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Impact of trucker convoy in DC area expected to continue for next several days 03/14/2022 11:47pm • Drivers in the D.C. area Monday afternoon faced "extreme" delays heading into the District amid a demonstration related to a trucker convoy. And it could go on for the next several days. Here's what you need to know. The traffic meltdown Monday stemmed from the trucker convoy. It spread out and m DC organization heads to Ukraine's border to provide support for refugees 03/14/2022 10:51pm • As thousands flee their homes from Ukraine into Poland, the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington is working along Ukraine's border to help provide relief for thousands of families. Gil Preuss is the organization's CEO, and he arrived Monday morning. He said the organization consists of 140 cha Lawmakers consider bill to ban seclusion in Maryland public schools 03/14/2022 03:04pm • Following a federal investigation that revealed an alarming number of seclusion and restraint incidents in one Maryland school district, parents and disability advocates are renewing their push to ban the use of seclusion in Maryland schools. Del. Eric Ebersole (D-Baltimore County) is sponsoring Horror in Ukraine hits close to home for Md. lawmaker 03/14/2022 10:46am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Since Russia invaded Ukraine 3 1/2 weeks ago, several members of the Maryland General Assembly have taken to wearing lapel pins of the Ukr Car Review: Toyota 4Runner TRD PRO goes green for 2022 ... Lime green, actually 03/14/2022 04:45am • Have a need for an SUV that can go where other SUVs and crossovers would not dare to go? The venerable 4Rrunner TRD PRO will get you there and back without breaking a sweat. The new Toyota 4Runner harkens back to a time when SUVs were off-road-focused machines first, and being a relaxed, family haul What Russians can see of their war against Ukraine 03/13/2022 09:13am • Just days after Russia began its unprovoked attack on cities all across Ukraine, 22-year-old Julia Tymoshenko called her relative in Moscow. "I told her about spending a night in the basement of our building in Kyiv, waking up at 4:00 a.m. to the sounds of explosions and fighter jets. My aunt to Black Ukraine refugees allege discrimination while trying to escape Russian invasion 03/12/2022 01:24pm • ▶ Watch Video: Black Ukraine refugees allege racism, discrimination The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine has put a spotlight on alleged racism. The concern: immigrants from Africa and other people of color who call Ukraine home. As millions flee Ukraine, there are accusations of discr Man shot and killed at DC gas station 03/11/2022 10:14pm • A man has died after being shot at a gas station in Southeast D.C. Friday afternoon. D.C. police said the shooting took place at around 2:22 p.m. at the Exxon gas station at the intersection of Alabama Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue. Officers found the man with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergen Latest COVID-19 vaccination numbers in DC, Maryland and Virginia 03/11/2022 06:00pm • !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data)for(var r=0;r Editor's Note: WTOP concluded its COVID-19 data reporting on March 11, 2022, after over 700 days of updates. To continue foll Latest COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations in the DC region 03/11/2022 06:00pm • !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data)for(var r=0;r Editor's Note: WTOP concluded its COVID-19 data reporting on March 11, 2022, after over 700 days of updates. To continue followi Lawmaker: Medical examiner’s office says autopsy backlog cleared 03/11/2022 04:32pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The backlog of bodies waiting for autopsy at the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has reportedly been cleared. In a text exc Review: Animation comes of age in Disney-Pixar's clever new allegory 'Turning Red' 03/11/2022 12:55pm • “I like boys, I like loud music, I like gyrating, I’m 13! Deal with it!” So declares the main character in Disney and Pixar's new animated film "Turning Red," a coming-of-age fantasy that serves as an allegory for puberty this weekend on Disney+. Hats off to the filmmakers for having Effort to block future pandemic closures at houses of worship fails in Va. Senate 03/11/2022 06:39am • An effort to block Virginia from imposing future health-related restrictions on houses of worship fell short in the state Senate, with Democrats joining together to vote against the legislation. "We need to be able to respond to what our health care communities are telling us is necessary," said Maryland officials push for suspension of state's gas tax in wake of unexpected revenue surplus 03/10/2022 08:02pm • With gas prices surging to a national average of $4.25, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is seeking an emergency suspension of the state’s gas tax to “help with the pain at the pump,” he said in a statement Thursday. Hogan said that “at this time of global uncertainty due to Russian aggression� Student member of Montgomery Co. school board speaks out after harassment 03/10/2022 04:42am • During Tuesday's board of education meeting in Montgomery County, Maryland, members of the public were admonished twice after booing and mocking videotaped public comments on the mask policy. Recently, Richard Montgomery High School student Hana O’Looney was subjected to similar behavior as the