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Hope cards offer domestic violence victims in Fairfax County a lifeline 10/07/2021 04:41pm • Since the pandemic began, incidents of domestic violence have increased, and in Fairfax County, Virginia, detectives note that they've also become more violent. The county has a new resource for victims that fits in the palm of their hand. Since the pandemic began, incidents of domestic violence Senate report reveals new details about Trump's efforts to overturn election 10/07/2021 09:54am • ▶ Watch Video: House committee issues subpoenas to organizers of January 6 Stop the Steal rally Washington — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday released a new report shedding further light on former President Donald Trump's relentless efforts to enlist the Justice Department Former Baltimore Co. Exec Ted Venetoulis dies at 87 10/07/2021 09:51am • Former Baltimore County Executive Ted Venetoulis spoke at a September 2018 event where the county unveiled the official portrait of County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, who died while in office. (Courtesy Baltimore County/Flickr) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partne Montgomery County schools may add 'financial literacy' to required courses 10/07/2021 08:04am • High school students in Montgomery County, Maryland, may soon be required to take a financial literacy course that includes learning how to budget, invest, spend and borrow. The idea was proposed Tuesday by Hana O'Looney, the student member of the Montgomery County School Board. "A lot of stud Roy McGrath, Hogan's former chief of staff, indicted for federal, state charges 10/05/2021 01:47pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Roy McGrath, the former chief of staff to Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr. (R) and ex-head of the Maryland Environmental Service, faces more th Burgundy & Gold Grab Bag: Taking flight at right time 10/05/2021 05:30am • Why does 2-2 feel much more than just one game better than 1-3? The Washington Football Team's 34-30 come-from-behind win in Atlanta was far from impressive but had the feel of another season-salvaging victory. Were things pretty? Far from it. As is the case with most 2-2 teams, there was enough Sun Georgetown University accepting applications for bachelor's degree program for Md. prisoners 10/04/2021 10:42pm • Georgetown University in D.C. is now accepting applications for a new program that allows inmates in Maryland prisons to get a college education. The university will choose 25 inmates who will be transferred to Patuxent Institution in Jessup to enroll in the five-year program that begins in Janua Lawmakers plan hearing on over-charging errors at Maryland toll facilities 10/04/2021 03:40pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. In the wake of an independent review that found irregularities in Maryland’s toll-collection system, some legislators are urging their c 'Nomadland' star David Strathairn plays Holocaust witness at Shakespeare Theatre 10/04/2021 12:07pm • Listen to the full conversation on our "Beyond the Fame" podcast. He earned an Oscar nomination as Edward R. Murrow in "Good Night and Good Luck." Now, David Strathairn stars as a Holocaust witness and Georgetown University professor in "Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski" at Shakesp 'SNL' returns with a new Joe Biden, looking to unite Democrats 10/03/2021 12:23am • "Saturday Night Live" is back, and with it came a new President Joe Biden. The NBC variety show returned for its season premiere Saturday and opened its 47th season with new cast member James Austin Johnson taking on the role of Biden. "What's cookin', what's good?" Johnson's Biden sai Why a hand gesture has South Korean companies on edge 10/02/2021 08:00pm • It took three years for players to notice the "offensive" hand gesture lurking in one of South Korea's most popular multiplayer games. When players made their avatars laugh, talk or give the "OK" sign in "Lost Ark," they clicked an icon featuring a gesture that might have appeared benign to many: European-Japanese space mission gets 1st glimpse of Mercury 10/02/2021 07:24am • This image made available by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows planet Mercury taken by the joint European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft Mercury Transfer Module’s Monitoring Camera 2, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. (ESA via AP) BERLIN (AP) — A joint European-Japanese spacecraft got its first gli New equipment helps Prince George's County recycle plastic more efficiently 10/01/2021 11:48pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, is changing the way it recycles plastic to make the process more efficient and save the county time and money. "Prince George's County has long been a leader in the environment, and I don't think we get a lot of credit," said Andrea Crooms, director of the county Former department head of Walter Reed sentenced for taking gifts in return for government contracts 09/30/2021 10:44pm • A former department head at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland has been sentenced to eight months in prison after admitting that he took gifts in money from a business looking to secure government contracts. From 2009 and 2019, David Laufer, 64, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Be Expert advises when to book holiday flights 09/29/2021 10:58pm • Good news for holiday travelers: Domestic airfares are low across the board. "You're very likely to be able to snag a very good deal for Thanksgiving,” said Willis Orlando, a flight expert at Scott's Cheap Flights. But he said travelers have to move quickly to lock something down: "I would say