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Herndon man charged with attempted capital murder of Clarke County deputy 08/06/2019 07:54am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Virginia State Police have charged a Herndon man with attempted capital murder of a police officer following a shooting in Clarke County Driver convicted for striking US Navy men on Outer Loop 08/06/2019 07:17am • A driver has been convicted of manslaughter after striking two U.S. Navy men on the Capital Beltway's Outer Loop in Prince George's County, Maryland and fleeing the scene last year, killing one and injuring the other. A jury found 32-year-old John Mueller, Jr. guilty of criminally negligent mansl A McLean mansion has hit the market for $28.75 million — it's just not built yet 08/06/2019 05:00am • Here's what the mansion will look like. (Courtesy Stanley Dixon) Greater Washington's second most expensive house on the market isn't even a house yet. River Point, a 3-acre plot next door to late the AOL co-founder James Kimsey's former residence, is being sold with a complete set of buildin Car Comparison: Which fun car is right for you? 08/06/2019 12:59am • If you’re looking for a fun ride for summer, we’ve got you covered. Although only one is a drop top, all are stylish performance machines perfect for warm-weather cruising. Here’s a gallery to help you decide which one is best for you. How a Montgomery Co. firefighter trained in martial arts stops carjacking of an ambulance 08/05/2019 07:00pm • A D.C. man tried to steal an ambulance and a car — instead, he got two punches and a kick from a Montgomery County, Maryland, firefighter. The would-be carjacker who targeted an ambulance as his ride home from an area hospital got a lot more than he bargained for, since the firefighter operatin How much Uber, Lyft may be adding to DC traffic 08/05/2019 04:00pm • Uber and Lyft are not helping traffic in the D.C. region; they are hurting it, just like every other vehicle hitting the roads, finds a new analysis of the companies. While most traffic across the area consists of freight, deliveries and people driving private cars, Uber and Lyft alone account fo Wounded 11-year-old still recovering after Charles County shooting 08/05/2019 01:55pm • The home of Gregory and Vickie Pickeral, who were shot to death Friday night. Their 11-year-old grandson was injured in the incident but is expected to survive. The suspect, the boy's father, took his own life. (WTOP/Dick Uliano) An 11-year-old boy is recovering after last week's rampage in Char Most driven vehicles in the DC region, by annual miles 08/05/2019 08:26am • Family haulers are workhorses, as evidenced by a list of vehicles in the D.C. area that rack up the most miles driven annually. Four of the top five are SUVs. The fifth is a minivan. New and used car search site ISeeCars.com says the GMC Yukon XL, at just over 14,000 miles per year on average, Car Review: 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Ultimate values luxury with its latest redesign 08/05/2019 04:03am • Hyundai has been making huge strides lately with value-packed small cars and sedans that have put other manufacturers on notice. Now Hyundai is getting serious with its five-seat crossover, remaking the Santa Fe. Crossovers are all the rage and the new Hyundai Santa Fe is coming at the right time, e Falls Church woman killed by driver in stolen car 08/04/2019 09:48pm • A Falls Church, Virginia, woman died Saturday afternoon while walking on a pedestrian pathway after the driver of a stolen car lost control and struck her, police said. Fairfax County police said that the crash occurred shortly before 3 p.m. near the intersection of Shreve Road and Hickory Street Northwest DC man dies in Columbia Heights car crash 08/04/2019 06:21pm • A 39-year-old man died early Sunday morning after the car he was traveling in hit a gate/guard booth in D.C.'s Columbia Heights neighborhood, police said. D.C. police said that at around 4:30 a.m., a 2011 Infiniti M37X was traveling eastbound, at a high rate of speed in the 1200 block of Harvard Man charged over 'random' Anne Arundel County homicide 08/04/2019 10:58am • Police have charged the suspected killer of a man whose body was found after several days in a parked car in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. On July 27, Anne Arundel County police found the body of Brian Gifford, 56, inside a parked car on the 800 block of Aquahart Road in Glen Burnie. Police said US women's soccer team defeats Ireland 3-0 in victory tour match at Rose Bowl 08/04/2019 04:11am • The US women's soccer team, still World Champions and emerging advocates for women's rights, returned to center stage with flair Saturday night. On the field, the Americans dispatched Ireland 3-0 in a friendly at the Rose Bowl, their first match since winning the World C Montgomery Co. to get first 'protected intersection' on the East Coast 08/03/2019 02:23pm • The planned protected intersection in Montgomery County. (Courtesy Montgomery County Division of Transportation) Silver Spring, Maryland, will be installing the first protected intersection on the East Coast, and the county's department of transportation and engineering took to Twitter to explai 3 dead, child wounded in Charles County shooting 08/03/2019 09:08am • Two men and a woman are dead and an 11-year-old boy is recovering after a shooting in Charles County, Maryland. According to Charles County sheriff's office, around 11 p.m. Friday, Mark McKinley Hughes, Jr., 42, of Indian Head, drove to a house on Bensville Road in Pomfret where he shot and kille