Search

Street closures for IMF and World Bank annual meetings in DC 10/21/2024 11:12am • Global finance leaders are in D.C. this week for the IMF and World Bank annual meetings. Road closures are already in place for those who are navigating throughout the District. Here's what you need to know. Through Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m., D.C. police said the following streets will be poste Why is Maryland's 6th congressional district race so competitive? 10/21/2024 07:40am • 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. Maryland's U.S. Senate race has taken up a lot of political oxygen, but the Darrell Green gets his No. 28 retired by Washington more than two decades since his final season 10/21/2024 04:54am • LANDOVER, Md. (AP) ��� Darrell Green is back around the Washington football organization he played his entire NFL career for, receiving an honor that seems long overdue. The Commanders retired the Hall of Fame cornerback's No. 28 at halftime of their game against Carolina on Sunday, 22 years sinc Exclusive: Inside the prison that executes people for supplying cannabis 10/20/2024 08:00am • Singapore (CNN) ��� Though he is provided with a straw mat, Matthew says he prefers to sleep on the concrete floor of his cell in the maximum-security wing of Singapore���s Changi Prison. ���It���s more cooling that way,��� says the 41-year-old former schoolteacher, who was sentenced to more tha Halloween could taste different this year thanks to soaring cocoa prices 10/20/2024 06:00am • (CNN) ��� Everybody knows it���s not Halloween without candy, but trick-or-treaters might find less chocolate filling their buckets this year. That���s because cocoa prices have more than doubled since the start of the year and have remained at record highs, according to Wells Fargo data shared w Stop sign cameras may be coming to Prince George's County 10/19/2024 02:23pm • Stop sign camera enforcement near schools could be coming to Prince George's County, Maryland. A bill to allow stop sign cameras in school zones is advancing in the county council. The measure was passed unanimously on Oct. 10 by the Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committe Faculty at Northern Virginia Community College say president���s leadership is 'harming students' 10/19/2024 05:33am • Weeks after some faculty members at Northern Virginia Community College took a ���no confidence��� vote in regards to President Anne Kress��� leadership, they���re now speaking out about recent policy decisions that they said are harming students. In a memo sent to members of the college���s full Parts of Maryland and Virginia reach peak fall foliage conditions 10/18/2024 06:45pm • Fall is the best time of the year for some of us. Western parts of Virginia and Maryland are already awash in vibrant colors, but the states' forestry officials said this year, with a hotter than average summer, it's been particularly difficult to predict the color change in foliage. "We really t Gold bar scammer pleads guilty to bilking nearly $800,000 from Maryland woman 10/18/2024 06:35pm • A California man has pleaded guilty to a gold bar scam that bilked a Montgomery County, Maryland, woman of nearly $800,000. In court on Friday, Wenhui Sun, 34, of Lake Arbor, California, pleaded guilty to multiple theft charges in a case that tried to swindle more than $1.1 million from the woman WTOP's The Road to Responsible AI 10/18/2024 04:57pm • What are the building blocks of trusted AI? From national security to scientific discovery, artificial intelligence is redefining what���s possible. It���s changing how humans interact with and understand complex datasets, leading to increased opportunities for discovery and accuracy in nearly all 'Crazy busy': Northern Virginia bagel shop owner credits TikTok with boosting her spooky treats 10/18/2024 04:22pm • Nisha Arora, owner of Bobby's Bagel Cafe in Northern Virginia, first started playing around with the idea of creating a pumpkin-shaped bagel more than four years ago. And she didn���t stop at the shape ��� she experimented with the flavor, too. "When we had it in 2020, we made it actually At West Springfield High School, game day also means inspiring first graders to read 10/18/2024 03:25pm • Standing in two lines in the corner of the football field Friday morning, West Springfield High School cheerleaders clapped and put their hands out for high-fives. First graders from nearby Cardinal Forest Elementary School in Fairfax County, Virginia, had just completed the half-mile bus rid Street closures, parking restrictions for Howard University homecoming celebrations 10/18/2024 01:33pm • Howard University's annual homecoming celebration is this weekend in D.C. Road closures are already in place for the university's 100th Anniversary Homecoming Celebration, but for those planning to make a trip to the District, here's what you need to know. Through Saturday, Oct. 19 at 11:59 p.m., Pollin family reflects on Washington Capitals, 50 years after team���s founding 10/18/2024 10:14am • Last weekend, the Washington Capitals began their 50th season in the National Hockey League (NHL), and along the way, the franchise has seen everything from the very worst season ever recorded to a Stanley Cup Championship. Soon, a lifelong Capital might also become the NHL���s all-time lead Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad celebrates 50 years since first female medic, advanced ambulance 10/18/2024 06:09am • For the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad, this year is about celebrating the 50th anniversary of firsts ��� including the department���s first advanced life support unit and its first female member. The ambulance known as "Medic 1" was a van which offered, at the time, the best technology in