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Mom gets 5 weeks in prison for Georgetown son's online class cheating 07/15/2020 10:41am • A California woman who paid $9,000 to have someone secretly take online college courses for her son and then demanded a discount when he received a C was sentenced Wednesday to five weeks in prison. Karen Littlefair, 57, said she's “truly sorry” for her actions and asked the judge for lenienc Mystery packages from the same source baffle recipients 07/15/2020 05:03am • The mysterious "Panama" badge received in a shipment from a sender identified only as Jon. (Courtesy Judy Taub) Often, an unexpected package on your doorstep turns out to be a birthday present or a forgotten order on Amazon. But a former WTOP team member in D.C. got a strange shipment with no expl Former Redskins player pleads guilty to defrauding Metro 07/10/2020 01:37pm • A former NFL player who played in Washington during the early 1980s has pleaded guilty to defrauding Metro of more than $300,000. Brian Carpenter, 59, of Centreville, Virginia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud Friday, the office of Virginia U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger sa Spotting fake home appraisal pictures 06/22/2020 09:01am • Some unscrupulous home sellers may be tempted to substitute online photos that are not actually their kitchen, living room or bath in order to boost appraisal value, but it is pretty hard to fake it. (Getty/Stockphoto/Andrey Popov) In-home inspections by appraisers for home sellers or refinancin Protests in the DC area continue for an 11th day 06/09/2020 02:42am • Protests over the death of George Floyd continued for an 11th day in the D.C. area. Demonstrators gathered in Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House, as they have been for nearly two weeks. Among them were Cherise Mattheson and her 12-year-old son, Maurice Rorie. Mattheson Maryland's abbreviated road tests keep drivers on closed course 06/08/2020 04:15pm • Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration has resumed road tests for new drivers, only they don't have to leave the parking lot. In mid-March, Maryland, like Virginia, suspended the administration of road tests out of concern that having a testing agent in the car with a new driver could spread the Having a good laugh might do more than improve your mood 05/04/2020 06:42pm • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NANvH-ceAYI Feeling down in the dumps? Maybe you just need a good laugh. "Even if you fake the laughter, I know it sounds really strange, right? But when you fake it, you get the same benefits," D.C.-area motivational speaker and happiness coach Nira Berry said. Garden Plot: Less roadkill means more mammalian garden pests 04/24/2020 06:39am • Doug in Adamstown writes: Since almost everyone is under stay-at-home orders, we're not driving as much. That means fewer road kills, which could mean that the populations of garden munching vermin is going to explode — with a lot more deer, groundhogs, rabbits, and evil squirrels this year. Do y Data Doctors: For now, avoid COVID-19 contact tracing apps 04/17/2020 06:30pm • Ukrainians wearing face masks look at the latest news on a phone in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Q: Do you think any of the COVID-19 contact tracing apps will be effective and worth using? If you look to see how other countries have been tracing the interactio Fairfax Co. school officials apologize for tech flub; company says software hadn't been updated in 2 years 04/16/2020 03:52pm • Leaders in Virginia's largest school system — Fairfax County Public Schools — are apologizing and promising things will be better when students resume distance learning on Monday. During a virtual school board meeting that focused on the mishaps and glitches in the distance learning exper Federal law enforcement describe how to avoid dating site scams 04/15/2020 04:28am • More people are turning to online dating for a semblance of companionship during the coronavirus crisis — sites often rife with sophisticated scams targeting Americans from overseas, the FBI warns. Singles might be using online dating sites like Match.com and apps like Tinder and Bumble to cope w Local med students become babysitters to support health care workers 03/26/2020 07:16pm • Distance learning may have emptied out college classrooms around the region to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, but that hasn't stopped medical students from finding other ways to help.  There are doctors, nurses and lots of others in the health care industry who are working every day a 'Extremely unusual': Md. 7-Eleven employee tests positive for coronavirus after co-worker fakes test result 03/26/2020 03:47pm • Photos of the 7-Eleven on Hallowing Point Road in Prince Frederick, which has closed temporarily after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. It’s one of 2 7-Elevens in Prince Frederick that have closed for now, as a precaution. (WTOP/Michelle Basch) An "extremely unusual" situation played US Attorney for Maryland warns of coronavirus fraudsters 03/20/2020 11:06am • If you see an offer for a coronavirus "vaccine" or "cure" that seems too good to be true — it is. That's the warning from the Maryland U.S. Attorney's office. The reason is simple: There is no coronavirus vaccine and there is no coronavirus cure. Not yet, anyway. Coronavirus scams are hap Column: My coronavirus odyssey, from Indian Ocean cruise to self-quarantine 03/16/2020 02:19pm • FILE — In this March 26, 2019, file photo, an airline passenger walk in the arrivals terminal at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) What started out as a 24-day cruise to the Indian Ocean evolved into a personal odyssey of struggling to get home due to the