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Parking tickets may soon be mailed out in DC, increases to street parking proposed 05/03/2019 04:12am • Fleeing a parking ticket could soon become more difficult in the District. Changes to allow parking enforcement officers to mail tickets to drivers who take off before the ticket can be placed on their windshields or handed to them are on track for D.C. Council approval. The changes could part Fairfax County firefighters skip the hoses to save endangered bees 05/02/2019 04:49pm • Thousands of bees, swarming on a car in a parking lot in the Merrifield section of Fairfax County, Virginia, certainly looked scary — so, a woman called a nearby fire station. Thankfully, fire Capt. David Weand was on duty Tuesday at Station 23, in Annandale. “Normally, bees aren’t our t Too many cars? DC to consider tolls, congestion pricing 05/02/2019 04:25pm • Driving into part or all of D.C. could require paying a toll in the future, under a $480,000 study proposed by the D.C. Council. The congestion pricing study would be done over the next year with analysis of costs and benefits of tolls, or similar fees on some roads within the District and/or on Alexandria police to carry life-saving overdose-fighting drug 05/02/2019 12:12pm • Another police department is stepping up the fight against the opioid epidemic. Alexandria is the latest police department to announce that each patrol officer will carry the overdose-fighting drug naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan. About 275 Alexandria officers have been trained in i Alcohol a likely factor in head-on, fatal Charles Co. crash 05/02/2019 08:54am • Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a head-on, fatal crash in Maryland's Charles County early Thursday. The driver who died at the scene is identified as Timothy Markin, 47, of Silver Spring, Maryland, according to Maryland State Police. He was driving a Camry northbound on Maryland Route How 'reachable' is downtown DC when it comes to commuting? 05/02/2019 06:55am • Odds are you don't need another study to tell you traffic in the D.C. region isn't the smoothest, and your commute is too long and too stressful. So instead, researchers with the transportation analytics firm Geotab studied how "reachable" different metropolitan areas are. The average commute thr Dense fog advisory makes for a hazy morning commute 05/02/2019 06:41am • No, your windshield wipers and/or glasses aren't dirty. It really is that foggy out there. The National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory until 9 a.m. Thursday. Visibility is only around a quarter mile or less, so driving will be impaired. Drivers should slow down, use headlights Va. congressman urges accelerated study of 'dangerous' GW Parkway 05/01/2019 01:30pm • The National Park Service traffic safety study is expected to begin gathering input from community members to address safety concerns along the southern end of the George Washington Parkway, just south of the Capital Beltway, this summer. But one congressman wants it done faster. The goal is to t Micron CEO says expansion key to driverless car market 05/01/2019 10:55am • 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. The expansion of Micron Technology Inc.’s Manassas plant is key to maintaining the company’s place as a supplier in the growing aut Mods Mayday 40th anniversary proves staying power of 'my generation' 05/01/2019 04:08am • Sometimes revenge takes time. Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of Mods Mayday — a 1979 concert at The Bridge House in London documented on a live album, featuring five mod revival bands. Started in 1978, mod revival was a music style and subculture hearkening to the early 1960s and the Md. bills signed into law as historic speaker vote looms in Annapolis 04/30/2019 08:46pm • More than 170 bills were signed into law in Annapolis on Tuesday. But while some lawmakers, lobbyists and citizens groups celebrated legislative victories, there was the sense that something else was brewing. That something else is a possible floor fight in the Maryland House of Delegates. On Vehicle crashes into trees off BW Parkway in Laurel 04/30/2019 08:47am • A crash along the northbound Baltimore-Washington Parkway near Laurel, Maryland caused delays Tuesday morning. The crash Tuesday initially closed all lanes in the northbound direction. Aerial images from WTOP's news partner NBC Washington showed a vehicle off the roadway past the tree line bet Park Police seek more info. on head-on George Washington Parkway crash 04/30/2019 08:40am • U.S. Park Police investigators are looking for information after Monday's deadly George Washington Parkway crash that killed a taxi driver during the afternoon commute. Police identified the driver as a 55-year-old man from Springfield, Virginia. They said the family requested that the driver's n Today in History: April 30 04/30/2019 12:30am • Today is Tuesday, April 30, the 120th day of 2019. There are 245 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 30, 1975, the Vietnam War ended as the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. On this date: In 1789, George Washington took the oath of o Beltway, I-270 toll lane plan to move forward next week 04/29/2019 11:40pm • Toll lane plans for parts of the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 are set to move forward next week, including plans for improvements to the American Legion Bridge. Maryland’s Board of Public Works — Gov. Larry Hogan, Treasurer Nancy Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot — is set to formall