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Off-road crash kills driver in Prince George's Co. 03/14/2020 08:39am • A man is dead in Prince George's County, Maryland, after their vehicle left the roadway and struck a pole in the early morning hours of Saturday. Prince George's County police said a driver was traveling along Pennsylvania Avenue in Forestville, when his vehicle ran off the road and crashed into What you can do to reduce greenhouse gasses in the DC region 03/14/2020 04:01am • Accomplishing big goals takes teamwork, and as D.C.-area leaders shape an action plan to reduce greenhouse emissions, there are steps your household can take to help. Stephen Walz, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments director of environmental programs, spoke with WTOP before the CO What social distancing might mean for the DC area's modern economy 03/13/2020 05:30pm • "The main thing is for folks to take due diligence, but I don't think there's a reason to panic," a local economist said. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/m-imagephotography) Coronavirus-related cancellations and closures are expected to deliver a blow to the D.C. area economy at least in the short-ter Dulles International Airport's restaurant workers say their hours are being cut as traffic slows 03/13/2020 03:28pm • Hourly workers at Dulles International Airport's restaurants and coffee shops say their hours have been cut as passenger traffic slows with the novel coronavirus spread. "It's a little creepy seeing the terminal so empty," said Brigham Galbraith, who has worked at several Starbucks behind the Tra Maryland moves closer to banning plastic grocery bags 03/13/2020 06:38am • The days of single-use plastic grocery bags may be coming to a close in Maryland, thanks to a new bill making its way through the state's legislature. Maryland's House of Delegates passed a bill that would ban single-use plastic bags most commonly seen at the grocery store. Though lawmakers recog Potomac Mills mall peeping incident under investigation 03/11/2020 11:38pm • Police in Prince William County, Virginia, are investigating a peeping incident that occurred at a shopping mall. On Monday around 8:20 p.m., police responded to the H&M at Potomac Mills after a woman reported that when she was inside a fitting room, she saw the curtain move. When she looked Quarantine grocery list recommended by nutritionists 03/11/2020 08:00pm • It is no exaggeration to say we've all been a bit preoccupied with the coronavirus pandemic. That's why we've seen panic buying of toilet paper, shortages of hand sanitizers and an onslaught of products claiming to super charge your immune system -- from juice cleanses and elderberry syrup to MCT 13-year-old dead, 5 others injured in Baltimore-area gunfire 03/08/2020 03:10pm • A 13-year-old boy was killed and four other children injured in a shooting as they left an event at a Maryland shopping center early Sunday morning, authorities said. A 19-year-old man also was injured when gunfire broke out shortly after midnight Sunday in Rosedale, according to Baltimore County Deals made on bills in Va. legislature, but too late for lawmakers to finish on time 03/08/2020 10:10am • Virginia lawmakers voted on dozens of significant bills on what was supposed to be the final day of the annual Virginia General Assembly session, but budget conferees and negotiators failed to reach agreements on other bills in time to end the 60-day session on schedule. A budget deal was finally Suburbanites are voting — and that's good news for Joe Biden 03/07/2020 09:05pm • BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Nearly two years after suburbanites helped drive a Democratic surge, there are clear signs these voters are engaged and primed to vote Democratic again. Turnout in the Democratic presidential primary has been strong across suburban counties, from northern Virginia to So Va. redistricting change approved despite opposition from some black lawmakers 03/07/2020 05:30am • Changes for redistricting in Virginia advanced Friday despite opposition from black lawmakers in the House of Delegates. Narrow House approval of a proposed constitutional amendment that will now go to voters this fall was perhaps the biggest vote on a complicated day. To keep certain bills al 5-year-old boy, 5 others wounded in Northeast DC barber shop shooting 03/06/2020 10:45pm • Six people were injured in a shooting that occurred inside a barber shop in Northeast D.C., police said. It happened inside Snaps Barber Shop on the 6200 block of Dix Street NE on Friday around 6:15 p.m. near the D.C. and Prince George's County, Maryland, border. Three suspects entered the bar DC gets its first coronavirus pop-up shop 03/06/2020 05:54am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'f1e76b4b-6a59-4cb6-83cc-e5f0a5ac8507' }).render("87161536bfd11d26");}); WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's capita Politics, age affect how local residents view coronavirus, poll finds 03/05/2020 10:33am • Age and political affiliation appear to be playing a role in how people in the D.C. area view the coronavirus, according to a local poll conducted by Heart and Mind Strategies on behalf of WTOP. The poll showed younger people are more concerned than older people, even though health officials have Analysts: Md. sales tax proposal would net more than $2.9 billion 03/02/2020 09:35am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Expanding Maryland’s sales tax to most services would generate more than $3.7 billion in new taxes in five years, according to the fi