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Prince George���s Co. breaks ground on new event and community space 04/09/2025 03:55pm • A future event space in Largo, Maryland, where you may go see a concert or take your dog on a walk, just broke ground. The new "Civic Plaza" will be built in front of the Wayne K. Curry Administration Building. ���In just a few short months, the Civic Plaza will become a place where families Advocates push to build commuter rail to western Loudoun Co. along W&OD trail 04/07/2025 02:25pm • Transit advocates are hoping to gather support for a plan to build a commuter rail line along the W&OD Trail from Purcellville, Virginia, to the Metro station at East Falls Church. The rail line would be in the footprint of the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad, which first began runni Car Review: Mitsubishi Outlander sports bold styling and improved interior design for 2025 04/07/2025 07:29am • A compact SUV that can seat seven people, the 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander SEL looks to make a name for itself with bold looks and batter interior. (WTOP/Mike Parris) It might not be the biggest car company, but Mitsubishi is having a bit of renaissance in the U.S. market and its largest vehicle, the O 3 Major League Baseball umpires call DC area home 04/07/2025 05:08am • In the D.C. region, conversations often start with, ���What do you do?��� WTOP���s series ���Working Capital��� profiles the people doing the work that makes the region unique. The 2025 MLB baseball season is underway, and while the teams on the field are competing to get to the World Series in Oct Purple Line 'dynamic testing' of light rail cars to begin in Maryland 04/06/2025 05:14pm • There will be light rail cars running on a mile-long track of the Purple Line in Maryland as ���dynamic testing��� begins. The testing will be adjacent to the project���s operations and maintenance facility along Veterans Parkway in Glenridge, Maryland, according to a news release from the Maryla Army vet travels country to see Capitals star Alex Ovechkin chase NHL scoring record 04/05/2025 10:43am • After serving in the Army for 33 years and traveling to Mongolia for five months, Melissa Ridgely was asked about her retirement plans. The 56-year-old D.C.-area native knew exactly what she wanted to do: be a part of a historic chase to hockey immortality. Ridgley decided to travel to watch Wash Road closures: Cherry Blossom races shut down Downtown DC this weekend 04/04/2025 05:00pm • Road closures from the annual Cherry Blossom races will shut down tourist hot spots in the District this weekend. The Credit Union Cherry Blossom Races are put on by a consortium of credit unions that have donated nearly $9 million to Children���s Miracle Network Hospitals since 2002. The 5K on S Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles 04/04/2025 01:38pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour. Bitcoin investor Chun Wang chartered a SpaceX flight for himself and three others in a Dragon capsule that was Blues beat Penguins in OT for 11th straight win 04/04/2025 09:38am • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Robert Thomas scored a power-play goal in overtime and the St. Louis Blues tied a franchise record with their 11th consecutive win, 5-4 over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. Jake Neighbours scored twice and Pavel Buchnevich and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues. Joe DC Getaway: 3 unforgettable nature and wildlife adventures in the Ozarks, Missouri�� 04/04/2025 05:26am • Since the 70s, Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris has encouraged people to adventure outdoors. Introducing folks to the great outdoors is an integral part of the lifelong conservationist���s creation of The Johnny Morris Conservation Foundation ��� a nonprofit operating some of America���s most sp Auburn Tigers take on the Florida Gators in Final 4 04/04/2025 03:43am • Florida Gators (34-4, 17-4 SEC) vs. Auburn Tigers (32-5, 16-4 SEC) San Antonio; Saturday, 6:09 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Gators -2.5; over/under is 159.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 4 Auburn and No. 3 Florida play in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. The Tigers are 16-4 against SEC opponents and 16-1 in n An explosion at a standoff between rival gold miners in Bolivia kills at least 5 people 04/04/2025 01:19am • SORATA, Bolivia (AP) ��� A powerful explosion killed at least five people, including a pregnant woman and 1-year-old baby, during a standoff between rival groups of gold miners early Thursday in northwestern Bolivia, police said, a rare instance of territorial disputes between the nation's mining co In South Africa, a needle exchange program for drug users feels the effects of Trump's aid cuts 04/04/2025 12:07am • PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) ��� A secluded corner surrounded by litter and makeshift structures on the outskirts of South Africa���s capital is home to dozens of people with drug addiction. They inject themselves and each other with heroin-laden mixtures, some of them sharing needles. A group of hea Historic ocean liner off Florida's Gulf Coast will soon be the world's largest artificial reef 04/04/2025 12:01am • A historic ocean liner will become the world���s largest artificial reef once it reaches its final resting place off Florida���s Gulf Coast. Competing diving businesses are vying for the massive ship to be scuttled closer to them, while one group is suing to stop the ship from being sunk at all. The A man has shot and killed a Catholic priest at his parish rectory in northeast Kansas 04/03/2025 10:34pm • SENECA, Kansas (AP) ��� A Catholic priest was shot and killed Thursday by a man who approached him at his parish rectory in the town of Seneca, Kansas, church officials said. ���I am heartbroken to share the tragic news of the death of Fr. Arul Carasala, who was fatally shot earlier today," Archbish