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Montgomery County students will have the chance to decorate their graduation caps 05/14/2024 03:42pm • Graduates at all public high schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, will be allowed to add their own personal touch to the top of their graduation caps. The decision was made to answer what some considered an equity issue as 17 high schools forbid the practice while others allowed the decorating of Why men have heart attacks earlier in life than women 05/14/2024 03:28pm • This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Although heart disease is the leading cause of death across genders in the U.S., men typically have their first heart attack an average of 10 years earlier than women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Add Maryland 2024 primary election voter guide: Everything you need to know 05/14/2024 07:42am • Visit WTOP���s Election 2024 page for comprehensive coverage. 2024 is shaping up to be a big year politically ��� especially in Maryland. In addition to the presidential contest, voters in Maryland's May 14 primary will be asked to weigh in on a slew of statewide and local races, including a Sena Your employer gives you a counter offer. Here's why you probably shouldn't take it 05/13/2024 10:20am • Using a job offer as leverage to get a raise or promotion from your current employer sometimes works, but you probably shouldn���t take the counter offer, according to staffing firm Beacon Hill. LinkedIn said 85% of full-time employees are considering switching jobs in 2024, but 20% would be open All things no-go? The ticketing nightmare behind Maryland's premier indie music festival 05/13/2024 06:34am • The All Things Go music festival, hosted at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, has only grown since its inception in 2014. Now, it's bursting out of its 40-acre cage and seems like a whole different animal for potential festivalgoers. This year's festival sold out altogether sh 'A thing of beauty': 25 years later, Ted Leonsis reflects on Capitals ownership 05/13/2024 04:53am • Owner Ted Leonsis and Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals pose with the Stanley Cup after their team defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game Five of the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on June 7, 2018 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) While the pinnac Fairfax Co. proposes smaller raises for teachers because of budget shortfall 05/12/2024 06:21pm • Fairfax County teachers and other school employees may be getting smaller raises next year because of a $102.5 million budget shortfall. At a school board meeting on Thursday, Superintendent Michelle Reid said the county���s board of supervisors didn���t provide as much funding as it historically Peter Chang opens NiHao in Crystal City 05/12/2024 12:15pm • Prolific Chinese chef Peter Chang���s newest restaurant is open in Crystal City. NiHao is a more casual sit-in and take-out restaurant, highlighting Szechuan dishes with small, shareable plates and dim sum, with his wife���s ���bubble pancake��� on the menu. NiHao (pronounced "knee-how") is Chine Prince George's Co. bill would require businesses open late to assess their safety 05/10/2024 09:50pm • How safe you are inside a business late at night can vary, from the type of business it is to where it���s located. And there���s lots more going on behind the scenes you might not even be aware of. Spurred on by repeated incidents at certain gas stations, convenience stores and other places that DC Council members add controversial Connecticut Ave. bike lane project to budget proposal 05/10/2024 07:12pm • Some D.C. Council members are reviving a controversial plan to bring bike lanes to a busy stretch of Connecticut Avenue in Northwest by adding it to the city's budget package. During a Friday meeting, lawmakers revealed the Committee on Transportation and the Environment's recommendations for the 'FLiRT' COVID variants are spreading. Scientists share what we know so far. 05/10/2024 10:31am • ▶ Watch Video: Marking 4 years since the start of the COVID pandemic More than a third of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are now estimated to be from a new, fast-growing member of a group of so-called "FLiRT" variants, nicknamed for their small but distinctive changes relative to the JN.1 Family petitions to rename Fairfax Co. road after daughter's fatal crash helped spur safety changes 05/10/2024 08:50am • In January 2023, 16-year-old Ariana Haftsavar was killed when the 2019 Lexus IS350 she was riding in left the road and rolled over. Her father tells WTOP Lee Chapel Road has been the site of many crashes. (Courtesy Bahman Haftsavar) A year-and-a-half after his daughter died in a crash on a treac Judge to decide whether to delay construction of Dominion���s offshore wind project 05/10/2024 08:44am • A federal judge will soon decide whether Dominion Energy obtained necessary federal approvals for its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, a 176-turbine wind farm environmental groups are backing as a critical source of renewable energy needed to combat climate change. Judge Loren L. AliKhan i Several closely-watched US House primaries in Maryland are loaded with candidates 05/10/2024 05:15am • Three open Maryland congressional seats have led to a flood of candidates in a trio of districts, providing dozens of choices for voters in the May 14 primary. The sprawling 6th District, which stretches from part of Montgomery County, through the Frederick area to the westernmost counties of the 'Hours count, minutes count': Advice from the Secret Service on avoiding cyberscams 05/09/2024 08:00pm • When most people think of the U.S. Secret Service, they think about presidential protection. But the Secret Service also investigates financial crimes and is currently involved in the investigation of the theft of $220,000 from the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department. Stavros Nikolakakos, assi