“The local area in D.C. is actively working to reduce fatalities on the road,” Rachael Brennan, an insurance reporter at U.S. News and World Report, told 海角精品黑料.

U.S. News compared 2024 traffic fatality data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with population data from the country’s largest cities. The District had the .

“D.C. is implementing several strategies to reduce traffic fatalities, including data-driven approaches to identify and address places where fatalities are more likely, and safety measures like eliminating dual turn conflicts and targeted prohibitions on right turns on red,” she said.

New York City ranked first overall, followed by Boston and San Francisco.

“The way that your city is running is working and it’s doing what it can do to take care of its people, and that’s really wonderful,” Brennan said.

Those three cities are also known for traffic congestion, which Brennan said may play a role in reducing fatal crashes.

“Common sense will tell you that the more people are on the road, the slower you have to travel, the less likely you are to be in a fatal accident. Perhaps more likely to be in a fender bender, but you’re less likely to die in a car accident due to congestion. Washington D.C. is one of those areas,” Brennan said.听

D.C. recorded 46 traffic deaths in 2024, a fatality rate of 0.66 per 10,000 people. New York’s fatality rate was 0.26 per 10,000 residents, while Boston’s was 0.37.

“While that’s 46 fatalities too many, and we should work to prevent them all, it’s good to know that it’s such a small percentage of the total population,” she said.

The findings were at odds with Allstate’s recent 2026 Best Drivers Report, which ranked D.C. second to last.

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it happened at 12:45 a.m. when a black Tesla Model 3 was making a left turn from Route 301 onto Governors Park Lane.

Police said that the Tesla “failed to yield” to the right of way of a Harley-Davidson traveling southbound on Route 301.

The motorcycle struck the passenger side of the Tesla, police said.

Following the collision with the Tesla, police believe a third vehicle hit a passenger on the motorcycle and left the scene. Police don’t have a description of that vehicle and they’re searching for its driver.

The rear passenger in the Tesla, the motorcycle driver and a passenger on the motorcycle died at the scene, police said.

The motorcycle鈥檚 driver and passenger were identified as 48-year-old Matthew Eric Vowell and 47-year-old Krystal Ann Vowell, both from Friendship, Maryland.

The rear-seat passenger in the Tesla was identified as 22-year-old Adriana Lanae Maxwell of Glen Burnie.

The Tesla鈥檚 driver, who was not publicly identified, was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Investigators believe the Tesla was being used as a rideshare vehicle at the time of the crash.

The Maryland State Police Crash Team is leading the investigation.

Police asked the public for help finding the driver who fled the scene. Tips can be called into 410-819-4753.

Below is a map where the crash took place:

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Just before 8:25 p.m., police were called to the 1600 block of Rosedale Street NE for the report of a shooting.

When they arrived, police found the boy suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Police said they are now looking for a “juvenile male wearing a black shirt and black pants.”

He was last seen on a black bike in the area of 16th Street and Rosedale, police said.

Anyone with information is urged to call 202-727-9099 or text 50411.

See a map of the location of the shooting below:

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“Smithsonian Dreams,” a free public art experience created by artist Refik Anadol, will be presented July 17-18 from 9 to 11 p.m. each night, featuring lights, sound and large-scale visuals projected onto the Castle.

The installation uses a custom artificial intelligence system to reinterpret nearly two centuries of Smithsonian collections and research, drawing from millions of digitized items, including specimens, manuscripts, photographs, artworks and scientific records.

“For me, data is a form of memory,鈥� Anadol said. 鈥淭he Smithsonian preserves one of humanity鈥檚 most extraordinary repositories of knowledge, accumulated across generations of discovery and imagination. ‘Smithsonian Dreams’ asks what might emerge if that vast memory could become dynamic, if the Castle itself could learn from its collections, reflect upon them and dream through them.”

, its museums, libraries, archives and research centers collectively hold more than 157 million objects and specimens, 2.1 million library volumes and approximately 156,000 cubic feet of archival materials that helped inform the project.

“Since its founding, the Smithsonian has sought new ways to share knowledge with the public and inspire future generations,” said Lisa Sasaki, the Smithsonian’s deputy under secretary for special projects.

鈥溾�楽mithsonian Dreams鈥� reflects that spirit of innovation, bringing together art, technology and one of the world鈥檚 greatest collections of knowledge in an experience that invites visitors to see the Smithsonian鈥檚 vast collections in a new way where history, culture, science and imagination converge.”

