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Classic Blue is Pantone Color Institute’s color of the year 12/04/2019 08:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In these uneasy times, as we move along to a new decade, the Pantone Color Institute has reached back in time to calming, confident Classic Blue as its color of the year for 2020. The color is an anchor offering stability, constancy and connection, said Laurie Pressman, vice pre Montgomery County honors selfless, everyday heroes 12/04/2019 05:37pm • Lifesaving Awards were given out on Dec. 4 to firefighters, dispatchers and "Everyday Heroes" in Montgomery County. (WTOP/John Domen) A packed room at the Montgomery County Public Safety Office in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on Wednesday honored several people who worked quickly, selflessly and some Md. driver sentenced to 21 years for causing fatal crash while high on heroin 12/04/2019 05:01pm • A Maryland man who authorities said was high on heroin and speeding when he caused a three-car crash that killed an 81-year-old woman last year has been sentenced to 21 years in prison. Christopher Dillehunt, 29, of Queenstown, Maryland, was sentenced Wednesday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Cour Loudoun Co. post office shooting involved special agent, USPS employee 12/04/2019 04:10pm • A Postal Service special agent shot and wounded another Postal Service employee in a post office parking lot in Lovettsville, Virginia, Wednesday morning, in what federal authorities described as an "agent-involved" shooting. The shooting happened just after 9 a.m. Wednesday at the post office on Navy identifies sailor killed in Va. collision with civilian 12/04/2019 11:12am • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A sailor who was killed when a civilian crashed into a security vehicle at a base in Virginia was a married father of one who had been in the Navy less than two years. The Virginian-Pilot reports that Petty Officer 3rd Class Oscar Jesus Temores died Saturday when the Man dead in Annapolis after suspected drunken driver strikes him with car 12/04/2019 08:11am • A man is dead after he was struck by a car in Annapolis, Maryland — and police believe the driver was drunk. It happened around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on West Street near Parole Street. Annapolis police say 65-year-old Ernest Powell was walking on the sidewalk when a car turned out of a driveway Fairmount Heights officer charged with raping woman he arrested 12/03/2019 04:32pm • A former Fairmount Heights, Maryland, police officer is accused of a serious breach of public trust: raping a woman whom he arrested during a traffic stop. The charges against Martique Vanderpool, of Capitol Heights, include first- and second-degree rape and second-degree assault. The nearly t Pointing to deadly crash, Montgomery Co. lawmakers want trash bins off sidewalks 12/03/2019 02:07pm • Citing the death of a 17-year-old bicyclist over the summer, Montgomery County, Maryland, lawmakers are calling for a review of the county's trash and recycling practices to make sure trash bins aren't left blocking sidewalks. "Just as leaving a trash or recycling bin on the road would be complet Arlington County releases part of 911 call in Bijan Ghaisar case 12/03/2019 12:22pm • Officials in Arlington County, Virginia, have released part of a 911 call that set in motion a chase that ended when U.S. Park Police shot and killed Bijan Ghaisar in 2017. In a one-minute-36-second 911 recording, released to Fox 5 by the county, a caller tells Arlington County police that she is Driver and dog injured in collision in Montgomery County 12/02/2019 10:52pm • A driver and a dog have serious injuries after a two-car crash left them trapped inside their car in Montgomery County, Maryland. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service said the driver and the dog had to be removed from the car after a T-bone crash along MacArthur Boulevard and Walhonding Road Morning I-66 trips slow under tolls, construction 12/02/2019 12:52pm • More people are paying tolls on Interstate 66 inside the Beltway, even as rush hour travel speeds have slowed compared with a year earlier. The latest data from the Virginia Department of Transportation — covering April, May and June — show slightly more drivers used the road in spring 2019 t Police: Driver of stolen vehicle ran away after Petersburg, Va. chase 12/02/2019 08:33am • PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia are looking for a driver accused of stealing a pickup truck and leading officers on a chase. News outlets report 19-year-old Robert Paul Pickett stopped the car in Petersburg on Sunday evening and ran away. He’s considered armed and dangerous. Ches First-class gifts at secondhand stores 12/02/2019 05:00am • As holiday gifts pile up, so do holiday bills. Shopping in secondhand stores is one way to avoid paying your credit card into Memorial Day for something you bought at Christmas. Consignment shops Shoppers in D.C. said they plan to spend $701 this year on holiday purchases, higher than the national Car Review: New Lexus UX 250h F Sport is small in size and big on luxury 12/02/2019 12:34am • The Lexus UX, a small luxury crossover, makes city driving a snap as it easily maneuvers tight parking spaces that can be a chore in large crossovers. The UX 250h F Sport is a hybrid offering better fuel economy. With 181hp total system horsepower, the UX 250h isn’t going to win any races but is p Nearly 60 cars involved in Maryland highway pileup 12/01/2019 06:26pm • CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Police say heavy fog may have helped cause a nearly 60-car pileup that snarled holiday traffic on an interstate highway in western Maryland. Maryland State Police say there were 58 vehicles involved in 29 separate collisions Sunday on westbound Interstate 68. Police sa