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Maryland Board of Public Works approves $4.1M settlement for UMBC students abused by former coach 04/04/2024 09:33am • The Maryland Board of Public Works approved a $4.1 million settlement Wednesday for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to pay students abused by the former head coach of the school���s swimming and diving team. UMBC President Valerie Sheares Ashby, who appeared before the three-member b New traffic safety devices detect distracted driving in DC 04/04/2024 05:56am • Beginning Thursday, there are two new mobile traffic safety devices that will be used to detect distracted driving and flash a warning to drivers in D.C. The devices consist of electronic signs mounted on small trailers and equipped with laser scanners capable of discerning whether a cellphone is 'More work to do' to combat crime in downtown Silver Spring, Montgomery Co. officials say 04/03/2024 08:00pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, held a news conference Wednesday on their efforts to cut crime in downtown Silver Spring, emphasizing that progress is being made despite challenges that include police department staffing levels. Noting that crime for the first quarter of the current yea Consumer financial market, federal oversight and reform 04/03/2024 02:43pm • Access to credit affects our lives in all kinds of ways ��� a solid credit score is needed to purchase a home, credit can keep a business running, help buy a car and deal with all kinds of expenses. Financial institutions and consumers navigate a variety of regulatory issues and guidelines th DC unveils budget plan: Sales tax hike, more education funding and new hotel room fee 04/03/2024 11:03am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser presented her fiscal 2025 budget to council members Wednesday, explaining program cuts and some tax increases are needed to account for a $700 million deficit.�� The $21 billion plan, called ���Fairshot: Strategic Investments and Shared Sacrifice,��� includes an increase Prince George's Co. Public Schools establish standardized start times for this fall 04/03/2024 09:45am • Editor's Note: An earlier version of the story misstated changes to school start times. In addition, the change to three start times is an operational decision that does not require board approval. This story has been corrected. The time school starts every morning in Prince George's County, Mary Democratic Senate candidates share policy prescriptions for fighting climate change in Maryland 04/03/2024 07:20am • The leading Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate on Tuesday pledged to aggressively address climate change and work to protect the Chesapeake Bay. Speaking separately at a candidate forum at Goucher College, Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) and U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th) Immigrant rights groups and industry call on Biden to extend work permits for immigrants after Baltimore bridge collapse 04/03/2024 06:50am • Union, industry groups and immigrant rights advocates are calling for President Joe Biden to extend work permits to long term immigrant residents. The move comes in the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore that killed six men who were working on the bridge last week. The six Only on WTOP: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says state is still mourning 1 week after Baltimore bridge collapse 04/02/2024 05:00pm • Tuesday marks one week since tragedy forever changed the landscape in Baltimore and Maryland. In the overnight hours last Tuesday, a huge container ship hit the Key Bridge causing most of it to fall like a deck of cards into the Patapsco River. Six construction workers were killed in the colla Words Beats & Life Academy brings free graffiti, DJing, breakdancing classes to local schools 04/02/2024 02:53pm • This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Click here for Part 1. On Monday, WTOP told you about the Words Beats & Life Festival this week in the D.C. area. Now, we explore the educational outreach that the nonprofit WBL Academy brings to local classrooms. "There's a multitude of things t New season, but no games at 'retired' youth baseball field in Loudoun County 04/02/2024 01:31pm • For the first time in decades, the Opening Day crack of the bat and cheers of enthusiastic young ballplayers and their parents won’t be heard at Lions Field in Aldie, Virginia, one of the longtime home fields for Loudoun South Little League. A last-minute compromise saved last spring’s s Budget compromise languishes as Md. House, Senate debate revenues 04/02/2024 10:01am • House and Senate leaders ended a second round of budget talks Monday with terse exchanges and no resolution on��a $1.2 billion revenue package��and no agreement on when they will meet next. Senate Budget and Taxation Chair Guy Guzzone (D-Howard) signaled a willingness to compromise on several iss This Bowie student is passionate about STEM. Now, she's part of a program aimed at getting more girls in the field 04/02/2024 07:25am • Ever since she was in elementary school, Anike Akinfolarin has loved STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math and couldn't get enough of it. So much so that last fall, she started a group called "STEM Sisters" aimed at sharing her passion for STEM with other girls like her. Now, she's p Play ball! Upgraded Nationals Park welcomes thousands of fans for home opener 04/01/2024 04:48pm • Baseball fans across the D.C. area headed to Navy Yard on Monday afternoon as the Washington Nationals hosted their 2024 home opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams threw out the ceremonial first pitch, while Mayor Muriel Bowser gave the call to ���play ball!��� How Herndon is making 3-block stretch near downtown safer for pedestrians 04/01/2024 03:36pm • New sidewalks and crosswalks are coming to a three-block stretch in Herndon, Virginia, as part of a plan to make the area near the town's downtown neighborhood safer for pedestrians. The project will focus on the south side of three blocks along Elden Street, near Herndon Middle School and St. Jo