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Updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine wins FDA approval 10/03/2023 03:05pm • The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use approval for Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax’s updated COVID-19 booster shot, nearly three weeks after approving mRNA vaccine updates from Pfizer and Moderna. The Novavax vaccine still must get approval from the Centers for Dis American Black Film Festival founder launches new comedy festival at The Wharf 10/03/2023 06:00am • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” You'll laugh so hard this weekend at The Wharf that you might fall into the Potomac's Washington Channel. The Because They're Funny Comedy Festival launches in Southwest D.C. this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Jeff Fr Man shot in downtown DC park, just 2 blocks from White House 10/02/2023 06:45pm • A man was found shot to death Sunday on a park bench in McPherson Square, just two blocks from the grounds of the White House, according to D.C. police. Officers responded around 9:30 p.m. to a report of the sound of gunshots, police said, and found the victim at 15th and I Streets NW. A p Car Review: Infiniti QX80 is a large, 3 row luxury SUV that still uses a V-8 10/02/2023 05:33am • The 2023 Infiniti QX80 Sensory sports 22-inch wheels and you can’t help notice those big luxury SUV. (WTOP/Mike Parris) While smaller crossovers and SUVs are all the rage in today’s market, the large luxury SUV still has its place commanding space and a premium price. Infiniti has been makin Police: Driver who crashed stolen SUV into tree, killing 4, sped off from Prince George's Co. traffic stop minutes earlier 10/01/2023 09:18am • An SUV that hit a tree, resulting in the death of all four of the vehicle's occupants on Friday night, had been taken during a carjacking in Greenbelt and left the scene of a traffic stop just minutes prior to the crash, according to police in Prince George's County, Maryland. Police said they ar What you need to know about new DC-area laws taking effect on Oct. 1 09/30/2023 03:16pm • With the new month on Oct. 1 comes a lot of new laws for the D.C. area. Here is what you need to know about what's going into effect and where. Maryland The time that some Marylanders will have to wait to get their criminal records expunged will be cut roughly in half. The Redeem Act goes into eff World Culture Festival takes over National Mall, shuts down DC roads 09/29/2023 04:00pm • The World Culture Festival starts Friday in D.C. and takes over part of the National Mall — and also leads to some restrictions on the roads. The festival features music, food trucks and yoga, and is expected to generate $29.8 million for D.C., Angie Gates, president and CEO of Events DC said l Motorcyclist dies after crashing into back of Virginia Department of Transportation truck on I-95 09/28/2023 04:10pm • A motorcyclist is dead after a crash involving two cars — including a Virginia Department of Transportation truck — on northbound Interstate 95 in Prince William County Wednesday afternoon. The motorcyclist was identified Thursday as Victor M. Harper II, 30, of Dumfries, Virginia. The seri Gun laws and mental health: Fairfax and Montgomery counties explain their approaches 09/27/2023 04:37am • From firearm legislation to focusing on mental health, two D.C.-area jurisdictions are finding different approaches to tackle the growing number of gun deaths in the region. During Suicide Prevention Month, Fairfax County, Virginia, reported new data on its "red flag law," while officials in near Teen fatally shot near Dunbar High School; District surpasses 200 homicides 09/26/2023 08:31pm • A teen was shot to death near Dunbar High School in Northwest D.C., marking the city's 200th homicide of the year. And Acting Police Chief Pamela Smith said during a news conference that the teen's killing was not the only ongoing homicide investigation Tuesday afternoon. Smith said 16-year-old M Catholic University adds a layer of security with new office 09/26/2023 06:35pm • At a time of heightened concern over public safety in the nation's capital, Catholic University of America has added a new layer of security for its students, teachers and staff. The university, located near the Brookland neighborhood of Northeast D.C., has created a new office of emergency manag 'Horrifying': Md. hospitals see steep increase in medical errors causing death, injury 09/25/2023 09:34pm • Hospitals in Maryland have seen a spike in serious injuries and deaths among patients caused by medical errors during fiscal year 2022, according to a new report from the Maryland Department of Health's Office of Health Care Quality. The state reported a total of 832 adverse events — defined as New Maryland laws go into effect Oct. 1: Spousal defense, hate crimes, firearms 09/25/2023 01:23pm • A Maryland law that prohibited prosecution of a person for rape or other sexual crimes against their legal spouse will be repealed next week — one of hundreds of new Maryland laws set to take effect on Oct. 1. Known for years as spousal defense, the new law eliminates the defense, and allows pr U.Md. program wants to reduce stigma around receiving mental health help 09/25/2023 06:50am • This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. You may know how to give first aid physically when an adult or child is in an emergency situation, but do you know what to do when someon Not even the fall colours can escape climate change's impacts: scientists 09/24/2023 10:06am • Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) -- Anyone who lives in a part of the country with trees that shed their leaves in the fall – like beeches, birches, oaks, ashes and the ever popular maple tree – knows to expect a brilliant display of yellow, orange and red foliage ea