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Combating Distracted Driving: Why a Growing Number of Companies Are Saying No to Mobile Phones 06/18/2017 08:00pm • Distracted driving claimed 10 lives per day and injured 10,000 people per day in 2015, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Millions of miles are driven each year by employees while traveling on business, so companies are realizing they need to take a stand on distracted Exercise and Marijuana: Do They Mix? 06/18/2017 08:00pm • Medical marijuana is legal in 26 states and recreational use is legal in seven states and the District of Columbia. As a result, more people are able to access pot and use it in a variety of circumstances -- exercise not excluded. That's right: While a popular perception of marijuana users is the sp Who loves him more? Trump's cabinet members gush at meeting 06/13/2017 07:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Great president or greatest? That appeared to be the question at President Donald Trump's first meeting of his full Cabinet on Monday, as top aides took turns piling praise on the boss. After Trump extolled the achievements of his young administration, asserting that he had 4 Tips for Medical School Applicants With Disabilities 06/12/2017 08:00pm • According to a Journal of the American Medical Association study published in December 2016, 3 percent of medical school students have disabilities -- although this may be an underestimation, since in my experience many students with mental illnesses don't report their condition. Students' disabili New bill aims to prevent children being left in hot cars 06/12/2017 12:47am • WASHINGTON ��� In the summer of 2008, Miles Harrison of Purcellville, Virginia, did it every morning: He loaded his young son in the car, in order to drop him off at day care. Chase died of heatstroke after being left in a car in July. (WTOP/Steve Dresener) But on a hot July morning he made a What Can We Learn From Celebrities and Athletes With MS? 06/11/2017 08:00pm • Folks with multiple sclerosis who aren't in the public eye have to cope with symptoms affecting their physical, mental and emotional well-being. Public figures face the same challenges. "No matter who you are, how you deal with MS depends on your severity of symptoms, treatment and outlook," says Dr How Short Breaks and Quiet Time Can Fuel Creativity at Work 06/11/2017 08:00pm • You've been hammering your head against the same problem at your job all day long. Yet the more you think about the conundrum, the more blocked you feel in figuring out the missing links. It's time to take a break -- and maybe to get bored for a while. Although it may feel counterintuitive to step Sessions to appear before Senate intelligence committee 06/10/2017 07:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose contacts with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign have sparked questions, agreed Saturday to appear before the Senate intelligence committee as it investigates alleged Russian meddling in the election. Sessions What are those workers on the Bay Bridge doing? 06/10/2017 04:20pm • STEVENSVILLE, Md. -- Cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge this summer and you might see��workers hanging off the side, or on platforms underneath the roadbed. But don't be alarmed ��� there's nothing wrong with the structure. "It's an older bridge, so we have to continue to maintain it," said Maryland Cover to cover: Readers sound off on books they keep coming back to 06/07/2017 06:07am • WASHINGTON ��� We���ve all had the experience of picking up a book we can���t put down until we���re finished. But for some people, there���s a book they can���t put down even after they get to the end. WTOP put out a call for people who have read certain books multiple times in the course of the Train moving momentarily? This may be why 06/07/2017 04:26am • WASHINGTON ��� ���We���ll be moving momentarily, train ahead of us.��� When Metro riders hear that dreaded announcement, and there has not been a train breakdown or track problem, there is often a common root cause: overwhelmed and overworked Rail Operations Control Center workers. ��For the last The Many Ways Exercise Fights Depression 06/05/2017 08:00pm • Overwhelming evidenceIt's a fact: Exercise is an effective tool in preventing and treating depression. You don't have to take our word for it: A literature review in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine combed through more than 26 years of research on physical activity, or PA, and its value i Ex-major leaguer Piersall dies at 87; battled mental illness 06/04/2017 04:51pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Former major leaguer Jim Piersall, who bared his soul about his struggles with mental illness in his book "Fear Strikes Out," has died. He was 87. Piersall died Saturday at a care facility in Wheaton, Illinois, after a monthslong illness, according to the Boston Red Sox, for whom Toddler who drowned in Gaithersburg lake identified 06/03/2017 09:23pm • WASHINGTON ��� In a Saturday news conference, Montgomery County officials identified the toddler who drowned in Lake Whetstone in Gaithersburg, Maryland. A passer-by pulled 2-year-old Malik Bojang from the water on Friday evening only minutes after the child was reported missing. He was taken to Will Putting Off Marriage and Kids Help or Hurt Your Finances? 06/01/2017 08:00pm • You've probably noticed the headlines referring to millennials putting off having a family, or you may be one of the statistics the headlines often refer to. It seems like every other week or so, there's some study or survey coming out, mentioning how millennials are marrying and becoming parents l