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Car Review: Kia Sportage goes modern with a stylish look and a plug-in hybrid model 08/19/2024 05:38am • The suspension can be a bit bouncy and unsettled on larger bumps, about the only blemish on this mostly comfortable cruiser. (WTOP/Mike Parris) Summer is a time for road trips and hitting that highway for hours at time. I recently took a trip from Maryland to Pennsylvania in an electric vehicle. Two They met in Laurel, now Grammy-nominated husband-and-wife duo The War & Treaty return home to DC 08/19/2024 04:25am • They began singing in D.C., met in Maryland and got married before becoming Grammy nominees for Best New Artist. Now, the acclaimed husband-and-wife duo The War & Treaty come home to perform live at The Hamilton on Thursday night. WTOP caught up with Michael and Tanya Trotter ahead of DNC kicks off in Chicago with plenty of politics and protests on tap 08/18/2024 04:44am • The Democratic National Convention begins Monday in the midst of a political whirlwind that's generated momentum for Vice President Kamala Harris, who became her party's presidential nominee only weeks after a poor debate performance led President Joe Biden to step aside. Earlier this summer, Maryland state senator pushes General Assembly to keep state's coastal bays in mind 08/17/2024 09:37pm • State Sen. Mary Beth Carozza talks with, from left, Sens. Benjamin Brooks, Malcolm Augustine and Brian Feldman about work to restore a shoreline along the Sinepuxent Bay. Photo by William J. Ford. Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-Lower Shore) loves the Chesapeake Bay, but she continues to make sure her Nearly 500,000 Virginians in Medicaid have been disenrolled 08/17/2024 08:34pm • Of the roughly 2 million Virginians who’d been enrolled in Medicaid before the COVID-19 pandemic, over 480,000 of them have been disenrolled as of this August. Typically eligibility determinations are made annually, but they’d been on pause nationwide amid the pandemic due to federal policy. Md. state officials call for enforcement and education to combat roadway deaths 08/17/2024 08:25am • Maryland State Police Lt. David Ryan remembers every family notification he has delivered after a fatal highway accident. “I can recount with photographic precision what the furniture looked like, what was on the walls, what was on the refrigerator, what everybody was wearing and what they said The thank-you's roll in as Cardin attends final MACo as Maryland senator 08/17/2024 08:21am • After decades of public service, pushing for policies he thought would help the state of Maryland and its people along the way, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) led his last Maryland Association of Counties town hall as a congressman Friday. He listened to the concerns of state officials and advocate Big changes to how you buy and sell a home go now in effect: What you need to know 08/17/2024 03:00am • (CNN) — On Saturday, a new set of rules governing how most real estate professionals do business in the U.S. officially take effect — and the changes could potentially upend how Americans buy and sell homes. The rules were agreed to by the National Association of Realtors, the powerful trade Data Doctors: Pros and cons of Windows BitLocker encryption 08/16/2024 04:30pm • Q: What are the pros and cons of using Windows BitLocker? A: You can do many things to help keep your computer secure, and encryption is one of those options. Various versions of Windows include the option to use BitLocker, which is Microsoft’s built-in encryption tool. What is encryption? Netflix documentary 'Daughters' chronicles inspirational daddy-daughter dance at DC Jail 08/16/2024 01:24pm • It won the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary at this year's Sundance Film Festival. This week, "Daughters" premieres on Netflix chronicling an emotional daddy-daughter dance at the D.C. Jail. WTOP caught up with the film's co-directors Natalie Rae and Angela Patton, who created the dance The Capital Beltway turns 60: This was the original name 08/16/2024 09:35am • As planners in the mid-1950s envisioned the construction of a 41,000-mile national system of interstate highways, the Capital Beltway was already in the works — even though it was called the Washington Circumferential Highway at the time. The goal was simple: provide passenger vehicles and Construction starts on DC's Tidal Basin sea wall in 'most expensive' rehabilitation project in NPS history 08/15/2024 05:38pm • The first of approximately 700 89-foot-tall piles that will provide the foundational support of the reconstructed sea wall around D.C.'s Tidal Basin was pile-driven into place Thursday morning. The ground shook nearby as a crane used pressure and vibration to drive the pile — painted gold f Virginia-run ABC liquor stores get security upgrades after $80K in thefts 08/15/2024 04:25pm • State-run liquor stores operated by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) have been losing tens of thousands of dollars in Northern Virginia due to theft, and they are rolling out security upgrades as a result, police announced Thursday. Locks are being installed to restrict acc 'Feared for my life': Jury now has case of DC man who says fatal shooting of 13-year-old was self-defense 08/15/2024 03:30pm • Was it self-defense or murder? A D.C. jury is now weighing the fate of a man who fatally shot a 13-year-old boy after encountering the teen breaking into cars in his neighborhood last year. Jason Lewis, 42, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Karon Bla 'Worse and worse and worse:' Downtown Annapolis now seeing flooding about every 3 days 08/15/2024 09:40am • After the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby soaked the D.C. area, Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley signed a citywide state of emergency declaration. Last Friday, the floodwaters in downtown Annapolis surged to over 4 feet above normal levels at City Dock. The city estimates that the storm cost 19