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Long-term care: Glossary of terms 10/29/2018 08:00pm • You've heard of nursing homes and assisted living, but perhaps less about elder co-housing, CCRCs or adult foster care. Here's a glossary of terms encompassing a range of long-term care options and identifying certain agencies and professionals who play a role in the long-term care arena. Adult D Why You Haven't Saved Enough for Retirement: 5 Excuses Financial Planners Hear 10/29/2018 08:00pm • While everyone knows it's important to save for retirement, not everyone heeds that well-worn advice. Data suggests that many Americans have saved little or nothing for their golden years. In fact, Northwestern Mutual's 2018 Planning & Progress Study, which surveyed 2,003 adults, found that 21 p After crashing into cars, Va. man climbed fast-food restaurant, deputies say 10/29/2018 04:28pm • WASHINGTON — A Virginia man is under arrest Monday after allegedly striking 10 vehicles in a parking lot and climbing onto the roof of a Five Guys to evade police. Stafford County sheriff's deputies responded to the Stafford Marketplace after reports of multiple car accidents around 10 a.m. Mon Fairfax police reports: Va. man fatally shot by US Park Police was unarmed 10/29/2018 02:46pm • WASHINGTON — A Virginia accountant fatally shot by U.S. Park Police last year was unarmed, according to reports filed by Fairfax County police officers who witnessed the shooting. The reports confirm what 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar's family has long said — that he was not armed when he was sho On the drawing board: More service, cheaper passes in Metro GM’s budget proposal 10/29/2018 11:14am • WASHINGTON — Some commuters could see significantly more Metro service next year as part of plans to draw riders back to the system. Unlimited-ride passes could be cheaper too. But it would only happen if the region's governments paid more. Under Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld’s budget 'Good Samaritan' killed helping crash victim on US 50 identified 10/29/2018 10:40am • WASHINGTON — A Maryland woman who was struck and killed trying to help a crash victim on eastbound U.S. Route 50 early Sunday has been identified as Jhoanna Nicole Caballero, 23, of Crofton. Shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday, Maryland State Police said Caballero had pulled over at the scene of a cra Georgetown Halloween road closures: What to know to get around 10/29/2018 10:11am • WASHINGTON — Traffic in Georgetown is always a little frightening. But on Halloween night, you might have better luck getting around by broomstick. D.C. police have announced a list of extensive road closures, parking restrictions and other traffic impacts in the Georgetown on Oct. 31 to accomm Peugeot owner chooses DC for Free2Move car sharing launch 10/29/2018 08:35am • WASHINGTON — Groupe PSA, the European company that owns the Peugeot, Citroen and Opel car brands, is bringing its car-sharing service Free2Move to North America with D.C. as its first city. But fans of Peugeot and Citroen cars won't be able to drive one — at least not yet. Free2Move has Ride-share company Via expands to Arlington 10/29/2018 06:00am • WASHINGTON — Ride-sharing company Via, which operates its high-tech, carpooling-with-strangers service in Chicago, New York and D.C., has expanded to Arlington, Virginia. Via launched in D.C. in 2016, originally promoting itself as a public transportation alternative during Metro’s SafeTrack Haunted DC: Georgetown's phantoms 10/29/2018 04:39am • WASHINGTON — I have remained a vocal skeptic of ghost hunting. I say that with reason: I grew up Irish Catholic, on a steady diet of horror movies, and "The Exorcist" remains probably the scariest movie I've ever seen, but I've never seen or heard anything that I couldn't explain. At least, not Car Review: Honda Accord 2.0T Touring makes a strong case for itself 10/28/2018 10:16pm • WASHINGTON — The midsize sedan was once the hottest segment for car shoppers in America, but it has been replaced in popularity by crossovers and SUVs. Before that trend began, the two sedan stalwarts were the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry — each spacious sedans that gave buyers good value for t Historic cars tour the District in first-ever 1000 Miglia Warm Up USA 10/27/2018 02:35pm • CHANTILLY, Va.  — The world's largest historic vehicle driving event hit the road in America for the first time Saturday. The Mille Miglia (Italian for one-thousand miler) is an open-road rally through the streets of Italy, but organizers are holding an American version — the 1000 Miglia War Man gets 16 years for 2007 killing of Ben's Chili Bowl cook 10/26/2018 02:47pm • WASHINGTON — A D.C. man whom prosecutors call the ringleader of a 2007 carjacking murder in the District has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Kadeem Quarles, 27, was sentenced Thursday in the death of Timothy Spicer, 25, on Nov. 17, 2007, near the Anacostia Metro station in Southeast, said How do Hogan and Jealous compare on transportation? 10/26/2018 02:46pm • By Bruce DePuyt — When Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) announced a major plan to widen three Maryland roadways last year, even transportation insiders were caught off-guard. “I was surprised by it, but I rejoiced at it,” said John B. Townsend II, AAA mid-Atlantic’s manager of public and go Prince George's Co. cop indicted in traffic stop rape case 10/26/2018 10:55am • WASHINGTON — A Prince George's County police officer accused of forcing a driver to perform oral sex during a traffic stop earlier this month has been indicted on rape charges, the Prince George's County State's Attorney said Friday. Officer Ryan Macklin, conducted a traffic stop in Hyattsville