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Woman dies after hitting tree in Prince William Co. motorcycle crash 08/14/2022 08:54am • A woman has died after the motorcycle she was driving struck a tree in Prince William County, Virginia, on Saturday, according to police. Brooke Allyson Shambeck, 56, of Oakton, Virginia, died after being transported to an area hospital. More Virginia News More Prince William County Ikea partners with Reston company for EV charging stations 08/12/2022 10:54am • Reston, Virginia-based Electrify America has partnered with Ikea to install ultrafast electric vehicle charging stations at Ikea stores in the U.S. for both shoppers and Ikea's EV truck fleets. In all, Electrify America and its Electrify Commercial division will install charging stations at more Weekend Road and Rail: I-66, Metro work continue 08/12/2022 09:58am • Work continues on I-66 outside the Beltway, as well as on Metro, and guardrail replacement is only one of the projects going on in Maryland. Here's what to look out for. Maryland The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will upgrade the guardrail on southbound Interst Review: Jamie Foxx battles vampires in Netflix action-horror-comedy 'Day Shift' 08/12/2022 12:39am • Imagine Jamie Foxx driving Tom Cruise around Los Angeles like "Collateral" (2004), but instead of a hitman, Cruise flashes his fangs like "Interview with a Vampire" (1994). That's the vibe of Foxx's new L.A. movie "Day Shift," which drops on Netflix this Friday, delivering an action-horror-co Annual cost of owning a new vehicle crosses $10K mark 08/11/2022 01:22pm • The annual cost of owning and operating a new vehicle has stretched beyond $10,000, according to a new report from AAA. The average cost is now at $10,728, or $894 per month. That is considerably higher when compared to the same time in 2021, when the average cost was $9,666, or $805.50 per month Residents confront Prince George's Co. Council chair over zoning changes in Bowie 08/11/2022 01:05am • A group of Bowie residents -- who have long fought the Prince George's County Council on zoning and land use issues -- showed up in Largo Wednesday for a news conference and protest over changes to master plans that govern future land use decisions in the Maryland city. At the same time they were Fundraising underway for White House lightning strike survivor 08/08/2022 05:50am • Days after a lightning strike at Lafayette Square near the White House, the family of survivor Amber Escudero-Kontostathis raised more than $30,000 for her medical bills. In an update on GoFundMe, family members said that Escudero-Kontostathis of Newbury Park, California, was working hard to reco Car Review: With style that will get you noticed, the new Polestar 2 is the electric future of the new Volvo brand 08/08/2022 03:31am • Polestar might not be a household name because it’s a new brand from Volvo that pushes its electric vehicle future with a Swedish touch. This is the second year for the Polestar 2, and new for this year is a less costly single-motor version. You save about $3,500 over the dual-motor version and ga Fundraiser aims to help Smith Island recover from devastating tornado 08/05/2022 09:39pm • During the storms that hit the D.C. region on Thursday, a tornadic waterspout left a path of destruction on Smith Island, Maryland. Mike Ricci, a spokesman for the governor, said in a Tweet Friday that 17 homes were damaged by the tornado — three or four had what was deemed "major damage." He s Virginia regulators OK Dominion's planned offshore wind farm 08/05/2022 05:16pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State regulators on Friday approved an application from Dominion Energy Virginia to build an enormous offshore wind farm off the coast of Virginia Beach and recover the cost from ratepayers. No parties to the monthslong proceeding had opposed the approval of the project, wh Hogan, Ball and Kittleman mark completion of Md. 32 widening and safety project 08/05/2022 09:37am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Gov. Larry Hogan, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, State Highway Administrator Tim Smith and Transportation Secretary Jim Ports mark Weasel: 'We played our music, talked about our politics'; WHFS tribute show this weekend 08/05/2022 08:31am • Jonathan "Weasel" Gilbert says he almost flunked out of American University because he was so focused on working on the school's on-campus station, "which could only be heard in the dorms and the student union." Weasel couldn't have known he would soon become part of what became — and remains â Hoyas and Terps alums hope to jump-start rivalry 08/05/2022 04:53am • To the dismay of area basketball fans, the Maryland and Georgetown men's teams are not scheduled to play each other in the future — but for one night, former stars of those schools will compete. The Alumni Basketball League has scheduled a matchup between "The College Park Boys," a team of form I-66 toll lanes scheduled to open in December 08/04/2022 11:43am • 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. With less than six months until the expected opening date for the Interstate 66 Outside the Beltway toll lanes, work crews are cranking t What would a Juan Soto-like trade look like in the NBA, NFL or NHL? 08/03/2022 02:20pm • What would a Soto-like trade look like in other sports? originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonOne stat tweeted Tuesday by NBC Sports Washington's Matt Weyrich lets you know just how rare it is to see a player of Juan Soto's caliber and age get traded. Weyrich noted how Soto is 15th all-time wi