The presentation runs from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. both nights.

Admission is free, and visitors seeking a prime viewing spot are encouraged to arrive on the National Mall by 8 p.m.

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OpenTable has launched a new for those who book dining reservations often and it includes access to special coveted tables at local restaurants.

The new reward status can be earned by completing six reservations booked directly on OpenTable within a 12-month period.

You earn it for a year and it can be earned again if you complete six additional reservations again over the next year.

So what does “gold status” earn you?

You will get a “gold badge” on your profile and you will be set up with a special perk of getting “gold tables” at certain restaurants.

These tables are a “curated selection of hard-to-book tables at participating restaurants,” according to OpenTable.

“Gold tables rewards our most loyal diners with something increasingly valuable: real access to sought-after restaurants, and it only takes six reservations a year,” said John Tsou, senior vice president of growth for OpenTable. “For diners, that means a simple path to tables that may be hard to get. For restaurants, it means deeper relationships with the guests who keep coming back.”

Some of the local restaurants with these special “gold tables” include O-Ku D.C., Reveler’s Hour, Martha Dear, Seven Reasons and Mercy Me.

See the full list of “gold tables” near you on the .

Another perk of gold status is a “notify me” feature that you can set up for certain restaurants. This will get you notified first when a reservation becomes available so you can book it before people who don’t have the “gold status.”

You also get six months of Uber One membership for free.

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After Thursday night’s rainstorm, commuting Friday might have some struggles.

“Watch out for areas of patchy, dense fog for the morning commute following last night’s rain,” said 7News First Alert Meteorologist Eileen Whelan. “Have the sunglasses, as well, with morning sunshine that could cause sun glare.”

Friday morning is expected to be sunny and warm, but the afternoon is expected to be increasingly cloudy.

“Another round of showers and thunderstorms is expected during the afternoon hours,” Whelan said.

But those storms are not expected to be as widespread or severe as Thursday.

She said one or two storms could produce “damaging wind gusts and heavy downpours.”

On Saturday, she said to expect “muggy conditions” ahead of a cold front that could bring some more rain in the afternoon and evening but nothing severe is expected.

“Overall, plan for more clouds than sun with highs in the 80s for your Saturday plans,” she said.

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Sunday is expected to be a little less humid with a mix of sun and clouds and “comfortable high temperatures in the 80s,” Whelan said.

Next week though, that brutal heat is expected to return.

“Very pleasant weather kicks-off the week, but a building heat wave will bring the returns of high temperatures in the 90s starting Tuesday,” Whelan said.

But there’s some good news.

“Fortunately, this next heat wave won’t be anywhere near as extreme as the last one,” she said.

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For Tuesday evening, the National Weather Service predicted “numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms” followed by isolated thunderstorms after midnight.

“We do not have a flood watch for the metro area. However, we could be looking at a few showers and heavier downpours as we head through the late evening,” 7News First Alert Meteorologist Steve Rudin said, especially west of D.C.

He also said it’s going to be a little cooler Wednesday.

“We’ll drop to the upper 60s to middle 70s by early tomorrow morning,” Rudin said, and rise into the lower 80s later Wednesday.

On your Wednesday commute, watch out for patchy fog and potential morning showers. But there’s only a 30% chance of rain in the morning and afternoon.

Rain chances increase to 70% on Wednesday night. Showers are most likely after midnight, according to the weather service.

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Showers will likely stick around Thursday and Friday, and there’s a possibility of storms on both days.

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According to the CDC, in the heat you’ll want to drink 8 ounces of water every 15 to 20 minutes, which is about a quart every hour.

And don’t chug it all at once. Smaller sips are better. And there is such a thing as too much water.

You should not drink more than 1 and a half quarts each hour as it could cause you to lose the amount of salt in your blood, which could prompt a medical emergency.

“There are safety precautions and things you need to be prepared for. Hydration, drink plenty of water, stay hydrated, bring a bottle of water with you. Activity management, bottle of water, aluminum, some metal, some glass,” said Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich during a news conference on the dangerous heat wave and the importance of bringing fluids with you if you’re celebrating outside this weekend.

Reaching for that Fourth of July beer while in this record heat might not be the best idea.

