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Demonstrators halt DC-area traffic for the 2nd time this week 04/26/2023 11:00am • Amid the morning rush hour, traffic came to a standstill on the George-Washington Parkway Wednesday morning as a group of demonstrators blocked the D.C.-area roadway. It's the second time a roadway in the region has been blocked during rush hour this week. Police on the scene of the climate ac Fairfax Co. hospitals experiencing surge in fentanyl emergency room visits among teenagers 04/25/2023 09:23pm • Like other communities in the D.C. region and across the nation, Fairfax County, Virginia, is in the grips of the opioid epidemic driven by fentanyl; and sadly, teenagers are increasingly caught up in the crisis. Concerned parents gathered at Woodson High School Monday night for a briefing by sch After capping rents, Prince George’s Co. passes emergency bill closing loopholes 04/25/2023 04:41pm • The Prince George’s County Council in Maryland has passed emergency legislation aimed at closing loopholes and stopping other retaliatory measures that landlords around the county have been taking, after the council passed a bill capping rent hikes. The measure temporarily capping those hikes a Car Review: Chevrolet Bolt EUV grows in space and technology for 2023 04/25/2023 09:52am • More electric vehicle (EV) choices means more buzz and reviews that hook you until you see the prices. But wait, there are some affordable EVs hitting the market. The 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EUV, which was introduced last year, is bigger than the Bolt by a good six inches and has a starting price under Review underway for DC 911's response to deadly car crash into Anacostia River 04/25/2023 01:35am • The agency overseeing D.C.'s 911 dispatch system said it intends to look back at the response to the deadly car crash into the Anacostia River last week. Three people were found dead after the late-night crash into the water beneath the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge last Thursday. The exa With virtual vet visits, checkup for your pet is just a whisker away 04/24/2023 09:34pm • Just as human clients have taken to telehealth for virtual doctor's visits, pet owners have scheduled virtual veterinarian checkups, all without having to leave their homes. For owners, it's a convenient way to get their pets' health evaluated and avoids the fiasco that comes with persuading an u Protesters block DC's 3rd Street Tunnel in call for federal climate emergency 04/24/2023 03:11pm • About a dozen people gathered on a street corner near the northbound exit of D.C.'s Third Street Tunnel on Monday morning. Conversing among themselves amid the bustle of morning rush hour, they suddenly unfurled banners and put on safety vests. Six of them entered the crosswalk minutes later and Under new law, every Virginia public school will need a defibrillator 04/24/2023 02:40pm • Under a new law passed by Virginia's General Assembly this year, every public school across the state will be required to have a defibrillator on hand and ready to be used in case of emergency. The legislation calls for each school to have an automated external defibrillator, or AED, which is a m Man found shot dead in Southeast DC, police say 04/22/2023 08:20pm • D.C. homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Southeast on Friday, according to a release. While en route to a call for service just after midnight on Friday, D.C. police officers found 32-year-old Dajuan Blakney of Southeast, D.C. suffering from apparent gunshot wound 1 dead, 5 displaced in Northeast DC apartment fire 04/22/2023 03:24pm • Firefighters fight a blaze in an attic area of an apartment building in the 1400 block of Saratoga Avenue Northeast. (Courtesy DC Fire and EMS) A fire in a Northeast D.C. Saturday morning has left one man dead and five people without a home, according to the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Servi DC attorney general vows to fight for medication abortion access after SCOTUS ruling 04/22/2023 09:41am • The District's top prosecutor said Friday that he'll continue to advocate for a popular abortion medication following a Supreme Court ruling that puts the drug's access in legal limbo. The high court halted two rulings that would have limited the availability of mifepristone, which is used in mor 'It's strep's turn now': The latest post-pandemic infection sending kids to the hospital 04/21/2023 04:28pm • A few months ago, high cases of influenza and RSV were getting kids sick and driving parents nuts. Now, another infection that pediatricians see every winter is keeping kids out of school. “We have seen an increase in strep,” said Dr. Gabrina Dixon, a pediatrician at Children’s National Ho AFSCME report: Staffing shortage by more than 3,400 at Maryland’s correctional facilities 04/21/2023 02:24am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A new report released Thursday by Maryland’s largest state employee union shows the state’s correctional facilities have an extreme st Details emerge on why Loudoun Co. schools spokesman was charged with lying under oath 04/20/2023 10:39pm • Before a Loudoun County Public Schools spokesman is set to go to trial in June, WTOP has learned what he said to a grand jury that led to perjury charges. Wayde Byard was indicted on charges of lying under oath on Aug. 2, 2021, when testifying to a grand jury. It's one of the many facets of the s DC and Maryland officials urge massive recall of theft-prone Hyundai, Kia vehicles 04/20/2023 05:05pm • Attorneys general in Maryland, D.C. and more than a dozen other states are calling on federal authorities to order a massive recall of Hyundai and Kia vehicles, saying their easily-bypassed ignition switches and vulnerability to being stolen has created a "safety crisis on the roads." The request