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Carfax: Odometer fraud on used cars is on the rise for the DC area 01/08/2023 03:51pm • Thinking about buying a used car this year? With odometer fraud and other scams up around the D.C. region, you'll need to find different ways to verify mileage on the vehicle you want to purchase. ���A lot of people think that with digital odometers, that odometer can't be manipulated. And that c True hot dog fanatics can apply to be an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile driver 01/08/2023 02:16am • Ready to relish the role of a lifetime? Oscar Mayer is currently recruiting the next class of drivers for its iconic Wienermobile. The year-long "Hot Dogger" gig is available for a cadre of recent college graduates, according to a news release from Oscar Mayer. Each driver selected will visit 'So much safer now': Bicyclists ride new bike lanes on Old Georgetown Road 01/07/2023 04:49pm • A small band of devoted bicyclists braved chilly winds Saturday to ride on the newly-installed bike lanes on Old Georgetown Road, which have been previously criticized by some Maryland drivers as troublesome, unnecessary and annoying. Seven bicyclists took part in the ride that began in downtown Can a ferry system increase tourism for waterfront towns along the Chesapeake Bay? 01/06/2023 01:54pm • Right now, it's just an idea, and not a new one, but tourism groups around Maryland are coming together to fund a study that will look at whether a ferry system could work around the Chesapeake Bay. When the ferry would run, how often it would run, exactly where it would run, and even at what Chesapeake Bay still in poor health, blue crabs suffering, says State of the Bay report 01/06/2023 01:16am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. The health of the Chesapeake Bay remains unchanged from a D+ in 2020 and 2018, according to a biennial report from the Chesapeake Bay Founda Va. woman pleads guilty in wrong-way, drunken driving crash on I-95 that killed teen 01/05/2023 11:21am • A Spotsylvania, Virginia woman has pleaded guilty to drinking and driving the wrong way on Interstate 95 in a 2021 crash that killed a 14-year-old girl and seriously injured several members of her family. Taylor Andujar, 29, pleaded guilty Wednesday, in Spotsylvania Circuit Court, to aggravated i Va. transportation leaders on lessons learned a year after I-95 winter storm standstill 01/04/2023 08:51pm • It's been one year since a winter disaster on Interstate 95, when thousands of drivers were stranded on icy roads in Northern Virginia. State transportation leaders are reflecting on lessons learned from the incident. "This was such an extraordinary event," said state Sen. Dave Marsden, who chair Plenty of smiles as Hogan, Franchot serve their last meeting on Maryland Board of Public Works 01/04/2023 06:11pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and Comptroller Peter Franchot (D) served their final meeting Wednesday on the Board of Public Works, an affai DC woman tracked lost luggage's odyssey using AirTag 01/04/2023 03:37pm • A woman in D.C. has finally gotten a bag that was lost on a United Airlines flight home last week ��� after she spent five days tracking the bag using AirTags that showed it was at an apartment complex just 2 miles away from her house. Valerie Szybala told WTOP her bag was separated from her on a Attorney general announces Thomas Jefferson high school investigations 01/04/2023 02:38pm • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced two investigations into Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Wednesd Earth closest to the sun today: Does it have any impact on weather? 01/04/2023 10:08am • The D.C. area has sprung into spring early this week with record warmth to kick off 2023. The ���heat��� spell just happens to be coincidental with Perihelion Day this year! Simply put, there is a day each year where the Earth���s elliptical orbit makes its closest approach to the sun (known as p Route 29 widening construction in Fairfax Co. to start this spring 01/04/2023 08:55am • For commuters in Northern Virginia, some bottlenecks are more predictable than others. Work is set to begin this spring to relieve a twice-a-day chokepoint. In the next few months, Virginia Department of Transportation plans to begin construction to widen 1.5 miles of U.S. Route 29 ��� also known Will 3-point shooting be Wizards' biggest NBA trade deadline need? 01/04/2023 12:24am • Is shooting Wizards' biggest trade deadline need? originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Wizards' front office has likely already been deliberating over what to add at the Feb. 9 trade deadline for quite some time, but now that the calendar has turned to January, it is just over a mont Review: 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' is preposterous fun ��� no more, no less 01/03/2023 12:28pm • In 2019, Rian Johnson's twisty-turny "Knives Out" became a surprise mainstream hit, infusing fresh creativity into the whodunit genre with a candy-colored "Clue" mystery. Now, the sequel "Glass Onion" has become the No. 1 movie��on Netflix since it dropped over Christmas weekend, providing fo War in Ukraine: Battle for the soul of Europe 01/03/2023 08:50am • In the fall of 2021, Russian troops began assembling near its border with Ukraine, ostensibly planning military exercises with Belarus. Talk of an invasion of Ukraine grew. At the time, WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green began daily contact with sources in Ukraine and traveled to th