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Things to do in the DC area this weekend: Oct. 4–6 10/04/2019 01:26pm • Music, theater and fall festivals are just some of the entertainment events for the weekend of Oct. 4 through Oct. 6. (Images provided to WTOP) All Weekend:  Heritage India Festival at the Dulles Expo Center this weekend is a cultural celebration like no other, featuring cuisine from South Rockville man pleads guilty in scheme to defraud $1.7M from Md. construction firm 10/04/2019 10:17am • A Rockville, Maryland, man pleaded guilty Thursday to a scheme to defraud the construction company he worked for of more than $1.7 million, federal prosecutors announced. Rakesh Kaushal, 66, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Are wireless chargers bad for smartphone battery life? 10/04/2019 10:16am • Virtually every device we own that runs on batteries, from smartphones and laptops to electric cars, use lithium-ion in its charging and discharging cycles. Understanding what can harm battery life and avoiding those situations is essential. There are lots of theories on what helps to extend or d Suspended Fairfax Co. officer who held driver to be detained by ICE to return to duty 10/02/2019 11:39pm • A Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer will return to full duty three days after being suspended for holding a driver at the scene of a crash so the driver could be picked up by immigration officials. Fairfax County police Chief Edwin C. Roessler said in a statement Wednesday that after an up Alexandria to refund 2,000 speeding tickets after probe turns up faulty speedometer tests 10/02/2019 03:44pm • Nearly 2,000 drivers ticketed for speeding in Alexandria, Virginia, are eligible for refunds after an internal probe turned up faulty testing of police speedometers. In a news release Wednesday, the city said speedometers in police cruisers had not been tested frequently enough and, in some cases FTC: Millennials more likely to report falling victim to financial scams 10/02/2019 10:11am • The Federal Trade Commission has a new report out on who's more likely to report being victims of financial scams — and it's not who you'd think. "We oftentimes hear about grandma or grandpa getting scammed by clicking on the wrong thing online, but in this case, the FTC is saying that the re 10 best low-stress, high-paying jobs 10/02/2019 10:00am • Balance demands of the workplace with your personal life. Achieving a healthy work-life balance is a priority for many people. They want to earn a good paycheck while still having the time and energy to pursue personal interests and spend time with their families. While there is no guarantee o Pepco using infrared, helicopters to check 650 miles of power lines this week 10/02/2019 09:51am • Pepco plans to inspect more than 650 miles of power lines throughout the District and Maryland this week, and it's using helicopters and infrared cameras to do it. The utility company says the move is a "proactive" measure to protect against outages. "These regular inspections allow the compan Fairfax Co. officer suspended after holding driver to be detained by ICE 10/01/2019 07:08pm • A Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer has been suspended after they held a driver at an accident scene so the driver could be picked up by immigration officials. Fairfax County police Chief Ed Roessler said in a statement Tuesday that the incident started with a traffic accident Sept. 21 at Audit of Maryland State Police shows concerns over accounting, handgun permits 10/01/2019 08:16am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Manual data entry caused hundreds of handgun serial number discrepancies in a Maryland database used by police in investigations, accor What you need to do to become REAL ID compliant before the 2020 deadline 10/01/2019 12:36am • A recent study by the U.S. Travel Association found that most Americans are unprepared for the Oct. 1, 2020 REAL ID deadline, so if you're not sure if your driver's license is REAL ID-compliant, here's what you need to know. Next year, in order to board a domestic flight in the U.S., you'll need Alexandria bank manager admits he stole $500K from customers 09/30/2019 06:42pm • In a scam that went on for more than 2 1/2 years, a man pleaded guilty to stealing $500,000 from customers at the Alexandria, Virginia, bank he managed. Prosecutors said Wells Fargo Bank branch manager Fetehi Mohammed manipulated customers beginning about February 2017. He worked at the bank's br Learning curve at nation's first all-electric refueling station in Takoma Park 09/30/2019 01:59pm • Being on the cutting edge of technology can pay big benefits, but most change requires rethinking tasks often taken for granted. The owner of the nation's first fully converted gas-to-electric refueling station is learning as he goes, along with customers choosing to drive electric cars. For m College Football Corner: September mourn 09/30/2019 04:41am • Virginia couldn't keep the Notre Dame defensive line off quarterback Bryce Perkins, and it cost the Cavaliers in the end. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) Sometimes the leaves turn earlier than one expects. After the start to a season where all possibilities were on the lips of all four area Eczema in kids: What parents can do to calm the itch 09/28/2019 07:00am • About 1 in 10 kids have eczema, which is characterized by dry, red, itchy patches of skin. A child's genes, the mix of microorganisms that live on the skin and changes in the skin's ability to fend off threats like disease, can make a child more susceptible to this common condition. That's because a