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Dulles Toll Road owner takes steps to limit, prevent future toll hikes 11/21/2019 04:20am • The Dulles Toll Road is seen at night. (WTOP/Dave Dildine) Months after a Dulles Toll Road rate hike started bringing in more money, even as some drivers turned away, the road’s owner is taking steps that could limit or prevent some future toll hikes. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Au Video toll late fee in Md. could be slashed from $50 to $5 11/20/2019 11:00pm • Two Maryland lawmakers want to reduce the penalties that kick in when drivers get billed for a toll and don't pay on time. Drive through a Maryland toll facility without paying cash or using an E-ZPass and you get a bill in the mail for what the state calls a video toll. Currently, if you wait Should you open a store card for holiday shopping? 11/20/2019 07:00pm • With the holiday shopping season heating up, retailers may try to sell you on the idea of opening a retail store credit card. While store credit cards can potentially yield savings and rewards, first consider what one could really be worth to you, compared with a traditional rewards card. Store c 'This is a tragedy': Former Baltimore mayor hit with federal charges in children's book scheme 11/20/2019 03:30pm • FILE — In this June 8, 2018 file photo, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh addresses a gathering during the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore, who resigned amid investigations into deals to sell her sel How much should you be spending on vacations? 11/16/2019 09:57am • Even if you have most of your financial life budgeted down to the dollar, figuring out what you'll spend on vacation can be a lot more difficult to predict. Prices for flights are constantly in flux. Plus, there are the unforeseen expenses like delayed flights, packages that are not as all-inclus Deadline nears for Maryland uninsured-motorist debt amnesty 11/15/2019 10:47am • Eric Myers, correspondent ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Time is running out for uninsured motorists in Maryland to take advantage of a program that forgives 80 percent of uninsured-driving debts that became delinquent before 2017. Debtors have until Dec. 31 to register for the program and begin repa Small vote start of big changes in Dumfries 11/15/2019 09:29am • Players at Vinton’s Rosie’s Gaming Emporium take a chance on slot-like gaming machines. A ballot question in Dumfries next month would allow a similar gaming parlor in the town. (Courtesy Boyd Pearman Photography via InsideNova) This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa. Prince William County election results 2019 11/06/2019 05:50pm • Here are election results in Prince William County, Virginia. This page will be updated as results come in. You can also see all Prince William County results on the Virginia Board of Elections site. *=incumbent Virginia House of Delegates See results as they come in here. Virginia Senate Fairfax County election results 2019 11/06/2019 07:36am • Here are the general election results in Fairfax County, Virginia. This page will be updated as results come in. You can also see all Fairfax County results on the Virginia Board of Elections site. *=incumbent Virginia House of Delegates See results as they come in here. Virginia Senate Se Loudoun County election results 2019 11/06/2019 01:00am • Here are the general election results in Loudoun County, Virginia. *=incumbent Virginia House of Delegates See results as they come in here. Virginia Senate See results as they come in here. Commonwealth's Attorney *M. Nicole Wittmann — 54,917 (48.73%) Buta Biberaj — 57,673 (51.17%) Fall back: Tips to combat drowsy driving 11/03/2019 01:49am • Daylight Saving Time is likely changing the way you drive. Whether you realize it or not, you’re probably doing a bit of drowsy driving. “Most of us have a routine where we go to bed a certain time and we wake up a certain time, and all of the sudden those time periods aren’t going to al Georgetown says fundraising, not student fee, will support projects to benefit descendants of slaves 10/30/2019 09:25am • Georgetown University has announced plans to use fundraising as a way to pay for community-based projects that will support descendants impacted by the school's role in the slave trade instead of a student fee. The school has taken steps in recent years to make amends with those impacted by the e First court appearance for man indicted in killings of Loudoun mother, son 10/28/2019 02:05pm • The man indicted this month for the 2018 murders of Mala Manwani and her adult son, Rishi Manwani, made his first appearance in a Loudoun County, Virginia, courtroom by video hookup. Bryan Kuang-Ming Welsh, 38, who was initially charged with the murders before Loudoun County prosecutors had to dr Only on WTOP: Longtime suspect indicted in killings of Loudoun Co. mother, son 10/25/2019 02:14pm • The man who was initially charged in the 2018 deaths of an Aldie woman and her adult son, before Loudoun County prosecutors had to drop charges more than a year ago, was indicted for the crimes last week. WTOP has learned a Loudoun County grand jury has indicted Brian Kuang-Ming Welsh, 38, of two Marriott buys Caribbean hotel chain (and plans to sell it) 10/18/2019 10:31am • FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, two men stand outside the Marriott Marquis hotel in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) Bethesda, Maryland-based Marriott International will buy a small chain of all-inclusive hotels in Barbados for $199 million, including debt, and pla