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Has the pandemic changed our food habits? 07/22/2021 10:00am • Whether you became a creative sourdough bread baker or you excelled at holding flawless Zoom meetings, a few of your newly acquired pandemic practices may have made their way into your ongoing daily habits. While I'll bet there are also some restrictions you couldn't wait to ditch quicker than you c Maryland offers schools funding to expand student testing for COVID-19 07/22/2021 05:34am • Leaders with the Maryland health and education departments are encouraging school systems to expand testing for COVID-19 when students return to classes in the fall, and are offering funding to help. "Testing for COVID-19 remains a key component in our fight against this disease and it is essenti 2020 Olympic profile: 'Swashbuckling surgeon' Kat Holmes goes for gold in Tokyo 07/22/2021 04:31am • Kat Holmes, dubbed here as "the Swashbuckling Surgeon" before the 2016 Olympics in Rio, has only done more to earn that moniker in the last five years. Holmes, 28, narrowly missed out on a medal in fencing — the U.S. Women’s Epee Team lost in overtime to finish fifth in Rio, and Holmes placed Montgomery Co. health officials working on 'contingency plan' in case COVID-19 rates worsen 07/21/2021 09:02pm • While Montgomery County, Maryland, is ahead of much of the country in its efforts to vaccinate its residents, County Executive Marc Elrich said he is having health officials work up a plan of action if case counts begin to surge. Elrich said the county — like much of the rest of the country — Montgomery County considers ramping up building energy efficiency requirements 07/21/2021 08:26am • Maryland's Montgomery County is considering ramping up greenhouse gas emission requirements for more buildings. As part of its goal of zero green house gas emissions by 2035, they’re considering proposed legislation from County Executive Marc Elrich to set Building Energy Performance Standards Prince William Co. hopes to add mental health crisis facility 07/20/2021 05:30pm • Earlier this month, Virginia announced that five of its eight mental health hospitals will stop taking patients because of capacity limits. And now, there's a push in Prince William County to build new facilities to deal with mental health crises. Rev. Kenneth Nixon Jr. is part of Virginians Orga Wolf Trap celebrates 50 years together 07/20/2021 10:49am • This content is sponsored by Wolf Trap. On July 1, 1971, thousands of families and friends traveled to Wolf Trap and gathered together for the first time under the soaring splendor of the Filene Center. Even with a bit of light rain, patrons stepped into the magnificent wooden structure in a DC 911 interim head orders mandatory overtime to halt staffing shortages 07/19/2021 08:49pm • The interim director of D.C.'s 911 system has ordered mandatory overtime amid concerns that not enough call-takers are on-hand to deal with emergency calls. "They don't have enough people," said safety advocate Dave Statter, paraphrasing a staff email sent Friday by Office of Unified Communicatio Coffee won't make your heart flutter, study says 07/19/2021 11:05am • Worried that coffee will make your heart go pitter-patter, and not in a good way? A new study puts to rest the fear that your daily fuel will cause heart palpitations -- or cardiac arrhythmia, as doctors call it. In fact, a habitual coffee habit was associated with a lower risk of developing an a Conflict of interest? Company hired to review troubled DC crime lab wins new contract with same lab 07/19/2021 07:27am • The Firearms Examination Unit of the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences analyzes ballistics evidence. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty) In late May, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she was bringing in a forensic consulting firm to perform an independent review of the city’s troubled crime lab, which Anger still simmering after another child killed in DC 07/19/2021 05:45am • D.C. police are still looking for the shooter who opened fire and killed a six-year-old girl Friday night. The tragedy left a city brimming with anger all weekend, and it happened on the three-year anniversary of a 10-year-old being gunned down as she ran to an ice cream truck. Nyiah Courtney, 6, Car Review: 2021 McLaren GT turns heads and is useful off the track 07/19/2021 04:19am • Exotic cars are eye candy, and their performances are spectacular, but usually they’re hard to drive beyond short trips or on the track. The McLaren has built some cool exotic cars over the years. Now it is offering a user-friendly grand touring car that gives the driver a super car that can b Shooting outside Nationals Park injures 3; officials seek suspect vehicle 07/18/2021 06:49pm • A shooting outside Nationals Park on Saturday night left three people injured, forcing the suspension of the Nats-Padres game as panic erupted amid gunfire heard by thousands within the stadium. Shots were exchanged between two vehicles in the 1500 block of South Capitol Street SW around 9:30 p.m Is Antarctica a country? The future of the world's least understood continent 07/17/2021 09:45pm • As long as humans have known of its existence, they have wanted to visit Antarctica. It is the world's least visited, least populated continent. On the best day, it is extremely hard to get to. And yet, the appeal of the unknown and the desire to set foot on every continent have encouraged travel Flood watch canceled for DC region, but severe thunderstorms still possible until midnight 07/17/2021 09:12pm • Lightning strikes in Bethesda, Maryland, Saturday, July 17, 2021. (WTOP/Dave Dildine) By sunrise Saturday, temperatures were already near 80, and the day looks to reach a high in the mid-90s before afternoon showers provided the first chance for relief. As the night sets in, a thunderstorm ch