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Car Review: The Chevrolet Blazer RS is a sporty take on a modern crossover 01/20/2020 04:25am • You might remember the Blazer from Chevrolet. It started life as a large two-door SUV then it shrunk to a smaller SUV before going away nearly 20 years ago. Now, the Chevy Blazer is back as a five-seat crossover. A sleek and modern styling has the new Blazer looking sporty and less utilitarian than Handcuffed man steals, crashes police car in Prince George's Co. 01/19/2020 03:59pm • Abdul Hakim, 43, of Greenbelt, Maryland had just been arrested on domestic abuse charges on Saturday morning when he decided to steal a police car. While handcuffed and waiting for an officer to move him from the Department of Corrections in Hyattsville to the Department of Corrections in Upper M Suspect sought in theft of bulldog and car from SE DC resident 01/19/2020 06:23am • Police are seeking help in identifying a suspect in the theft of a dog and vehicle from a Southeast D.C. residence on Friday. D.C. police said a man entered a home in the 1200 block of 4th Street SE around 1 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, making off with the owner's car keys and their 4-year-old Englis 1 dead after car strikes pole in Prince George's Co. 01/18/2020 03:18pm • A man died after a his car struck a pole on Marlboro Pike Saturday morning. The accident occurred in the 10100 block of Marlboro Pike in Forestville about 7:55 a.m. The Prince George's County Police Department has not released the name of the man. Anyone with information about the crash is Virginia man charged in ex-wife's killing has past history of abuse, investigators say 01/17/2020 07:08pm • Nearly a week after Kaitlin Jones, a mother of three, was found killed in Frederick County, Maryland, investigators share the timeline of how they traced the evidence back to charge her ex-husband, who has a history of abuse. Frederick County, Virginia, Sheriff Lenny Millholland told WTOP that ar DC taxi rule overhaul could cut some regulations in age of Uber, Lyft 01/17/2020 07:05pm • A major rewrite of D.C. taxi rules in the next few months will include changes meant to move toward a more level playing field between cabs and app-based ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft. Though their rapid growth has slowed in D.C., Uber, Lyft, Via and similar services carry nearly 60 Maryland lawmakers hear opposing sides on a bill to regulate long guns 01/17/2020 06:50pm • A Howard County lawmaker has proposed a bill that would add a new regulation to the sales of rifles and long guns in Maryland. Democratic Del. Vanessa Atterbeary said the bill would make certain background checks are done for all guns, including long guns in secondary sales. James McGuire, of Traffic deaths at 6-year low on dangerous Indian Head Highway 01/17/2020 11:44am • Almost 70 people have died on Indian Head Highway over the course of a dozen years, in part because of drag racing, drunken driving and excessive speed. But AAA Mid-Atlantic says Indian Head Highway — Maryland Route 210 — is the safest it's been in years. The travel advocacy group said the nu With no funding, possible delay for trail tunnel at Bethesda Purple Line station 01/17/2020 09:03am • While the tunnel has been promised for years, the county said construction costs have continued to rise. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) The tunnel that would carry runners and cyclists on the Capital Crescent Trail beneath Wisconsin Avenue may not be ready when the Bethesda Purple Line station opens in Bowie police chief warns residents to lock their cars after car thief suspect says 'we'll be back' 01/17/2020 08:30am • Following a rash of recent car thefts — from both inside cars and a car itself — Bowie's police chief is passing on a warning from the suspects. Recently, a resident from Bowie reported activity on their Ring camera, which showed two people pulling on the door handles of a car in their dr 2nd pedestrian struck and killed on Rockville Pike in Montgomery County 01/16/2020 11:59pm • Less than a day after a man died after being struck while crossing Rockville Pike in Montgomery County, Maryland, another pedestrian has been killed. It happened Thursday around 6:33 p.m. on Rockville Pike near Wootton Parkway in Rockville. Police said that a car was traveling southbound on Ro US adults who binge drink are drinking even more, study says 01/16/2020 04:17pm • Adults in the United States who binge drink are consuming even more alcohol per binging episode, according to a new study published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers analyzed data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System over a six-year period a WTOP's Dave Johnson named DC Sportscaster of the Year 01/16/2020 01:41pm • (Courtesy Facebook/Dave Johnson/Matt Mathai) You hear his voice at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour most days on WTOP, chronicling for listeners, in his signature folksy way, what's what in the world of sports. And if you tune into a Washington Wizards game on 1500 AM, you'll recognize him as Toddler injured after being struck by car in Montgomery County 01/15/2020 08:30pm • A toddler was injured, but is expected to recover after he was hit by a car in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Montgomery County police said the incident happened around 6 p.m. on Willow Lane near 45th Street. The driver remained at the scene while police conducted an investigation. The boy was take Big changes for Va. drivers could include fuel-efficient car fee, speed cameras 01/15/2020 09:30am • New fees, speed cameras and a handheld cellphone ban are some of the measures on the horizon for Virginia drivers under a wide-ranging transportation bill proposed by Gov. Ralph Northam and Democratic leaders of the state's General Assembly. The proposal also includes previously announced plans t