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Player of the Week: John Champe's Bryce Rohr 10/13/2023 04:45am • Each week, WTOP is picking one student athlete to be featured on air and online as our Player of the Week. This week's WTOP Player of the Week is Bryce Rohr of John Champe High School in Aldie, Virginia. Rohr is a senior at John Champe and has committed to swim at Arizona State University after g Months after she got married in the hospital ICU, Va. woman is running Marine Corps Marathon to celebrate husband's second chance 10/11/2023 05:14pm • An Arlington, Virginia, woman is tackling the 26.2 miles of the Marine Corps Marathon after her now-husband suffered a life-threatening health episode just days before their wedding. Maria Anes told WTOP, ���I decided to run the Marine Corps to celebrate his life, and the second chance that the u DC synagogues pray for peaceful end to Israel-Hamas conflict 10/10/2023 05:52am • As missiles rain down over Israel, people of Jewish faith thousands of miles away in the District are praying for the safety of their loved ones. On Friday night, missiles and armed tanks from the Palestinian militant group Hamas from Gaza, marked yet another escalation in the decadeslong conflic Military wife prepares physically and emotionally for the hardest mile of the Marine Corps Marathon 10/09/2023 06:41pm • A Marine spouse is readying to run the 48th Marine Corps Marathon while her husband is deployed overseas. She is logging dozens of miles, all while taking care of an infant and working full-time. Helen Taylor was planning to run the marathon last year with her husband, Capt. Eric Taylor, ���but f The big lessons that can be learned from a tiny Maryland food forest 10/09/2023 02:56pm • It's sandwiched between two sets of railroad tracks and sits next door to an auto repair shop. Once upon a time, it was a home, then it became an empty lot surrounded by homes. And for almost the last six years, the city of Hyattsville, Maryland, has been turning it into what it calls a "food forest 'All of the victims were so badly burned': 3 of 4 victims in fatal Prince George's Co. crash identified 10/09/2023 02:09pm • Three of the four people who died in a crash involving a stolen car late last month have been identified as Prince George's County teens. Police said they are still working to verify the identity of the fourth person. "All of the victims were so badly burned," a Prince George's County police s Car Review: Mercedes Sprinter 2500 cargo van can move a house in one trip 10/09/2023 05:09am • The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 Cargo Van 170″ is large and ready to work hard. (WTOP/Mike Parris) When I saw the list of rides coming my way, this Mercedes really stood out. A two-seat Benz usually means a wind-in-my-hair type of week with a fancy convertible top and corner carving. This week New bike and walking path opens near Vienna Metro station 10/07/2023 09:32pm • A new bicycle and pedestrian path opened this weekend in Fairfax County, Virginia, designed to improve bicyclist and pedestrian safety in a busy corner of the county. The new path, only about one-third of a mile long, carries riders and walkers along northbound Route 29 between Vaden Drive and Nu Montgomery Co. man convicted of manslaughter, DUI in 2022 crash after 'bottomless mimosas' 10/07/2023 03:29pm • A Maryland man who drank almost a dozen mimosas at a brunch has been convicted of manslaughter and driving under the influence in a 2022 crash that killed a man in Rockville, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. A jury reached a verdict in the Circuit Court for Montgomery What are your legal rights during the United Auto Workers strike? 10/05/2023 08:20pm • The United Auto Workers strike may soon leave drivers stranded and in need of vehicle parts. A local expert says the strike will start to dramatically exacerbate the problem for consumers and dealers alike. "This has been going on since COVID. They had an excuse in the beginning. Now, they don't, Man arrested in attempted abduction of Virginia college student 10/05/2023 04:30pm • ▶ Watch Video: University of Virginia student escapes violent abduction attempt, suspect arrested Authorities have arrested a suspect who allegedly strangled and attempted to abduct a University of Virginia student on Wednesday after an extensive search that lasted overnight. The su 1 dead in shooting at Southeast apartment complex 10/05/2023 04:16pm • A man is dead after being shot near his home in Anacostia on Thursday afternoon, D.C. police say. It happened in an apartment complex in the 2600 Block of Stanton Road Southeast just before noon, D.C. police said. The man, who was shot multiple times before dying at the scene, lived nearby and Street closures, transit detours in DC for 'Open Streets Georgia Avenue' 10/04/2023 12:28pm • Three miles of Georgia Avenue will be closed to vehicles on Saturday for the District Department of Transportation's Open Streets event that encourages residents to walk, run, bike and play along the Northwest street. The route will feature free workout classes, musical performances, community yo DC area needs more housing. So why might Prince George���s Co. cap new permits next year? 10/04/2023 04:17am • A proposal is moving through the Prince George���s County Council that would limit residential building permits in 2024 ��� and more severely in areas beyond the Beltway and designated transit areas. The resolution is being sponsored by Council Chair Thomas Dernoga and is backed by four other mem Chicago woman, 104, skydives from plane, aiming for record as the world's oldest skydiver 10/03/2023 01:15pm • OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) ��� A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after leaving her walker on the ground and making a tandem jump in northern Illinois. ���Age is just a number,��� Dorothy Hoffner told a cheering crowd moments after touching the