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The woman who spent lockdown alone in the Arctic 06/12/2021 03:59am • For most of us, the pandemic has meant enforced solitude. But for others, it's been the chance to go searching for that solitude. And where better to do so than in the Arctic Circle? In fact, Valentina Miozzo went one step further. She moved to the far north of Norway -- within the Arctic Circle DC police searching for gunman in fatal shooting 06/11/2021 05:41pm • A man is dead and another is in the hospital after a shooting in Southeast D.C. on Friday. The D.C. police said the shooting happened around 1:40 p.m. on Hillside Road, between 46th Street and Benning Road and about a quarter-mile from the Maryland border. Police are still looking for the shoo Virginia State Police investigating wrong-way driver incident on I-495 06/11/2021 03:12pm • A woman suffering a mental health crisis drove an SUV the wrong way down Interstate 495 then on Interstate 66 — also heading the wrong way — Thursday morning, police said. According to Virginia State Police, calls began coming in around 10:30 a.m. reporting a red Chevy heading northbound Md. man, 2-year-old dead in apparent murder-suicide on Appalachian Trail 06/11/2021 11:33am • A Frederick, Maryland, man, appears to have killed his 2-year-old son and then himself Thursday night. The Maryland State Police said in a statement Friday that the bodies of Dawson Thomson, 2, and his father, Sean, 34, were found along the Appalachian Trail in Washington County at about 3 a.m. F Weekend Road and Rail: Bike sharing, I-66 stopping, I-295 change, Metro shutdown 06/11/2021 05:33am • The weather forecast could impact scheduled roadwork across the D.C. region, including Interstate 66, Interstate 295 and the new University Boulevard "Shared Streets" project. Here’s what’s being projected, weather permitting. Roadwork Maryland Beginning Friday, the Maryland Department of Tra Advocacy group says proposed change to Md. sentencing would make life miserable for crime victims 06/09/2021 02:29pm • Prisoners who were convicted of murder or other serious crimes in Maryland would get repeated opportunities to have their sentences reduced under a rule change that the state's highest court is considering. If the Maryland Court of Appeals adopts the rules, two categories of inmates would be able 5 signs your workouts are working that have nothing to do with a scale 06/09/2021 04:36am • Editor's note: Stephanie Mansour, host of "Step It Up with Steph" on PBS, is a health and wellness journalist and a consultant and weight loss coach for women. What happens when you're feeling physically good, happy with the progress you're making in your workouts and healthy diet, but step on th Rock Hall of Famer Ricky Byrd promotes Rock & Roll For Children online auction 06/08/2021 02:56pm • Listen to the full conversation with Ricky Byrd on my podcast "Beyond the Fame." The Rock & Roll for Children Foundation hosts an annual concert to raise money for The Children's Inn at National Institutes of Health, but last year's concert was canceled due to COVID-19. "We had a whole Car Review: BMW 530e is a plug-in hybrid that’s still fun to drive 06/07/2021 04:06am • When you think of luxury mid-size sedans, the BMW 5 series usually comes to mind. There are many BMW 5 series variants. There is the wild 600hp M5, which we looked at before. This time, it is the sensible BMW 530e plug-in hybrid, which allows for 22 miles of electric operation. The car has added pow Hurricane season is expected to be above average — and so are the forecasts 06/06/2021 04:09am • During the record 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, something happened that many people overlooked -- hurricane forecasts improved. And that saved lives. With another active hurricane season expected, that's great news. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) believes it can build upon last year's succ Tornado sprints through Baltimore suburb, leaving widespread tree damage 06/04/2021 09:14pm • Over 100 trees were damaged when a tornado briefly touched down north of Baltimore, Maryland on Thursday. The National Weather Service said that a tornado, rated EF-1 on the enhanced Fujita scale, with peak winds of 95 mph caused extensive tree damage along a two-mile path in and around Jacksonv Police release photos of man accused of exposing himself in Annandale apartment complex 06/04/2021 04:01pm • Police in Fairfax County have released photos of a man suspected of exposing himself multiple times in an apartment complex in Annandale, Virginia. According to police, on May 17 a woman saw a man masturbating in the vestibule of an apartment building in the 4400 block of Island Place, near the i Historic Black town in Prince George's Co. confronts power plant for contributing to flooding 06/04/2021 10:57am • James Jones lined his shoreline with rocks and wooden slates to curtail further erosion. (Elizabeth Shwe/Maryland Matters) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. When James 'Crunchy, earthy, grassy' cicada tacos back on menu in Leesburg restaurant 06/04/2021 07:44am • If you've run out of lunch or dinner ideas, cicada tacos are back on the menu at Cocina on Market, a Mexican cantina in Leesburg, Virginia. Chef de Cuisine Tobias Padovano tells WTOP the insect edible returned to the menu earlier this week, after the local health department told him to stop servi 2021 Belmont Stakes preview 06/04/2021 05:25am • All of the Bob Baffert drama still has not dampened the enthusiasm for wagering during the Triple Crown season. The 2021 Preakness drew a record betting handle despite the controversy surrounding Medina Spirit’s now-positive drug test. And the second leg of the Triple Crown was still the highes