Drinking alcohol within 24 hours of being active in the heat can increase your risk of heat-related illness, according to the CDC. So grab that bottle of water instead.

The same thing applies to energy drinks as well. Some energy drinks contain more caffeine than standard servings of coffee, tea or soft drinks and could impact your heart rate, which may already be elevated due to the heat.

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“It’s almost like Martyrs’ Day was hiding in plain view,” said Gloria Browne-Marshall, a constitutional law professor at John Jay College, which is part of CUNY.

She said July 5 was chosen because it’s the anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech about what Independence Day meant to those enslaved.

“I think that our fifth of July tribute is asking the question, ‘Let’s look at the people who paid the price for the freedoms we have,'” she said.

Browne-Marshall said the semiquincentennial celebration of the U.S. seemed like the perfect time.

“I thought it would be important to also pay tribute to regular people whose lives were taken as protesters, activists, or their lives triggered protests, activism and social justice in this country,” she said.

Browne-Marshall is the author of “A Protest History of the United States.” She said she came up with the idea for Martyrs’ Day while talking to people on her book tour.

And she said the day is being recognized in different ways across the United States.

“All local communities have their own way of paying tribute to their local martyrs,” she said.

At Bus Boys and Poets in Hyattsville, Maryland, . Browne-Marshall said different areas across the country are celebrating it in different ways, including with church services and prayers.

“It’s not to compete with the Fourth of July at all, it’s just to reflect on the freedoms we just celebrated,” she said.

has events across the country, sample proclamations to send to local governments and details on how to get involved with the movement.

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7News First Alert Meteorologist Mark Pe帽a said the chance for continued storms wraps up around midnight, but not before a half-inch of rain accumulates. He warned that a “low end flash flooding threat” continues for low-water crossings “that tend to swell after heavy rainfall.”

The latest comes after Northern Virginia was placed under a flood warning alert by the National Weather Service. At the time, 海角精品黑料 Meteorologist said rain was falling at rates of 2 to 3 inches an hour on Interstate 66 near Oakton, Fairfax and Vienna.

The District and surrounding areas were also placed under a flood watch. Both weather notices were lifted by 2 p.m. Sunday.

By Monday morning, however, commuters will be met with partly cloudy and patchy fog conditions and temperatures in the mid-60s, according to Pe帽a. The day’s highest temperatures will peak around 90 degrees.

Heat and humidity increase Tuesday as winds turn southerly, with highs returning to the lower 90s under mostly sunny skies.

Dangerous heat builds Wednesday and continues into the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Highs reach the upper 90s and could approach 100, with heat index values between 102 and 107.

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Anna Vocino said she was shocked when she heard she landed the animated role in Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5.”

“I read on it, and then my agent called me,” Vocino said, detailing how the studio was looking for her availability to record for the role.

Vocino said she thought Disney and Pixar were asking her to do “scratch tracking,” where producers have someone come in to read, and then have another actor record the final version for the movie. But that wasn’t the case here.

“They’re like, ‘no, no,听to do the actual part,’ and I was听just in disbelief,” she said. “I was in disbelief up until I think after I even recorded it.”

Producers gave Vocino the option to either record at home or at the Pixar campus.

“I was like, ‘duh,听go to the Pixar campus,'” she said.

Taking on the role

Vocino said she felt a lot of pressure taking on the role because she was replacing Estelle Harris, who voiced the iconic role in the first four films.

Harris died in 2022 at the age of 93.

“I wanted to make sure that I did it well and did her justice and made her family proud and made her memory proud,” Vocino said.

She said she even got to meet Mr. Potato Head, her animated “husband” in the movie that’s voiced by Jeff Bergman in “Toy Story 5.”

Bergman took over the role after the 2017 death of actor Don Rickles, who voiced Mr. Potato Head since the first film in 1995. Rickles died at the age of 90.

“I recorded my session, and as I was walking out, Jeff was coming in to do his session. So we got to meet each other, give each other a hug, and then have since been in touch …听and talking about what it’s like to be the Potato Heads,” she said.

Vocino is hopeful that maybe the viewers will get a little more backstory about the vegetable couple in the future.听“We’re trying to convince Pixar to do a Potato Head origin story, so that we can find out how the Potato Heads met. That’s what we want to do,” she said.

Northern Virginia roots

Vocino grew up in Northern Virginia and traveled around the area with her mom who was a United Methodist minister.

