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40+ min ago (232+ words) WASHINGTON " Beginning Monday, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is changing 50 bus routes across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia." Notably, Metro is launching a new bus route -- the A29 -- which will take riders from Alexandria to downtown D.C. and back. The new route is funded through the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission's I-395/95 Commuter Choice grant program. The C53, which travels between the Duke Ellington Bridge and Congress Heights, will be piloting a new strategy to manage bus service, called headway management. Instead of simply deploying buses on a specific time schedule, Metro will monitor the lead time between buses in an effort to improve reliability. They said they will also use other tools, like cameras and new computer systems to help ensure buses arrive more consistently and reduce gaps and bunching. Once they assess the effectiveness of headway management, Metro says their team could implement the system…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago (721+ words) Communication can be tricky during a divorce'the process emotional, the stakes often high. Increasingly, people are looking at artificial-intelligence programs like ChatGPT and Google Gemini to help draft texts and emails, particularly in cases with high-conflict spouses or contentious co-parenting. While using AI may be new, vetting communication during litigation is not. Seiferth has on occasion offered to clear something for a client or give them a "gut check," but lately she's seen improved communication across the board, with clients telling her they're running things through a chatbot. The co-parenting app OurFamilyWizard'which lawyers often recommend to couples to keep a record of messages, along with shared calendars for kids' activities and appointments'has for years had a ToneMeter feature to detect and flag instances where there's an issue with the tone of a message, but its recently launched AI-driven version can…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago (516+ words) December 10, 2025, 4:29 AM Patuxent High School senior Evan Jones spent most of the season playing wide receiver when the Panthers were on offense. He was a threat to score every time he touched the ball and coach Steve Crounse knew the pressure that put on opposing defenses. When a teammate suffered a broken collarbone in the regular season finale, however, Crounse knew the most logical replacement was Jones. But the veteran coach also didn't want to compromise Jones' ability to make plays on the perimeter of the field. "He went off," Crounse said. "He did everything for us. He's a super dynamic kid. He holds every receiving record for us at Patuxent." That included making three tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss and breaking up two passes from his cornerback position on defense. For his efforts, Jones was named the Military Bowl…...

7+ hour, 39+ min ago (485+ words) A driver pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for a crash that killed a 17-year-old girl in Burke, Virginia, in 2023. He was speeding nearly 90 mph in a 40 mph zone at the time. News4 video shows him walk free from the courthouse. He still faces one to six years behind bars. News4s Julie Carey reports. Rebekah Zarco was killed in the crash on July 18, 2023. She was driving her younger brother and two close friends, who were injured but survived. Only News4 was in court on Tuesday when Jose Zelaya admitted guilt. The victims father said the plea is difficult for the family to accept. "As a father, this plea agreement is extremely hard to see as justice. Bekah was 17, had just graduated high school, was excited to start college, and her future was taken by a 42-year-old man driving with extreme disregard for human life…...

7+ hour, 57+ min ago (629+ words) FAIRFAX, Va. " For several hours, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors heard from residents about two hot-button issues." One, surrounding how much it'll cost you if your car gets towed. The other, about the zoning rules in place for electrical substations. The substations are one of the key pieces of infrastructure required to power data centers." The Planning Commission voted 11-0 in October, recommending the adoption of a zoning amendment that included several revisions, including substations not to be built within 200 feet of homes, and a public review process for proposed substations. Tuesday night, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted 9-0 to move forward with staff recommendations that include a requirement for substations to be built at least 100 feet from homes, but didn't exactly fall in line with the Planning Commission's recommendation. "Complete utter and utter devastation," said Tyler Ray, reacting…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago (131+ words) WASHINGTON " Detectives with the Fairfax County Police Department arrested a man who attempted to rob a bank located in the Fair Lakes Shopping Center on Monday. On Monday, police were called to the 12900 block of Fair Lakes Shopping Center at 10 a.m. for reports of a bank robbery. Witnesses told police a man walked inside the bank, displayed a note to the teller demanding money. No weapon was displayed. The teller asked the man to leave, and he did, on foot. When officers arrived at the bank, the robber, identified as Nicholas Rodriguez, approached officers and told them he was the robber. Rodriguez was taken into custody and was held on a $1,000 bond. Rodriguez's motive behind attempting to rob the bank is unknown at this time....

8+ hour, 40+ min ago (191+ words) That will tide us over until The Elder Scrolls 6 releases in 80 years Skyrim's lead artist has acknowledged that the sheer number of Skyrim ports available is a major joke at this point. Just when you thought Bethesda might have run out of ways to re-release Skyrim, a new version of the now-14-year-old RPG has arrived on Switch 2. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim " Anniversary Edition was shadowdropped yesterday onto Nintendo's new console, and it sure is Skyrim again. He adds, "There's a whole new generation who might be getting a Switch 2 for the first time, and that's the first time they've ever played Skyrim. So that's really it." Given that The Elder Scrolls 6 won't be out until at least 2070 at this rate, I'd expect we'll see more versions of Skyrim down the line anyway. The NEX Playground outsold the PS5 one week…...

9+ hour, 31+ min ago (264+ words) LOCAL ALERT: Montgomery County Council approves University Boulevard Corridor plan in 7-3 vote December 9, 2025, 9:54 PM Prince George's County opened up the application portal for the Housing Choice Voucher Program, commonly referred to as Section 8 housing, last week. During the five-day window that applications were open, there were more than 47,000 applicants for just 5,000 slots. Over the next 45 days, the county will process the applications and a random lottery will decide who gets vouchers and who gets put on the waitlist. And until the new waitlist with over 42,000 names on it is exhausted, it won't be open again. There's no telling how long that will take. The last time the voucher program took new applications was in 2015. Before that, it was 2008. Those who applied will find out by email if their name was chosen for a voucher or put on the waiting list....

9+ hour, 48+ min ago (109+ words) FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. " Democrat Rachna Sizemore Heizer is projected as the winner in the race to replace Congressman James Walkinshaw, who was elected to Congress in September's special election. With 29 of 29 districts reporting, Sizemore Heizer had 67 percent of the votes. RELATED: Who's running for the special election in Fairfax County? Sizemore Heizer was running against Republican Ken Balbuena and independent Carey Chet Campbell. Sizemore Heizer represents the Braddock District on the Fairfax County School Board. She is also an attorney. Walkinshaw was elected after veteran Congressman Gerry Connolly died in May. On Monday, Walkinshaw announced on social media that he was endorsing Sizemore Heizer....

10+ hour, 26+ min ago (124+ words) Just months after opening,MECCA Business Learning Institute (MBLI),Montgomery County'sonly publiccharter school,is facing the revocation of its charter. Just months after opening, MECCA Business Learning Institute (MBLI), Montgomery County's only public charter school, is facing the revocation of its charter for a number of issues, including violation of special education laws, failure to implement required corrective actions and the release of private student information to the media, according to Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) officials. On Monday, Superintendent Thomas Taylor sent a letter to the school's leadership announcing that he is recommending the county school board begin formal proceedings to revoke its charter, according to MCPS. MBLI is currently teaching sixth and seventh graders in Bethesda. Read more at Bethesdamagazine.com....