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Federal government awards $150 million to reduce emissions in Virginia 08/02/2024 01:03pm • Virginia is the recipient of two federal grants to capture climate changing emissions, one focused on methane and another on promoting natural solutions to capture carbon. The funds, about $150 million, are from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant progra Man suspected in fatal July 4 shooting of 6-year-old boy in Prince George's Co. arrested in South America 08/01/2024 12:30pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, say a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy during a neighborhood Fourth of July party has been arrested in Guyana — and authorities are still trying to track down at least one other suspect. Rakeem Gilgeours, 33, has been charged wi Fairfax students' award-winning scam detection site uses AI to tell you what's 'too good to be true' 07/31/2024 04:37pm • Advik Atyam never expected to be scammed, but he too became a victim while reselling computer parts during the pandemic. He was in eighth grade at the time, and was talking to someone who wanted to buy his keyboard. Atyam named his price and they agreed to make the deal over PayPal. While the Hootie & The Blowfish celebrates 30th anniversary of 'Cracked Rear View' at Merriweather Post Pavilion 07/30/2024 04:48am • Hootie & The Blowfish is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its smash album "Cracked Rear View" (1994). You can celebrate with the band this Saturday at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, not far from where lead guitarist Mark Bryan grew up listening to WTOP. "I recogni Anthony Fauci tells WTOP about 'painful' conflict with Trump during COVID pandemic 07/25/2024 10:30am • Former Chief Medical Advisor to the President Anthony Fauci joined WTOP on Wednesday to discuss his public health career, including what he says it was like to head up the COVID-19 pandemic response during former President Donald Trump's administration. Fauci led the National Institutes of Allerg Maryland woman, dual organ donor advocates for bill to give tax break to donors 07/22/2024 05:58am • A Maryland woman is advocating for a bill aimed at increasing the number of live organ donors. Lindsay Gutierrez, originally from Oklahoma, served in security forces for the U.S. Air Force from 2010 to 2016. After tours alongside her husband in both England and Georgia, she was transferred to Mar Montgomery Co. student named Maryland's first-ever youth poet laureate 07/19/2024 06:44am • Eighteen-year-old Tara Prakash, a rising senior at Sidwell Friends School, was recently named Maryland's first-ever youth poet laureate. (Courtesy Tara Prakash) Tara Prakash is 18 years old and has already performed on the stage at the Kennedy Center. She's not a musician, but a rising senior Things to do in the DC area: Purcellville Wine & Food Festival, free gelato … and more! 07/18/2024 07:35am • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. For its eleventh year, the Purcellville Wine & Food Festival has retur Md. school board revives African American studies course 07/17/2024 07:59am • The Harford County Board of Education voted unanimously early Tuesday to restore an Advanced Placement course on African American studies, just weeks after canceling the class over concerns it lacked “positive narratives” and perpetuated “a narrative of victimhood.” The vote followed at l Dumfries woman named Prince William County's Foster Parent of the Year 07/15/2024 09:27am • Dumfries resident Linda Cheeks is a salon owner, avid volunteer, veteran — and mother to many. The last role is what earned her the title of Prince William County 2024 Foster Parent of the Year from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. In addition to raising her daughter (who More police are dying on duty in 2024, report finds 07/10/2024 05:12pm • More police are being killed while on duty in 2024 compared to the same time span last year, according to a new report released by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. “The conditions for the men and women out there protecting us are increasingly dangerous and every single year, Review: Eddie Murphy brings 'Beverly Hills Cop' back to comedic form in nostalgic 4th installment 'Axel F' 07/03/2024 02:03pm • After rescuing “SNL” and sharing the big screen with Nick Nolte in “48 Hrs.” (1982) and Dan Aykroyd in “Trading Places” (1983), Eddie Murphy became a blockbuster leading man as the fast-talking Axel Foley in “Beverly Hills Cop” (1984). Directed by Martin Brest, the fish-out-of-wa DC property management company settles lawsuit alleging discrimination against potential tenants 07/03/2024 05:46am • A D.C.-based property management company has settled a lawsuit from the Equal Rights Center (ERC) accusing the company of discriminating against potential residents by denying them housing on illegal grounds. ERC's lawsuit accused AIR Property Management TRS, known as AIR Communities, of discrimi McClellan, Spanberger work to repeal parts of 19th century law that could ban abortion nationally 06/30/2024 11:50am • Democrats are finally talking about the Comstock Act — and they are finally trying to repeal it. The act is a dormant 19th century federal law that’s still technically on the books and could be used to implement a national abortion ban. Named for activist Anthony Comstock who pushed for it, t 'I kept it very secret': One trans woman's journey transitioning in the military after 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal 06/29/2024 12:36pm • Hearing the words 'covert operation' may make you think of the military. In Karen Holmes' case, it was her experience transitioning and hiding the fact that she was transgender after she joined the Maryland Defense Force in 2011. Holmes, who grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, started serving her