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DC leaders call for stronger measures to make city streets safer 12/15/2021 04:34am • After a 9-year-old was hit by a car while leaving school in Southeast D.C. on Friday, two traffic cameras are now in place, but city leaders say more needs to be done to make the city's streets safer. D.C. Council member Christina Henderson said simply installing more traffic cameras is not the s Prince William County's first floating trash catcher working in Neabsco Creek 12/14/2021 11:57am • Trying to keep plastic bags and bottles from polluting area waterways is a multipronged effort in Northern Virginia. With Loudoun County set to vote on a 5-cent tax on disposable plastic bags, joining Fairfax and Arlington counties, and the cities of Alexandria, Fredericksburg, and Roanoke, Princ Car strikes adult in Southeast DC close to where 9-year-old was hit Friday 12/13/2021 02:44pm • An adult was hit by a car in Southeast D.C. on Monday afternoon at an intersection about a quarter-mile away from a stretch of road that remains closed after a 9-year-old was hit on Friday. Monday's incident occurred around noon near Wheeler Road and Mississippi Avenue. The unidentified person wa Some Christmas lights worth driving extra for in Maryland 12/13/2021 11:50am • For most people, a few Christmas lights around the frame of the house and across some bushes are more than enough. Some people do more, though, and some people do a lot more. In Bowie, Maryland, it's a year-round obsession for a 19-year-old in his last year of college. If you drive down Ha Man extradited for fatal September shooting in Boston 12/13/2021 09:46am • BOSTON (AP) ��� A man has been extradited from Maryland to Massachusetts to face charges in a fatal shooting in Boston that happened in September. Police said 32-year-old Saquon Moore was arrested in Maryland on Nov. 17 and is expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on murder and other Car Review: Big on style and luxury, the Rolls-Royce Cullinan is the ultimate SUV 12/13/2021 04:10am • This is no normal year. While school is back in the actual classroom, it is still a social-distanced wave to people from a far. The school drop-off was a popular time for me and other parents to see what I was driving and play guess the price. However, when a special ride showed up, I knew I had to The Space Place: Moonlight meteors and December sky sights 12/12/2021 02:04pm • The Geminid Meteor shower returns this month, and the weather in the D.C. region looks like it will cooperate this year. (Courtesy Greg Redfern) Unlike last year, the D.C. region is forecast to have clear skies on the night of Dec. 13, the peak of the Geminid Meteor Shower. But we will have to c Chef Jos�� Andr��s, World Central Kitchen aiding communities after deadly tornadoes 12/12/2021 01:08am • Chef Jos�� Andr��s is leaving the District on a plane to Kentucky with World Central Kitchen. The goal: to help Midwestern communities affected by Friday's string of deadly tornadoes. Andr��s spoke to his followers from Dulles International Airport and said he hoped to be in Kentucky to respo Strong winds leave thousands without power in DC region after record-breaking highs 12/11/2021 09:02pm • (Courtesy NBC Washington) Temperatures in the district reached 70 degrees on Dec. 11, two degrees past the previous high, just before a strong wave of rain and wind swept through overnight. The National Weather Service expected a strong cold front carried by the high winds from the southwest Toddler left inside car during DC car theft 12/10/2021 02:29am • A car was stolen with a toddler inside in Northwest D.C. Thursday afternoon. According to D.C. police, the vehicle was on Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue near the Burrville area just after 3:30 pm. The child's parent was outside of the car when the car theft occurred. Officers later located t FAA signs off on HQ2���s helix building height 12/09/2021 08:34am • The Helix is part of Amazon's HQ2 in Arlington. (Courtesy Amazon) The Federal Aviation Administration has determined that Amazon���s planned corkscrew-shaped Helix high-rise, part of its PenPlace phase of its HQ2 in Arlington, poses no threat to air traffic after a six-month review. The 335-f Va. launches largest commercial test of alcohol detection technology 12/08/2021 02:13pm • Virginia���s Department of Motor Vehicles is spearheading the largest commercial test of technology that prevents a vehicle from moving forward if it detects the driver has had too much to drink. Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles is spearheading the largest commercial test of technology th Federal funding for Nice/Middleton Bridge in ���jeopardy��� 12/08/2021 02:01pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. A federal loan that Maryland was counting on to finance construction of the new Nice/Middleton Bridge is in ���significant jeopardy,��� a to Police plan drunken-driving crackdown on DC-Maryland border 12/08/2021 11:16am • Police in D.C. and Maryland are joining forces this week to crack down on drunken driving, promising "border-to-border enforcement" along a key route between the District and Prince George's County. Police agencies will coordinate their efforts Thursday and Friday along Southern Avenue, a 6.5-mil Car Review: New BMW M440i has impressive performance, but new look might turn some off 12/06/2021 04:07am • Luxury coupes and convertibles are still around, and BMW redesigned the 4 Series Coupe and Convertible with a bold new look to stand out. Before you ask about the performance or new interior, let���s take on the new styling. The nose garners all the attention ��� good and bad. The front-end styling