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Maryland primary: Voters stream to polls to pick nominations in key Senate, House and local contests 05/14/2024 08:00pm • Visit��WTOP���s Election 2024 page for comprehensive coverage. Listen live to 103.5 FM for WTOP's election coverage throughout the day.�� Marylanders streamed to the polls Tuesday to decide vital primary contests. "It's more impactful I think, when you walk up and cast your vote," a voter in B 8 Best Quantum Computing Stocks to Buy in 2024 05/14/2024 08:00pm • While the financial markets are consumed with all things artificial intelligence, many investors are missing the boat on the next massive technology breakthrough -- quantum computing. Quantum computers handle scientific calculations that otherwise could take millions of years to solve using traditio 7 Best Vanguard Bond Funds to Buy 05/14/2024 08:00pm • When you think about fixed-income expertise, firms like Pimco and Nuveen likely come to mind, with Pimco's co-founder Bill Gross famously known as "The Bond King" due to his management of the renowned Pimco Total Return Fund (ticker: PTTRX). As the financial landscape has shifted, particularly with How the New Wells Fargo Autograph Journey Compares With Other Entry-Level Travel Cards 05/14/2024 08:00pm • Wells Fargo has been a popular issuer of many top credit cards, including the Wells Fargo Active Cash�� Card for flat rate cash back, the Wells Fargo Reflect�� Card for balance transfers and the Wells Fargo Autograph? Card for no-fee earnings on travel. With the launch of the new Wells Fargo Autogra 5 Types of Primary Care Doctors 05/14/2024 08:00pm • By now, you likely know that you need a primary care physician. This health care professional holds the keys to long-term health and wellness through their ability to manage a wide range of health issues and develop long-term relationships with patients. But primary care isn't one monolithic form of Pending Supreme Court Cases That Could Impact Every American 05/14/2024 08:00pm • While there is always scrutiny and public attention on a handful of major Supreme Court decisions, many other cases that directly impact Americans' lives go comparatively unnoticed when they're decided. Let's take a look at a few cases currently before the Supreme Court that could have a real-world Knicks changing lineup for Game 5, will start McBride in three-guard lineup 05/14/2024 07:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The New York Knicks are changing their starting lineup for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, starting Deuce McBride on Tuesday night in a three-guard lineup. Forward Precious Achiuwa had started in place of the injured OG Anunoby in the two games in Indiana. But the Kni FIFA meets with women's soccer decisions, anti-racism pledge and retreat from key reforms on agenda 05/14/2024 07:38pm • FIFA���s gravest crisis erupted with police raids at its annual meeting in 2015 and nine years later international soccer���s 211 member federations gather this week in Thailand with some of the resulting anti-corruption reforms now in retreat. During three days of meetings starting Wednesday in Ban Texas university leaders say hundreds of positions, programs cut to comply with DEI ban 05/14/2024 07:30pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Texas universities eliminated or changed hundreds of jobs in recent months in response to one of the nation's most sweeping bans on diversity programs on college campuses, school officials told lawmakers Tuesday. In the fullest public accounting of the new Texas law to date, t Cargo ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse had power blackouts hours before leaving port 05/14/2024 07:22pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� The cargo ship Dali experienced electrical blackouts about 10 hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore and yet again shortly before it slammed into the Francis Key Bridge and killed six construction workers, federal investigators said Tuesday, providing the most detailed account TikTok content creators sue the US government over law that could ban the popular platform 05/14/2024 07:17pm • Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its China-based parent company doesn���t sell its stakes within a year. Attorneys for the creators argue in the lawsuit California to make $3.3 billion available for mental health, substance use treatment centers 05/14/2024 07:05pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Hammered by mounting pressure to address the growing homelessness crisis in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday his administration will make $3.3 billion available ahead of schedule for counties and private developers to start building more behavioral health t New Builders initiative looks to fight polarization by encouraging collaboration and alliances 05/14/2024 06:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Adam Luke remembers entering the first meeting of what would become the Citizen Solutions pilot project thinking, ���Oh god, this is going to suck.��� A self-described ���educated redneck,��� Luke was one of 11 Tennesseans with widely divergent views on gun rights selected by the p Ippei Mizuhara, ex-interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, pleads not guilty as a formality 05/14/2024 06:35pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to bank and tax fraud, a formality ahead of a plea deal he���s negotiated with federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging sports betting case. Prosecutors say Ippei Mizuhara stole nearly $17 Whistleblower questions delays and mistakes in way EPA used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment 05/14/2024 06:08pm • The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that officials brag is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn���t fly over eastern Ohio until four days after the disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment there last year. A whi