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New England seeing a huge spike in beached sea turtles 03/28/2019 01:14am • QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — At a sea turtle hospital housed at an old New England shipyard, a biologist leans over a table and uses a needle to draw blood from a sick loggerhead before tagging its flailing flipper. These were the first tentative steps toward a return to the ocean for this juvenile nic Prince George's Co. police ID man killed in 2-vehicle crash 03/27/2019 11:29pm • A two-vehicle crash in Brandywine, Maryland, left one dead and sent another to the hospital on Tuesday night. Thirty-nine-year-old Garfield Manning, of Brandywine, died on the scene. The other driver had injuries that are not life-threatening According to Prince George's County police, it happ Speed limits along Georgia Ave. in Montgomery Co. to be reduced 03/27/2019 05:23pm • With pedestrian safety in mind, the Maryland Department of Transportation will reduce the speed limit along a portion of Georgia Avenue in Montgomery County this week. Speeds will be reduced along Maryland Route 97 (Georgia Avenue) in Silver Spring and Wheaton in the following areas. Between Ex-NSA contractor expected to plead guilty in document theft 03/27/2019 05:14pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — A former National Security Agency contractor accused in a massive theft of classified information is expected to plead guilty Thursday in what U.S. prosecutors had once portrayed as a "breathtaking" breach at the nation's biggest spy shop. Prosecutors announced Wednesday that H Plea will take death penalty off table for man convicted in Charlottesville car attack 03/27/2019 05:14pm • James Alex Fields Jr. will enter a plea to federal hate crimes Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Charlottesville, to avoid the possibility of the death penalty, sources familiar with the agreement tell WTOP. Fields is already facing life in prison plus 419 years after being convicted in sta Guilty plea takes death penalty off table for man convicted in Charlottesville car attack 03/27/2019 04:17pm • James Alex Fields Jr. pleaded guilty to 29 federal hate crimes Wednesday in federal court in Charlottesville, Virginia, to avoid the possibility of the death penalty. Under a plea agreement, Fields, of Maumee, Ohio, pleaded guilty to 29 of 30 federal charges stemming from the "Unite the Right" ra Managing unconscious bias and talking to kids about race 03/27/2019 12:30am • Stanford University psychology professor Jennifer Eberhardt will never forget the time she boarded a plane with her 5-year-old son. His eyes, wide with excitement, surveyed the cabin for a few minutes before he pointed out a man that he said looked like “daddy.” Other than being the only blac Paid parking starts April 1 in Ocean City 03/26/2019 10:28pm • Paid parking season is fast approaching for one of the D.C. area's most popular getaway destinations. Paid parking begins in Ocean City on April 1 and will last until Oct. 31. Street parking and parking in a municipal lot will cost $2 per hour, while parking in the Inlet lot will coast $3 per hou 3-year-old hit, killed in Md. bank parking lot 03/26/2019 08:04pm • A car fatally struck a 3-year-old boy Tuesday afternoon in a Rockville, Maryland, parking lot. Montgomery County police are still investigating what led to the accident outside the Sandy Spring Bank location near the intersection of Dodge Street and Rockville Pike. According to a preliminary inve 3 students seriously hurt in crash near Md. high school 03/26/2019 05:55pm • Three teens were seriously injured after a student-involved crash near DuVal High School on Tuesday in Lanham, Maryland. The collision occurred close to the school on Good Luck Road just after 11:50 a.m., Prince George's County Police Chief Hank Stawinski said at a news conference Tuesday afterno Man behind Charlottesville car attack could plead guilty to hate crimes 03/26/2019 05:52pm • The man already convicted of murder after plowing a car into a group of people protesting a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, could plead guilty to federal hate crimes Wednesday. A status hearing for James Alex Fields was changed late Tuesday to a change of plea hearing. Retailers want to go cashless. But opponents say that's discriminatory 03/26/2019 09:23am • Retailers and restaurants say eliminating cash at their stores makes them more efficient. But opponents argue that cashless stores exclude millions of Americans without bank accounts. Americans use cash in 30% of all transactions, according to a 2017 survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Fr Refinance your car loan? Arlington’s MotoRefi can do that 03/26/2019 06:00am • Homeowners refinance their mortgages all the time, but refinancing an auto loan isn’t something most borrowers consider. Arlington, Virginia-based startup MotoRefi thinks it has found a way to make it easy to do. MotoRefi has raised $4.7 million in venture capital funding to ramp up its auto Redesign of Maryland Ave. in Northeast aims to improve safety 03/26/2019 05:25am • After years of waiting, major safety improvements are on the way for a commuter corridor that runs through a Northeast D.C. neighborhood. "Maryland Avenue, as you can see it right now, was a road that was built to handle about 30 to 45 minutes in the morning, but we live with it 24 hours a day," Make travel easier, more enjoyable with these 5 expert tips 03/26/2019 12:50am • Samantha Brown practically lives out of a suitcase. In the last two decades, she has captured the cultures, cuisines and people of more than 60 countries and 250 cities on a number of travel TV shows, including her current PBS series, “Samantha Brown’s Places to Love.” And along the way, sh