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Thursday is 'National Thrift Shop Day' and Maryland-based Goodwill wants you to stop by 08/17/2023 03:29pm • A Goodwill store in Bowie, Maryland. The thrift store is encouraging shopping on ���National Thrift Shop Day.��� (Courtesy Goodwill of Greater Washington) Thursday is National Thrift Shop Day, and Rockville, Maryland-based Goodwill Industries is using the day to ask people to stop by their local Bottleneck buster? Express Lanes extension to Fredericksburg on I-95 in Virginia set to open Thursday 08/16/2023 04:52pm • One of the most congested areas in the country may start to see some relief starting on Thursday evening. An extension of the I-95 Express Lanes will extend the quicker route all the way to Fredericksburg, Virginia. "It's over. Now, folks, we got some we got some fast wins," Virginia Transportati Flying taxi company Supernal opens sleek new DC headquarters 08/14/2023 12:20pm • Washington, D.C.-based Supernal, which is developing electric vertical takeoff and landing ���flying taxis,��� has moved from a temporary headquarters to a new location to help it facilitate the regulatory process. Supernal said it is, potentially, just a few years away from commercially launchin COG wants DC tour buses and other commercial drivers to stop idling 08/14/2023 10:07am • The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments has launched a three-week Turn Off Your Engine campaign to educate truck and bus drivers about the benefits, both environmental and financial, from reducing idling their parked vehicles��� engines. D.C., Maryland and Virginia all have stiff penal Maryland man steals ambulance responding to Arlington crash, leaving 13 hit-and-runs in wake 08/12/2023 11:59pm • A driver who crashed a stolen vehicle in Arlington County, Virginia, on Saturday stole an ambulance responding to that collision, later colliding with 13 vehicles as he made his way into to the District, police say. Brandywine, Maryland, resident Darell T. Caldwell, 30, was identified by Virginia Lucky stars: Shenandoah 'Night Sky Festival' coincides with perfect Perseid meteor shower this weekend 08/09/2023 04:01pm • This weekend is a skywatcher���s joy, as the annual Shenandoah National Park's Night Sky Festival coincides with the peak of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. The Annual Night Sky Festival involves the whole park and features family-friendly activities with astronomy and space exploration stuff f Metro operator drove a train drunk for hours, even a supervisor missed the signs 08/08/2023 08:00pm • The Metrorail operator arrested for driving intoxicated last year had been behind the wheel of a Blue Line train for hours. There were numerous indications something might be wrong, even before the train sat idle between the Van Dorn and Franconia-Springfield Metro stations for 40 minutes as stra Thousands of anglers looking to score big at the Super Bowl of fishing in Ocean City 08/08/2023 04:15pm • The Super Bowl of fishing is taking over Ocean City, Maryland, this week. It will be the 50th time anglers aim to bring in the big catch at the White Marlin Open. Thousands watched as a 199-pound, big-eyed tuna was weighed Monday. If it remains in first place, it could net the anglers that caught 'American cinema classic': DC's Union Market Drive-In extended for 3 more months 08/08/2023 04:00am • "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" have reignited people's passion for movie theaters after months of pandemic streaming. The founder of D.C.'s Drive-In at Union Market hopes that it will spill over to a classic form of moviegoing. "It's great to see people going back to the movies, this whole 'Ba Go shorty, it's your birthday: 50 Cent hits Jiffy Lube Live to blow out 20 candles for 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'" 08/07/2023 01:58pm • Did you see Beyonce at FedEx Field in Maryland over the weekend? Are you headed to Pink at Nationals Park in D.C. on Monday night? Why not make it a DMV trifecta with a hip-hop show in Virginia on Tuesday night? Rapper 50 Cent takes the stage at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia, as his fa Can AI save the planet? Some Marylanders are trying to make the case 08/07/2023 09:03am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at��Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. The mere mention of "artificial intelligence" inspires a lot of dread and wonder in the general populace. Yet it's an overbroad subjec Car Review: Nissan Rogue goes from slow to respectable with a power upgrade for 2023 08/07/2023 06:42am • The 2023 Nissan Rouge Platinum — the popular compact crossover sports a two-tone paint job and 19-inch wheels. (WTOP / Mike Parris) When I drove the new-look Rogue back in 2021, I really liked what Nissan did to the compact crossover. However, I couldn���t help but notice that the power didn�� Body found off Maryland trail believed to be missing woman Rachel Morin 08/07/2023 06:38am • ▶ Watch Video: Body found off Harford County trail believed to be woman reported missing night before A woman found dead off a popular hiking trail Sunday in Maryland is believed to be a 37-year-old who was reported missing by her boyfriend and police are investigating the death as a h Oppressive heat, wildfires expected to worsen globally, experts say 08/04/2023 05:17pm • Blistering heat, large wildfires and warming oceans from North America across Europe to North Africa have caught hundreds of millions of people in dozens of countries unprepared this year. Experts warn it will only get worse in the short term, even if critical changes are made immediately. In ear Teen killed after stolen car crashes into train in Fauquier County 08/04/2023 01:36am • An 18-year-old was killed Wednesday when the stolen car she was riding in as a passenger collided with a freight train in Delaplane, Virginia, authorities said. Just after midnight on Aug. 2, a sheriff's deputy witnessed a 2015 Honda Accord, driving 97 miles an hour in a stretch of Virginia Route