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Player of the Week: Northern's Miles Halbert 09/06/2023 06:01am • Miles Halbert is a busy teenager. A junior at Northern High School in Calvert County, Maryland, he starts on offense and defense for the school’s football team. He also is a sprinter on the track team and plays outfield on the baseball team. As Northern opened its football season this past 'Major fireball event' visible across DC region 09/04/2023 03:40pm • The bright flash that was visible in some parts of the D.C. region Sunday night was a "major fireball event," WTOP Space Contributor Greg Redfern said. There were 288 reports to the American Meteor Society about the event, including fragmentation and actual sounds, Redfern said. It occurred over Car Review: Mercedes EQB 250 allows more buyers to experience a luxury EV 09/04/2023 09:03am • The Mercedes EQB250 is the least costly way to hop into a electric Benz. You might think to yourself that there seems to be more new models of Mercedes. Indeed, Mercedes has EV models hitting the roads and, over the next few weeks, we will sample two more of them. First up is the EQB 250, the entry DC man stuck at Burning Man festival speaks on dire desert straits and double rainbows 09/03/2023 09:20pm • A D.C. man is one of tens of thousands of people stranded at and around the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert on Sunday after severe storms swept through the area. The counterculture gathering in the Black Rock Desert about 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of Reno typically attracts nearl DC's 2nd annual Electric Coney 0.5K is a race for the 'un-athletic' 09/03/2023 03:48pm • This Labor Day, you can celebrate the last licks of summer by joining hundreds for a very short, very silly race. The Electric Coney Second Annual Labor Day 0.5K will take you back and forth between two Northwest D.C. bars: Electric Cool-Aid at 512 Rhode Island Ave; and Ivy and Coney, located at DC kids get a gift from new Washington Commanders quarterback 09/02/2023 04:45pm • A new Washington Commander gave a group of kids quite a surprise this Saturday morning: a brand new bike. Quarterback Jacoby Brissett and the NFL Players Association gave 68 bikes to smiling kids in Southwest D.C. “It's what it's all about, being able to be a blessing and give back to your comm Jury awards former Howard County employee nearly $1 million for racial harassment 09/01/2023 09:17pm • A jury awarded a former Howard County public works employee more than $960,000 in compensatory damages in a lawsuit claiming racial harassment by white coworkers. In a verdict delivered Wednesday evening in Howard County Circuit Court, the jury found that Darrell Fletcher, 54, was discriminated a 1 dead on Beltway Inner Loop after scooter collides with tractor trailer 09/01/2023 03:02pm • A person is dead after a fatal crash on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway involving a motor scooter and a tractor trailer, which led to major delays in the area. The crash happened on the Inner Loop of the Beltway, after the Baltimore-Washington Parkway at exit 22. Maryland State Police sa 2 Alexandria shootings within 15 minutes under police investigation 08/28/2023 05:00pm • It's not the first time a group of people on dirt bikes and ATVs has descended on the streets of the D.C. region; but last Saturday night, one of two shootings that happened within minutes of each other in Northern Virginia was linked to a large group of people seen operating them. "If you live i DC Bike Ride gets rolling Sept. 9 — 20 miles and no cars 08/28/2023 02:33pm • The annual D.C. Bike Ride will take place on Sept. 9 with 20 miles of streets from the Capitol to the Pentagon closed off for thousands of riders of all ages. More than 7,000 riders are registered and close to 10,000 are expected by the time registration closes Sept. 7. The ride raises money Big Woodbridge shopping center has a new owner, may get even bigger 08/28/2023 10:33am • Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center includes Wegmans and two dozen other stores. (Courtesy Google Street View) New York-based Kimco Realty has acquired Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center in Woodbridge, Virginia, from JBG Smith for $172.5 million, with plans to expand what is already one of the la Car Review: Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid S is the latest small crossover that's easy on gas 08/28/2023 04:39am • The Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid S is a small crossover with the Corolla name and it delivers big MPG for a price under $30,000. (WTOP / Mike Parris) We all know about the popular Toyota Corolla compact sedan. Now you can get a small crossover version called the Corolla Cross Hybrid that is easy on g Md. and Va. school employees can snag a free car wash this month 08/28/2023 04:28am • There’s nothing like going back to school in style, and in that spirit, a local car wash company is helping to make sure school employees are riding clean as they start the new school year.   View this post on Instagram Gas tax could be come a relic as Md. commission eyes new revenue streams 08/26/2023 04:43am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland’s gas tax may one day become a relic if substitutes being considered by a new state transportation commission get traction. Isolated thunderstorms move quickly through DC area after hot, humid Friday 08/25/2023 12:05pm • The temperate conditions that have blanketed the D.C. area recently are turning more turbulent Friday. Heat and humidity are fueling the heavy rain moving quickly across the region this evening. Here's what you need to know. Thunderstorms are starting to dissipate and move out of the region no