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'Her dreams were in that bag': Michigan mom pleads for help after dance costumes stolen from car in DC 07/10/2019 06:10pm • Several car thefts were reported last week around D.C.'s Union Station, and among the stolen items: some costumes that are important to one young dancer. Brianne Fuller and mother Allisson Fuller — both from Canton, Michigan — were passing through town on the way to a national dance competiti 1 killed in southbound I-95 crash at Lorton 07/10/2019 12:10pm • A driver was killed in a crash Wednesday morning on southbound Interstate 95 at Lorton Road in Fairfax County, Virginia, and a police investigation slowed traffic there for several hours. The fatal crash involved a tractor-trailer and a car. The tractor-trailer was stopped on the right southboun Today in History: July 10 07/10/2019 12:00am • Today is Wednesday, July 10, the 191st day of 2019. There are 174 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 10, 1991, Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic. President George H.W. Bush lifted economic sanctions against India plans electric vehicle revolution 07/09/2019 11:54am • India has ambitious targets for electric vehicles, and Telangana state could lead the way. Perspective: How a WTOP photographer captured riveting flood photos 07/08/2019 10:57pm • It was a scene straight out of a disaster movie. At the height of morning rush hour, Canal Road — a busy commuter route — looked more like the C&O Canal. And the transformation from road to river happened in seconds. During the heart of the Monday morning commute, the District and nearby Monday's rain leads to 6th wettest July day ever at Reagan National 07/08/2019 07:01pm • History-making amounts of rain fell in a short span of time, causing chaos around the D.C. region Monday. At Reagan National Airport, 3.44 inches of rain fell, breaking the rainfall record for the day of 2.16 inches set in 1958. Most of it came down between about 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. "We saw Car flooded from Monday's rain? It's likely insured 07/08/2019 06:05pm • In Northern Virginia, suburban Maryland and the District, many cars were swamped when Monday morning's torrential rains turned roadways into flowing rivers. Homes and businesses, too, suffered damage from the flash flooding. While the majority of drivers are likely to recover damages under their Police ID woman killed in multivehicle crash in Prince George's Co. 07/08/2019 05:44pm • A 23-year-old woman was killed in an early morning multivehicle crash last week in Beltsville, Maryland, police said. Nina Carbone was a passenger of a car that crashed into two SUVs on Friday, Prince George's County police said Monday. Officers responded to the area of Powder Mill Road at Bel Roads become rivers, drivers swim to safety in DC flood emergency 07/08/2019 05:15pm • The worst of the rain and flooding is over in the D.C. area, but the water is receding very slowly, showers are lingering and dangers remain after a torrential rainstorm Monday morning left roads flooded, drivers stranded and several Metro stations a mess. The National Weather Service at 1 p. Virginia police say woman, child, infant died in crash 07/08/2019 03:20pm • SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) — Virginia authorities say a woman, a child and an infant were the three people killed in a crash that left four more seriously injured. Virginia State Police identified the victims as 32-year Ana D. Pascual, a 12-year-old girl and 10-month-old boy. It's unclear how they WTOP Car Comparison: Which big luxury car is right for you? 07/08/2019 06:01am • (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: '895485d9-4653-412b-98d2-e211015d81b0' }).render("481615365d616511");}); SUVs are all the rage, but nothing is qui Car Review: Ford brings back the iconic Mustang Bullitt for 2019 and it's as cool as ever 07/08/2019 05:08am • With the recent news of automotive giant Lee Iacocca passing, I couldn't help but think of Mustang. He was one of the Ford executives who helped bring the original Pony car to market in 1964. A few years later, the 1968 movie "Bullitt" featured a green Mustang, and it's still one of the coolest cars Dangerous stretch of US 29 closes Monday, affecting Va. commuters 07/08/2019 04:26am • A stretch of northbound U.S. 29 in Virginia will close Monday, to make safety improvements at one of the region's most dangerous intersections — at 29 and Vint Hill Road — according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Northbound U.S. 29 will be closed for three weeks, as VDOT crews Fireworks go off in Union Station, causing Sunday afternoon panic 07/07/2019 07:18pm • (Video courtesy NBC Washington) Kevin Donahue, D.C.'s deputy mayor for Public Safety, said no one was hurt after loud bangs, likely from fireworks, set off a panic inside Union Station on Sunday afternoon. According to a number of social media posts, many people mistook the noise for gunsho Highway hero averts disaster at Springfield interchange 07/07/2019 06:38pm • Adrian Guziewski's Saturday shift started like any other. But less than an hour into his 12-hour patrol, Guziewski suddenly became the only thing standing between a despondent woman and a life-ending fall through the Capital Beltway's Springfield interchange. Shortly before 2 p.m., Virginia State