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3 teens charged with Rockville carjacking 07/08/2022 04:34pm • Three teenage runaways from a special education school have been arrested and charged in connection with a carjacking in Rockville, Maryland. Montgomery County police said in a statement that a man was sitting in his parked SUV on Physicians Lane Thursday, July 7, at about 1:30 p.m. when someone Country music superstar Dierks Bentley brings the hits to Merriweather Post Pavilion 07/08/2022 04:29pm • Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� Dierks Bentley has been burning up country radio for 20 years. You'll hear all the hits with his��"Beers on Me" tour at Merriweather Post Pavilion��in Columbia, Maryland on Saturday. "We're in for a party, man," Bentley told W Voters trickle to polls on 1st day of Maryland early voting, but mail-in ballots skyrocket 07/08/2022 07:24am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. The parking lot at the Mt. Pleasant Church and Ministries in East Baltimore, one of 96 early voting centers that opened in the state on Th DC Bike Ride returns this fall 07/08/2022 06:02am • DC Bike Ride said it will return to the streets of D.C. on Sept. 10. Bikers will line up in West Potomac Park in Southwest D.C. at 8 a.m. and take a 20-mile car-free tour of the city. The route will include selfie stops, live music, rest areas and an ice cream stop sponsored by Wildgood Ice Cr Weekend Road and Rail: Stops on I-66 with extended closures planned 07/08/2022 05:30am • Transformative work continues this weekend on Interstate 66 in Virginia with extended closures planned, as well as more paving in D.C. with I-270/MD-85 Corridor Project changes ahead. Metrorail has two shutdowns continuing with maintenance planned on all other lines. Here���s what to expect this Buffalo Springfield co-founder Richie Furay releases new album of country music duets 07/07/2022 03:50am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� He made the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a founding member of Buffalo Springfield. This Friday, Richie Furay releases his new country music duet album "In the Country." "What a challenging, fun project," Furay told WTOP. How redevelopment of Prince George's Hospital Center will bring amenities to Cheverly 07/06/2022 07:58pm • The town of Cheverly, Maryland, doesn't have a proper coffee shop, but there are plans to change that and bring much more. (WTOP/John Domen) The town of Cheverly, Maryland, and its roughly 7,000 residents have a unique and proud community, but their beloved hometown doesn't have a downtown, let Tornado touchdown in Bowie, Md.; National Weather Service investigating others 07/06/2022 04:51pm • Rain and flooding remain in the forecast for Wednesday, as officials survey the damage caused by Tuesday's thunderstorms, heavy rain, strong winds and at least one tornado. The National Weather Service said an EF-1 twister touched down in Bowie just after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The tornado's maximum Virginia ultramarathoner completes cross-country run to raise funds for clean drinking water 07/06/2022 08:21am • Michael Wardian reaches Virginia during his cross-country run to raise awareness for clean drinking water. (Courtesy Michael Wardian) A Virginia athlete recently completed a cross-country, fundraising run with the aim to help others get access to clean water around the world. Michael Wardian, Search underway for boater involved in Anne Arundel Co. deadly hit-and-run 07/05/2022 05:36pm • Maryland Natural Resources Police are searching for the driver of a boat that they say struck another and killed a woman before leaving the scene in Anne Arundel County on Sunday night. Laura Slattery, 63, of Pasadena was killed when the 20-foot Wellcraft boat she was on was struck from behind in Man arrested, charged after police chase through Northern Virginia 07/05/2022 04:44am • A man was arrested and charged after he led police on a high-speed chase through Northern Virginia late Sunday night. Derrick R. Adjei, 24, of Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested and charged with a felony count of eluding police and for reckless driving, according to police. A firearm was recovere 4 wounded in shooting at car wash gathering in Manassas 07/04/2022 08:25am • Four men were wounded in a shooting at a large gathering in a car wash parking lot in Manassas, Virginia, late Sunday night, police say. A large group had gathered in the parking lot of Sam's Car Wash on Sudley Road in the Westgate Plaza Shopping Center when an argument broke out, according to po Car Review: Not just hybrids and plug-ins anymore, Toyota releases the all-electric bZ4X 07/04/2022 04:28am • By WTOP contributor Brian Armstead It���s no surprise that Toyota, the world���s largest automaker, has made a commitment to a carbon neutral future. After all, they were the dominant carmaker in the “green energy” sphere early on with the extremely popular Prius lineup. The 2023 Toyota Police looking for help in identifying man struck, killed on I-66 in Virginia 07/03/2022 02:54pm • Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who was struck and killed on I-66 in Warren County, Virginia. The man was struck in the eastbound travel lane on Sunday at 3 a.m. near the 14-mile marker, about a mile east of Exit 13, the police said. More Local News More Truck fire snarls traffic on southbound I-95 in Stafford Co. 07/02/2022 08:30am • Some holiday travelers faced a rough start to their Saturday morning drive after a tractor-trailer caught fire on southbound Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia. It happened at the 139 mile marker in the southbound lanes of I-95. The backup was around 6 miles long at its worst, the WTOP Tr