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Beltway Basketball Beat: Maryland's second-half surprise 02/17/2020 06:57am • Maryland guard Anthony Cowan Jr. (1) shoots against Michigan State in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in East Lansing, Mich., Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) For 37 minutes on Saturday afternoon, the script went as it has for most of the Mark Turgeon era on a m Car Review: Chevrolet adds better mpg to Silverado pickup with new diesel engine 02/17/2020 04:29am • Looking for a light duty pickup truck that excels with higher miles per gallon? The 2020 Chevrolet Silverado delivers with the new Duramax diesel engine. Pickup trucks are as popular as ever, but aren’t the most fuel efficient vehicles on the road. Now, more light duty trucks are adding an alt Fauquier teen wanted for double murder arrested in NC 02/16/2020 04:07pm • Fauquier County Sheriff Robert Mosier said Sunday that after a daylong manhunt, murder suspect Levi Norwood, 17, was arrested in Durham, North Carolina, Saturday on suspicion of shoplifting at a Target. Norwood was charged with two counts of murder in the killing of his mother, Jennifer Norwood, Virginia a key state in Bloomberg's Super Tuesday strategy 02/15/2020 06:49pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — If there is a state where Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg could expect a return on investment, it is Virginia. By investing millions on state legislative races, Bloomberg helped Democrats take back the statehouse last fall. With fu US assures Afghans it will not abandon them after peace deal 02/15/2020 05:36am •  As the United States finalizes its plans to reduce violence in Afghanistan, an Afghan source close to the negotiations has said that US officials in Munich, Germany, reassured Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his team that American won't abandon them. The source said Tech issues, conflicting standards hold back smoother Metro rides 02/14/2020 03:18pm • A Metro train pulls into the station at Reagan National Airport on April 18, 2018. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) A newly available internal review details Metro's struggles in returning to faster, smoother automatic train operation after more than a decade. Metro has run the more j Grant from state opioid office referred for criminal investigation 02/14/2020 09:09am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A $750,000 grant approved ― but never funded ― by Maryland’s opioid command center to open an Eastern Shore drug rehabilitation f How to keep your spring flowers in bloom throughout the winter 02/14/2020 04:18am • Meet Mike in Chantilly next weekend! Mike will appear on Saturday and Sunday, February 22 and 23 at the long-running Capital Remodel & Garden Show at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly. Saturday talks will be at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. and Sunday talks will be at noon and 2 p.m. Mike will talk about Metro train operator fell asleep at the switch, investigation finds 02/13/2020 05:08pm • A Metro train operator fell asleep at the controls, leading to a rush-hour train blowing right through a station without stopping last year, a newly-finalized investigation concluded. The 7000 Series Green Line train toward Branch Avenue kept going through the Waterfront station just before 8 a.m Significant problems found in Metro track safety and inspection department 02/13/2020 01:01pm • Metro must fix inadequate, inconsistent or outdated track safety and maintenance policies that lead to some track workers essentially winging it and others skipping key maintenance or inspection procedures, the first-ever audit from the independent Washington Metrorail Safety Commission found. Me Mild January meant fewer water main breaks for Maryland utility 02/12/2020 07:07pm • January's mild temperatures brought good news for a Maryland water utility in the form of fewer water main breaks. "There's a direct relation between the water temperature that we pull from the Potomac and Patuxent rivers and a spike in breaks, and because we've had such a mild January and Februa Big changes advance in Virginia ahead of crossover deadline 02/12/2020 05:00am • Major pent-up Democratic priorities that could mean significant changes across Virginia are moving forward after Tuesday night’s crossover deadline that marks the procedural midpoint of the annual General Assembly session. Minimum wage hikes, a limited “assault weapons” ban, allowing locali Virginia to hold annual statewide tornado drill on March 17 02/12/2020 04:11am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An annual statewide drill to prepare for tornado threats and test public warning systems will be held in Virginia on March 17. The drill will begin at approximately 9:45 a.m. with a test tornado warning sent in the form of a required monthly test by the National Weather Ser The Big Twenty: Counting down the 20 biggest local sports stories of the past 20 years 02/11/2020 09:58am • This content is sponsored by NBC Sports Washington. The Big Twenty 2019 marked the end of what’s been a spectacular, tragic, exciting and controversial two decades in the region. At NBC Sports Washington, we gathered a panel of sportswriters, former athletes and other experts to look back Maryland bans many flavored disposable e-cigarettes 02/10/2020 06:49pm • Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot said he understands the products are used by some people to kick the habit of smoking, so that is why this ban will not target tobacco- or menthol-flavored disposable e-cigarettes. (WTOP/Mike Murillo) Maryland has announced its plan to take a national ban on t