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How DC-area shoppers can save some money on school supplies in August 08/04/2024 04:00am • Virginia is holding a three-day sales tax holiday and Maryland is holding a similar one for a week, as local shoppers load their carts with back-to-school items. Virginia This year's Virginia's sales tax holiday, from Aug. 2 to Aug. 4, comes after state lawmakers forgot to renew the sales tax holi Report: Pilot reported 'pretty significant problem' before fatal crash on Maryland's Eastern Shore 08/02/2024 04:35pm • The pilot of a small plane reported a "pretty significant engine problem" before a crash on Maryland's Eastern Shore earlier this month took his life. Robert Eugene Merlini, 56, of Annapolis, was the only one on board the twin-engine Cessna 402, when it crashed into the water in Easton on July 16 How Fairfax Co. will use a magnetic pouch to prevent cellphones from distracting middle schoolers 08/02/2024 04:55am • Some Fairfax County, Virginia, middle schoolers will have to put their cellphones in special pouches next year as part of a pilot program aimed at cracking down on students' phone use during the school day. In May, the school board in the Northern Virginia district voted to require Superintendent Increasing number of people visiting Va. emergency departments say they vape, new analysis says 08/01/2024 05:45am • The number of people visiting Virginia emergency departments who say they vape as part of the intake process has more than doubled in the last four years, according to a new data analysis from the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association. In 2020, 23,630 patients who visited emergency rooms 2 critically injured after food truck catches on fire in Northwest DC 07/31/2024 05:34pm • Two men were critically injured after a food truck near the National Mall caught on fire Wednesday afternoon. D.C. Fire and EMS responded to reports of a vehicle on fire in the 1400 block of Constitution Avenue NW around 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. There they found a food truck on fire and two men ou Record heat has baked DC region this summer. How to protect your home from extreme weather 07/30/2024 08:00pm • If it seems like the summer months just keep getting hotter, well, there's a reason for that. In mid-July 2024, a number of U.S. cities experienced their hottest temperatures on record. July 22, 2024, was Earth's hottest day on record, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. J Postpandemic, Gold’s Gym is in DC-area expansion mode 07/30/2024 12:48pm • Gold’s Gym, a pioneer in modern day fitness clubs whose early Venice Beach, California, regulars included Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, was dealt a blow at the onset of the pandemic, along with the rest of the gym and health club industry. But the new D.C.-area franchise operator is b Electric school buses led to millions in wasteful spending, Montgomery Co. watchdog says 07/30/2024 10:15am • Electric buses were supposed to save money for Maryland's largest school district. But a new report by Montgomery County's inspector general found they "led to millions of dollars in wasteful spending" in part due to late deliveries and maintenance issues. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 326 This new Clinton mental health facility is the first of its kind in Maryland. Here's what sets it apart 07/29/2024 03:07pm • A new mental health facility is open in Prince George's County, Maryland, and there's no other place like it in the state. The Dyer Care Center, located on Piscataway Road in Clinton, is described as an emergency room just for mental health emergencies, with the ability to take drop-offs from Most Maryland Democrats support Harris now, but that wasn’t always the case 07/29/2024 10:41am • With the Democratic establishment — in Maryland and across the country — quickly coalescing around Vice President Kamala Harris to replace President Biden at the top of the White House ticket, it’s easy to forget that her first foray into presidential politics, in 2019, wasn’t nearly as tr Pro-Palestinian encampment removed from Secretary Blinken's Arlington home by police 07/27/2024 08:17am • The pro-Palestinian encampment outside of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Arlington, Virginia, home is no more. The encampment along the 400 block of Chain Bridge Road (Route 123) in McLean had been lined with protesters holding signs with phrases such as "Let Gaza Live" and "Full Ceasefire i Washington Aqueduct gets OK to add antialgae chemical to protect drinking water supply 07/26/2024 01:04pm • Three weeks after the lifting of a boil water advisory for all of D.C. and most of Arlington, Virginia, the Washington Aqueduct can now add a new chemical to its water treatment process to prevent future problems when algae in the Potomac River threatens the main water source for much of the reg Road closures in DC tied to Netanyahu visit extended through weekend 07/26/2024 10:55am • As closures change, listen live to WTOP for the latest traffic updates on the 8s. Police in D.C. have extended road closures related to the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu through Sunday, July 28. Originally, the closures were set to last through Saturday. D.C. police sai Maryland online education company 2U files for bankruptcy, stock plunges 07/25/2024 12:19pm • Lanham, Maryland-based online education company 2U, once valued by Wall Street at more than $5 billion, saw its market value plunge below $12 million Thursday after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. 2U, founded in 2008 as a pioneer in online college courses, had grown to Anthony Fauci tells WTOP about 'painful' conflict with Trump during COVID pandemic 07/25/2024 10:30am • Former Chief Medical Advisor to the President Anthony Fauci joined WTOP on Wednesday to discuss his public health career, including what he says it was like to head up the COVID-19 pandemic response during former President Donald Trump's administration. Fauci led the National Institutes of Allerg