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Apple Store workers in Towson vote to authorize a strike 05/12/2024 09:15am • Retail employees at the Apple Store in Towson, Maryland, the first Apple employees in the country to unionize, have voted to authorize a strike over working schedules and pay. No date for any potential walkout has been set. The Towson store employees voted to join the International Association Police: Prince George's Co. murder-suicide of married couple under investigation 05/12/2024 01:12am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, are investigating what they said was a domestic-related murder-suicide at the Beltsville home of a married couple in their 70s. Ji Tu, 78, and spouse Li Tu, 72, were found suffering gunshot wounds in their home in the 3600 block of Stonehall Drive when 1 killed in shooting at MGM Resort and Casino in Prince George's Co. 05/11/2024 02:53pm • A man was killed in a shooting at MGM Resort and Casino in Oxon Hill, Maryland, early Saturday morning. Prince George's County police responded to a shooting shortly before 5 a.m. on Saturday in the 100 block of MGM National Avenue. County police said officers responded after getting reports o Data Doctors: How to sync smartphones to Windows computers 05/10/2024 05:08pm • Q: Can I connect my iPhone to my Windows laptop like I can with a MacBook? A: A feature that has long been available in the Apple ecosystem is the ability to set up an iPhone and a macOS-based computer so that text messages and incoming phone calls are received on both devices. This interopera Leslie Odom Jr., Cypress Hill, Bonnie Raitt headline May entertainment around DC area 05/01/2024 04:47am • To paraphrase Justin Timberlake, "Guess what? It's gonna be May." In fact, it's here! The weather is warming up, so it's time to get out and enjoy some fun activities. We're rounding up fun events around the D.C. area in our May Entertainment Guide: May Entertainment Guide: May 1-5: WTOP's Neal Augenstein: One Passover tradition I'd like to end 04/26/2024 09:40am • It happens every year. On the day of a Passover Seder, I go to the grocery store and choose a big, fresh bunch of parsley since it is one of the symbolic foods displayed on the traditional Seder plate. A few sprigs of curly-leaf parsley go onto the plate, symbolizing the initial flourishin Review: 'The Big Door Prize' returns for Season 2 on Apple TV+, providing more questions than answers 04/24/2024 04:38pm • Imagine if a magical machine showed up in town promising to reveal your true life potential. Would you change your career to pursue your supposed destiny? Or would you cherish the life that you've already built? That's the fascinating high-concept premise of the existential dramedy "The Big D For DC's homeless population, street fair brings health care help — and hope 04/18/2024 06:57am • The plaza outside a train station is an unusual place for a patient to visit a doctor, but dozens of people experiencing homelessness did just that Wednesday afternoon, as they lined up at a health care street fair in Columbus Circle outside D.C.'s Union Station. "Folks are getting HIV testing, b From 'The Wiz' revival to Alicia Keys musical, DC native launches two Broadway shows in one week 04/17/2024 04:25am • Last fall, her nonprofit Canady Foundation for the Arts teamed with National Theatre's "Teens Behind the Scenes" program to bring hundreds of D.C. students to see the national tour of her revival of "The Wiz." "We brought about 300 D.C. youth to see the show," co-producer Marjuan Canady told Data Doctors: Tips for finding lost phones 04/12/2024 07:49pm • Q: My phone went missing and I haven’t been able to locate it using the Find My service, so what should I do next? A: Few things in the digital age are as stressful as losing your smartphone, so understanding how the "Find My" service works for both iPhone and Android users is important. If CAVA tops Yelp’s list of fastest-growing retail brands 04/10/2024 12:25pm • D.C.-based fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant chain CAVA tops Yelp's list of fastest-growing retail brands. North Bethesda-based Total Wine & More ranks No. 47 on the list of 50 fastest-growing brands. Yelp's list is based on net-new location openings and consumer interest and searches o Bad Bunny, Chuck D, Wanda Sykes headline April entertainment in DC area 04/01/2024 04:09am • April showers bring May flowers, but first April brings entertainment! Here's a roundup of fun events around the D.C. area this month. April Entertainment Guide April 1: Nicki Minaj at Capital One Arena April 1-7: Words, Beats & Life Festival April 1-7: The Arlington Players stage Emergency responders offer new ways to alert drivers they're on the road, using 'lights and sirens we've had for decades' 03/23/2024 01:04pm • What if you could get a real-time alert in your car as soon as a nearby fire truck turns on its emergency lights? New technology is now making that a reality. HAAS Alert’s Safety Cloud partners with 3,600 agencies across the U.S. to provide digital alerts to drivers, showing them the location o Data Doctors: Finding truly free smartphone video editing apps 03/23/2024 08:29am • Q: Every time I find a 'free' smartphone video editing app, it ends up requiring payment to use a lot of the tools. Are there any completely free apps for beginners? A: Editing videos was once the domain of powerful desktop computers and uber-expensive and complex programs that required you to le Review: Apple TV+ miniseries 'Manhunt' chronicles gripping hunt for Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth 03/15/2024 04:25am • TV shows don't get higher stakes than arguably the most consequential tragedy in American history. With one gunshot in a flag-draped balcony box at D.C.'s Ford's Theatre, the nation's greatest president was silenced, robbing us of his leadership in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. Ins