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Fairfax Co. program offering $50 SmarTrip cards helps Inova focus on 'sustainability' 05/20/2024 11:35am • This content is sponsored by The Fairfax County Department of Transportation Commuter Services Program. The SmartBenefits Plu$50 program in Fairfax County, Va. presents an opportunity for local employers such as businesses, nonprofit organizations and associations, to enhance employee benefi WTOP Book Report: How 'Jazzmen' Ellington, Basie and Armstrong moved America forward on racial justice 05/19/2024 06:59am • New York Times-bestselling author Larry Tye offers a captivating new work titled "The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America." The book explores the intimate lives and historic musical legacies of Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie â Capitol Hill Classic 10K, 3K cause traffic closures around Lincoln Park 05/18/2024 10:05am • The 43rd NCB Capitol Hill Classic will take place Sunday, shutting down major roads from the Supreme Court to RFK Stadium. The 10K, 3K and fun run are also raising money for local students, closing the school funding gap for Capitol Hill Cluster School. The 10K starts bright and early, at 8:30 a. Maryland governor signs bills to tighten juvenile justice, expand gun safety measures 05/16/2024 08:42pm • Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed a juvenile justice reform bill Thursday that makes younger juveniles subject to state oversight in criminal cases, a move supporters said will combine accountability and rehabilitation to the benefit of children. “It really comes down to facing facts: Children in the s Congress aims to exert control over DC crime with new bill 05/16/2024 08:15am • A year after Congress blocked D.C.'s revised criminal code, complaining it was soft on crime, the House has gone a step further by passing its own D.C. crime bill. The House passed the D.C. CRIMES Act on Wednesday with 225 votes, garnering support from Republicans as well as 18 Democrats. Propone New data reveals decline in cannabis-related pediatric ER visits following new Va. law 05/15/2024 05:55am • Whether from cannabis ingestion, intoxication or abuse, over the last few years, Virginia has seen an increase in young people visiting emergency rooms after being exposed to THC and hemp-based products. But new data from the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association shows those numbers declin Maryland Senate primary: Alsobrooks defeats Trone in race for Democratic nomination; Hogan wins GOP nod 05/14/2024 11:55pm • Visit WTOP’s Election 2024 page for comprehensive coverage. Listen live to 103.5 FM for WTOP’s team coverage of the Maryland primary.  In a decisive win, Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks defeated Rep. David Trone for the Democratic nomination for Maryland's open Senate 'Giving a full story': An inside look at how AP African American Studies is taught at a Va. high school 05/13/2024 06:40pm • Standing in the front of his Lorton, Virginia, classroom in October, Sean Miller told his students that food would be a topic of conversation during the class period. He also said they would talk about the types of goods that emerged in ancient East and West Africa. Part of that would involve how Man killed after car crashes into tree in Howard Co. 05/11/2024 06:13pm • A man is dead after striking a tree with his car in Howard County, Maryland, on Friday evening. Howard County police responded to reports of a car that struck a tree in the 7100 block of Dorsey Run Road in Elkridge around 6:45 p.m. on Friday. Icaro Freire-Pina, 42, of Laurel, was transported t Virginia man charged in bomb threat at Prince William County courthouse complex 05/11/2024 08:38am • Police have charged a Haymarket, Virginia, man with making threats to bomb the Prince William County courthouse and jail. At 1:53 p.m. Thursday, the suspect entered the lobby with a bag he immediately brought to a restroom, Prince William County police Master Officer Renee Carr said in a release. Solar storm hits Earth, producing colorful light shows across Northern Hemisphere 05/11/2024 05:30am • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio Woman to celebrate first Mother's Day at home since emerging from 5-year coma 05/10/2024 09:02pm • ▶ Watch Video: Mom refuses to give up on daughter put on life support after car crash Dowagiac, Michigan — For Peggy Means, every Mother's Day had been just another day without her daughter, Jennifer Flewellen, who was critically injured in a 2017 car crash at the age 35. Flewelle Eight families whose dogs drowned in pet care facility sue District Dogs, claim negligence 05/10/2024 02:02pm • Eight families whose dogs drowned at the District Dogs pet day care and boarding facility in D.C. last August have filed a negligence suit against the company and its founder and chief executive officer. According to the suit, filed Thursday in D.C. Superior Court against the company and CEO Why Montgomery County is tailor-made for life sciences industry 05/10/2024 12:41pm • This content is sponsored by the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation. With more than 300 life sciences companies providing jobs to 26,000 employees, Montgomery County, Maryland, anchors the third largest biopharmaceuticals cluster in the country and is a Mid-Atlantic hotspot fo 'FLiRT' COVID variants are spreading. Scientists share what we know so far. 05/10/2024 10:31am • ▶ Watch Video: Marking 4 years since the start of the COVID pandemic More than a third of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are now estimated to be from a new, fast-growing member of a group of so-called "FLiRT" variants, nicknamed for their small but distinctive changes relative to the JN.1