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GM cuts hit White Marsh plant 11/26/2018 11:01am • WASHINGTON — General Motors will slash 15 percent of its salaried and salaried contract staff, including 25 percent of its executives, and close five plants in North America, including one in Baltimore County, Maryland. The White Marsh GM plant makes engines for Chevy Silverado and GMG Sierra f Car Review: A small, affordable car that's at home on the track? Consider Fiat's Abarth line 11/25/2018 09:18pm • WASHINGTON — Looking for a small car that doubles as a track car? Fiat's 500 and 124 Abarth models offer affordable fun. Fiat makes little cars. The 500 is a tiny coupe or convertible that’s super cute and comes in a city-friendly size. The 124 Spider is the Italian version of the venerable M Heading home: Travelers hit traffic snags accessing Reagan National Airport Sunday night 11/25/2018 08:20pm • WASHINGTON — Callers into the WTOP newsroom on Sunday night were critical of Reagan National Airport's effort to manage Thanksgiving departure traffic at the end of the holiday weekend. WTOP'S Traffic Center Many people were unprepared for the difficulty they faced dropping loved one Tesla Inc (TSLA) Was Weeks Away From Death in 2018 11/25/2018 07:00pm • In an new interview that aired Sunday on HBO, controversial Tesla Inc (Nasdaq: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk says the company narrowly dodged a potentially fatal financial bullet earlier this year when ramping up its Model 3 production. Musk says Tesla was only weeks away from death at one point, and analyst Flood warnings issued for DC region after Saturday rainfall 11/25/2018 05:15am • WASHINGTON — Saturday's heavy rain may be tapering off, but much of the D.C. area had to deal with the wet weather's aftermath. Temperatures are high enough that the Winter Weather Advisory in place for the western part of the D.C. area ended at 4 p.m. But after that, many areas were dealing wi Heavy rain, high water keep DC-area water rescue crews busy 11/24/2018 11:59pm • WASHINGTON — A birthday party became a boating party, as rescue crews evacuated guests in a raft, in one of several water rescues on Saturday in the D.C. area. Montgomery County's Fire and Rescue Swift Water team, along with National Capital Region Park Police, evacuated some 20 people attendin Passenger in Montgomery Co. hit-and-run dies; driver of 2nd car sought 11/24/2018 09:37pm • WASHINGTON — The passenger of a car that was involved in a hit-and-run crash has died, and Montgomery County police are still searching for the driver of the second vehicle. Twenty-three-year-old Oscar Eduardo Rivas-Macal, of Gaithersburg, died Friday from injuries he had from the crash on Nov. Holiday shopping brings increase in car thefts, Va. PSA warns 11/24/2018 02:17pm • WASHINGTON — If you went to the movies this weekend in Virginia, you may have seen the state's newest attempt to keep you and your car together. It's a public service announcement reminding motorists to protect their cars from theft this holiday season. The PSA aired in movie theaters in the Purple Line blasting in Bethesda expected to start Monday 11/24/2018 04:18am • WASHINGTON — If all goes according to plan, a siren will go off in Bethesda on Monday, followed by likely muffled explosive blasting needed for Purple Line construction. Starting Monday, the blasting is planned around 9:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. to remove rock from a shaft that will eventually be a 6 hurt in Montgomery County crash 11/23/2018 10:30pm • WASHINGTON — Several people are hurt after a crash in Montgomery County Friday night. It happened on Norbeck and Westbury roads around 7 p.m. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue tweeted that it was between a car and a van. Five people in the car were trapped and had to be extricated. All five What to do if you're stranded in a car on a dangerous DC highway 11/23/2018 03:45pm • WASHINGTON — From accidents to flat tires, D.C.-area motorists can find themselves in a disabled vehicle on some very dangerous highways. For stranded motorists, the main question is whether or not staying put is the safest move. According to AAA, the first thing a driver should do is get the v Police say road rage led to Anne Arundel Co. stabbing 11/23/2018 12:57pm • WASHINGTON — A Thanksgiving-morning road-rage incident resulted in a stabbing in Anne Arundel County, police said, and the suspect and a driver are still being sought. The victim suffered only minor injuries, “but it could have been much, much worse,” said Sgt. Jacklyn Davis, with Anne Arun Maryland woman dies in Suitland Parkway crash 11/23/2018 11:29am • WASHINGTON — A woman is dead after her vehicle crashed into a tree on the Suitland Parkway in Maryland Friday morning. At approximately 7:19 a.m., police responded to reports of a crash on the inbound lanes of Suitland Parkway, before Branch Avenue. When they arrived on the scene, they found a Weigh in now on toll lanes or other changes for Fairfax County Parkway 11/23/2018 04:00am • WASHINGTON — Toll lanes, regular lanes, bus service or bike trail improvements could be planned for the 30-mile Fairfax County Parkway corridor, depending on input received by the end of the month. Fairfax County, Virginia, has extended the comment deadline for the Fairfax County and Franconia- All aboard! US Botanic Garden holiday display features tiny train stations 11/22/2018 10:26pm • (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: '2797a13a-bee6-4f41-85d4-a7660b50546f' }).render("93161535fed49165");}); WASHINGTON — Every year, mushrooms, aco