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Highlighting Bowie State University, the oldest HBCU in Maryland 02/19/2024 08:19am • Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. Dr. Aminta Breaux, Bowie State University's first female president. (Courtesy Bowie State University) Bowie State Univers 'Oppenheimer' wins 7 prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards 02/19/2024 04:51am • LONDON (AP) — Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month. Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” took five prizes and Holocaust drama “The Illegally adopted during Chile's dictatorship, they're now reuniting with biological families 02/18/2024 07:06pm • SANTIAGO (AP) — Romina Cortés couldn't pronounce her sister’s last name. She didn’t know what she smells like, what her favorite food is, or what she likes to do in her free time. Cortés, 43, waited impatiently Sunday at the airport in Santiago, Chile, where she would soon meet her sister, M Luton's Tom Lockyer says heart stopped for 2 minutes, 40 seconds after cardiac arrest during game 02/18/2024 05:12pm • LUTON, England (AP) — Luton captain Tom Lockyer says his heart stopped for more than 2 1/2 minutes when he suffered cardiac arrest in a Premier League game at Bournemouth in December, but he is still hoping that doctors give him the all clear to keep playing professionally. The 29-year-old defende Israel vows to 'finish the job' in Gaza as War Cabinet member threatens a Ramadan deadline for Rafah 02/18/2024 04:17pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday brushed off growing calls to halt the military offensive in Gaza, vowing to “finish the job” as a member of his War Cabinet threatened to invade the southern city of Rafah if remaining Israeli hostages are not freed b Mediator says talks on Gaza not 'progressing as expected' after momentum in recent weeks 02/17/2024 03:43pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Talks on a potential cease-fire deal in Gaza “have not been progressing as expected” in the past few days after good progress in recent weeks, key mediator Qatar said Saturday, as Israel's prime minister accused the Hamas militant group of not changing its ”delusiona NBA champion, 'Survivor' contestant Scot Pollard is feeling great after heart transplant, wife says 02/17/2024 11:18am • NBA champion and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard is “awake and feeling great” a day after a heart transplant, his wife said Saturday on social media. “Scot has a new heart!” Dawn Pollard posted Friday night on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Surgery went well and I’ve been told the Here’s the latest on the investigation into the shooting at Joel Osteen’s megachurch 02/17/2024 08:29am • HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly a week after a woman opened fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen's Texas megachurch, there are still questions about a motive behind the attack and scrutiny on how a person with a record of criminal misdemeanors and a history of mental illness was able to obtain her weapons. Stars, royalty and a 'Poppenheimer' showdown. Here's what to expect at Britain's BAFTA film awards 02/17/2024 07:01am • LONDON (AP) — Prepare for Poppenheimer. “Poor Things” and “Oppenheimer” are the leading contenders for the British Academy Film Awards, which will be handed out Sunday in front of an audience of filmmakers, movie stars and the heir to the British throne. Yorgos Lanthimos’ gothic fantasia Tiger Woods withdraws from Riviera with flu symptoms. His 2024 debut lasts only 24 holes 02/16/2024 09:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods returned to the PGA Tour and lasted only 24 holes, withdrawing Friday from the Genesis Invitational with flu-like symptoms and dehydration after hitting his tee shot on the seventh hole at Riviera. Rob McNamara, his longtime associate and vice president of TGR Ventur Data Doctors: Which electronics are OK in checked baggage? 02/16/2024 05:30pm • Q: I’m going to be traveling with a lot of electronic devices for my family; what’s safe to put in my checked bags? A: Flying with numerous electronic devices is commonplace these days and the larger your family, the more there is to take into consideration. The primary determinant of what Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says 02/16/2024 05:11pm • Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news — less than a How MedStar Health can treat pericardial effusion 02/16/2024 04:09pm • This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Although well tolerated for some patients, fluid buildup around the heart, particularly in excess, can cause other complications like heart failure and even death. Pericarditis is the inflammation of the heart’s tissue layer, o Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed over the years 02/16/2024 03:52pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot at close range. Some take a fatal plunge from an open window. Over the years, Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies and Israel's defense chief says military 'thoroughly planning' offensive in crowded Gaza border town 02/16/2024 02:28pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Friday said Israel is “thoroughly planning” a military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, signaling determination to move ahead despite growing international concerns about the safety of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians see