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Congress aims to exert control over DC crime with new bill 05/16/2024 08:15am • A year after Congress blocked D.C.'s revised criminal code, complaining it was soft on crime, the House has gone a step further by passing its own D.C. crime bill. The House passed the D.C. CRIMES Act on Wednesday with 225 votes, garnering support from Republicans as well as 18 Democrats. Propone Maryland set to expand ignition interlock program for drunk drivers 05/15/2024 09:55pm • A measure that will expand the use of ignition interlock devices when drivers are convicted of driving drunk is among many laws getting the signature of Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in Annapolis. The bill does away with an exemption that allowed drivers to plead down to probation before judgment in dr Catholic group supporting Dali cargo ship crew weeks after Baltimore Key Bridge collapse 05/15/2024 04:12pm • About two weeks ago, Andrew Middleton spent several hours with the 21 crew members who have been on board the Dali cargo vessel ever since it crashed into Baltimore's Key Bridge in late March. As director of the local Apostleship of the Sea, Middleton had been keeping in regular contact with the Loudoun Co. proposes 16 delayed-start days next year to allow teachers to meet training requirements 05/15/2024 04:33am • Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia is considering adding 16 delayed-start days to the calendar for the 2024-25 school year, as part of a plan to give teachers more time to complete critical trainings. The proposal, which Superintendent Aaron Spence presented to the school board Tuesday nig Maryland���s 6th District: Neil Parrott scores GOP nomination; early lead for April McClain Delaney tips Democratic nod 05/14/2024 11:18pm • Visit��WTOP���s Election 2024 page for comprehensive coverage. Listen live to 103.5 FM for WTOP���s team coverage of the Maryland primary.�� In the closely watched primary contest in Maryland's 6th District ��� considered the most competitive piece of congressional real estate in the state ��� fo DC's Bread for the City aims to lift people with chronic conditions up with 'a prescription for cash' 05/14/2024 10:45pm • D.C. nonprofit Bread for the City is offering extra financial support to people in need who are suffering from a chronic condition. The program is called "Cash RX" and its goal, according to the organization, is to address economic inequality and health disparities in the District. ���It's lit Maryland primary: Voters stream to polls to pick nominations in key Senate, House and local contests 05/14/2024 08:00pm • Visit��WTOP���s Election 2024 page for comprehensive coverage. Listen live to 103.5 FM for WTOP's election coverage throughout the day.�� Marylanders streamed to the polls Tuesday to decide vital primary contests. "It's more impactful I think, when you walk up and cast your vote," a voter in B 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