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Recognizing women's history and closing roads in DC: Saturday's FITDC Herstory 5K 03/09/2024 08:13am • The annual FITDC Herstory 5K, a free run/walk that marks Women's History Month, will be held for the 6th time on Saturday, March 9. The event, which begins and ends at Freedom Plaza in D.C., is dog and stroller friendly, according to the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation. The D.C. agency Prosecutors ask judge to keep DC LGBTQ nonprofit founder Ruby Corado locked up, calling her 'serious flight risk' 03/08/2024 04:40pm • Federal prosecutors in D.C. are asking a judge to keep LGBTQ nonprofit founder Ruby Corado behind bars as she awaits trial on money laundering charges, saying she poses a "unique and serious flight risk." Corado, 53, is charged with money laundering and defrauding two COVID-19 pandemic-era loan p DC plans to open emergency department in one of its most underserved communities 03/07/2024 09:21pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced plans to open a free-standing emergency room on the Fletcher-Johnson Campus in Ward 7, expanding access to health care in some of the city's most underserved neighborhoods. In a Wednesday news release, Bowser said it's part of an agreement with Universal Hea IBM opens cyber attack response training facility in DC — a block from the White House 03/06/2024 11:44pm • IBM will help train federal agencies and their suppliers to respond to artificial cyber attacks and other data breach threats at a new training facility called the IBM X-Force Cyber Range in D.C. The facility is at IBM's downtown D.C. offices at 600 14th Street, NW, a block from the White House, Founder of LGBTQ nonprofit Casa Ruby in DC charged with fraud, money laundering 03/06/2024 05:25pm • The founder of a D.C. organization that provided services to the LGBTQ+ community, who prosecutors say fled to El Salvador after she was accused of fraud, has been arrested after "unexpectedly returning" to the U.S. Casa Ruby founder Ruby Corado appeared in U.S. District Court Wednesday to face c Organized crime ain’t what it used to be. Md. lawmakers say it’s time to update the law 03/06/2024 03:58pm • For a lot of people, the term "organized crime" conjures up images of backroom mafia deals or highly structured street gangs dealing drugs and getting engaged in turf wars. But like everything else in the world, things are changing. “We are witnessing the emergence of smaller, more agile crimin Hidden hazards: Protecting your pets from everyday toxins 03/06/2024 01:14pm • This content is provided by Rocky Gorge Animal Hospital. As pet parents, we vigilantly protect our furry friends from harm, but despite our best efforts, common household items can pose serious health risks to our beloved animals. Pets are naturally curious creatures, which can sometimes lead the Appeals court: Va. deputy should have done more to prevent handcuffed man from shooting himself 03/06/2024 10:23am • Virginia's Court of Appeals says a Spotsylvania County Sheriff's deputy should have done more to prevent a handcuffed man from shooting himself while detained in the back seat of his cruiser. In August 2018, Dennis Christopher Howard had been taken into custody, after his girlfriend had received Md. juvenile justice reform bills approved, work to resolve differences begins 03/06/2024 09:10am • Now that Maryland lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved juvenile justice reform measures, members of each chamber must determine how to resolve differences in separate bills. House Bill 814 and Senate Bill 744 have similar provisions such as requiring the state Department of Juvenile Servic DC auditor points to lagging performance by some crime-fighting agencies 03/04/2024 10:06pm • As the D.C. Council prepares to vote on a massive anti-crime bill, the D.C. Auditor has released a report that suggests the city's fight against crime would be strengthened if some District agencies performed their jobs as they should. "Legislation is important, but it doesn't solve the issue. Le Metro increasing special police officer patrols on buses, trains 03/04/2024 06:35pm • Special police officers wearing vests have started patrolling Metro trains and buses during trips as part of the transit agency's push to increase security. During the agency's board meeting last month, WMATA General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke said the use of special police officers enables the From 'Who Let the Dogs Out' to today: Hitmaker on how social media is changing music industry 03/04/2024 06:15am • The other day, while producing a reel for Instagram, I came to the part of the process where I could choose to add music. The video and captions in my post asked whether my adult dog would ever learn to ring the bell hanging on the kitchen door to signal he needs to be let out to relieve himself Oscar Week Series: Will 'Oppenheimer' mark the return of the blockbuster best picture? 03/04/2024 04:25am • It's Oscar week! Every day this week, WTOP examines a different aspect of Oscar history and this year's race. After decades of cinephilia, the "Barbenheimer" phenomenon could steer the Oscars back toward the people. If either Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" (the unstoppable front-runner) DC surpasses San Francisco for AI jobs, driving lobbying and data center growth 03/04/2024 02:30am • The D.C. metro area surpassed the San Francisco Bay area for artificial intelligence-related job postings in December, according to research from commercial real estate company JLL. More than 1,000 such active job openings existed in the D.C. area at the end of 2023. Demand for those AI-related j Crew awaits weather-delayed launch to space station 03/03/2024 05:17pm • The four-person crew launched successfully Sunday night. Read the latest updates here. With better weather expected, SpaceX and NASA geared up for a third attempt Sunday to launch a three-man, one-woman crew to the International Space Station, the first of two crew rotation flights to replace