normally, three-year-old used cars drop substantially in value. But last weekend, three 2017 model year Ford GT supercars were sold at auctions in Arizona for an average of $1.2 million apiece, more than double the base sticker price of $450,000. On Saturday, one Ford GT was sold at an auction by Edmunds: How to buy a high-demand car in a seller's market 01/22/2020 07:30am • This undated photo provided by Kia shows the 2020 Kia Telluride. In recent months, in-demand vehicles such as the Kia Telluride and the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid have been selling for a few thousand above MSRP. It's a textbook case of supply and demand in which there are more customers than cars. (Kia Mot Pedestrian hit by car near Shady Grove Hospital 01/21/2020 05:37pm • A pedestrian was hit by a car Tuesday afternoon in Montgomery County, Maryland — at least the fourth person to be hit by a car in the county this year. The man was hit at about 3:30 p.m. in front of Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Hospital. The Montgomery County police said the driver stayed o Hand it over: Amazon working on palm-reading payment 01/21/2020 11:30am • Amazon is developing a new payment method. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) Forgetful shoppers might not have to worry about getting all the way to the front of the checkout line and realizing they forget their wallet in the car for much longer. Amazon is working on a palm-scanning payment method. Amaz 5 ways to save for vacation 01/21/2020 11:00am • Summer vacation planning often begins around this time of year, when you start thinking that it would be nice to get away. But hopefully you're also thinking about budgeting for a vacation. Vacations tend to go better when ample money is set aside for them. If you're planning a summer vacation, try Bulldog stolen from DC home reunited with owner 01/20/2020 11:27pm • A stolen bulldog has been reunited with its owner. (Courtesy Humane Rescue Alliance) A D.C. man and his 4-year-old English bulldog are back together again. The dog was stolen from its owner's Navy Yard apartment early Friday morning. Police believe someone went into the apartment, took th Vehicles DC-area original owners drive the longest 01/20/2020 09:12am • The average age of a new vehicle still being driven by its original owner reached a record 7.4 years in 2019, but some vehicles have a much longer relationship with their first buyer. New and used car site iSeeCars.com analyzed records for more than 350,000 vehicles in the U.S. to determine which