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Jan 15, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | DAVID KAPLAN
The BriefCongestion pricing is essentially a toll for going into busy areas during peak hours. New York is the first North American city to have congestion pricing. Stockholm, Singapore and London have it. Charging drivers for coming into the busiest parts of D.C. could possibly reduce traffic and generate revenue that could be reinvested in public transit.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | DAVID KAPLAN
LANDOVER, Md. - FOX 5 has confirmed with a spokesperson for the Washington Commanders that principal owner Josh Harris and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell met with various legislators on Monday. Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen tells FOX 5 he and Sen. Ben Cardin, alongside Prince George’s County leaders, met with other members of ownership.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
theoutcome.com | DAVID KAPLAN
Retailers like Nordstrom and Walmart are hoping to deck their store sales by challenging Amazon’s generative AI effortsThe 2024 holiday shopping season is shaping up as a pivotal moment for artificial intelligence in retail, as major retailers and brands embrace AI tools to capture an increasingly digital-savvy consumer base, particularly Gen Z shoppers who are planning to spend more this season.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
magazine.esra.org.il | DAVID KAPLAN
Love, Set and…Oh, what a Match. Lovebirds, Ruth and Ian Froman at a 2015 eventhonoring Ian’s contribution to Israeli society and tennis in Israel. Photo credit:David E.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | DAVID KAPLAN
CHARLES CO., Md. - FOX 5 is working to learn more about an incident last Friday that sent a Charles County elementary school student to the hospital. The boy’s mother posted about the incident on Instagram and it went viral. The sheriff’s office is actively investigating as this boy’s mother and other parents want more answers about what happened. .FOX 5’s David Kaplan spoke briefly with the boy’s mother Monday.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | DAVID KAPLAN
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Mayor’s Office announced $82 million in upgrades coming to Union Station. The funds will essentially be split into two buckets: The first bucket is nearly $59 million in more immediate upgrades. There are long-term plans for a full revamp of Union Station but that won’t be done for a while. So the $59 million will go towards some of the shorter-term investments.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | DAVID KAPLAN
WASHINGTON - For Commanders fans, the loss to the Steelers at home Sunday still stings a bit but the season presses on with quite the test: A road game on a short week against the division-rival Philadelphia Eagles. On Tuesday, we heard from Head Coach Dan Quinn and quarterback Jayden Daniels. Both the Commanders and Eagles are 2-0 in the division coming into this huge Thursday night tilt in Philadelphia.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | DAVID KAPLAN
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - A Northern Virginia family is speaking with FOX 5 after getting a nearly $550 toll for driving their RV in the I-66 Express Lanes. The Landry Family took a trip to Luray Caverns last month. John and Julia Landry have six kids. The five oldest were with John in the RV and the youngest was following behind in a caravan. The high cost of the tolls was the total for their way there and back. "The amount was so preposterously high," John Landry said.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | DAVID KAPLAN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. - Maryland elections officials went back to work Saturday after several county elections offices in the state received bomb threats. The source of those threats remains under investigation but in Montgomery County, canvassers gathered again today and continued their work. FOX 5 was told the threats came in to the elections office itself on Friday.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | DAVID KAPLAN
ARLNIGTON, Va. - With just two days to go until the election, everyone has eyes on key swing states. Virginia has trended blue for a while now — no Republican candidate has won the state since 2004. But does that mean the Commonwealth could sway this year’s election? President Joe Biden won by 10 in 2020. What the candidates say matters as they make their final pitch but where they go says just as much.
