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Are you saying 'what?' more often? OTC hearing aids may help, but they’re not selling 09/25/2023 11:01am • The Food and Drug Administration approved sales of over-the-counter hearing aids almost one year ago, on Oct. 17, but despite the hyped expectations, they aren’t flying off the shelves. Polling commissioned by Rockville, Maryland-based the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association finds that Frederick Co. sheriff under indictment explains why he is returning to work 09/18/2023 10:20am • After facing a federal case over acquiring machine guns for a local business, Frederick County, Maryland, Sheriff Chuck Jenkins is discussing about why he is returning to duty after a self-imposed leave of absence. "It didn't shock anybody, more than to shock me," Jenkins told the Frederick Repor A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn't discrimination 09/18/2023 01:10am • The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials said his locs violated the district's dress code. Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, received an in-school susp Commanders' owner Josh Harris talks 12th man, team name ahead of season opener 09/09/2023 12:00pm • Maryland's own and new Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris is excited for the new season — but knows eyes are on him. "You've shifted the pressure on us, now we've got to deliver," Harris told WTOP Friday in an exclusive interview. The Commanders face off against the Arizona Cardinal Poland battles surge in Kremlin spies and hybrid warfare 09/08/2023 07:08pm • WARSAW — The sun-splashed streets of Warsaw in late August, periodically pelted with surprise rain showers looked, sounded, smelled and felt like any other modern, international city. Men and women in business suits rushed along to their appointments, dodging puddles, talking on their mobile ph Review: 'The Afterparty' reveals killer in Season 2 finale on Apple TV+ 09/06/2023 12:56pm • If Kenneth Branagh's remake of "Murder on the Orient Express" (2017) failed to galvanize a new generation, Rian Johnson's "Knives Out" (2019) undoubtedly revived the comedic whodunnit for a "Glass Onion" sequel. Streaming platforms followed suit, including Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building Montgomery Co. high school principals condemn 'dangerous, illegal' brawl after football game 09/04/2023 07:24am • The principals of rival high schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, are once again sending a unified message to students after fights broke out following a football game. Multiple incidents took place "throughout the central business distract" after Walter Johnson High School defeated Bethesda-C Tow truck driver struck and killed on I-95 in Prince George's Co. leading to significant delays 08/31/2023 04:40pm • A tow-truck driver assisting a motorist on Interstate 95 in Prince George's County, Maryland, was struck and killed Thursday afternoon in a crash that temporarily shut down the northbound lanes of the highway and led to significant delays. The crash happened shortly after 12 p.m. Thursday in the Indicted Frederick Co. sheriff returns to work after self-imposed leave 08/28/2023 05:40pm • A Frederick County, Maryland, sheriff, who is facing federal charges, returned to work Monday, ending a self-imposed leave of absence that lasted four-and-a-half months. Sheriff Chuck Jenkins sent a memo Monday morning to the Frederick County executive and the Frederick County council alerting of Thousands of DC-area students return back to school for new year 08/28/2023 11:00am • Virginia's Arlington County, the District and nearby Montgomery, Prince George's, Anne Arundel and Charles County, Maryland, students are packing their bags and settling into a new school year brimming with changes. Just one week after thousands of D.C.-area students returned to Northern Virginia Is a division-wide cell phone ban on the way in Prince William County schools? 08/25/2023 01:49pm • 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. As school divisions across Virginia debut more stringent cell phone policies aimed at limiting student distractions in class, Prince Wi Arlington Co. police step up back-to-school traffic enforcement 08/23/2023 04:25am • Students in Arlington County, Virginia, will be returning to their classrooms Monday for the start of the 2023-24 school year, and county police say they will be out in strong numbers to enforce the traffic safety laws around school zones and bus stops. The county's approximately 28,000 public sc Review: After heavenly Season 1, 'Good Omens' Season 2 is crowded as hell on Amazon Prime 08/22/2023 03:04pm • In 2019, in the pre-pandemic "Before Times," Season 1 of "Good Omens" was refreshingly original with Michael Sheen ("The Queen") as cheery angel Aziraphale and David Tennant ("Doctor Who") as devious demon Crowley. Four years later, viewers have probably forgotten everything that happened, so Light pollution is killing the vibe for courting fireflies 08/19/2023 08:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Fireflies put on a summertime light show Fireflies are the romantics of the insect world. In the summer months, they emerge from the ground with love on the brain. They only live for two to three weeks once they've become full adults and in that time they don't even eat. Stress in college students: What to know 08/13/2023 08:00pm • From paying for school and taking exams to filling out internship applications, college students can face overwhelming pressure and demands. Some stress can be healthy and even motivating under the proper circumstances, but often stress is overwhelming and can lead to other issues. "Stress is the