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DP World Tour Schedule 02/19/2024 03:00pm • Nov. 23-26 _ Joburg Open (Dean Burmester) Nov. 23-26 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Min Woo Lee) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Joaquin Niemann) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Dean Burmester) Dec. 7-10 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Louis Oosthuizen A greener alternative to cremation could soon be available in Maryland 02/19/2024 01:47pm • You may have never heard of "aquamation" or “flameless cremation.” It is a new, greener alternative to cremation that may soon be available in the D.C. area. A bill is now in front of Maryland's legislature to allow and regulate the practice. Alkaline hydrolysis or aquamation place the deceas Long after tragic mysteries are solved, families of Native American victims are kept in the dark 02/19/2024 10:11am • It was the winter of 2021 when Philbert Shorty’s family found his abandoned car stuck in the mud outside the small community of Tsaile near the Arizona-New Mexico state line. “We knew something happened from the get-go," said his uncle, Ben Shorty. “We couldn’t find any answers.” Family me What's open, what's closed in the DC area on Presidents Day 2024 02/19/2024 08:55am • Presidents Day celebrates America's former leaders — George Washington and Abraham Lincoln chief among them. This year, it's on Feb. 19, which is also a day off for many of us in the D.C. area. Check out what's open and closed on Presidents Day 2024. Banks Almost all of the major banks wil Man killed in Fairfax Co. hit-and-run crash 02/19/2024 07:44am • A man is dead after a hit-and-run crash Sunday night in Fairfax County, Virginia. Police said it happened just before 10:45 p.m. on Richmond Highway at Buckman Road in Woodlawn. The man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. Police told WTOP that witnesses NBA All-Star weekend takeaways: Lots of points, lots of winners in Indy 02/19/2024 06:00am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NBA All-Star weekend in Indianapolis had plenty of winners. There was Damian Lillard, a 3-point shootout winner Saturday and the All-Star Game MVP on Sunday — a two-trophy weekend the likes of which only Michael Jordan pulled off previously. There were Stephen Curry and Sabri Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin is free on parole, but can he restore his old political luster? 02/18/2024 11:32pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the Southeast Asian nation’s most controversial politician for more than two decades, was released on parole early Sunday from a Bangkok hospital where he spent six months serving time for corruption-related offenses. The tel Car Review: Toyota finally jumps into the EV game with the bZ4X small crossover 02/18/2024 11:21pm • Toyota’s first EV is an all-electric crossover. The bZ4X is a stylish little crossover with a more futuristic look. The bZ4X sports a front end without a big grill like Toyota gas vehicles, and I like the look. The sleek LED headlight clusters are visually appealing with small individual lights in Car Review: Mazda’s 3-row SUV is a high-tech hit 02/18/2024 10:55pm • “This is the greatest car ever,” proclaimed my hyper-focused 5-year-old. She had homed in on the available rear-seat center console as the deal-sealer, giving her, for the first time, her very own mobile stash for small stuffed animals, snacks and other things that young children somehow find ap 2 officers, 1 first responder killed at the scene of a domestic call in Minnesota; suspect dead 02/18/2024 10:20pm • BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — A man armed with multiple guns and large amounts of ammunition shot at police officers from inside a suburban Minneapolis home that was filled with children on Sunday, killing two officers and a firefighter who was providing medical aid to one of the wounded, authorities s NASCAR teams tell AP they've hired top antitrust lawyer on eve of Daytona 500 02/18/2024 09:37pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR teams have hired one of the country's top antitrust and sports lawyers to advise them in their ongoing dispute with the family-owned stock car series over a new revenue-sharing model. The decision to hire Jeffrey Kessler, partner and co-executive chair of Winston Arrests made after girl's body found encased in concrete and boy's remains in a suitcase 02/18/2024 07:32pm • PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Two people have been arrested on charges of murder and abuse of a corpse after the discovery of a girl's body encased in concrete and a boy's remains in a suitcase in Colorado, according to police and public jail records. The City of Pueblo Police Department announced the arr The Rock, Pitbull, DJ Khaled bring South Florida flavor to Daytona 500 02/18/2024 03:24pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The 3-0-5 took over the Daytona 5-0-0. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Pitbull and DJ Khaled represented South Florida at the Daytona 500, as the trio of Sunshine State celebrities brought a dose of star power to Sunday's scheduled race day that was washed out by rain. Rain pushes Daytona 500 to Monday in first outright postponement since 2012 02/18/2024 11:46am • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR has postponed the season-opening Daytona 500 until Monday because of two days of rain at Daytona International Speedway. The race had been scheduled for Sunday afternoon, although the weather forecast put that in doubt all week. The final practice for drivers w 'Go-Go Honors' celebrates pioneers of DC's 'official music'; prepares for museum opening 02/18/2024 04:59am • Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. Four years after Go-Go’s designation as “The Official Music of Washington D.C.,” and months after a celebrated ribbon-c