She grew up singing and said she believes it really helped her develop her skills as a voice actor.

“I was in church choir, trained as a singer, played the piano, and I have noticed that people who I now meet in voice-over, a lot of them have a musical background, I think that the music ear helped with the voice matching with the rhythm in the case,” she said.

Vocino does stand up and always like doing “funny voices” and realized it just fit.

“We need actors, we need entertainment, and听yet we think that it’s all the Tom Hanks and the Tim Allens … we need those guys, but we also need the little journeyman actors who fill in the other roles, like myself, and I’ve been lucky to be one of those guys,” she said.

But Vocino’s life isn’t all behind the microphone. She also deals with food for her other gig.

She鈥檚 the founder and CEO of Eat Happy Kitchen, a brand known for clean-ingredient pasta sauces, spices, and snacks.

The company, she said, started out of her own struggles after being diagnosed with celiac disease in 2002.

“I was upset to find out that gluten was in pretty much everything that I like to eat, being half southern and half Italian, with all the good foods, you name it 鈥斕齪asta, red velvet cake, key lime pie, fried chicken. Like, you name it, I couldn’t have it,” she said. “So I was like, let me figure out how to make this stuff, and I started blogging about it.”

Vocino’s brand is now in about 1,300 retailers nationwide.

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A single-engine plane crashed near a residential neighborhood late Saturday in Bowie, Maryland, leaving three people dead, according to police.

The single-engine Piper Cherokee crashed around 11:30 p.m. with a pilot and two passengers on board, according to Maryland State Police spokesperson Elena Russo. All three people on board were men. Identification is being withheld pending next of kin notification, police said.

The plane was en route from Ocean City, New Jersey, to Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg, Russo said.

Prince George鈥檚 County Public Safety Communications received information at 11:53 p.m. about an “iPhone crash alert” that indicated “a crash in the area of Rt. 50 and 301,” Russo said.

The search for the plane

Multiple local agencies responded and began a ground and aerial search immediately, including members of the Prince George鈥檚 County Fire Department, Maryland State Police College Park Barrack, Anne Arundel County Police and Aviation, Bowie City Police and the Prince George鈥檚 County Police Department.听

The aircraft was located around 3:45 a.m., “in a wooden area in close proximity to a residential area” off of Scarlet Oak Terrace, Russo said, noting a public park was in the nearby area.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 have any other information at this point from any eye witnesses or anybody that heard anything. The only thing we have is that iPhone crash alert,” she said.

The debris covers about 100 feet in a wooded area behind a fence that is “very close to a townhome community behind a playground,” she said.

Police said they believe the plane belongs to an area flight school in Montgomery County and “was possibly participating in a training flight.”

“It鈥檚 absolutely a tragic incident that we are here investigating today. It could have been even worse because of the proximity of the crash was literally right next to a town home community in Bowie,” Russo said.

The plane that crashed is mostly ‘very safe’

海角精品黑料’s Dan Ronan, who is a licensed pilot, said the Piper Cherokee is commonly used in training because it is relatively easy to operate.

“It is frequently flown, very safe,” Ronan said. “It is a relatively simple airplane to fly because it does not have retractable landing gear. The gear is fixed. The engine is relatively simple in terms of aviation parlance. Managing the engine and the power settings is relatively simple, as compared to other complex, more complicated airplanes,” he said.听

When it comes to visibility, Ronan said Saturday night was very clear and conditions were favorable for flying.

“As far as nights to fly, last night was a gorgeous night,” he said.

“The temperature was cool, it was in the 70s, the visibility was wide open, very good visibility in terms of flying. If you’re going to pick a night to fly general aviation and do a cross country from Ocean City, New Jersey, to our area, very, very good night to fly in terms of just overall conditions.”

NTSB investigation

The investigation will be led by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration. The NTSB dispatched an official from its area field office who is expected to arrive Sunday.听

The NTSB said in a statement to 海角精品黑料 that additional information is expected Monday.

“Once on scene, the investigator will begin documenting the site and examining the aircraft,” the NTSB said. “They will request air traffic communications, radar data, and weather reports, and attempt to contact any witnesses. Additionally, the investigator will obtain the aircraft鈥檚 maintenance records, as well as the pilot鈥檚 medical records and flight history.”

