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Drivers blocking Montgomery Co. bike lanes could soon see hefty penalties 07/28/2025 05:20pm • Montgomery County Council member Evan Glass is introducing a bill intended to increase safety for cyclists. Under the proposal, drivers would be barred from standing, parking or otherwise blocking designated bike lanes. Glass told WTOP part of the impetus for the bill was county data that show I-495 construction lane closures to impact Virginia, Maryland traffic 07/27/2025 04:43pm • Several lane changes on Interstate 495 will impact traffic patterns in Virginia and Maryland this week, and could cause delays for drivers through Aug. 2. The lane closures and traffic changes come as part of the I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project corridor, which is seeking Passengers exit plane via emergency slide after aborted takeoff 07/27/2025 06:30am • (DENVER, Colo.) -- Passengers on an American Airlines flight evacuated onto the runway via emergency slides after the plane aborted its takeoff on the runway in Denver on Saturday. One person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, officials said. American Airlines flight 3023, which was h A man accused of stabbing 11 people at a Walmart is in Michigan authorities' custody 07/26/2025 11:37pm • TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Eleven people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City on Saturday — with six in critical condition — in what a Michigan sheriff said appeared to be a random act. A suspect was in custody, authorities said. Around 4:45 p.m., a 42-year-old man entered the store 'A place of healing': Memorial honors Loudoun Co. firefighter killed in a house explosion 07/25/2025 01:07pm • Trevor Brown was a rock. Whether it was answering a call for the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company, going on a hike or, closest to his heart, caring for his wife and three kids, the brawny, 6-foot-tall Brown was solid – always reliable, always steady. This Saturday, Brown’s birthday, in the Pro-stadium deal group pushes neighbors to back DC Council in vote 07/25/2025 05:43am • Fresh off a city hall announcement that the Washington Commanders and the D.C. Council chair have a new deal for a stadium at the RFK site, supporters of the stadium went door to door Thursday evening in Northeast D.C. encouraging residents to back the plan. The supporters were asking people New data map shows higher flood risks for roads and transit networks 07/24/2025 05:35pm • A new map highlights what many people living in the D.C. region already experience: There's more flash flooding in areas where it wasn't common in the past. From Silver Spring in Maryland to the Bloomingdale neighborhood in the District and areas around the Pentagon, flash floods are creating mor AI just gave researchers deeper understanding of Chesapeake Bay watershed 07/24/2025 03:56pm • To map the Chesapeake Bay watershed, researchers have long relied on aerial imagery, a time-consuming process to document every water source. But artificial intelligence just might help to change that. Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, along with the Environmental P Manassas School Board approves term limits and other changes for board leadership 07/23/2025 02:07pm • The Manassas City School Board approved a policy Tuesday night that will enact term limits for the chair position and rotate the vice chair role among members. The measure was approved in a 4-3 vote, with Chair Suzanne Seaberg, Vice Chair Jill Spall and board member Zella Jones casting the dissenti Traffic headaches ahead for Capital Beltway drivers due to overnight roadwork, lane shifts 07/23/2025 10:53am • Your nighttime commute on the Capital Beltway in Northern Virginia is going to get more tricky on Wednesday. Starting at 10 p.m., there will be a triple-lane closure on the Outer Loop, south of the American Legion Bridge due to overnight roadwork as part of the 2.5-mile northern extension of DC SNAP recipients to see lower traffic ticket fines under pilot program 07/22/2025 06:45pm • After several months of planning, D.C. SNAP benefit recipients are now eligible to get some of their traffic and moving violation fines, such as running a stop sign or a red light, reduced from $100 to $50. Officials say about 1,500 SNAP families have the potential to have their lower level traff Too legit to quit being fit: Arlington, DC again top list of nation's fittest cities 07/22/2025 04:16pm • Arlington, Virginia, and D.C. again topped the American College of Sports Medicine's yearly ranking of the nation's fittest cities. "This is the eighth year that Arlington has been the first — it's quite an achievement," said Dr. Stella Volpe, former American College of Sports Medicine presiden Maryland fires back against EPA claims about its offshore wind permit 07/21/2025 05:36pm • The Maryland Department of the Environment is defending the permit it issued to a wind farm proposed off the coast of Ocean City, after a challenge from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Thursday letter from Maryland Secretary of the Environment Serena McIlwain also said the state 'Wedding Crashers' resort in St. Michaels ranks as top mid-Atlantic resort 07/21/2025 12:56pm • The Inn at Perry Cabin, the setting for the original "Wedding Crashers" movie, has been voted the best resort in the mid-Atlantic region. The sprawling waterfront resort on Miles River in St. Michaels, Maryland, landed the top ranking via votes by Travel + Leisure readers. The Inn at Perry Ca Virginia Supreme Court upholds state commission's decision to deny Dulles Greenway rate hike 07/20/2025 01:17pm • The Supreme Court of Virginia has upheld the State Corporation Commission's September 2024 decision denying a toll increase for the Dulles Greenway, the 14-mile stretch of roadway that links Leesburg to the Dulles International Airport. The rate increase was previously requested by Toll Road Inve