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Airline complaints skyrocketed last year. Here are the top gripes 04/03/2023 11:31pm • Complaints against airlines skyrocketed in 2022 compared to pre-pandemic figures, according to a new report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit consumer watchdog organization. "We were just really shocked when we crunched all the numbers," said Teresa Murray, a lead research PHOTOS: 50th Annual Credit Union Cherry Blossom Races 04/02/2023 10:41pm • Runners in Sunday’s Credit Union Cherry Blossom Run make their way through the D.C. area route. (Photo WTOP / Sarah Beth Hensley) Eager runners from around the world gathered at the Washington Monument grounds on Sunday for the annual Credit Union Cherry Blossom races. Despite unexpected cold American University picks George Mason asst. basketball coach to lead Eagles 04/02/2023 10:44am • American University has hired D.C. native Duane Simpkins as its head basketball coach after eight seasons spent on George Mason's staff, the university confirmed Saturday. Simpkins comes to the university after several seasons at D.C. area basketball programs at the collegiate and K-12 levels. Be Fairfax Co. students hear speech from an astronaut who graduated from their school 04/01/2023 12:52am • Students at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax County, Virginia, got the special opportunity to hear from astronaut and alum Kjell Lindgren on Friday as he spoke about his journey on becoming an astronaut. He graduated from the high school in 1991 and was selected to be a National Aeronautics a Md. House casts emotional vote on child sexual abuse bill, Moore plans to sign into law 03/31/2023 05:16pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. As Del. C.T. Wilson (D-Charles) has done for several years, he stood on the House of Delegates floor Friday morning to implore his colleague Daughter of ex-intelligence official sentenced to 35 years for 2020 murder 03/31/2023 03:30pm • The daughter of a former director of national intelligence has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing her longtime friend in 2020. In January, 29-year-old Sophia Negroponte was found guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of 24-year-old Yousuf Rasmussen, of Bethesda. Weekend road closures for DC's Credit Union Cherry Blossom runs 03/31/2023 02:30pm • This first weekend in April will be one of the biggest for D.C.'s National Cherry Blossom Festival, with thousands of runners expected to hit the streets around the National Mall to see the flower-filled trees and participate in the races. The Credit Union Cherry Blossom includes a 5K and Kids Ru Fairfax Co. police chief: Officers sought 'best possible outcome' in US-1 barricade 03/30/2023 05:34pm • Fairfax County, Virginia, police are offering new details on a 36-hour standoff with an armed woman who barricaded herself on U.S. Route 1. In a news conference Thursday, Fairfax County Chief of Police Kevin Davis credited negotiators, who frequently communicated with the woman for more than a da Montgomery Co. gas stations required to post credit card prices under bill OK'd by county council 03/30/2023 10:42am • The Montgomery County, Maryland, Council approved legislation Tuesday requiring gas stations to post the price that drivers who use credit cards have to pay — instead of just the lowest price. The bill was introduced by Council member Gabe Albornoz last month, who said residents found it "misle Youngkin signs hundreds of bills, vetoes 3 from Democrats 03/29/2023 12:09am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed 738 bills into law, proposed amendments to another 78 and vetoed three, taking action on the legislation ahead of a bill-review deadline this week, his office said Tuesday. The Republican governor said in a statement that he was "was hono PF Chang’s joins other restaurants in DCA’s new Concourse E 03/28/2023 10:06am • P.F. Chang’s has opened an airport outpost at Reagan National Airport’s new commuter concourse, Concourse E. It is P.F. Chang’s sixth location in the D.C. area, and is operated by MasterConcessonAir LLC. More Business News More Food & Restaurant News More DC News How have school systems in Maryland struggled to hire educators? New Blueprint reports detail difficulties 03/27/2023 05:45am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland’s local school systems submitted their plans to implement a decade-long education reform plan, the Blueprint for Maryland’s F In second embezzlement scheme, woman stole over $270k from a DC nonprofit 03/24/2023 08:39pm • A Florida woman got caught stealing from her job once — and then did it again. The financial director of a D.C.-based nonprofit got away with sums of cash over $270,000 before federal investigators caught up with her. Kristina Ballard, 53, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and will spend the next th 'Succession' arrives for a final time after masterful first two seasons, but repetitive Season 3 03/24/2023 01:58pm • NOTE: The following article contains plot details from Seasons 1-3, but no spoilers for Season 4. Pour a glass of your finest wine, don your slickest suit and clear your calendar for Sunday night. HBO means business as the fourth and final season of the Emmy-winning TV drama "Succession" pre Prince George's Co. program looks to boost Latino-owned small businesses 03/24/2023 11:42am • Prince George’s County has the second-largest number of Hispanic-owned businesses in Maryland. Now, there’s a new program to help them succeed. It’s called the Latino Business Accelerator Program, and 25 Latino-owned businesses will be selected to take part. Sponsored by the Prince Georg