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What's next for Initiative 83 in DC? 11/07/2024 05:52am • Tuesday's election delivered two major voting reforms to the District of Columbia. Initiative 83, which passed overwhelmingly, has two components — first, it will allow independent voters to cast ballots in D.C. primaries and second, it will bring ranked choice voting to the city. In D.C., wher Hyattsville restaurateur Tobias Dorzon shot during robbery 11/06/2024 07:11pm • Tobias Dorzon, a former NFL player turned chef and restaurateur, was one of two people shot Tuesday night during a robbery in Prince George's County, Maryland, according to a county council member. "Such a horrible act couldn’t have happened to a better person. I am sending my deepest sympa Harris says nation must accept election results while urging supporters to keep fighting 11/06/2024 06:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with a sweeping rejection by American voters, Kamala Harris conceded the presidential election to Donald Trump on Wednesday and encouraged supporters to continue fighting for their vision of the country. The Democratic vice president said the battle would continue “in PHOTOS: 2024 Election Day in DC region 11/06/2024 10:25am • Election Day 2024 has arrived in the D.C. region. Polls in the D.C. area opened early Tuesday morning as voters across the U.S. choose between a former president and a current vice president as their next commander in chief. Besides the race for the White House, voters in Maryland are focused on the Maryland Election 2024: Local county race results 11/06/2024 08:10am • Visit WTOP’s Election 2024 page for our comprehensive coverage. Listen live to 103.5 FM for the latest. Sign up for WTOP’s Election Desk newsletter for headlines and analysis from now until Inauguration Day. Here are the unofficial results of some local general election races in Marylan DC voters pass Initiative 83, vote to keep indicted Council member White in office 11/06/2024 04:33am • D.C. voters have reelected Ward 8 Council member Trayon White, despite the fact he awaits trial on a federal bribery charge, and have also approved an initiative that will implement ranked choice voting and allow independents to vote in District primaries. Polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, and whil Georgetown men's basketball preview: Hoyas looking for a second-year surge 11/06/2024 04:11am • Georgetown's Ed Cooley was no stranger to the Hoyas program when he was named head coach in March 2023. After 12 seasons at Providence competing in the Big East, he often had a front-row seat to a program that declined from regular season co-champion in 2013 to a regular last-place finisher in 2023. Narrow win for Virginia Democrat in competitive race for US House 11/05/2024 06:35pm • About 24 hours after polls closed, a tight congressional race in Northern Virginia has been called for Democrat Eugene Vindman. Vindman will represent Virginia's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House, securing Democrats a win in one of the most highly-anticipated congressional races in the 'There's a beauty in our democracy': Voters head to polls across DC, Maryland and Virginia to cast their ballots in high-stakes election 11/05/2024 04:30pm • Listen live to WTOP on air at 103.5 FM or online and check back on this page as results come in. Election Day 2024 has arrived and polls in D.C., Maryland and Virginia are now open as voters across the U.S. choose between a former president and a current vice president as their next commander Ida Ruben, ‘relentless champion for Montgomery County’ in Annapolis, dies at 95 11/05/2024 03:41pm • Former state Sen. Ida G. Ruben (D), a feisty and pathbreaking lawmaker who was a force behind many of Montgomery County’s top legislative achievements of the past several decades, died Friday in Bethesda at the age of 95. Torchinsky Hebrew Funeral Home of Washington, D.C., which announced Ruben What Election Day means for voters with disabilities 11/04/2024 06:23pm • Sign up for WTOP’s Election Desk weekly newsletter to stay up-to-date through Election Day 2024 with the latest developments in this historic presidential election cycle. Many voters with disabilities find that voting by mail allows them to cast their ballots in a way that's convenient for the A person's excessive sweating and sensitive skin could be connected 11/04/2024 05:58am • There may be a link between sensitive skin and excessive sweating, according to a new study published in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. The study, which looked at more than 600 people with both conditions, found that 90% of people who sweat more than normal had sensitive skin. "These findin After drag race video goes viral, 2 Virginia drivers are arrested for unsafe driving 11/03/2024 07:54am • After video of a drag race on Leesburg Pike in Tysons, Virginia, went viral, Fairfax County police said they have located and arrested the two drivers involved. Police said that the video, which showed a Tesla Cybertruck and a Lamborghini illegally racing near Westwood Center Drive earlier in the 10 House races to watch on election night (and beyond) 11/03/2024 04:30am • (CNN) — Entering Election Day on Tuesday, the battle for control of the US House of Representatives rests on a knife’s edge, with a historically small universe of competitive races poised to determine the chamber’s majority in the next Congress – an outcome that could have far-reaching conse The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024 11/03/2024 04:28am • (CNN) — Senate control is for grabs Tuesday. And although Republicans are well positioned to win the majority, Democrats cannot be counted out entirely. That’s because their well-funded candidates have consistently overperformed the top of the ticket in polling of many of the most important r