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Car Review: The full-electric Fiat 500e is a great choice as an urban commuter 04/22/2024 07:32am • The original Fiat 500 and the new 500e still of some of the smaller cars on the market. However, even taller drivers will find decent space. (WTOP/Brian Armstead) Brian Armstead, Special Contributor Don���t let the small size fool you the Fiat 500e packs plenty of space for adults and offers a fun WATCH: Red Bull Showrun brings race cars and more to the streets of DC 04/22/2024 07:26am • toggle audio on and off change volume Senate passage of aid to Israel, Ukraine expected this week 04/22/2024 06:06am • Congress is now poised to approve $95 billion in foreign aid that has been the focus of fierce debate for months and which could still potentially jeopardize the job of House Speaker Mike Johnson. The U.S. Senate this week will take up legislation that was finally passed by the House over the wee These boats 'transformed' colonial Virginia. A tour guide hopes to tell the 'forgotten' stories of the boatmen 04/22/2024 05:28am • Their contributions helped establish colonial Virginia, but the stories of enslaved and freedmen who rowed down the James River to move goods aren't well known to most Virginians. Two Virginia men are hoping to change that. Will Smith and Will Cash, or the Wills (as they���re often called), br Climate advocates want to solve their 'biggest problem' in the US: Turning out voters 04/21/2024 04:45pm • ABC News In battleground states across the country, environmental activists like Dr. Emily Church are canvassing on behalf of an organization called the Environmental Voter Project in an effort to turn out people who care the most about climate change ��� but who haven't shown up for past elec Maryland steps up in aim to lower your carbon footprint on Earth Day 04/21/2024 08:14am • Spending your Earth Day Monday in Maryland means spending less on public transportation and more time saving the planet. In Montgomery County, Ride On buses, which includes Ride On, Ride On extRa, Ride On flex and Flash, will be free to use on Monday, April 22, in celebration of Earth Day, accord A call to get guns off the streets after 5 teens were shot and wounded in Prince George's Co. 04/20/2024 12:59pm • Prince George���s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is calling for more enforcement to get guns off the street after five teenagers were shot and wounded during a senior skip day Friday. ���The final days of being in their senior year, disrupted by violence,��� Alsobrooks told reporters Satu Virginia senators want flight expansion at DCA halted 04/20/2024 12:19pm • Thursday���s near collision at Reagan National Airport is raising concerns about plans to increase the number of flights at the airport. Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine said Thursday morning���s close call at Reagan National is another reason not to expand the number of flights at the Maryland ranks sixth in states struggling with hiring, study says 04/20/2024 07:39am • Maryland ranks sixth on a list of states facing challenges filling job vacancies, according to a recent study by WalletHub.�� ���Many businesses in Maryland are still experiencing labor shortages,��� said Cassandra Happe, an analyst at WalletHub, in an interview with WTOP. ���They have this compa Motivated by his own supporters, Md. man gives back to DC-area amputee community 04/18/2024 11:50pm • In June 2012, Greg Hourigan started aggressive chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which he described as a ���pretty nasty leukemia.��� In the middle of that chemotherapy treatment, he developed a bacterial infection. He got sepsis, and then went into septic shock. Ultimately, both of Speed limit change coming to Veirs Mill Road in Rockville 04/18/2024 09:10pm • A lower speed limit is coming to a stretch of Veirs Mill Road in Rockville, Maryland, where a pedestrian was struck and killed late last year. The speed limit is changing from 40 mph to 35 mph. The change will apply to the part of the road between Edmonston Drive and Twinbrook Parkway. The Cit Maryland dispensaries brace for a 'very busy' 4/20 04/18/2024 03:55pm • Saturday is April 20, which is something of a holiday for marijuana enthusiasts ��� and it marks the first 4/20 in Maryland since the state launched its recreational marijuana market last July. Stores that are licensed to sell recreational pot are bracing for heavy foot traffic. "I think they' NYC���s Glowbar brings membership facials to Georgetown 04/18/2024 07:45am • Glowbar, a facial membership studio, is opening its first location in D.C., at 1533 Wisconsin Ave. in Georgetown. It will open this fall. The Georgetown location will be Glowbar���s 17th location, with others in New York, Philadelphia New Jersey, Boston and Connecticut. Stand-alone facial appo DC and federal officials say this initiative is helping take violent offenders off the streets 04/17/2024 06:27pm • Two years after the creation of "Project Safe Neighborhoods," an attempt to crack down on gun-related crimes in D.C., authorities say they've sent 127 firearms cases to federal court. "Targets of these cases have an average of six prior felony arrests. More than half of them were previously arres Some criminals are using dating app Tinder to purchase guns, ATF says 04/17/2024 05:46pm • Federal officials are learning that guns are being trafficked using social media platforms, including an app where you would more likely find a date than a Glock. A new report on firearms trafficking from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms released earlier this month found that armed off