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Virginia declares state of emergency; remnants of Ian expected to drench DC this weekend 09/28/2022 07:02pm • Hurricane Ian, which is currently battering parts of Florida, will make its way northward through the Southeast over the next few days. And because the mid-Atlantic region is in its predicted path, what's left of Ian will likely affect the weather around D.C. this weekend, with 2 to 5 inches of r After visit to homeland, Stafford Co. man helps get used computers to schools in Ethiopia 09/28/2022 11:43am • Thomas Wolfe warned "You Can't Go Home Again," after growing up in North Carolina. When a Stafford County, Virginia, man returned to his homeland of Ethiopia in 2015, he found many things were the same. And that was the problem. "I was going back to Ethiopia after 20 years," said Solomon Desalegn WTOP and PodcastOne Announce Return of ���American Nightmare Series��� Podcast 09/27/2022 09:39am • WTOP and PodcastOne Announce Return of ���American Nightmare Series��� Podcast Award-winning podcast returns for 3rd Season October 2022 with host, Paul Wagner Washington, D.C. (September 27, 2022) ��� WTOP News and PodcastOne ��announced today the return of their critically acclaimed and award-wi Amid a massive American clean energy shift, grid operators play catch-up 09/25/2022 09:21pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. (Getty Images) For the better part of the past century, the American electric power system evolved around large, mostly fossil fuel powe Questions doctors wish their patients would ask 09/25/2022 04:00am • A curious patient is a healthy patient. When you go to the doctor it's typically for a specific problem, such as a cold, stomach pain or another issue that you want to get better. But it's also an opportunity to learn what's going on in your body, understand why you're receiving a specific treatm Roger Federer, a genius who made tennis look effortless 09/17/2022 06:08am • We are living through a period where the expected has surprised. In life, there is always an ending. Always. We know this. We anticipate this. We try to prepare for this. But when the passing of time forces a chapter to inevitably close, the reality of it all still stuns like a thunderbolt. Roger Mistaken identity: Prince William magazine inundated with messages for royal family 09/10/2022 08:25am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. Publisher Rebecca Barnes��� SEO game at Prince William Living Magazine is strong.��Maybe too strong. Type ���Email Prince William��� o Make an offer ��� something real estate agents haven���t said in a long time 09/06/2022 10:14am • For the first time in nearly 18 months, the average home sold for less than list price in August, according to a market analysis by real estate company Redfin. Not a lot less, and not enough to raise a red flag for the ���sell side��� of the housing market, but Redfin reports the average sale-to- Oil's still well for energy stocks 09/04/2022 07:51am • Move over, Big Tech: Oil just might be the new FAANG. Energy stocks fell last week as oil prices tumbled. But crude prices are still up almost 20% so far in 2022, making the sector one of the few bright spots in the market this year. (In fact, an oil stock with the ticker symbol of FANG, Diamondb High-profile Dupont Circle buildings heading for residential conversion 09/02/2022 09:46am • More real estate developers are buying office buildings and converting them to residential use. The most recently-announced project in D.C. is the upcoming conversion of two high-profile, but older buildings on Connecticut Avenue, north of Dupont Circle. Philadelphia-based Post Brothers, a real e Space training nonprofit plans simulation center in Reston 09/01/2022 12:10pm • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. Reston-based nonprofit Interstellar Dreams has announced plans to build a new ���space center��� in Northern Virginia by 2023, with the g Data Doctors: How to examine Google's search sources 08/29/2022 06:31am • Q: What is the source of information Google provides when I use the "About this result" feature? A: Now, more than ever, it���s important to know the source of information you find online and Google���s attempt to provide more information about its search results called "About this result," which i Instacart settles DC lawsuit over misleading fees for $2.5 million 08/19/2022 11:33am • Instacart has settled a two-year-old lawsuit filed by the D.C. Office of the Attorney General for $2.54 million over what it alleged was misleading service fees and failure to pay sales taxes. The D.C. Office of the Attorney General filed the lawsuit in 2020, alleging that from 2016 to 2018, Inst How to navigate conversations with your auto mechanic 08/13/2022 07:19am • Whether you are afraid of being ripped off or just feel out of your depth in conversations with auto mechanics, taking your car in for maintenance can be stressful. Jessica Chou knows that stress -- and how it can be compounded by gender stereotypes around car knowledge. When she was younger, she Data Doctors: Fixing Google Maps' navigation lag 08/12/2022 12:50pm • Q: I���m using Google Maps for driving directions in an unfamiliar city and it���s lagging, which is causing me to miss my turns. Is there a fix? A: Despite all the attempts to compete with Google in the mapping world, the sheer amount of data that���s been accumulated along with various real-tim