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Thousands who paid for 'get-rich-quick' training program can have debts wiped out, FTC says 09/16/2020 10:39am • Thousands of people who shelled out big bucks for online training programs that promised to teach them how to make money in the stock market will have their debts wiped out as part of a settlement between the Online Trading Academy and federal authorities. The Federal Trade Commission said the pr Colleges in DC region move up in 2021 US News Best Colleges rankings 09/14/2020 04:11am • D.C.-area colleges moved up in the 2021 U.S. News & World Report rankings after some methodology changes this year. The University of Maryland College Park rose to No. 58 in national colleges, up from No. 64 last year. Johns Hopkins University moved up from No. 10 to No. 9. Howard Unive Key changes in how 2021 Best Colleges rankings were calculated 09/14/2020 12:00am • Today marks the release of the 36th edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings. Over the decades, U.S. News has published data on colleges and universities to help prospective students and their families make the important -- and costly -- decision about where to go to college. Despite chang Princeton, Williams top 2021 US News Best Colleges rankings 09/14/2020 12:00am • Higher education can be a vast and confusing landscape, populated with thousands of colleges and universities across the nation, divided into many categories and comprising differing institutional missions. When making a decision on where to enroll, prospective students and families are faced wit Maryland brewery stresses support for small businesses during pandemic 09/11/2020 07:50pm • FILE -- Denizens Brewing founders Jeff Ramirez and Julie Verratti are photographed during the annual Make It Funky Festival on Sept. 30, 2017, at the Denizens in Silver Spring. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images) A Maryland business owner said the current economy is "o Accused members of Fairfax Co. 'Reccless Tigers' gang indicted on murder, drug charges 08/21/2020 12:54pm • Several members of a violent gang known as the "Reccless Tigers," which operates out of Fairfax County, Virginia, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on a slew of charges, including murder, kidnapping and racketeering. The 72-page indictment, returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court Marylanders racking up almost 25 hours of 'sleep debt' per week during pandemic 08/18/2020 11:30am • If you feel like you can't sleep, you're in good company. Or bad, as the case might be. Lack of shuteye has been hitting people in Maryland especially hard during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study. They're incurring 24.5 hours of "sleep debt" — described by The National Sleep Fo After ignoring warnings, the US struggles with China’s aggression 08/12/2020 08:56pm • Sitting in a WTOP studio in late September 2016, well before the world witnessed the upheaval that Russian interference in the upcoming U.S. election would unleash, former CIA director Michael Hayden issued a stark and prescient warning. Describing his view of U.S. threats, Hayden said, “Out th American man held in Moscow secretly sent to prison camp 08/04/2020 06:32pm • This undated file photo provided by the Whelan family shows Paul Whelan in Iceland. Whelan, who also holds Canadian, British and Irish citizenship, was detained in December 2018. (Courtesy of the Whelan family) An urgent email from David Whelan landed in the inboxes of journalists from Michigan Tenant advocates fear 'tsunami of evictions' in DC 07/16/2020 08:11pm • Losing a job and looking for a new one during the pandemic is a struggle that many D.C. residents are currently facing. When paychecks do not come in, many are finding it difficult, if not impossible, to stay current on rent. That fact has tenant advocates worried about what will come when the fr Reduced traffic taking a toll on Dulles Toll Road income, budget 07/14/2020 01:42pm • Anyone driving in Northern Virginia over the last four months has noticed fewer cars on the road due to the coronavirus pandemic. Before the pandemic, it was impossible to imagine the peak trip from Tysons Corner to the end of the Dulles Toll Road taking less than 15 minutes, but that travel time Maryland commits $30 million to prevent evictions during pandemic 06/28/2020 07:59am • Maryland will commit $30 million in new funding to help prevent tenants affected by the coronavirus pandemic from facing eviction. While eviction moratoriums provided time for federal stimulus funds and state unemployment benefits to take effect, many people are still struggling to pay their rent Manassas, Va. council approves $1.6M in CARES act spending 06/27/2020 09:13am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Manassas City Council signed off on over $1.6 million in federal CARES Act funding for schools, airport services and economic develop Where the pandemic is exacerbated by a housing crisis — and vice versa 06/25/2020 08:41am • In front of CASA's Langley Park headquarters, children from the neighborhood express their views on housing issues. (Courtesy CASA) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Th Dispute over Purple Line rages, and Md. lawmakers want info on highway project bidders 06/23/2020 11:22am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Amid a contract dispute involving the Purple Line that a leading lawmaker described as “very serious,” key members of the General Assemb