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DC celebrates 35th Annual 17th Street High Heel Race 10/26/2022 12:44am • With a light mist falling Tuesday evening, the crowds gathered in the Dupont Circle neighborhood in Northwest D.C. for the the 35th annual High Heel Race. The iconic race is held every year on 17th Street, and hosts thousands of bejeweled and bedazzled runners. More D.C. News Each year on the T Montgomery Co. officer won't be charged in pursuit that ended in deadly crash 10/25/2022 08:28pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, police officer will not face charges after a car chase in February that ended in a deadly crash. The decision comes from the Howard County State Attorney’s Office after review of a report on the pursuit conducted by the Independent Investigations Division at the M Only 1 person (and about 40 others) could pull this marathon vet out of retirement 10/25/2022 07:38am • Patricia Carlin-Janssen has run marathons before. It's just been a long, long time since she ran one. Carlin-Janssen hails from Grand Rapids, Minnesota. "Most people talk about living east or west of the Mississippi ," she says. "I live north of the Mississippi." More Marine Corps Dense fog to start Tuesday commute in DC area 10/25/2022 05:30am • D.C.-area commuters on Tuesday morning should plan for expanding dense fog that was brought on by a unique weather setup. High pressure lodged along the Northeast coast with considerable moisture trapped in the lowest thousand feet of the atmosphere is leading to widespread dense fog developing r Residents sound off on traffic issues in Montgomery Co. 10/25/2022 12:27am • Driving around a stretch of Montgomery County, Maryland, has many people frustrated, and they had the chance to speak about it at a town hall Monday night. During the virtual community town hall on Zoom, residents said there are significant issues at Massachusetts Avenue and Little Falls Parkway, Car Review: Nissan Z brings back the magic 10/24/2022 06:05am • Car companies like Nissan have been producing fun sports cars for five decades now. The original 240Z was a hit — and this latest Z hopes to rekindle that magic. More Car Reviews More Consumer News The 2022 Nissan Z adds more style and some retro touches from original 240Z to stand out in the Suspect in custody after 'barricade situation' at Fort Belvoir Army base 10/23/2022 03:50pm • The FBI says the 'barricade situation' at Fort Belvoir Army base in Virginia has been resolved and that a person has been taken into custody. Beginning around 8 a.m. Sunday morning, local law enforcement, military police and the FBI Washington Field Office’s (WFO) National Capital Response Squa 19th-century ship 'Pride of Baltimore II' open for tours in Old Town Alexandria 10/22/2022 11:24am • Visitors to Old Town Alexandria this weekend can climb aboard a modern reproduction of the early 19th-century tall ship, the Pride of Baltimore II. Free deck tours are offered through Sunday evening for the vessel that's become the figurehead of the Star Spangled Banner Trail. The stop in Alexand Northbound I-270 reopens after overturned dump truck causes 5-hour closure 10/21/2022 05:16pm • A crash on Interstate 270 on Oct. 21, 2022. (Courtesy Brad Freitas / NBC Washington) The northbound lanes of Interstate 270 reopened Friday night, after an overturned dump truck and fuel spill caused a closure that lasted over five hours. However, delays remain as a result of the closure. E-scooter injuries among kids are becoming more frequent and severe 10/21/2022 03:12pm • E-scooters seem to be everywhere — and the number of kids showing up in emergency departments because of e-scooter injuries doubled over a decade of use while hospitalizations tripled, according to a data crunch by doctors at Children's National Hospital. The research abstract, presented during Prelude to famous Italian car race comes to Middleburg 10/21/2022 01:40pm • Drivers shouldn’t be surprised if they see some rare and vintage sports cars rumbling through the Virginia countryside Friday, and into D.C. on Saturday. The 1000 Miglia Warm Up USA is in town, with Middleburg, Virginia, as its home base. It’s put on in cooperation with organizers of the orig Weekend Road and Rail: 495 Next Project ramps up; I-295 transformation; Red Line shutdown 10/21/2022 05:49am • The Beltway expansion work, known as the 495 Next Project, continues to ramp up on the Virginia side of the American Legion Bridge. The ever-changing transformation of Interstate 66 will see more new ramp configurations come to fruition. The Interstate 295/DC-295 Corridor Project is expected to What's being done to keep pedestrians safe around schools? 10/21/2022 05:28am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP’s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. How are D.C.-area jurisdictions keeping pedestrians safe around schools? What it is: October is Pedestrian Safety month, which comes at the time of year when law enforcement DC experiments with new, innovative transit options 10/20/2022 05:24pm • The District is beginning some experiments with new options for public transportation. Launching in some of the District's trendiest and busiest neighborhoods, the city has announced a new partnership with Circuit aimed at improving transit and mobility in the area around the Southwest waterf Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby in Virginia 10/20/2022 05:51am • The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year. The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. Special Forces raid that killed her parents and five siblings. After months in a U.S