Ronan said that the NTSB will be looking at the pilot, passengers, aircraft and all elements before and during flight.

“They’re going to be looking at the airplane, the condition of the airplane, all of the mechanical records, and then, of course, they will deconstruct the lives of those poor people who passed away,” Ronan said.

“Sadly, they will be deconstructing the last week of their lives to try and figure out what, if any, human factors might have been a contributing factor that caused this accident late last night, early this morning.”听

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鈥淔ather鈥檚 Day is that one time that鈥檚 really highlighted when we really think about what that means to be a child鈥檚 father,鈥� said N. Jeremi Duru, a professor at American University鈥檚 Washington College of Law.

Duru, who grew up in the D.C. area and has three sons, co-wrote 鈥溾�� with his longtime friend and fellow law school housemate Shani M. King.

He said the book is about sharing stories and giving his children guidance as they grow eventually become fathers.

鈥淭he time when you encourage your child to go swimming for the first time, picking them up for school. How much fun it is to do your work with them while they鈥檙e doing their homework next to you,鈥� Duru said.

The idea for the book came from King, who had been working on a message to his own children.

鈥淪hani was working on kind of a piece of writing 鈥� a poem, a love letter to his children 鈥� and he shared it with me, and I was like, that鈥檚 incredible. And he said, 鈥榃hat do you think about us turning this into a book together?鈥欌�� Duru said.

Duru said the book is also meant to help fathers express love in ways that may not come naturally.

鈥淥ur hope with the book is to allow fathers who may not have that instinct to express love in that way to do so through the book,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e want this book to be a tool for fathers who may not be as comfortable expressing their emotions to their child, telling their child, 鈥業 love you.鈥欌��

For Duru, one of the book鈥檚 most meaningful moments focuses on a father comforting a child who has fallen off a bike.

鈥淎 father is holding his child and comforting the child and explaining that the child鈥檚 pain is the father鈥檚 pain. The father feels it as well, and the father wants to do everything he can to alleviate that pain for the child. To me, that鈥檚 the most touching page of the book,鈥� Duru said.

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Research is finding that they have an impact on infertility in men.

“No dad can fix toxic pollution with a toolbox,” said Marc Boom, senior director of public affairs at the Environmental Protection Network.

He said they’ve recently to bring awareness to how harmful certain pollutants are, and how they could cause infertility in men.

The EPN said in the report that about 172 million Americans have PFAS chemicals, known as “forever chemicals” in their drinking water, and nearly everyone in the U.S., including newborn babies, has PFAS in their blood from multiple sources, such as water, food, consumer products and indoor dust.

“Things like PFAS, which are also known as forever chemicals, phthalates and even some pesticides, can interfere with hormones and fertility and reproductive health,” he said.

So how do you protect yourself? He said there are some simple steps to take.

“Don’t heat up your food in plastic, don’t store it in plastic, that can leach out and can increase your exposure. If you’re concerned about PFAs, you can, you can look at your water utility, see what they’re doing about it. You can buy a certified filter,” Boom said.

Another thing is looking at what’s in your cookware. Non-stick cookware often includes PFAS in the coating. You could be cooking harmful toxins into your healthy food.

“There’s this whole class of emerging pollutants, like PFAS, forever chemicals that we are just starting to understand,” Boom said. “You might come across them in your water, in your air and the food you eat at work, or in your home, the products that you buy.”

“Father’s Day is a time when a lot of us think about the people we love and what it means to protect them.”

Find more about the connection between PFAS and infertility in men at the EPN .

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The that large sections of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River will be closed to recreational boaters during the holiday celebration.

The closures include all waters of the Potomac River from the Francis Scott Key Bridge to 200 yards south of the 14th Street Bridge from 8 a.m. on July 2 through 6 a.m. on July 5.

All areas of the Anacostia River from the 11th Street Bridge to 200 yards south of the Frederick Douglass Bridge will be closed from 6 p.m. to midnight on July 4. The closing on the Anacostia River applies to all vessels.

While recreational boaters will not be allowed on the Potomac from July 2 through July 5, commercial ferries and dinner cruises will be allowed to travel on the Potomac on July 2, but not from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on July 3 or noon to midnight on July 4.

Flights to and from Reagan National Airport will also be impacted on July 4 as the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said Tuesday that no planes will take off or land at the airport on July 4 after noon until flights resume July 5.

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