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The 100 deadliest days for teenage drivers have just started 06/01/2023 01:13pm • The period between Memorial Day and Labor Day is very risky for teenage drivers. It���s called the 100 deadliest days. AAA Mid-Atlantic is out with a fresh reminder, calling on teens to be more careful and parents to pay more attention. Teens typically spend more time on the road once scho Md. transportation secretary doesn���t have 'a lot of faith' in expected 2026 completion of Purple Line 06/01/2023 04:49am • After a two-year pause when the original contractor backed out, work is resuming on building the 16.2-mile-long Purple Line light-rail project. With a new contractor in place, Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld said his agency is putting the pressure on new builders, Maryland Transi Collective Soul ready to rock Let's Go! Music Fest 05/30/2023 01:10pm • Hear our full chat on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.��� The third annual Let���s Go! Music Festival returns to Annapolis, Maryland, this weekend, including Live and Collective Soul on Friday; 311, Cold War Kids and Lit on Saturday, and Chris Young and Kip Moore on Sunday Western Maryland abortion provider will open in ���abortion desert��� as other states further restrict abortion access 05/30/2023 08:19am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down federal abortion protections, state legislatures have passed new laws to shape aborti Car Review: Honda fully redesigns 2023 Accord with spacious interior, great gas mileage 05/29/2023 06:47am • The Accord has been a top or near top-selling sedan for decades, and Honda looks to keep it that way with a big overhaul for 2023. While sedans have been taking a big hit in the age of the crossover, Honda still produces and continues to invest in its big sedan. For 2023, Honda gave the Accord a maj Emotional ceremony celebrates newest national heritage area in Md. 05/27/2023 03:08pm • A tribal drum circle was held during a celebration of the new Southern Maryland National Heritage Area federal designation in Piscataway Park on Thursday. Photo by Josh Kurtz. This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matt With Memorial Day getaway out of the way, some weekend congestion remains 05/26/2023 04:12pm • More than 1 million people from the D.C. metro area are expected to travel 50-plus miles this Memorial Day weekend, with plenty of them getting an early start Thursday and Friday. The vast majority are traveling by car ��� more than last year and just shy of pre-pandemic numbers, according to AAA 'It gets pretty intense': Survey of road crews shows dangers in work zones 05/25/2023 06:15pm • Managers and members of road crews ��� people used to working outdoors ��� sit in an office, talking about the close calls they���ve had on the road. Michael Veid, with Fay, S&B USA Construction, said that when on a road construction site, ���you���re literally 12 feet away from a 75 mile-an- DC-area lawmakers unite to oppose bill that would add more daily flights at Reagan National 05/25/2023 10:09am • A proposal to add 28 daily flights, including more long-distance flights at Ronald Reagan National Airport is drawing strong opposition from lawmakers from Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. "National is currently designed to accommodate 15 million passengers annually," according to a May 23 letter sen Best and worst travel times around the DC area this Memorial Day weekend 05/24/2023 05:21pm • Thousands of D.C.-area residents will be setting out to enjoy the blue sky and green wilderness this Memorial Day weekend, but first they just might be seeing red on the roads. Nationwide, an estimated 42.3 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day week From elevated highway to urban boulevard: Va. awaits federal decision to transform Route 1 in Crystal City 05/24/2023 01:30pm • With the just-opened Potomac Yard Metro Station and the planned pedestrian bridge to Ronald Reagan National Airport, there's a lot of work and planning to make the Route 1 corridor in Alexandria and Arlington, Virginia, easier to navigate in the future ��� but that involves improving what's there to Route 1 speed limit drops from 45 to 35 in Fairfax County 05/23/2023 10:27am • The speed limit has been permanently reduced by 10 miles an hour in the crash-prone 7-mile stretch of Richmond Highway, also known as Route 1, between Mount Vernon, Virginia, and the Capital Beltway, south of the City of Alexandria. The Virginia Department of Transportation and Fairfax County mad District Heights church offers community a chance to 'Walk In My Shoes' 05/22/2023 09:25am • This is part of WTOP���s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. The old saying, "Don't judge someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes," will soon come to light in one Prince George's County, Ma Memorial Day daytrips: DC-area hikes, outdoor activities worth your time 05/22/2023 05:50am • Wondering what to do with that extra day off this Memorial Day weekend? Well, the D.C. region is home to many outdoor attractions perfect for celebrating the holiday weekend. Erin Gifford, a freelance travel writer who has written three guidebooks for hiking in Virginia and the surrounding D.C. a Uncertain future of Maryland racing hangs over Preakness celebration 05/19/2023 02:49pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. As the sun rose over the mile-long oval at Old Hilltop and the first rays of daylight shot across the infield, bouncing off the glass-fron