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WTOP Top Kid: Virginia's 'Veggie Princess' aims to keep DC area healthy with garden club 11/13/2020 04:00am • The work Lyric Lucas does to help her community makes her a WTOP Top Kid. (Courtesy Lyric's Garden Club) Since she was just 2 years old, Lyric Lucas knew she wanted to help her community. The Prince William County, Virginia, fifth-grader — known as "The Veggie Princess" — has stayed true Giant Food replaces Springfield Plaza store with larger one 11/11/2020 04:11pm • The new Giant Food has a full-service Starbucks, PNC Bank, floral shop, pharmacy, expanded natural and organic selections, extensive prepared food services, and a full wine and beer section. (Credit: Giant Food) A 50,000-square-foot Giant Food grocery store will open Friday at Springfield Plaza Inside the FBI's search for the dark web kingpin of Silk Road 11/10/2020 11:03pm • ▶ Watch Video: The FBI Declassified: Dangerous Journey on the Silk Road Through never-before-seen footage and in-depth interviews,  "The FBI Declassified" takes you inside the minds of heroic federal agents and analysts as they reveal how they solved some of the biggest cases of thei Md. vote count continues, but supporters of some ballot questions claim victory 11/05/2020 09:30pm • The votes are still being counted in Maryland, but there are some groups confident in a win for the ballot items they favored. Figures from the Maryland State Board of Elections indicate there are still 163,943 mail-in ballots to be counted in Montgomery County and 58,265 in Prince George's Count Maryland renews state travel advisory amid coronavirus case surge 11/05/2020 05:46pm • Maryland is renewing its travel advisory amid a marked increased in COVID-19 cases, Gov. Larry Hogan said during a news briefing Thursday evening. Residents are being asked to avoid travel to and from states with a 10% positivity rate or higher. If they do travel to or from states above that thre Wine of the Week: The amazing wines of Michael-David 11/05/2020 12:41pm • I recently had the pleasure of reconnecting with David Phillips, half of the brother duo behind Michael-David Wines, during a recent Vine Guy podcast interview. Michael-David is the impressive producer of several popular wine brands, including the popular Seven Deadly Zins Zinfandel. The first ti Kendall Fuller viewed as one of the most underrated performers in 2020 season 11/04/2020 06:49pm • Should Kendall Fuller be getting more love for his 2020 play? originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonLet's do a blind test real quick. Imagine there was an NFL cornerback with four interceptions (tied for the league lead) who has allowed just 6 receptions for 71 yards on passes thrown his way. COVID-19 rent deferrals deal big loss to area landlord JBG Smith 11/04/2020 09:07am • Bethesda, Maryland-based JBG Smith, one of the largest owners of commercial real estate in the Washington region, posted a quarterly loss, largely from COVID-19-related rent deferrals for office and retail tenants and other pandemic-related expenses. JBG Smith owns almost 21 million square feet o Healthcare system: 23,000 people affected by data breach 11/04/2020 08:09am • CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A healthcare system based in Virginia says its third-party vendor experienced a data security breach earlier this year that affected more than 23,000 patients, donors and employees of the system. Chesapeake Regional Healthcare said in a statement Tuesday that they have no 'Dose' of virus a person gets may determine how sick they get; masks could help 11/01/2020 12:25am • "The dose makes the poison" is an adage credited to Paracelsus, a Swiss physician-philosopher from the early Renaissance. Basically, it means that any substance can become toxic if given at a high enough concentration. Even too much water can throw off your electrolytes Saluting Sir Sean — Ranking his 007 James Bond films 10/31/2020 07:00pm • "Bond. James Bond." Many have tried to say it over the last 50 years, but only one actor was the first to utter that famous phrase. Sir Sean Connery passes away at the age of 90, and one marvels at the world of 007 he helped create and then left — only to return to revisit twice. Officially, Phone scam tricks over $1 million from Montgomery Co. residents 10/30/2020 08:58am • About 20 people in Maryland's Montgomery County have sent nearly $1.5 million to phone scammers since summer, and police don't want anyone else to fall for the scam. Scammers making calls telling people to pay bogus fines are claiming to be with the Montgomery County Police Department. They lure Review: Horror flick 'Host' stages Zoom séance for pandemic jumpscares 10/30/2020 12:29am • Stuck indoors during the coronavirus shutdown, many screenwriters sought to tackle pandemic themes from Netflix's "Social Distance" to HBO's "Coastal Elites." However, the very best of them all might just be the new horror flick "Host," now streaming on Shudder, which you can access for a fre Virginia governor signs criminal justice and police reforms 10/28/2020 04:30pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Ralph Northam has signed more than a dozen criminal justice and police reform laws. The bills signed Wednesday by Northam include a ban on no-knock search warrants, limitations on the use of neck restraints and changes that make it easier to decertify police officers f Volkswagen moves North American HQ from Herndon to Reston 10/28/2020 08:47am • In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, file photo a logo of the car manufacturer Volkswagen is pictured. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file) Volkswagen, which opened its North American headquarters in Herndon in 2007, will stay in Virginia's Fairfax County for the foreseeable future. VW has signed a leas