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Holidays got you tense? This DC rage room and axe throwing spot has a solution 12/19/2024 04:11am • If the craziness of the holiday season has you feeling so stressed you could break something — there’s a place for that in D.C. In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax went to the Experience Kraken Rage Room in Penn Quarter to experience some of the most fun st The secret to healthier eating starts with better choices at the grocery store 12/18/2024 04:04pm • This content was provided by Michele Arthurs, MD, a board-certified family medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente. Grocery shopping can be overwhelming. There are so many options to choose from—and it can be even harder to make healthy food choices at the grocery store when you aren’t prepar BetMGM Bonus Code WTOP1500: Bet on Bucks-Thunder With $1,500 First Bet 12/17/2024 05:45pm • This content is sponsored by Sportradar. 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The Arlington County School Board voted Thursday to implement an all-day ban on student phone use, with high school students being granted brief access at a time to be est We don't write many checks anymore. So why the new warnings about check fraud? 12/16/2024 11:12am • The use of personal checks is fading toward obscurity. We pay our bills online and Venmo the babysitter. The plumber takes credit cards and your food delivery payments are automatic. So why has American Bankers Association flooded the media with messages about the rise of check fraud, including a Are you really seeing drones in the sky? There are other possibilities 12/15/2024 08:38pm • Look, up in the sky. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's — who knows what… WTOP has been reporting on the sky sightings that have been taking place in New Jersey and now the DMV. The story has made national news. Even a local politician posted a video which I can tell you with 100% certainty is t DraftKings Promo Code: Use $5 NFL Week 15 Bet to Win $150 Bonus 12/15/2024 10:20am • This content is sponsored by Sportradar. Sign up with the latest DraftKings promo code offer in time to go all in on the NFL Week 15 slate. New players can start with a $5 bet on any game to win $150 in bonuses by clicking here. Bettors who place that $5 bet in select states will win The final full moon of 2024 will be a rare one 12/14/2024 11:58am • Clouds were prevalent for Friday night’s peak of the Geminid Meteor Shower, and the forecast calls for clouds sticking around over the next few days. Those clouds did produce an incredible lunar halo that was widely seen in the D.C. area — and we may have a repeat on Saturday night, dependin Some Maryland nursing homes haven't been inspected since 2020 12/12/2024 11:16pm • The backlog of nursing home inspections in Maryland goes back years, with just a fraction of the 222 facilities in the state undergoing the required "annual surveys" over a three-year period. During a meeting of two legislative committees on Wednesday, Maryland's Deputy Health Secretary Dr. Niles The massive difference between a hydrated Christmas tree and the one you forget to water 12/12/2024 07:51pm • Outside a special lab at the University of Maryland’s Department of Fire Protection Engineering sat a couple Christmas trees that had been cut down a few weeks ago. One was promptly dropped in a five gallon bucket of water that was constantly kept full. The other one wasn’t. When both of Can trash collectors request tips from you? 12/12/2024 07:32pm • It's that time of year, when gift-giving can include tipping for services that you receive all year from people such as salon staff, letter carriers and trash haulers. In Montgomery County, Maryland, some notices appeared taped to trash cans in a Silver Spring neighborhood. The message indicated 10 years in prison for man who led police on 30-mile chase in stolen Md. highway truck 12/12/2024 05:53pm • The man who led police in Maryland on a 30-mile chase after stealing a state highway help truck in February, ramming vehicles and injuring officers during a stunning act broadcast live by news helicopters, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison. Flavio Cesar Lanuza, 27, of Laurel, plead 2024's brightest meteor shower has arrived. Here's how to see the Geminids 12/12/2024 02:09pm • Friday night is the peak time for the best performing meteor shower of the year, the Geminids. The Geminids have been proven to reliably produce a large number of meteors per hour — up to 120 — in a dark sky and many of them are bright. Plus it's the only major meteor shower during which you Would you buy your next car from Amazon? E-commerce giant launches Amazon Autos 12/12/2024 09:30am • E-commerce giant Amazon's online offerings now includes cars as Amazon Autos launched Tuesday, letting customers browse, order, finance and buy new cars, trucks and SUVs from local dealerships. Amazon is beginning its venture into car sales with Hyundai in 48 cities, including D.C. In a release,