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Maryland-based Novavax soars on big vaccine deal 05/10/2024 08:47am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax has signed a $1.2 billion licensing agreement with French drugmaker Sanofi to co-commercialize its combination COVID and influenza vaccine. Novavax stock more than doubled after the announcement. It puts Novavax on solid footing, after restructurings last y Judge to decide whether to delay construction of Dominion’s offshore wind project 05/10/2024 08:44am • A federal judge will soon decide whether Dominion Energy obtained necessary federal approvals for its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, a 176-turbine wind farm environmental groups are backing as a critical source of renewable energy needed to combat climate change. Judge Loren L. AliKhan i Several closely-watched US House primaries in Maryland are loaded with candidates 05/10/2024 05:15am • Three open Maryland congressional seats have led to a flood of candidates in a trio of districts, providing dozens of choices for voters in the May 14 primary. The sprawling 6th District, which stretches from part of Montgomery County, through the Frederick area to the westernmost counties of the "We are the GW Hospital Neurosurgery family" 05/09/2024 03:43pm • This content is provided by George Washington Hospital. Your neurological health affects your life and well-being in very important ways. The Neurosciences Institute at GW Hospital understands. That’s why we offer comprehensive neurology and neurosurgery services to help patients enjoy better l Virginia health officials launch ‘surveillance system’ for kids sickened by cannabis 05/09/2024 08:48am • Virginia officials are instructing health care providers to start keeping track of “adverse events” involving children and teens being exposed to cannabis products. In an April 24 letter to clinicians, State Health Commissioner Karen Shelton said her agency had received enough reports of mi Q&A: Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan 05/09/2024 05:13am • Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is running for the Republican nomination for Senate. He sat down with WTOP's Nick Iannelli to talk about what will be different if he's elected, his take on being called a "RINO" and the students protests regarding the war in Gaza. Read the full story h Agreement reached in Arab Student Union's suit against DC, high school principal 05/08/2024 01:36pm • The Arab Student Union at Jackson-Reed High School in Northwest D.C. has withdrawn its request for a federal court to take emergency action in a lawsuit that claimed the school suppressed the student club's right to free speech. The American Civil Liberties Union, which initially filed the suit o 'I'm hoping to learn from what they're doing': Firefighters from around the world collaborate in DC to keep you safer 05/07/2024 05:45pm • They have come from as far as Fiji and Croatia and as close as D.C. and Fairfax County, Virginia. Firefighters packed a conference room at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown D.C. on Tuesday for the inaugural World Fire Congress to collaborate and share information to better keep citizens across the world 2 killed, 3 hurt in Capital Beltway crash in Prince George's Co. 05/07/2024 05:30pm • Two people died and three others were hurt after a car crashed into the woods off the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County on Tuesday afternoon. Around 12:30 p.m. Maryland State Police responded to the Outer Loop near exit 27 for reports of a single-vehicle crash. The driver, later identi 18-year-old held without bond for shooting of Dunbar High School student 05/05/2024 02:57pm • An 18-year-old is being held without bond after new information emerged in a court hearing on Saturday detailing a shooting at Dunbar High School in D.C. that left one student wounded last week. Two Dunbar students have been arrested and charged in the shooting; Azhari Graves, 18, is being held w Trone continues record-setting spending blitz 05/05/2024 02:32pm • U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th) dropped another $12.35 million into his U.S. Senate campaign during the first 3 1/2 weeks of April, bringing his total personal investment in the race to a jaw-dropping $54.1 million. Trone is now the second biggest self-funder in a U.S. Senate race, behind U.S. Sen. Italian engineers propose new design for collapsed Baltimore bridge 05/04/2024 11:10am • An Italian company that helped rebuild a bridge that collapsed in Genoa, Italy, in 2018 said it is ready to do the same in Baltimore. The Webuild Group sent a preliminary design and plans to Maryland officials for the reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Friday. The company said its Adam Driver is a man literally on the edge in tease to Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' 05/04/2024 11:10am • CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE: Francis Ford Coppola (ABC) On Saturday morning, May 4, legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola dropped a tease to his decades-in-the-making, mostly self-funded epic Megalopolis. In the snippet, apparently from the movie's opening moments, one of the movie's many Meet The Smashing Pumpkins new guitarist, Kiki Wong 05/03/2024 08:54am • ▶ Watch Video: The Smashing Pumpkins go to social media in search of new guitarist The Smashing Pumpkins has been an iconic alt-rock band for decades. And now the group has added a new member to help them carry on for decades more. "The news you have been waiting for has finally arr Virginia voter guide: What local races are on the ballot for the 2024 primary election 05/03/2024 04:44am • Visit WTOP’s Election 2024 page for our comprehensive coverage.  Virginia voters are choosing their party's nominees in several local and statewide races as early voting begins in the Commonwealth ahead of its June primary election day. All 11 seats held by Virginia in the U.S. House are