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Meet the candidates for DC mayor: Stacia Hall 06/15/2022 05:34am • Stacia Hall is a businesswoman from Ward 3 running for D.C. mayor on the Republican ticket. As the only GOP candidate for mayor on the ballot, she'll face the Democratic winner of the June 21 primary in November, as well as independent Rodney "Red" Grant. Hall spoke with WTOP���s Mike Murillo 112 residents evacuated from Bowie senior living facility after fire, explosion 06/14/2022 04:27pm • An explosion and fire at a senior living facility in Bowie, Maryland, early Tuesday morning, led to the evacuation of more than 100 residents, some of them bedridden and immobile. Luckily, officials say, no one was hurt. The fire at the Larkin Chase Senior Nursing Home erupted around 3:40 a.m., i Hogan commits $15 million to improve Md. 90 into Ocean City 06/13/2022 01:40pm • Maryland is investing millions in a "Gateway to Ocean City," in hopes of alleviating traffic issues for tourists and emergency services alike. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced the $15 million commitment to Maryland Route 90 on Monday. It will allow the Maryland Department of Transportation Sta Car Review: With the ID.4, VW looks to make a move in the EV market 06/13/2022 04:48am • Volkswagen���s second EV model, the new ID.4, is more of a mainstream model than the VW Golf version that offered a fun drive, but a range that just did not cut it. This new VW ID.4 comes out of the gates looking to end that range anxiety that hampered the Golf EV. My ID.4 AWD Pro S had a range of 2 Gov. Hogan begins delicious journey along Maryland���s Best Ice Cream Trail 06/12/2022 09:13pm • Last Wednesday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was with state Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder at the South Mountain Creamery in Frederick to begin a long, enviable journey upon Maryland's Best Ice Cream Trail. 2022 Ice Cream Trail Kick Off in Frederick, Md. (Courtesy of MD Governor's Office) Woman sets record swimming 26.22 miles in a mermaid fin 06/12/2022 08:17am • During her swim, Liivand collected trash found in the ocean. The Little Mermaid famously sang "flipping your fins, you don't get too far." Apparently, she's never seen Merle Liivand swim. Liivand, also known as "Eco Mermaid," broke a Guinness World Record in May by completing a 26.22-mile swi Joyful mood as the Capital Pride Parade returns to DC 06/11/2022 03:45pm • After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, clouds and the rainy weather did not deter crowds from joining the Capital Pride Parade as it returned to D.C. on Saturday afternoon. The parade started just after 3 p.m. at 14th and T Streets in Northwest. WTOP's Dick Uliano, who was at the event, said th Tornado confirmed in St. Mary's County during Wednesday storms 06/11/2022 02:30am • The strong storms Wednesday produced a brief "spin-up tornado" near Mechanicsville in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The EF-0 tornado had an estimated wind speed of 85 mph, covering some 3.3 miles and a width of about 75 yards. The start of the severe storm was the result of a cell merger betwee Grant aims to bring fresh food to Md., Delaware food deserts�� 06/10/2022 11:40pm • Editor's note: About $200,000 will go to open a grocery story in the town of Indian Head in Charles County, Maryland. This story has been updated.�� Several communities in the D.C. region are food deserts ��� areas with little or no access to fresh food. However, some new grant money will soon he Final piece of Md. trail decades in the making finally coming together 06/10/2022 05:35pm • The completed WB&A Trail will be 15 miles long and connect Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties. (WTOP/John Domen) The idea behind the WB&A Trail goes back nearly 30 years, and for more than a decade, parks and rec departments in Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties in Maryland Giant Food uses grant to add EV delivery trucks 06/10/2022 10:05am • Giant Food has added two new electric delivery vehicles to its delivery fleet, and expects to add more. Giant received a grant from the Clean Fuels Incentive Program managed by the Maryland Energy Administration to acquire the step side delivery vans. The trucks can cover 105 miles on a single ch Maryland launches next study for new Bay Bridge span 06/10/2022 09:08am • Maryland is moving closer to a new span for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Gov. Larry Hogan said Friday that the state is launching a "critical" $28 million study that will look into the new crossing and also examine traffic solutions for the entire 22-mile corridor from the Severn River Bridge to th 3 dead, 1 critically wounded in shooting at machine shop in Maryland's Washington Co. 06/10/2022 01:40am • Three people are dead and another seriously injured after a shooting at a machine shop near Smithsburg, Maryland, on Thursday afternoon. The Washington County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded around 2:30 p.m. Thursday for reports of an active shooter at Columbia Machine, a manufacturing f 1 dead in wrong-way crash that closed Outer Loop of Capital Beltway 06/08/2022 02:00pm • Maryland State Police say a driver has died in a wrong-way crash that brought the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway to a halt early Wednesday morning. A spokesperson for the department says the crash occurred around 3:30 a.m. in Prince George's County and involved two SUVs ��� a Lincoln Navigator Alsobrooks: Prince George���s Co. economy 'healthy and growing' 06/07/2022 11:31am • Touting a near-total economic recovery from the pandemic, Prince George���s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said Tuesday the county's economy is ���healthy and growing.��� Alsobrooks, who is running for a second term as county executive, spoke to county business leaders at the ballroom at MGM