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Reston JW Marriott tops out (Old Ebbitt will be a neighbor) 05/15/2024 02:07pm • The opening is still a year away but developer Comstock Holding Companies marked a milestone in the construction of the JW Marriott and Residences at Reston Station in Virginia last week: the ceremonial topping off of the building, or placement of the final beam of the structure's construction. Police: Prince George's Co. murder-suicide of married couple under investigation 05/12/2024 01:12am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, are investigating what they said was a domestic-related murder-suicide at the Beltsville home of a married couple in their 70s. Ji Tu, 78, and spouse Li Tu, 72, were found suffering gunshot wounds in their home in the 3600 block of Stonehall Drive when 1 killed in shooting at MGM Resort and Casino in Prince George's Co. 05/11/2024 02:53pm • A man was killed in a shooting at MGM Resort and Casino in Oxon Hill, Maryland, early Saturday morning. Prince George's County police responded to a shooting shortly before 5 a.m. on Saturday in the 100 block of MGM National Avenue. County police said officers responded after getting reports o Divestment on campus: What it is, how it works ��� or doesn't 05/06/2024 04:34pm • As students on college campuses across the county protest Israel's actions in Gaza, they have increasingly called on their institutions to divest from Israel. Chris Marsicano, an assistant professor of educational studies and public policy and the director of the College Crisis Initiative at Empty nest coaches help parents in DC and beyond navigate a 'bittersweet' phase 05/06/2024 05:32am • Christine Oakfield wasn���t prepared for the realization that only a few months remained until her teen daughter would leave for college. Her awakening came at a family gathering shortly before graduation. ���It was really easy to ignore it for a while because you have all the ���to-do��� list Barnes & Noble to return to Georgetown in June in a familiar spot 05/02/2024 04:23am • The future site of the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Georgetown. (Courtesy Google Street View) Barnes & Noble will open its new Georgetown location in D.C. on June 19 in the exact same building where it closed in 2011. Barnes & Noble will occupy three floors at 3040 M St., NW, a bui Google announces $1B for data center expansion in Loudoun, Prince William counties 04/26/2024 03:41pm • Google on Friday announced a $1 billion investment to expand its Virginia data centers, including two Loudoun County sites and a newly opened Prince William County campus. Google President and CEO Ruth Porat was joined by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin at the company���s Reston headquarters to an Md. teen with violent 'manifesto' ordered held in jail as judge cites escalated intensity, planning of threats 04/19/2024 06:05pm • A student at Wootton High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, was arrested Wednesday and charged with making threats of mass violence after police say he wrote a 129-page "manifesto" describing a desire to ���shoot up��� an elementary school and his high school. The student, Alex Ye, was arres Google Maps rolls out features to help EV drivers find nearby chargers, plan trips 04/18/2024 08:46am • Popular navigation app Google Maps is introducing features to help electric vehicle drivers alleviate a primary concern: finding a place to charge. Open EV charging stations at a Royal Farms gas station in South Riding, Virginia. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) In a blog post, Google said it is starti Fairfax County house fire sends 5 people to the hospital 04/10/2024 12:48pm • Five people were taken to the hospital, including two with life-threatening injuries, after a fire broke out at a house in Fairfax County, Virginia. It happened Wednesday before 9 a.m. on the 13900 block of Whetstone Manor Court in Clifton. Firefighters battled heavy fire and removed two people i Data Doctors: Tips for freeing up Google storage 04/05/2024 06:34pm • Q: My free Google storage is getting full and I���m not sure what I can safely get rid of to free up space. Any suggestions? A: Google provides a generous amount of free online storage (15GB), but it can fill up quickly depending on how many of its resources you use on a regular basis. To get Virginia-based Hilton expands luxury hotel business with NoMad deal 04/03/2024 10:32am • McLean, Virginia-based Hilton Worldwide has acquired a majority controlling interest in boutique hotel developer Sydell Group to expand its luxury lifestyle hotel brand NoMad to as many as 100 markets. The London NoMad, in Covent Garden in the West End, is in a historic building. Rooms all have Data Doctors: Finding truly free smartphone video editing apps 03/23/2024 08:29am • Q: Every time I find a 'free' smartphone video editing app, it ends up requiring payment to use a lot of the tools. Are there any completely free apps for beginners? A: Editing videos was once the domain of powerful desktop computers and uber-expensive and complex programs that required you to le Online protection bills for kids pass in Maryland House, Senate ��� but Big Tech companies continue their fight 03/19/2024 08:05pm • Bills that would limit how much data can be harvested from kids online passed overwhelmingly in their respective chambers in Annapolis, Maryland, but there are signs that opponents aren't finished objecting to the measures. House and Senate bills would bar tech companies from using data to push p Senate intel chair to TikTok users: 'We don't want to take away the experience' 03/15/2024 01:33pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at��Today on the Hill. The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said that he's encouraged by new efforts from U.S. investors to purchase social media platform T