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Maryland ranks sixth in states struggling with hiring, study says 04/20/2024 07:39am • Maryland ranks sixth on a list of states facing challenges filling job vacancies, according to a recent study by WalletHub.�� ���Many businesses in Maryland are still experiencing labor shortages,��� said Cassandra Happe, an analyst at WalletHub, in an interview with WTOP. ���They have this compa Motivated by his own supporters, Md. man gives back to DC-area amputee community 04/18/2024 11:50pm • In June 2012, Greg Hourigan started aggressive chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which he described as a ���pretty nasty leukemia.��� In the middle of that chemotherapy treatment, he developed a bacterial infection. He got sepsis, and then went into septic shock. Ultimately, both of Speed limit change coming to Veirs Mill Road in Rockville 04/18/2024 09:10pm • A lower speed limit is coming to a stretch of Veirs Mill Road in Rockville, Maryland, where a pedestrian was struck and killed late last year. The speed limit is changing from 40 mph to 35 mph. The change will apply to the part of the road between Edmonston Drive and Twinbrook Parkway. The Cit Maryland dispensaries brace for a 'very busy' 4/20 04/18/2024 03:55pm • Saturday is April 20, which is something of a holiday for marijuana enthusiasts ��� and it marks the first 4/20 in Maryland since the state launched its recreational marijuana market last July. Stores that are licensed to sell recreational pot are bracing for heavy foot traffic. "I think they' NYC���s Glowbar brings membership facials to Georgetown 04/18/2024 07:45am • Glowbar, a facial membership studio, is opening its first location in D.C., at 1533 Wisconsin Ave. in Georgetown. It will open this fall. The Georgetown location will be Glowbar���s 17th location, with others in New York, Philadelphia New Jersey, Boston and Connecticut. Stand-alone facial appo DC and federal officials say this initiative is helping take violent offenders off the streets 04/17/2024 06:27pm • Two years after the creation of "Project Safe Neighborhoods," an attempt to crack down on gun-related crimes in D.C., authorities say they've sent 127 firearms cases to federal court. "Targets of these cases have an average of six prior felony arrests. More than half of them were previously arres Some criminals are using dating app Tinder to purchase guns, ATF says 04/17/2024 05:46pm • Federal officials are learning that guns are being trafficked using social media platforms, including an app where you would more likely find a date than a Glock. A new report on firearms trafficking from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms released earlier this month found that armed off White's Ferry shut down in 2020. A land donation to Montgomery Co. could bring back the Potomac River crossing 04/16/2024 08:10pm • There is newfound hope that ferry services that once carried up to 800 cars a day across the Potomac River between Montgomery and Loudoun counties could resume. The current owners of White's Ferry, Chuck and Stacy Kuhn, have made a formal offer to donate the ferry landing property to Montgomery C Fairfax Co. schools stand to lose millions in funding under Youngkin's proposed budget amendments, school system says 04/16/2024 06:05pm • Fairfax County Public Schools would lose over $6 million in funding for English language learners in each of the next two years, as a result of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin���s proposed changes to the state���s budget. That is one of several findings in the school district���s analysis of the pro Maryland spa owner charged with operating illicit massage parlors 04/16/2024 05:02pm • The owner of two Maryland spas is under arrest and facing both prostitution and sex trafficking charges after investigators claim she was operating illicit massage parlors. Montgomery County police said detectives received information in October 2023 that prostitution and human trafficking may ha Few Marylanders are screened for lung cancer. Can this new $8M statewide effort change that? 04/16/2024 02:15pm • Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., in part because it's frequently diagnosed in later stages after it's already spread. Yet an infinitesimal number of people who are eligible for screening ��� which could help detect cancer earlier when it's easier to treat ��� ever ge Manassas School Board considering changes to next year���s school calendar 04/16/2024 11:38am • The Manassas City School Board is considering potential changes to next year���s academic calendar to help give teachers time to adjust to and complete new required training as part of the Virginia Literacy Act. There are a number of required trainings teachers must complete for new standards set b Va. Gov. Youngkin proposes a second vote to remove Robert E. Lee license plate 04/16/2024 11:15am • While Gov. Glenn Youngkin did not veto a measure to repeal two license plates connected to the controversial history of the Confederacy, he is staving off Democrats��� effort to do so by requiring lawmakers to vote again on the measure next year. The governor also amended the��bill, which receive Executor of O.J. Simpson's estate changes stance on Goldman family payout 04/16/2024 10:21am • ▶ Watch Video: Former NFL star O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted of double murder, dies at 76 O.J. Simpson's longtime attorney and the executor of his estate has backpedaled on earlier remarks suggesting he would block any claims for settlement money from Ron Goldman's family members, wh VIDEO: Surprising facts about Lincoln's last day 04/15/2024 06:15pm • Few days changed the course of American history like April 15, 1865 ��� when Abraham Lincoln died after being shot by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. WTOP's Jimmy Alexander explores some of the many surprising facts about Lincoln's last day. For example, a��"first lady" fe