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Insurance tips for homeowners when wind topples trees 02/25/2019 05:12pm • WASHINGTON — Winds gusting up to 60 mph have knocked down trees and limbs, causing scattered damage throughout the D.C. region. Fortunately, most homeowners' policies cover the costs of property damage and tree removal. "Things like a tree falling on their property and so forth is usually co Why Metro expects to lose $23M next year 02/25/2019 12:45pm • WASHINGTON — Metro expects to lose about $23 million in ridership and other revenue in the next budget year, because riders have turned away during shutdowns and single tracking around major construction projects, such as the monthslong shutdown of Blue and Yellow Line stations this summer for pla BW Parkway, one of DC area's worst roads for potholes, finally gets patch-up 02/25/2019 10:15am • WASHINGTON — One of the most pothole-pockmarked stretches of road in the D.C. area is getting a patch-up Monday. Crews are working Monday morning to repair part of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway between Maryland Route 197 and Maryland Route 198, which for weeks has been riddled with potholes Aging Metrobus facilities will get makeover 02/25/2019 04:10am • WASHINGTON — Metro said it has plans this spring to renovate three aging bus loop facilities in Northwest D.C. The facilities on Calvert Street, Colorado Avenue and Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase will be getting new doors, windows and restrooms. Lighting will be replaced and the facilities w Take your keys, hide your wallets: Car break-ins increase in DC 02/24/2019 03:34pm • LAUREL, Md. — Thieves are snatching valuables from autos and it appears there has been a spike in the number of such property crimes throughout D.C. According to D.C. police statistics, so far this year there has been about a 21 percent jump in citywide thefts from automobiles compared to the s Car Review: Kia Rio goes from bargain basement to sophisticated subcompact hatch 02/24/2019 09:11am • WASHINGTON — It wasn’t long ago that the Kia Rio was just basic transportation for those who wanted to buy new and not used. It was loud and not very pleasant inside. Come to think of it, I would pay more if I heard that was my ride at the rental car counter. But in 2018, Kia went back to the dr PHOTOS: Mongtomery Co. students refurbish used cars to raise money 02/23/2019 02:26pm • WASHINGTON — Students at Damascus High School are getting hands on with a program that allows them to explore new skills. The Montgomery County Automotive Trades Foundation guides students through the process of purchasing used vehicles and refurbishing them before they are put on display in th Woman struck by Prince George's Co. police car 02/23/2019 01:50pm • WASHINGTON — A woman was injured after being struck by a Prince George's County police patrol car early Saturday morning. The incident happened at 3 a.m. on Village Green Drive near Barlowe Road. The woman was not in a crosswalk when she stepped into the street from between two parked vehicl Police: Fatal crash on Route 301 in Md. may have involved alcohol 02/23/2019 09:35am • WASHINGTON — Police are investigating a fatal crash on U.S. Route 301 in Newburg, Maryland, where police say alcohol may have played a role. At around 12:45 a.m. Saturday, a Ford F-150 was traveling in the wrong direction on the southbound lanes of Route 301 near Budds Creek Road, according to 2 killed in Fairfax County single-car crash identified 02/22/2019 05:25pm • WASHINGTON — The men killed last weekend in a single-vehicle crash on Route 28 in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Dulles International Airport have been identified. Fairfax County police identified the men on Friday as 28-year-old Subid Singh of Annandale and 29-year-old Anjil Thapa of Vienna. 1 dead, 1 seriously injured in Chantilly crash on Rt. 28 02/22/2019 05:24pm • WASHINGTON — A man is dead and another is in the hospital Friday morning following a two-car crash in Chantilly, Virginia, that shuttered two lanes on Virginia Route 28 for about five hours. Fairfax County police said the crash happened around 2:30 a.m. on southbound Route 28 at Westfields Boul Woman ID'd in fatal Upper Marlboro crash 02/22/2019 02:40pm • WASHINGTON — A Thursday night crash in Prince George's County, Maryland, left one woman dead. Police say a man was traveling eastbound on Marlboro Pike toward Old Crain Highway in Upper Marlboro at 10:15 p.m. when he struck Virginia Curtin, 24, of Chesapeake Beach, in another car near the inter 5 things to consider doing when your credit score reaches 760 02/21/2019 07:00pm • You finally made it! You've got a 760 credit score, and that means you're approaching exceptional in the eyes of FICO. I'm talking about your score, not you personally. Oh, OK, you're exceptional, too! Now that you're feeling good about yourself and your credit, what should you do next? You ca Best cars of 2019 named 02/21/2019 01:06pm • WASHINGTON — Put the pedal to the … medal. Metaphorically, anyway. Consumer Reports named its top 2019 picks for cars, SUVs and trucks Thursday in D.C. Among the six new winning car brands are Hyundai, Subaru, BMW and Toyota. In fact, four Toyotas were Consumer Reports' "Top Picks": the University of Chicago police history may offer lessons for Hopkins, Baltimore 02/21/2019 09:13am • Johns Hopkins University is again trying to convince the Maryland General Assembly that the university and other JHU institutions need a full-blown private police force for campus security – arguing that other prestigious private universities in cities like Baltimore have seen results with their c