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Tempers flare as Buttigieg returns to South Bend to address community after officer-involved shooting 06/21/2019 11:05pm • Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Friday promised residents of South Bend, Indiana, at a march protesting the recent officer-involved shooting that he's "serious about fixing this." "One thing that I want you to know is that we're serious about fixing this," he told the group gath Sheriff: Suspect threw hard objects at drivers in Charles Co. 06/21/2019 06:16pm • The Charles County Sheriff's Office is looking for information on who may be involved in an incident in which objects, such as bricks, were thrown at vehicles traveling on the St. Charles Parkway in Maryland. It happened Thursday between 5 and 6 a.m. The sheriff's office said that someone threw b What to know about the 2019 'Capitol Fourth' concert in DC 06/21/2019 03:54pm • The 39th annual "Capitol Fourth" concert is set for the Capitol's West Lawn at 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 4. In addition, a dress rehearsal is scheduled for 8 p.m. on July 3, for those who want to take in the "Capitol Fourth" performances and still enjoy the holiday at home. No tickets are requi High-speed police chase on Beltway ends in crash, sparked delays 06/21/2019 03:47pm • A high-speed chase on the Capital Beltway in Maryland ended up in a multi-vehicle crash Friday afternoon. Just before 2 p.m., Montgomery County police got a call of a robbery at a CVS near Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland. When officers got there, the suspect had fled the scene in a v Arlington to hold public meeting on Amazon's first new buildings 06/21/2019 09:00am • ARLnow.com is a WTOP news partner. Subscribe to ARLnow.com’s newsletter today. Next month, Arlington County, Virginia, will hold a public meeting about Amazon's first phase of new development for HQ2. The meeting will “kick off the review process” for Amazon’s first construction proj FBI searches Georgetown home of DC Councilman Jack Evans 06/21/2019 08:34am • FBI agents searched the Georgetown home of D.C. Councilman Jack Evans on Friday, one day after he put out a letter saying he would step down from the board that oversees the Metro transit agency. D.C. police secured the area while agents, operating under a court-approved federal warrant, search 10 years since Red Line crash: What it was like and how it shaped Metro 06/21/2019 03:50am • Ten years after the deadliest crash in Metro’s history, the system is still struggling to bounce back and riders continue to feel the impact every day. At the height of the evening rush on Jun. 22, 2009, one Red Line train slammed into the back of another that was stopped outside the Fort T Fight over Potomac River bridge plan that would put bikes on highway 06/20/2019 03:58pm • A significant debate over putting cyclists in with highway-speed traffic over the Potomac River could come to a head next month. There has been heated discussion of the plans for the rebuilt Nice-Middleton Bridge connecting Maryland and Virginia on U.S. 301 at the past two regional Transportation First protected bike lane going up in 14th St. NW project 06/20/2019 01:07pm • The first of what will be more than a dozen concrete bus islands that also provide a protected bike lane is going up on a busy stretch of 14th Street Northwest, as part of an adventurous project to make the commuter route more liveable, driveable and bikeable. On southbound 14th Street, at N Stre Make sure car seat is installed properly, other child travel safety tips 06/20/2019 12:48pm • With lots of traveling to do this summer, experts say parents need to focus on keeping kids safe no matter how everyone is getting to their destination. One major item for parents is getting their kids' car seats checked, said National Transportation Safety Board member Jennifer Homendy. “Pa Steps to 'breathe easy' in DC region as EPA eases rules on coal power plants 06/20/2019 08:23am • After a decade of improvement in air quality, eased government restrictions on coal-fired power plants means others will have to pick up slack to ensure air in the Washington area is healthy. "From the 2010 to 2012 era, we were having 34 to 50 unhealthy air days annually, and in 2018 we were down Amtrak promises Wi-Fi fixes in Virginia 06/20/2019 01:30am • Amtrak is promising better Wi-Fi service in Virginia as ridership in the state ticks up. Amtrak has already begun testing better onboard equipment, similar to what is used on Acela trains, and Virginia's Department of Rail and Public Transportation said it helped during about three months of test AFI Docs returns as the undisputed champion of documentary festivals 06/19/2019 01:19am • Washingtonians are lucky to have the nation's top documentary festival right in our backyard. The 17th annual AFI Docs Film Festival triumphantly returns this Wednesday through Sunday. "Because it's in D.C., there is so much relative to nonfiction filmmaking here," festival director Mich Md. rolls out pilot program for digital license plates 06/18/2019 11:14pm • For decades, the car license plate has been pretty much the same. But, for some, a big change could be on the horizon. In Maryland, a two-year pilot program is being launched to test digital license plates. They look pretty much the same as a traditional plate with one big exception: They featu Self-driving shuttles set to hit Northern Virginia streets 06/18/2019 06:00pm • A long-planned self-driving shuttle is set to launch in Fairfax County, Virginia, marking what could be the first autonomous shuttle for public use on public roads anywhere in Virginia. The low-speed shuttle will run in the middle of the day to provide additional Circulator-type service between t