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Police ID woman killed in crash involving Prince George’s school bus 04/11/2019 02:07pm • The Prince George's County police have identified the woman who was killed in Wednesday's multivehicle crash involving a school bus in Clinton, Maryland. Shamika Brown, 32, of Ethan Manor Road in Clinton, died in the crash at around 6:30 a.m. Police say multiple vehicles were traveling on Surr Winners and losers of the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session 04/11/2019 05:11am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. It’s already been said a thousand times, but it bears repeating: This has been a General Assembly session like no other. It began Man found dead inside car in Prince George's County 04/11/2019 04:14am • Prince George’s County police investigating a suspicious vehicle in Suitland, Maryland, found a man shot to death inside the car Wednesday night. It happened on the 3200 block of Ryan Drive in Suitland. Officers came to check out the vehicle just before 7 p.m. and found a man suffering from tra Behind the scenes: A peek inside Air and Space Museum's 7-year renovation 04/11/2019 12:06am • Since 1976, hundreds of millions of visitors have walked through the halls of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum to marvel at the tools and technologies that swept Americans off their feet. And for the next seven years, aviation enthusiasts might notice some new machinery inside the count Hogan: Trump order making it harder to block pipelines could threaten Chesapeake Bay 04/10/2019 07:22pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said that an executive order by President Donald Trump making it harder for states to block pipelines could hurt the Chesapeake Bay. Trump's support for shifting more power to states on Wednesday faded next to his affinity for oil and gas production, as he aimed to make 1 dead, 2 teens hospitalized after crash involving Prince George's Co. school bus 04/10/2019 02:12pm • Prince George's County police say a woman has died and eight others, including two teens, are being evaluated after a multivehicle crash involving a school bus in Clinton, Maryland. The crash happened on southbound Branch Avenue at Surratts Road at 6:13 a.m. Prince George's Police Department s New safety system launch causes some delays for VRE 04/10/2019 04:14am • Virginia Railway Express partially blames the roll out of a new safety system for a number of recent delays. Positive Train Control — a system that can slow or stop trains going too fast or approaching another train on the tracks ahead — was first fully activated for a VRE train on the Feder Video catches reckless drivers near Vienna school bus 04/09/2019 04:30pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner TysonsReporter.com and republished with permission. Video from Freedom Hill Elementary in Vienna showed at least six cars driving past a school bus loading up with children. As a reminder for those who might not have been paying attention durin Trains on wrong tracks prompt 1st action by new Metro safety watchdog 04/09/2019 05:45am • The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission is off and running, already ordering a special investigation into trains that carried riders down the wrong tracks and signing off on Metro plans to cut down on electrical problems, among other changes. The special investigation was ordered the last week Today in History: April 9 04/09/2019 12:00am • Today is Tuesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2019. There are 266 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 9, 1968, funeral services, private and public, were held for Martin Luther King Jr. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church and Morehouse College in Atlanta, five days after the Md. man charged in plot to kill pedestrians at National Harbor 04/08/2019 07:45pm • Federal officials have charged a man who allegedly planned to drive a truck into a crowd at National Harbor in Maryland. Rondell Henry, 28, of Germantown, Maryland, plotted to drive a stolen U-Haul truck into pedestrians at the popular tourist spot in Prince George's Cou Changes along Rock Creek Parkway planned to make things safer 04/08/2019 12:50pm • Significant safety changes have been approved for several spots along Rock Creek Parkway, including near the Kennedy Center and Memorial Bridge, where it can be tough for fast-moving cars to see people walking or biking. The National Capital Planning Commission approved final plans last week from Tysons-based DXC Technology will help BMW with self-driving cars 04/08/2019 09:58am • DXC Technology has signed an agreement with German luxury car maker BMW to support its autonomous vehicle development. BMW's test fleet of self-driving vehicles generates massive amounts of road travel sensor data, and Tysons Corner, Virginia-based DXC will provide technology including data analy Car Review: Latest BMW M5 lives up to the Ultimate Driving Machine moniker 04/07/2019 08:23pm • Luxury sedans that can double as four-door sports cars used to be the bread and butter for BMW by providing a good all-around muscle sedan with the M5. Over the years, other manufacturers have caught up. It seemed that BMW had fallen behind some of the newcomers, so last year BMW remade the M5 an Northbound BW Parkway reopens near Laurel after crash 04/07/2019 09:30am • All northbound lanes of the BW Parkway have reopened after a crash south of Laurel, Maryland left at least one person injured early Sunday morning. One person was transported to an area hospital by helicopter following a crash involving a single vehicle near Powder Mill Road around 6 a.m. Sunday,