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Park Service picks plan to simplify traffic, boost safety at Memorial Circle 06/14/2019 08:34am • The drive through Memorial Circle, just across Memorial Bridge from the Lincoln Memorial provides one of the most picturesque views of the nation's capital — it's also one of the most torturous commuting choke points in the region. The National Park Service has completed its preliminary plan to WATCH: Rolls-Royce Ghost rivals cost of DC-area home 06/14/2019 04:35am • (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: '5a1f9a4d-6810-460c-a453-d0eb44ad5737' }).render("710615362dd29da5");}); Your commute could be an absolute dream, 4 suspects at large after Rockville gun store burglary, police say 06/13/2019 03:20pm • Four suspects are on the loose and one suspect is dead after a burglary at a Rockville, Maryland, gun store early Thursday, Montgomery County police said. As there are four possibly armed suspects on the loose, police are urging local residents to navigate the area with extra caution. An a Here's a sneak peek at the new Amtrak Acela trains 06/13/2019 12:30pm • Amtrak has released photos and renderings of its new Acela trainsets, which are currently in production at Alstom's Hornell, New York, plant. The first prototype of the new Acelas will be ready for testing later this year and will go into passenger service toward the end of 2022. They will carry Fairfax County police seek suspect who exposed himself at a Target parking lot 06/12/2019 10:56pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are looking for a man who allegedly exposed himself in a store parking lot. The incident took place on May 26 just before 8:30 p.m. at the Target on Guinea Road in Fairfax. A customer alerted store staff that a man appeared to be exposing himself in the parking Cars that lose the most value in the DC market (and the best bargains) 06/12/2019 10:22am • The average three-year depreciation rate for a new vehicle in the D.C. market is 38.2%, but some vehicles lose value more quickly in this area. New and used vehicle marketplace and automotive research firm iSeeCars said the car that currently tops its list for fastest-depreciating car in the D.C. The 10 best places to live in the U.S. for public transportation in 2019 06/11/2019 08:00pm • Where can you live without a car? For many people looking to relocate to a new part of the country, the options for getting to work, home and anywhere else can often be a deal-breaker. For the sake of avoiding white-knuckle traffic, public transportation may be your preferred means of travel, Amazon gives $3 million to affordable housing efforts around Arlington 06/11/2019 02:17pm • Arlington County, Virginia's housing market has been "smoking hot" since Amazon's announcement that it will locate its HQ2 in Arlington. But what might benefit homeowners and realtors may not necessarily help out renters and lower-income Arlington residents. So, in an effort to mitigate the hous Capitol Fourth 2019 lineup: Sesame Street, John Stamos, Carole King, more 06/11/2019 01:27pm • The 39th annual Capitol Fourth celebration is on the horizon, and a slew of stars (including TV's coolest uncle, John Stamos) will be there. But arguably the biggest names aren't even human — Sesame Street will appear on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol building as well. Stamos will kick off t Hot chocolate: Smoking cocoa powder to blame for MARC delays 06/11/2019 10:20am • The MARC Brunswick Line saw significant delays Tuesday morning after a suspected loading mishap led to a fire on a freight train carrying cocoa powder. Montgomery County fire officials responding to reports of a train fire near Rockville Station around 7 a.m. Tuesday found smoke emanating from a Today in History: June 11 06/11/2019 12:05am • Today is Tuesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On June 11, 2001, Timothy McVeigh, 33, was executed by injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people. On this date: In 1770, Captain James Prince George's Co. planners weigh in on Beltway-widening plans 06/11/2019 12:05am • Planners in Prince George's County, Maryland, have expressed to the County Council their misgivings about Gov. Larry Hogan's plan to relieve traffic congestion in the region by widening portions of the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 and installing toll lanes. In a Monday briefing for the coun Md. State Police, Montgomery Co. council member at odds over traffic stop 06/10/2019 07:05pm • A first-term Montgomery County council member charges that he was unfairly stopped by Maryland State Police over the weekend. Council member Will Jawando, who is African American, was heading to a Saturday morning game of basketball with friends when he was stopped not far from his Silver Spring Montgomery County police investigating gunfight at Burtonsville traffic light 06/10/2019 05:48am • A Montgomery County police officer responding to a separate incident in Burtonsville on June 7 saw the occupants of two vehicles exchange gunfire just up the road. The officer was helping a disabled vehicle on the ramp to southbound Route 29, when he saw the incident between a black sedan and a w 'Hadestown' captures 8 Tony Awards, including best musical 06/09/2019 11:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — "Hadestown," the brooding musical about the underworld, has reason to smile broadly: It's the best new musical Tony Award winner and nabbed eight trophies Sunday, including a rare win for a woman director of a musical. Playwright Jez Butterworth's "The Ferryman" was crowned best