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Great getaway: How's Memorial Day weekend traffic? 05/24/2019 06:00pm • Millions of people are hitting D.C.-area roads for the Memorial Day weekend, as the unofficial start of summer kicks off. And AAA Mid-Atlantic projects about 3 million of those traveling this weekend will do so by car. Although most people who were intending to leave for out-of-state destina Md., Va. troopers amp up traffic enforcement for Memorial Day weekend 05/24/2019 10:10am • Beachgoers traveling through Virginia and Maryland this weekend better buckle up, keep their hands on the wheel and an eye on the speedometer. Both Maryland and Virginia State Police announced Friday that they will be ramping up traffic enforcement for the Memorial Day holiday. That means a lot more Va. troopers increasing traffic enforcement for Memorial Day weekend 05/24/2019 09:31am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner,��InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. Troopers will be increasing patrols over the long holiday weekend, according to the Virginia State Police. During the 2018 Memorial Movie Review: Fresh Prince meets Prince Ali in live-action 'Aladdin' 05/24/2019 01:02am • In 1992, Disney's animated classic "Aladdin" won two Oscars, including Best Original Score (Alan Menken) and Best Original Song for "A Whole New World" (Menken and Tim Rice), while earning Robin Williams an honorary Golden Globe for his iconic, zany voice work as Genie. This weekend, Disney r My Take: Distraction is a necessary political tool for some 05/22/2019 09:59pm • There is one thing this administration knows how to do very well. Record-breaking DC-area travel numbers expected over Memorial Day holiday 05/22/2019 04:41pm • AAA expects 3.2 million people from D.C., Virginia and Maryland will travel between Thursday and Monday for the Memorial Day holiday. "Of that number, 2.9 million will travel by automobile," said John B. Townsend II, of AAA Mid-Atlantic. Region-wide, those numbers are the highest since AAA beg 'The memo came from us': Mystery in Fairfax Co. Board of Supervisors chairman race revealed 05/20/2019 06:55pm • The initially anonymous memo alleging that the front-runner for Fairfax County, Virginia���s top office had ethical issues originated from a challenger's campaign. ���The memo came from us,��� developer Tim Chapman told WTOP Monday. Chapman said his campaign for Fairfax County Board of Supervi Speed kills: What higher speed limits cost in lives 05/20/2019 10:45am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partners at��Maryland Matters��and republished with permission.��Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. The federal government���s 1995 decision to allow states to set speed limits higher than 65 mph caused almost 14,000 addition Warriors rally from 15 down at halftime, hold off Blazers 05/17/2019 01:09am • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ��� These Golden State Warriors have long been able to score in fabulous, jaw-dropping flurries. Down by eight to the Portland Trail Blazers at home with 4�� minutes to go, they needed every last burst, perfect pass, driving layup and dunk. "Our experience really paid off Baltimore's Kinetic Sculpture Race celebrates mediocrity, shows off wackier side of city 05/04/2019 05:30am • It's been a rough week for Baltimore. After a month of headlines featuring the scandal surrounding now-former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, Baltimore's residents are ready for some distraction. Enter the 21st Annual Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race, an event that requires participants to des Changes for Va. driving rules signed into law, other bills vetoed 04/30/2019 01:45pm • Holding a cellphone while driving in a Virginia road work zone will now be against the law. Violators will face a $250 fine. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed the bill Monday, adding the new, broader anti-distracted driving restriction to Virginia's existing ban on texting while driving anywhere Fatal pedestrian crashes exceed murder rate in Fairfax County 04/23/2019 07:02pm • (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: '330082fb-81a8-4f54-98c1-f7443e04a796' }).render("5961536082d00d6");}); Officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, w Kushner plays down Russia's interference in 2016 election 04/23/2019 04:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Tuesday the investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election "had a much harder impact on our democracy" than what Russia actually did. Mere days after Americans read a redacted ve 3 Md. counties increase enforcement against unbuckled, distracted driving 04/22/2019 05:45pm • The sheriffs' offices from St. Mary's, Calvert and Charles counties say deputies will conduct waves of stepped-up enforcement from now through August against driving while distracted or not wearing a seat belt. "More than 120 unbelted drivers and passengers are killed every year in Maryland," sai The Easter story helps an outcast preacher find her way back home 04/21/2019 03:08am • The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor was attending a seminar one day when someone asked her a question that she hasn't been able to forget. "What is the story you are working on that doesn't have an ending yet?" Taylor gave one answer that day but today she has another: The story she can't quite figu