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Montgomery County gradually reopening senior centers 06/03/2021 11:16am • Older adults in Montgomery County, Maryland, will soon be able to participate in more activities again as the county gradually reopens its senior centers. Montgomery County Recreation announced it is welcoming residents 55 and older back to its seven senior centers starting June 14. That’s t Weekend Road and Rail: Sign work, rail crossing work, cycling races and Metro 06/03/2021 11:12am • With inclement weather hampering the latter half of this week, a few projects could be pushed into the weekend. Work for the ongoing transformation project on I-66 will be fluid throughout the weekend, including changes near the Fairfax County Parkway. A big cycling event will close roads in Arli 'I'm disturbed' — DC police chief seeks public’s help in road-rage shooting 06/02/2021 05:44pm • D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee identified the suspect the police are seeking in an alleged road-rage shooting last month that was caught on video. During a news conference Wednesday, Contee listed off details about suspects wanted in connection to five homicides and two gun assaults, including t Loudoun County landowner buys Greg Norman’s massive Colorado ranch 06/02/2021 08:40am • One of Loudoun County, Virginia’s largest individual landowners has acquired a nearly 12,000-acre ranch in Colorado from golf legend Greg Norman. Chuck Kuhn, through his family-owned JK Land Holdings, paid an undisclosed sum for Norman’s Seven Lakes Ranch, in the White River Valley near Meeke Fears of oil spill emergency as burnt cargo ship off Sri Lanka coast is now sinking 06/02/2021 04:01am • A stricken container ship that caught fire 13 days ago off the Sri Lankan coast, unleashing one of the worst ecological disasters in the country's history, is now sinking, officials said. Since May 20, the Sri Lanka Navy and Indian Coast Guard have been working round the clock to try to stop that 1 severely injured in high speed crash, fire on I-95 near Dale City 06/01/2021 11:52pm • One person suffered burns following a multivehicle crash and fire on Interstate 95 Tuesday, which shut down southbound lanes between Dale City and Dumfries in Virginia for over four hours. According to Virginia State Police, a Honda sedan was "weaving in and out of traffic" at high speed. The cra Space junk hit the International Space Station, damaging a robotic arm 06/01/2021 08:09am • A robotic arm located outside of the International Space Station has been hit by orbital debris, but it's still functioning. The impact to Canadarm2, first noticed by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency during a routine inspection on May 12, punched a hole in the arm boom and its thermal blanket. Car Review: Hyundai's Venue crossover might be small, but packs major value on a budget 06/01/2021 04:10am • If you have looked at prices of new a ride lately, then you know that it is going to cost some serious money. Hyundai has a tiny crossover that looks to break those big dollar crossover blues. The 2021 Hyundai Venue Denim edition is blue, but its sub $24,000 price tag will help keep some green in yo Man arrested, charged with fatal Landover stabbing 05/31/2021 01:43pm • A District Heights, Maryland, man has been arrested and charged with stabbing a Landover man to death last week. Prince George’s County police said Monday that Anthony Gantt Jr., 33, of Addison Road South, District Heights, was arrested and charged in the death of Michael Lee Braxton, 36, of La Changes are coming to the nation's largest Confederate monument 05/30/2021 04:01am • Changes announced this week at Georgia's Stone Mountain Park, home to the nation's largest Confederate monument, are "the boldest step that has been taken" at the park since the state bought it decades ago, according to a park official. Critics, though, say it isn't nearly bold enough. The par Memorial Day travel begins 05/28/2021 06:00pm • It's the first major holiday since restrictions for the coronavirus were eased in the D.C. area. And with many vacations put on hold due to the pandemic last year, this Memorial Day weekend is expected to be a busy one. AAA is projecting about 2.8 million people in the D.C. area will travel more 9th Street protected bike lane project gets moving 05/28/2021 02:38pm • D.C. is getting a new 1.6 mile, two-way protected bicycle track years after the final study on the project was released. Plans put the track on the east side of 9th Street NW. It will connect Florida Avenue/U Street NW to the north and Pennsylvania Avenue to the south, officials said. "This pr Q&A: Tips on how to beat Memorial Day traffic 05/26/2021 04:23pm • WTOP's Social Media & Digital Engagement Specialist Brett Snyder spoke with traffic reporters Mary DePompa and Reada Kessler about the best tips and tricks to avoid some of the Memorial Day traffic. A transcript of the Q&A is below: Brett: Let me ask you guys a question. Just off t Lockheed to help develop next-generation moon rovers 05/26/2021 02:20pm • The rovers will be developed for NASA’s Artemis program, which will begin with moon orbits and eventually moon landings in coming years. (Courtesy Lockheed Martin) Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin has partnered with General Motors to develop the next generation of lunar vehicles for NA Piece of the puzzle: Groundbreaking in Manassas aims to improve VA-28 commute 05/26/2021 01:53pm • The project will widen Route 28 — also known as Nokesville Road — from four to six lanes. It will also install two left turn lanes from northbound 28 onto Godwin Drive and add streetlights. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) If traffic analysis included headaches per mile, Virginia Route 28, which runs