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Want a perfect credit score? Get more credit cards (and where DC ranks) 03/18/2019 07:55am • The Washington metro area ranks in the top 10 for cities with the highest percentage of consumers with perfect credit scores, at No. 7 — but even so, only 1.94 percent of Washington area consumers have a perfect score of 850, according to Experian. And while that squeaky-clean score of 850 is c 3 area schools awarded over $22K in annual 'Clicks for Kids' competition 03/18/2019 05:00am • Three area schools are preparing to make some purchases using funds they didn't know they would have a few weeks ago. These schools are the winners of this year's "Click for Kids" sweepstakes, sponsored by WTOP and Huntington Learning Center. This year's grand prize winner is Clarksburg High Scho DC startup Framebridge opens first storefront on 14th Street 03/18/2019 12:12am • Five years after launching its direct-to-consumer framing business online, a D.C.-based startup is planting brick-and-mortar roots in the city. Framebridge, once dubbed the Warby Parker of frame-worthy art, is opening a 1,200 square-foot shop March 19 on 14th Street NW. Framebridge founder and Ch March Madness 2019 FAQ: Your guide to the NCAA Tournament 03/17/2019 10:02pm • It’s April, but March Madness is still upon us. For big college hoops fans, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. For the more ambivalent or completely clueless, all the talk of brackets, sleepers and Cinderellas — not to mention friends, loved ones, or co-workers yelling “onions!” — Investigators are scrambling to solve a mystery just miles from the US-Mexico border 03/16/2019 02:22am • Masked gunmen barged onto a bus in northern Mexico, carrying a list of names. They left without firing a single shot, taking at least 19 passengers with them as they sped away from the scene. And so far, they seem to have vanished without a trace. Where did the missing passengers go? It's a How police spent months taking down a spa where Robert Kraft is accused of paying for sex 03/15/2019 09:20pm • Police allege New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft spent a total of 53 minutes at a Florida day spa across two visits -- during which time they say he paid for sex. It took investigators about four months of work -- involving stakeouts, dumpster searches, and the secr A brigade of beagles helps the US save billions at America's busiest airports 03/15/2019 08:47pm • Meet America's newest, and cutest, federal officers: a band of rescued beagles known as Chipper, Marlee, Chaze and Cardie. Starting next week, these four will begin their careers at two of America's busiest airports, Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson and Chicago's O'Hare. They will join the hundreds o Worried about your child's ID being stolen? Here's what to know 03/15/2019 06:02pm • Q: I’ve heard the horror stories of a child’s identity being stolen, so what should I be doing to protect my children’s identities? It’s easy to think that identity theft is only a problem for adults, but statistics from last year reveal that it’s twice as likely that a child’s ID is How to choose the best used car 03/14/2019 06:30pm • Since new cars can depreciate by up to 40 percent after three years, used cars can be a big money-saver if done right. WTOP got tips on how to search for a used car and which ones to focus on from Consumer Reports deputy auto editor John Linkov: During the test drive, look for bucking, exces Montgomery Co. students lead 2nd walkout in call for tougher gun laws 03/14/2019 06:07pm • Hundreds of students marched through the streets of D.C. on Thursday in the second installment of a region-wide school walkout demanding a solution to gun violence. At 10 a.m. Thursday, students from across the area walked out of classes for the sequel to National Walkout Day, a protest for t Pricy Lobbying and ‘Spilled Blood’: The Inside Story of How Arlington Won a Veto in Richmond 03/14/2019 03:30pm • (Updated at 10:45 p.m.) About a year ago at this time, Arlington looked to be in serious trouble down in Richmond. In mid-March 2018, county officials faced the decidedly unpleasant prospect that they’d come out on the losing end of a bruising legislative battle with two local golf and country EXCLUSIVE: Convicted Russian agent could be released in April 03/14/2019 04:05am • .flex-video { padding-bottom:50px !important; } LISTEN --  EXCLUSIVE: Maria Butina’s attorney speaks out about her case Maria Butina, 30, a Russian gun-rights enthusiast who pled guilty to a conspiracy charge as part of a Kremlin plot to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups, Silver Spring man convicted of bank fraud, identity theft 03/13/2019 02:11pm • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man has been convicted of using stolen identities to defraud people and banks out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. After a five-day trial, a federal jury convicted Emmanuel Kusi Appiah, 47, of Silver Spring, on Tuesday of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit ban Environmental Film Festival in Nation's Capital turns lens on Mother Nature 03/13/2019 12:09am • Mother Nature is the greatest cinematic canvas — it just takes the right camera to capture it. Get ready for the 27th annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, which returns March 14 to 24 as America's longest running environmental film festival since 1993. "When it sta Ex-Georgetown tennis coach indicted in admissions cheating scandal 03/12/2019 06:26pm • Georgetown University’s former tennis coach is among those indicted on a charge of racketeering conspiracy as part of a sweeping series of allegations of college admissions bribery and cheating. Gordon Ernst was the head men’s and women’s coach at Georgetown University for 12 seasons, leavi