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'There is no plan': Md. comptroller calls for temporary halt on Bay Bridge work 10/07/2019 09:33pm • Since the start of a two-year, $27 million project on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, motorists have endured long delays at the crossing, including a 14-mile back up which lasted for hours. State Comptroller Peter Franchot is calling on Maryland’s Department of Transportation to press the pause button Overnight Metro collision caused delays, overcrowding Monday 10/07/2019 06:40pm • Two train operators were treated for injuries that were not life-threatening after their trains were involved in a rear-end collision early Monday morning, Metro said in statement. The trains were returning to the rail yards after completing special post-baseball trips. One operator had been rele More intersections designed to boost safety planned in Montgomery County 10/07/2019 06:18pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'f319f862-6bab-4505-9ab2-6e57563c324d' }).render("61561536c2242690");}); Montgomery County, Maryland, transportati Suspect sought in carjacking, fatal hit-and-run in Prince George's Co. 10/07/2019 05:43pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, are looking for a suspected carjacker who is accused of causing a fatal hit-and-run Saturday night. The incident began with the report of a carjacking around 9:15 p.m. near East Forest Road, police said in a statement Monday. Minutes after that repor Best apps for finding cheap flights 10/07/2019 11:20am • Flying is fast and efficient, but it isn't necessarily cheap. Average fares out of Los Angeles International Airport were $336.13 in the first quarter of 2019, according to the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Travelers from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport paid $380.41 o Car Review: Chevrolet Traverse High Country is luxurious crossover with space that puts bigger SUVs to shame 10/07/2019 05:56am • If you need extra space in a SUV or crossover you usually find a large SUV with a thirsty V8 built on a truck frame. But GM has a bigger midsize crossover that has lots of space for seven or eight and rides, more like a car. The second generation Traverse is bigger and now packs more luxury. The red Multiple injured in 2 weekend shootings in NW DC 10/06/2019 04:56pm • Two shootings in Northwest D.C. injured multiple people in the past day. Early Sunday afternoon, a teenage girl was shot in the leg by a teenager in Shaw. The shooting happened around 2 p.m. on P Street NW near a Giant grocery store. Police said the girl was shot multiple times but is expec Open Streets initiative makes DC's Georgia Avenue car-free for a day 10/05/2019 05:00pm • On a brisk Saturday afternoon, many people showed up to do something they normally can’t do on one of D.C.’s busiest roadways: walk, run, bike and roller blade without worrying about cars. For several hours Georgia Avenue in Northwest became a car-free zone as part of the city’s “Open Str 5 injured in multivehicle crash in Charles Co. 10/05/2019 04:58pm • Five people are injured after a multivehicle crash in Charles County, Maryland, Saturday afternoon. It happened just after 4 p.m. on Radio Station Road around Mudds Way in La Plata. The crash involved two cars and two motorcycles. One of the cars caught on fire. Fire officials said two peop Why nearly 3 miles of Georgia Avenue in DC is going car-free Saturday 10/04/2019 06:15pm • A long stretch of normally busy Georgia Avenue Northwest in D.C. — from near Howard University to Missouri Avenue — will close to traffic Saturday from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. Parking restrictions kicked in Friday night just before midnight. The shutdown of nearly 3 miles will make way for D.C.'s fir Are wireless chargers bad for smartphone battery life? 10/04/2019 10:16am • Virtually every device we own that runs on batteries, from smartphones and laptops to electric cars, use lithium-ion in its charging and discharging cycles. Understanding what can harm battery life and avoiding those situations is essential. There are lots of theories on what helps to extend or d 'Grateful Joe' who had heart attack meets his lifesavers in DC 10/03/2019 02:27pm • Joe Cwiklinski, in the white shirt, with his rescuers (from left): Alphonso and Deborah Williams, who pulled him out of his car on Aug. 12, and Toni Pollard, a medical assistant who performed CPR. (WTOP/Kate Ryan) Twin mysteries have been solved Thursday in a case of a man who was brought back f Maryland drug kingpin who had 'enough fentanyl to kill 5 million people' convicted 10/02/2019 09:27pm • An Anne Arundel County, Maryland, man was convicted by a federal jury Tuesday of operating a regional drug operation so big that it raked in millions of dollars. Paul Alexander, 47, of Hanover, was found guilty of trafficking the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl. Federal prosecutors said that t Prince George's Co. community raises questions about police-involved shooting 10/02/2019 03:17am • University Christian Church in Prince George's County, Maryland, provided the space and it was a full house Tuesday night, as the community came to learn more about a fatal police-involved shooting. On Sept. 26, 49-year-old Leonard Shand, charged at police with a knife in each hand behind The Mal Police: DC man assaulted woman and girl, killed dog, stole car 10/01/2019 03:53pm • D.C. police are searching for a man who they say assaulted a woman and a 10-year-old girl, stole the woman's car and killed her dog. Delonte Mitchell, 35, was last seen in a silver 2015 Hyundai Sonata, with Virginia license tag number VXJ7129. According to police, Mitchell injured them during a d