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McLean residents file lawsuit to stop Capital Beltway toll lane expansion 03/21/2023 12:35am • A group of McLean, Virginia, residents filed a lawsuit to stop the expansion of the toll lanes on the Capital Beltway in Virginia. Although the project to add two-and-a-half miles of express lanes from the Dulles Toll Road in Tysons past the George Washington Parkway is in its second year of cons 700 new Capital Bikeshare e-bikes coming to DC 03/20/2023 08:59pm • D.C.'s mayor is hoping people will be drawn back to working and visiting downtown with an influx of new e-bikes. Partnering with Capital Bikeshare, the city announced that 700 electric-powered bikes are coming to the District, while unveiling a new bike lane downtown. More DC News M The 25 best places to live in the US for allergy sufferers 03/20/2023 08:00pm • Keep your environmental allergies -- and asthma -- under control in these metro areas. Many people are seeking ideal weather when they consider moving to a new part of the country, whether the ideal involves moderate temperatures, hot days or enough snow to regularly hit the slopes. But regardles Car Review: Hyundai Tucson gets new looks and plug-in hybrid version 03/20/2023 06:11am • Finding the correct crossover can be tough work, especially when there are so many options. Hyundai has retooled the compact Tucson crossover to give buyers gas, hybrid and PHEV versions. I drove the gas N-Line AWD and the plug-in hybrid versions, and I can help you sort it all out. More Consumer Traffic safety top of mind at Prince George's Co. high school after student killed in crash 03/18/2023 11:07am • Henry Wise High School’s gymnasium was full of neighbors from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, frustrated about the number of traffic incidents nearby. Just last week, one of the school’s own died in a car crash. The emergency meeting was held by Prince George's Council Vice Chair Wala Blegay after DC ranks in top 10 destinations for cheap flights 03/17/2023 05:02pm • D.C. was just ranked among cities with the best low airfare nationwide, and travel experts say now is the time to book to get the best summer travel deals. The city was recently ranked seventh on a top 10 list of U.S. destinations from Going.com, including Tampa, Los Angeles and Hawaii, with the 'Stop looking at me, swan!' Why Adam Sandler deserves the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize 03/17/2023 12:33am • Adam Sandler will receive the 24th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor this Sunday at the Kennedy Center, bringing some "high-quality H2O" to the Potomac River as Bobby Boucher sacks the nation's capital. Allow me to speak for a wide swath of Generation X and Millennials when I say th ‘Treehouse’ tops the list of amenities offered to Fairfax Co. office building tenants 03/15/2023 12:30pm • Commercial real estate landlords know that amenities keep tenants and attract tenants, and in this post-pandemic remote work world, it has become harder to land new or renewed leases, so owners are upping their amenity games. Bridge Investment Group recently completed amenity renovations to Willo New Legion Bridge or not, VDOT says extending Express Lanes will speed commute 03/15/2023 10:12am • While it's not clear if and when a new American Legion Bridge will be built, now that the group Maryland chose to build the Potomac crossing and toll lanes on parts of the Beltway and I-270 has pulled out of the project, Virginia is moving full speed ahead to extend its 495 Express Lanes. Regardl NAACP voices support for Md. as site of future FBI HQ 03/14/2023 04:52am • The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is calling on President Joe Biden to support hosting the new FBI headquarters in Prince George's County, Maryland, in order to promote equity. The NAACP's letter on Friday followed Maryland lawmakers request that the president Car Review: Volvo V90 Cross Country, a wagon that looks more like a crossover 03/13/2023 04:56am • Volvo starts by giving the V90 slick styling with curves. Goodbye box on wheels! It’s one of the best-looking wagons that I’ve ever seen. The Volvo V90 Cross Country B6 helps defeat the boring wagon stigma by giving it more ground clearance so that it looks a bit more like an SUV. The Volvo Greenbelt Park reopens hiking trails, picnic areas after windstorm damages trees 03/12/2023 08:07am • Greenbelt Park in Maryland reopened its hiking trails and picnic areas on Friday, after it was closed for months due to a high speed windstorm that damaged trees last year. In July 2022, a windstorm with speeds getting up to 80 miles per hour tore trees up from the root and destroyed power lines. School zone, red light enforcement cameras could start in Prince William Co. by summer 03/10/2023 07:26am • Red light enforcement and school zone speed cameras could be in place throughout Prince William County, Virginia, by summer. The Board of County Supervisors has been studying the feasibility of using automated enforcement cameras in efforts to make pedestrians -- including school children -- safe GW Parkway construction near entering next phase, which will shut down southbound lanes 03/09/2023 12:58am • The George Washington Parkway is in the process of getting some much-needed TLC. In order to rehabilitate the road, drivers will see lower speed limits, changing road configurations and even a reversible lane that would begin operating in just over a month. “It will have a major impact on peopl Police ID high school student killed in Prince George's Co. crash 03/08/2023 10:00pm • A high school student is dead and a second hospitalized after a crash in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on Tuesday morning. Prince George's County police were called to the area of Ritchie Marlboro Road and Marlboro Pointe Drive around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday for the report of a crash. First responders s