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How HIMARS launchers are shifting momentum in Ukraine's fight against Russia 09/04/2022 09:20am • ▶ Watch Video: HIMARS: How it's changing Ukraine's fight against Russia It's been a standard, largely-unnoticed part of the American military arsenal for decades. But when HIMARS (an acronym which stands for High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) showed up in Ukraine, it changed the fa Western section of new I-66 Express Lanes to open ahead of schedule 09/02/2022 06:33pm • The Virginia Department of Transportation on Friday said the westernmost part of the I-66 Express Lanes will open next weekend — ahead of schedule. The 9-mile section that runs from Va. Route 29 in Gainesville to Va. Route 28 in Centreville will open sometime during the weekend of Sept. 10, VDO Guilty verdict in 2016 Fairfax Co. killing 09/01/2022 03:21pm • A man who had to be extradited from Ethiopia to stand trial was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in a 2016 Fairfax County, Virginia, killing. Yohannes Nessibu, 28, was convicted in the shooting death of Kedest Simeneh, 22, who was found in a backyard in Burke the morning of Dec. 22, Water service fixes 1 of 2 water main breaks on Clopper Road 09/01/2022 01:15am • Crews have fixed one of the two water main breaks but is fixing the first pipe that broke on Tuesday that left hundreds without water service in Germantown, Maryland. Clopper Rd Update: The second break that occurred last night has been fixed and water is back on. The first pipe that broke is st Wes Unseld Jr. maximizing his first full offseason as Wizards head coach 08/31/2022 05:15pm • Unseld Jr. maximizing first full offseason as Wizards coach originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonWes Unseld Jr. estimates he will fly a total of nearly 40,000 miles just this summer, so not including all the midseason road trips as head coach of the Washington Wizards.Unseld Jr. traveled to L 3 teens wounded in 2 separate shooting incidents in DC 08/31/2022 01:36pm • Two teenagers were shot outside of a charter school in Northeast, and another in a building just a couple miles away in Southeast D.C. Wednesday morning. Police believe the incidents are unrelated. Just before 10 a.m. Wednesday, the D.C. police got a call about a double shooting outside the IDEA Fairfax Co. police looking for man who tried to abduct teenage girl in Reston 08/31/2022 12:45pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are looking for a man who tried to abduct a teenage girl in Reston on Tuesday. Tara Gerhard with Fairfax County police said in a news conference that police are investigating whether the attempted kidnapping is related to other attacks on the nearby Washington VIDEO: What's that in the sky? 08/31/2022 08:40am • Just before daybreak Wednesday, something unusual — but not totally out of the ordinary — showed up on the local radar. The video above shows what appeared to be an expanding circle of echoes across the Chesapeake Bay near Chestertown, Maryland, that disappear quickly several minutes late Chesapeake Bay lighthouse still looking for bidders 08/31/2022 01:30am • You can be the first to bid on a 120-year-old Chesapeake Bay lighthouse that the federal government is auctioning off online. The Hooper Island Lighthouse is located about 4 miles offshore from Middle Hooper Island, which is part of Dorchester County, Maryland. The four-story caisson lighthouse w Arlington teenager seeks help to find person who stabbed him 08/30/2022 11:06pm • An Arlington, Virginia, teenager started his senior year in the intensive care unit after being stabbed while running on a popular local trail. Max, 17, whose parents asked his last name not be used, was in the middle of a 2-mile run on the Custis Trail on Saturday night, when he was attacked as Car Review: 2022 Cadillac CT5 V-Series Blackwing rocks big power and a manual transmission 08/29/2022 06:26am • 660+ supercharged horses, manual transmission and a Cadillac? The 2022 CT5 V-Series Blackwing will open you eyes what a luxury sedan can be. After a few years of sitting out, Cadillac is back with a vengeance with its V series of sports sedans. The CT5 V-Series Blackwing is the top-of-the-line mid-s Back to the Moon: How to watch Monday's Artemis I launch 08/28/2022 06:04pm • Artist rendering of the Artemis mission to the Moon. (Courtesy NASA) The countdown clock at Kennedy Space Center is ticking toward zero for a Monday morning launch of the un-crewed Artemis I mission to the Moon. This is one event you'll want to catch live. Right now, NASA's scheduled launch t Why NASA wants to return to the moon before sending humans to Mars 08/28/2022 02:59pm • Before landing the first humans on Mars, NASA wants to return to the lunar surface -- but in a way that we've never explored the moon before. When the uncrewed Artemis I mission launches on Monday, August 29, it's just the first step toward the future of space exploration. The last crewed land Montgomery Co. parent settles lawsuit over police response to child who left school 08/27/2022 08:58am • A parent from Montgomery County, Maryland, has settled with the county over how her young child was detained by police after he walked away from school two years ago. The Office of the County Attorney for Montgomery County announced the $275,000 settlement Friday between Shanta Grant, and police Weekend Road and Rail: I-66 transforms at Beltway and US-50, Open Streets DC, Metro preps for fall project 08/26/2022 04:00am • The Express Lanes expansion project that Transforms I-66 Outside the Beltway will have closures at Interstate 495 and U.S. Route 50 in Virginia. Roadwork and bridge maintenance is on the agenda in parts of Maryland. And Metro prepares for upcoming shutdowns. Here's what you need to know to get ar