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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 Latest plan for Connecticut Avenue in DC includes left-turn lanes, pedestrian upgrades, but no bike lanes 06/04/2024 07:50pm • D.C.'s planned concept to redesign a stretch of Connecticut Avenue in Northwest includes dedicated left-turn lanes and pedestrian upgrades but will move forward without bike lanes, capping months of tension between cyclists, residents, lawmakers and transportation officials. During a virtual meet 15-year-old dead, 3 wounded following shooting in Prince William Co. 06/04/2024 06:20pm • A 15-year-old boy is dead and three other people were wounded after a shooting in Triangle, Virginia, Monday night. Prince William County police said officers responded to the 3700 block of Masthead Trail for reports of a shooting behind a home at 10:30 p.m. A 15-year-old teenager and a man we Documents: Rockville elementary school principal caught on video stomping on student's foot 06/04/2024 05:01pm • A Rockville, Maryland, elementary school principal has turned himself in on assault charges after authorities say he was caught on video stomping on a student's foot. Ritchie Park Elementary School Principal Andrew Winter, 54, is facing a charge of second-degree assault. The alleged assault ha Bill would cap rent increases in Prince George's County. Critics say it doesn't go far enough 06/04/2024 01:28pm • The Prince George���s County Council in Maryland has introduced a bill that would permanently impose rent caps ��� or rent stabilization as the council calls it. The bill, introduced by Council Chair Jolene Ivey and backed by five other council members, was quickly panned by progressive groups th Youngkin calls for repeal of new limits on Va. college tuition program for military families 06/04/2024 10:46am • After attempting to rein in the skyrocketing costs of a state program that covers college expenses for some military families, Virginia leaders are discussing whether the move is proving so politically unpopular that they should return to Richmond to undo it. Advocates for military families have How a Maryland entrepreneur was inspired to bring this Hawaiian dish to DC 06/03/2024 06:37am • The first time Vivien Bang grilled the outside of a rice ball in a little bit of sesame oil six years ago, she knew she had struck gold. ���He was just like, ���What are you doing? You have to do something with this,������ she remembers her then-boyfriend and now husband, Luke, telling her wh Civil rights activist honored by Fairfax County students 06/02/2024 05:20am • Lillian S. Blackwell (1911-1996) was a trailblazing civil rights activist who fought to desegregate Fairfax County, Virginia. From public schools to movie theaters, Blackwell played an important role in making sure everyone, no matter their race, was treated equally in Fairfax County. The moth High-wage remote jobs are vanishing, but freelancing is up 06/02/2024 04:36am • High-income remote and hybrid jobs are disappearing fast, according to a new report by Ladders, a career site for jobs that pay $100,000 or more. High-paying work-from-home roles have dropped by 60% in the last year ��� but a growing number of professionals are finding a workaround to skip long c National Asian Heritage Festival to shut down some DC streets Saturday 06/01/2024 06:13am • To round out Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, D.C. will be hosting a massive festival celebrating everything the culture has to offer. The annual National Asian Heritage Festival in D.C. has been celebrating the diversity of Asian heritage and culture since 2006. This year, the event wi