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Pat Sajak says goodbye to ���Wheel of Fortune���: ���An incredible privilege��� 06/07/2024 08:00pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� After 41 years and over 8,000 episodes, Pat Sajak made his final turn as the renowned host of ���Wheel of Fortune��� on Friday. The season 41 finale, dubbed the ���Thanks for the memories��� show, opened on Friday with a clip from Sajak���s first episode as the host of �� Haymarket ice skating star Sarah Everhardt is anonymous no more 06/07/2024 03:11pm • Sarah Everhardt saw no reason to make a fuss about her first day back at Battlefield High School after a week-long absence. To the 17-year-old junior, Jan. 30 was another day to slip into English class and join 20 peers to work on her essay for the upcoming Standards of Learning test. But Bran A small oasis opens up in a Southeast DC food desert 06/07/2024 01:34pm • Southeast D.C. is a well-known food desert, with just one typical grocery store operating east of the river. For years, a constant complaint has been the difficulty that area of the city has in accessing the fresh produce taken for granted in richer parts of the city. Now a local nonprofit is Blue crab populations are down, but experts are not worried 06/07/2024 11:39am • The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay is down slightly from last year, to 317 million, but researchers said the numbers are manageable and they see ���no serious reason for concern.��� The population estimates come from the annual winter dredge survey released last month by the Maryland Left turn wait times, pedestrian safety are biggest concerns in Fairfax Co. study to improve Route 29 06/07/2024 06:22am • As Fairfax County continues to study and consider possible improvements to a busy stretch of Route 29, community members in the Virginia suburb say they'd like to see pedestrian and cyclist upgrades, plus shorter wait times to make turns. The county's transportation department launched the study A new nightlife option coming to Prince George���s Co. 06/06/2024 09:15pm • Cigars may not be for everyone, but Prince George���s County, Maryland, residents who do enjoy them either have to smoke them at a home or, if they���re looking to visit a lounge, head to a venue in a neighboring jurisdiction ��� but not for long. The Prince George���s County Council voted 11-0 o DC Council primary results: Felder wins crowded Ward 7 race, incumbents easily win Democratic nomination 06/06/2024 07:00pm • Visit��WTOP���s Election 2024 page��for comprehensive coverage. Stay with WTOP for the latest��D.C. primary election��updates. Wendell Felder emerged with the Democratic nomination for Ward 7's D.C. Council seat in a crowded primary with 10 candidates,��while incumbents in Ward 4 and 8 and one at Former MGM National Harbor blackjack dealer charged with conspiring with players to cheat 06/06/2024 05:05pm • A former MGM National Harbor employee is facing theft and embezzlement charges after being accused of conspiring with at least three people to cheat during her time working there as a blackjack dealer. During a news conference Thursday, Prince George's County State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy said 'We can't turn our back on rising sea levels': New Md. sensors measure flooding in real time 06/06/2024 09:29am • Hanging on a pilon along Ego Alley in Annapolis, Maryland, is what looks like a piece of PVC pipe with a small solar panel attached to it. There are more of them hanging around the city, and soon they'll be up and down Anne Arundel County, as well as in Charles County, Baltimore City and throughout Review: Netflix's 'Sweet Tooth' gets touching send off in Season 3 after helping us cope with real pandemic 06/06/2024 04:26am • In June of 2021 ��� two months before the Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine ��� Netflix dropped the popular fantasy drama series "Sweet Tooth" about a mysterious global virus called The Sick. The second season arrived in April of 2023 ��� just a month before the Tornado rips through Montgomery Co., hurling debris in the air and collapsing homes, injuring 5 06/06/2024 12:01am • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. A sprawling, rotating supercell swept over the D.C. region Wednesday, producing a possible tornado that tore through parts of Montgomery County in Maryland. The twister sent debris flying into the air, knocked down trees, damaged Montgomery Co. schools eyeing layoffs and class size increases 06/05/2024 10:00pm • School principals, teachers, staff and families of Montgomery County students are contemplating the impacts of budget cuts that will result in growing class sizes in the fall. In an email to families on Tuesday, Montgomery County Public Schools Interim Superintendent Monique Felder said class siz What is enormous and venomous, has 8 legs, travels through the wind and is heading to the DC region? 06/05/2024 01:23pm • Headlines this week are warning of the arrival of a venomous spider, as big as a human palm, that travels through the wind and is heading to the D.C. area. But there is no need to be alarmed. These creepy-crawlies won���t create scenes reminiscent of the movie "Arachnophobia." ���You definitel DC region gains another Fortune 500 company 06/05/2024 01:20pm • The D.C. region counts 20 companies on this year's Fortune 500 list, up from 19 last year, thanks to the relocation of water technology company Xylem Inc. Xylem, whose water system products are used by utilities and industries in 150 companies, moved its headquarters to Cheverly, Maryland, in 202 Canines on Capitol Hill push legislation to help working dogs 06/05/2024 04:34am • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at��Today on the Hill. A four-legged military veteran and other tail-wagging everyday heroes came to Capitol Hill this week to highlight the important role that dogs play in the armed services