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9/11 artifacts share 'pieces of truth' in victims' stories 09/08/2021 05:04am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '1f02e598-5542-45c4-aa55-8dff4f579fb5' }).render("69261535f71a6771");}); NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly six years, Montgomery County health officer reflects on the pandemic and his new job 09/07/2021 04:08pm • Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles reflects on his work during the coronavirus pandemic. (WTOP/Kate Ryan) No one thought the pandemic would last this long. That's one of the thoughts Montgomery County, Maryland's outgoing health officer, Dr. Travis Gayles, shared days before h Md. gubernatorial candidate John King lays out his education platform 09/05/2021 09:45am • Former U.S. Education Secretary John King, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, talks with Maryland's new State Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury at the Maryland Association of Counties summer conference. (Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) This content was republished with permissio Prince George's Co. police veteran indicted on tax evasion, obstruction of justice charges 09/03/2021 11:42am • A 26-year veteran of the Prince George's County, Maryland, police department has been indicted on federal tax evasion and obstruction of justice charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. According to a six-count indictment, Edward Scott Finn, 47, of Dunkirk, Maryland, allegedly de 14-year-old boy arrested after string of armed robbery-kidnappings 09/01/2021 02:45pm • A 14-year-old boy has been arrested following a series of armed robbery-kidnappings throughout the District, D.C. police said Wednesday. The teen, from Southeast, has been charged with multiple counts of kidnapping while armed and robbery. Police are still looking for other suspects. On Monday Betting the farm on solar energy in Maryland 09/01/2021 11:12am • An artist's rendering of what the solar panels will look like arrayed across the land at Triple Creeks Farms in West Friendship. Photo from the Howard County government Flickr account. (Used by permission.) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matt Bethesda's Walker & Dunlop makes $700M investment in affordable housing 08/31/2021 11:20am • Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate finance company Walker & Dunlop Inc. will acquire Alliant Capital Ltd., one of the nation's largest developers and financers of affordable housing projects, in a deal valued at $696 million. The acquisition will significantly increase Walker & Dunlop's Which hotels, airlines have best travel rewards? 08/31/2021 12:33am • Which hotel and airline industries have the best travel rewards programs in the U.S.? Each year U.S. News & World Report grades both, and here are their top choices for the 2021-22 travel year, why they picked them and how COVID-19 factored in. Wyndham Rewards takes the No. 1 spot for ‘B DC police seek suspects in string of 'unusual' armed robbery-kidnappings 08/30/2021 04:27pm • Police in D.C. are looking for three or possibly four suspects behind a string of brazen and violent armed kidnappings across D.C. over the past week involving people pulled off the street, roughed up and forced to withdraw cash from ATMs. Since Tuesday, Aug. 24, at least six people have been rob How will the Wizards' new-look roster fit around Bradley Beal? 08/30/2021 11:13am • How will the Wizards' new-look roster fit around Beal? originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThough this upcoming season won't be the first with Bradley Beal as the face of the Wizards, it will be to a different degree than we have seen before. There is no future Hall of Famer for him to Howard University clears debts of upperclassmen facing financial troubles from pandemic 08/28/2021 10:18am • Some upperclassmen at Howard University in D.C. with tuition not paid from the Spring semester will soon be tuition debt-free. President Wayne A.I. Frederick said juniors and seniors at Howard that did not have an expected family contribution amount and had an outstanding balance for the Spring 2 Reston man sentenced for creating counterfeit COVID-19 stimulus checks 08/27/2021 10:48am • A man from Reston, Virginia, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for running a fraud scheme that involved creating counterfeit COVID-19 stimulus checks, according to officials. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said that Jonathan Drew, 39, was sentenced to 70 Wes Moore: Work, wages and wealth will be North Stars 08/26/2021 01:46pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Editor’s note: Maryland Matters reporters sat down with some of the candidates for governor at the recent Maryland Association of Counties WFT camp notes: Notable absences mean guys like Troy Apke get more work 08/23/2021 01:33pm • Hailey's notes: Key absences mean guys like Apke get more work originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonWashington was back at practice Monday, a return that came after two off days following the team's preseason game against the Bengals. Unfortunately, perhaps the most notable news to Special effects whiz Phil Tippett talks 'Star Wars,' 'Jurassic Park,' new film 'Mad God' 08/23/2021 09:57am • Listen to our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” Movie stars get all of the attention, but movie magic is often created behind the scenes. Phil Tippett has crafted the Oscar-winning special effects in classics from "Star Wars" (1977) to "Jurassic Park" (1993) and is he