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Fairfax County, Virginia, police are stepping up enforcement across the county after officers observed several close calls involving drivers making right turns and nearly hitting bicyclists, pedestrians and scooter riders. The Operation Safe Right Turn initiative will focus on drivers who fail to yield to people in cro

Wayback Burgers is still planning to open its first Montgomery County location in Damascus, but the restaurant’s anticipated opening has been delayed. The burger chain signed a lease last year for a 1,925-square-foot restaurant at 9811 Main Street, with plans at the time calling for a late 2025 opening. In a recent upd

Five Guys is celebrating National Cheeseburger Day with a buy-one, get-one-free burger deal, and it’s stretching the holiday to three days. From today, Wednesday, Sept. 16, through Friday, Sept. 18, which is National Cheeseburger Day itself, customers who buy any burger can get a second burger of equal or lesser value

A man convicted in a 2021 domestic violence incident involving a missing D.C. woman has been jailed near Pittsburgh on a warrant from Montgomery County, Maryland, WTOP has confirmed. Pennsylvania State Police told WTOP that Russell Ashford, 65, is being held in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, while he awaits extradition f

PepsiCo is ceasing manufacturing and warehouse operations at a bottling plant in Maryland, which will result in 143 layoffs, according to a WARN notice and statement from the beverage giant. The employees impacted at the Pepsi Bottling Group in Cheverly work in fleet, transport, manufacturing and warehouse operations,

A Maryland woman bought two identical tickets for a Pick 5 lottery drawing and ended up winning a pair of $50,000 prizes for a total of $100,000.

Miss Toya’s Southern Kitchen has permanently closed its location at Rio in Gaithersburg. A sign posted at the restaurant thanks guests and team members who made the Gaithersburg location part of the community and directs customers to the company’s nearby Miss Toya’s Creole House at 923 Ellsworth Dr in Downtown Silver S

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Two years after the FBI arrested DC Councilmember Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8), jurors on Tuesday heard opening statements in the federal government’s bribery case against him. The trial began Sept. 15 in US District Court, where prosecutors and White’s attorneys showed the same jurors clips of secretly recorded...

A 19-year-old woman was shot early Sunday morning after a fight broke out at an illegal car meetup on the 3200 block of Hubbard Road in Landover, Maryland, according to police. The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. and left the young woman with injuries that police say are not life-threatening after she was taken to a