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Car Review: Toyota finally jumps into the EV game with the bZ4X small crossover 02/18/2024 11:21pm • Toyota���s first EV is an all-electric crossover. The bZ4X is a stylish little crossover with a more futuristic look. The bZ4X sports a front end without a big grill like Toyota gas vehicles, and I like the look. The sleek LED headlight clusters are visually appealing with small individual lights in Car Review: Mazda���s 3-row SUV is a high-tech hit 02/18/2024 10:55pm • ���This is the greatest car ever,��� proclaimed my hyper-focused 5-year-old. She had homed in on the available rear-seat center console as the deal-sealer, giving her, for the first time, her very own mobile stash for small stuffed animals, snacks and other things that young children somehow find ap 'The devastation is not just the house': Neighbors speak on Sterling explosion that killed firefighter 02/17/2024 11:59pm • A chimney is the only part left standing of a house on Silver Ridge Drive in Sterling, Virginia, where a home explosion killed a volunteer firefighter and injured 10 other first responders Friday night. On Saturday morning, scraps of insulation and wood framing were still strewn about the block. Details of Loudoun Co. Parkway emergency landing outlined in NTSB preliminary report 02/17/2024 02:50pm • A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board is providing more insight into the emergency landing of a small commuter plane on the Loudoun County Parkway in Virginia last month. On Jan. 19, the plane's two pilots were forced to land their disabled Southern Airways Express Cess Firefighter killed in 'horrific' Sterling home explosion identified; 4 more first responders remain hospitalized, fire department says 02/17/2024 12:10pm • A leaking propane tank was found in a Sterling, Virginia, home shortly before it exploded Friday night, killing one firefighter and hospitalizing four other first responders. Loudoun County officials confirmed the blast, which terrified residents and prompted calls to WTOP. Trevor Brown, 45, h Man arrested after stealing Maryland State Highway truck sparks high-speed chase, injuring 1 driver and 4 officers 02/16/2024 11:59pm • The driver who led Maryland troopers on a chase along Route 29 and through the surrounding suburban neighborhoods in a stolen state highway help truck has been arrested. Officials said Flavio Cesar Lanuza, 27, of Laurel, Maryland, struck more than a dozen drivers in the state's CHART vehicle bef Incoming winter storm prompts GW Parkway closure, cancellation of school activities 02/16/2024 07:36pm • Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for the latest weather conditions. Get the latest closings and delays. Following a chilly week, the D.C. area can expect a bit more snow ��� and wind. Here���s what you need to know. The George Washington Memorial Parkway North Review: Gina Rodriguez, Damon Wayans Jr. star in rom com 'Players' on Valentine's week 02/16/2024 04:05pm • Did Valentine's Day put you in the mood to watch some romantic comedies this weekend? You might try��Gina Rodriguez's new romp "Players," which premiered this week on Netflix. Set in New York City, journalist Mack (Gina Rodriguez) spends her days writing for the local sports section, then spen Speed limit changing along Golden Mile in Frederick Co. this week 02/15/2024 05:32am • The speed limit along the Golden Mile in Frederick County, Maryland, is changing from 45 mph to 35 mph this week, the state���s highway administration said. The new speed limit applies to the nearly 2-mile stretch of Route 40 (West Patrick Street) between U.S. Route 15 and Old Camp Road. Andre Hoax bomb threats, fire alarms will now come with a price tag in Alexandria 02/14/2024 11:20am • People in Alexandria, Virginia, who call in hoax active shooters and fake bomb threats will now be footed with the bill for the police response. The Alexandria City Council passed an ordinance on Tuesday that would seek reimbursement for the cost of responding to "swatting" incidents. "The Cit Car Review: Honda Pilot gets a big makeover and welcomes a new off-road ready version 02/12/2024 06:03am • The Pilot, a three-row SUV, has been a hit for Honda for years. Now, the latest version has a tough new look ��� more squared, and less round and minivan-looking than before. Also, a new version was born with last year’s redesign. The Trailsport offers more ground clearance and spiffy looking Trailblazing Black umpire started his MLB career in DC 02/12/2024 04:01am • Throughout February,��WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. We all know Jackie Robinson and how he broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. But there's anot An unused rail corridor in the Shenandoah Valley sparks a fight over what���s next 02/10/2024 07:35am • Two groups in the Shenandoah Valley are at odds over what to do with an unused railway after the General Assembly pledged $35 million toward its conversion into a rail trail. The nearly 50-mile rail corridor, which was first established in the 1850s, runs from Front Royal to the town of Broadway 5 Red Line stations shutting down this summer as part of work to connect Metro to Purple Line 02/08/2024 09:18pm • Five stations on the east end of Metro's Red Line will shut down this summer for work to connect the Purple Line light-rail project to the system at Silver Spring. Metro leaders discussed the closure during a meeting Thursday. Starting in early June, Red Line service will shut down from Fort T Everything you need to know about April's total solar eclipse 02/08/2024 07:38am • Sixty days from now on April 8, the sun and new moon will meet in the daytime skies over North America to create a sky sight without compare ��� an eclipse of the sun. For some viewers, the sun will be totally eclipsed by the new moon while for the vast majority of viewers, the sun will be only part