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1 dead after Prince George's Co. crash 07/25/2019 10:18am • One person is dead after a two-car crash on Maryland Route 3 in Prince George's County Thursday morning. Maryland State Police say it happened at around 7:40 a.m. on the northbound lanes, just north of Md. 450 in the Bowie area. Police say at least one person is dead. No information about how Lawmakers consider tech fixes for hot-car, keyless-ignition deaths 07/24/2019 03:55pm • Lawmakers and advocates are calling for new federal standards to prevent certain car-related deaths. This year, 21 children have already died as a result of being trapped in a hot car, according to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The Hot Cars Act of 2019 would require systems that Free2Move follows Amazon to Arlington 07/24/2019 09:34am • Car-sharing service Free2Move is expanding to Arlington, Virginia, and cites Amazon's HQ2 arrival as one of the reasons for doing so. Free2Move launched its car-sharing service in the District in October, deploying 600 vehicles across all eight wards in D.C. Its cars can now be found in Rossly Woodbridge tow truck driver busted after trying to tow car with family inside of it 07/24/2019 05:20am • A Woodbridge, Virginia tow truck driver who was trying to repossess a vehicle faces charges after he tried to tow the vehicle with a family inside of it and struck the vehicle's owner. Mohaned Zyoud, 23, of Woodbridge, who works for A&A Towing, is charged with attempted malicious wounding, as How many people are really using the Dulles Greenway? 07/23/2019 03:43pm • Loudoun County, Virginia, leaders are concerned about Dulles Greenway tolling data, which could be used to shape any upgrades along the corridor. The Board of Supervisors voted last week to send a letter to the Virginia Department of Transportation pressing for tighter oversight of the company th What to know, who to watch for at 2019 Redskins training camp 07/23/2019 01:17pm • Amid sliding attendance numbers at their games and the shock of losing a starting quarterback to a potentially career-ending injury, the Washington Redskins are hoping to whip themselves — and possibly their most loyal fans — into shape before the season officially begins. There's a question Early morning crashes kill one, clog Capital Beltway and I-270 for 8 hours 07/23/2019 10:35am • A truck carrying magazines crashed early Tuesday on the Capital Beltway's Inner Loop near the Mormon Temple. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue/Pete Piringer) The wet weather that came with the overnight cold front produced more than just downed trees and utility poles, it also created Critical vote coming on widening of Nice Bridge in Southern Maryland 07/23/2019 06:59am • This May 2014 photo shows the Harry Nice Bridge, which carries U.S. 301 over the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland. (Courtesy Maryland Transportation Authority) There is a sharp divide ahead of a critical vote Wednesday on a major regional bridge project — a divide that could determi Downed trees, power lines close roads and bring delays across DC area 07/22/2019 11:45pm • Monday afternoon storms sent downed trees and power lines into the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 270 in Maryland, briefly closing all lanes to traffic. And throughout the region, storm damaged blocked several area roads. Visit the WTOP Traffic page Visit the WTOP's Weat Storms break heat wave — and bring a risk of flooding 07/22/2019 10:44pm • Two rounds of storms hit the D.C. area Monday, and brought an inch or two -- and even up to four inches in some areas. And all that rain will mean a risk of more flash flooding. A flash flood watch in effect through 6 a.m. Tuesday. The rain will likely continue into Tuesday morning, as wel Dogs alert passersby to assist Md. man trapped on C&O Canal trail 07/22/2019 08:15pm • Talk about man's best friend. A Glen Echo, Maryland, man's dogs helped get him rescued without injury on Sunday from a remote area where he might not have been noticed. "It's good the dogs came closer to the trail. That's the nice part about it. That's why we saw him," said Steve Shollenberger, 6 Witnesses detail night when 11-year-old DC boy was fatally shot: documents 07/22/2019 05:51pm • The man accused of gunning down an 11-year-old boy in Southeast D.C. said he acted in self-defense, but witnesses countered that the attack may have been targeted, according to documents released in the case Monday. Witnesses said they saw 11-year-old Karon Brown with two young kids in the parkin Loudoun Co., VDOT fastrack stoplight removal to improve Route 7 commute 07/22/2019 03:20pm • The stoplight at Lexington Drive on Route 7 will soon be removed to improve traffic on the commuter route. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) The four-way traffic light at Lexington Drive in Ashburn sticks out like a sore thumb for commuters on busy Route 7 in Loudoun County, Virginia. "It's one of the m Adding Red Line service helps Metro boost ridership 07/22/2019 01:45pm • Running more Red Line trains has helped increase ridership, despite Metro warnings to the contrary last year, new data suggest. Since Metro began sending all Red Line trains past Grosvenor-Strathmore to Shady Grove last December, doubling rush hour service through Rockville, ridership has increas Reston company wants electric vehicle charging Emoji 07/22/2019 08:31am • Reston's Electrify America submitted an emoji for an electric vehicle charging station. (Courtesy Electrify America) Reston, Virginia-based Electrify America, which is building a coast-to-coast network of electric vehicle charging stations, has submitted a design for an Emoji that represents an