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Attack on health dept. computers was 'ransomware,' Hogan and cyber czar acknowledge 01/12/2022 02:07pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. and top Maryland Department of Health officials acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the perpetrators o CES 2022 ready to roll, despite exodus of big-name exhibitors 01/04/2022 02:25pm • CES will have a different look and feel this year, in part because attendance will be around 40% of what it is normally. (Courtesy Kenny Fried) The news — and the headlines — emanating from Vegas over the past two weeks have most certainly caught the attention of a weary, and wary, public. Police identify man shot and killed by Montgomery Co. officers 01/01/2022 06:16am • Investigators with the Maryland Attorney General's office have identified the man they say was shot and killed by Montgomery County police after threatening them with a gun on Wednesday. The attorney general's office says Osman Sesay, 27, was shot by officers after he pointed a gun at them during LL Bean set to close Tysons store 12/29/2021 01:58pm • L.L. Bean in Tysons Corner Center. (Courtesy Google Maps) Freeport, Maine-based outdoor gear and apparel retailer L.L. Bean will close its long-standing store at Tysons Corner Center on Jan. 17. L.L. Bean opened the large, two-story store at Tysons in 2001, and it was the first of its retail Montgomery Co. police shoot and kill man who fired at them during traffic stop 12/29/2021 09:44am • One man is dead after getting out of his vehicle during a traffic stop in Silver Spring, Maryland, and opening fire on officers Wednesday morning, police said. Montgomery County police officers stopped the vehicle at the intersection of Wayne Avenue and Dartmouth Avenue because it matched the des Man fatally shot in Prince George's Co. while driving girlfriend, 3 children to Christmas dinner 12/25/2021 10:45pm • A 30-year old man was fatally shot in Temple Hills, Maryland, as he was driving his girlfriend and three children to a holiday dinner on Christmas Eve. A statement from Prince George's County Police Department says that around 4:45 p.m. Friday afternoon, Daniel Kelly Jr. of Clinton, Md., his girl Data Doctors Column: Comparing private search engines 12/24/2021 11:17pm • Q: Which private search engine is better, Startpage or DuckDuckGo? A: Search engines are an essential navigation tool for the endless number of websites on the Internet, which is the main reason Google has become one of the titans of tech. Google’s search engine is considered the most powerf You can now self-report a positive COVID-19 case to DC's virus tracking service 12/24/2021 04:32pm • D.C.'s COVID-19 exposure notification service will now allow users to self- report a positive test result. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health made the joint announcement that the new feature on its app DC COVID Alert Notice (DC CAN) will increase the speed of the District's contact tracing efforts Calling 911 may be an issue for Android users with old version of Microsoft Teams 12/18/2021 09:31am • Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) -- Some Android users may experience 911 calling issues through Microsoft Teams, according to a recent advisory from Bell. The notice says customers with the Microsoft Teams application installed on their devices, with Android A bill to protect people from discriminatory algorithms in play in DC 12/10/2021 11:06pm • New "first of its kind" legislation that would ban discrimination based on algorithm bias was introduced in D.C. on Thursday. Attorney General for the District Karl Racine said that the Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act would make it illegal for companies to use discriminatory algorithms to m DC’s United Bank completes 33rd acquisition 12/07/2021 08:30am • Google street view of a United Bank location. United Bankshares, Inc., with dual headquarters in Charleston, West Virginia, and D.C., has completed its $303 million acquisition of Richmond, Virginia-based Community Bankers Trust, the parent company of Essex Bank. It is United Bank’s 33rd ba WTOP: Our News Philosophy 12/03/2021 12:56pm • WTOP: Our News Philosophy At WTOP News, we work to deliver news that matters to the D.C. area in an unbiased, objective and accurate way. Part of that effort is to be transparent about how we make decisions as a news organization. We hope the information provided below helps you understand the prin Mark Cuban buys a small town in Texas, just because 12/03/2021 12:11pm • Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is having a Johnny Rose moment. The billionaire just bought the entire town of Mustang, Texas — a blip on the map off I-45, with a population of 21 people, according to the latest census data. The reason, Cuban told the Dallas Morning News: A buddy Woman dies after crashing car into tree in Prince George's Co. 11/27/2021 07:42am • A woman died after crashing her car into a tree in Forestville, Maryland, on Thursday, Prince George's County police said. Lakina Jackson, 32, of District Heights was driving southbound on Pennsylvania Avenue near Forestville Road when she crashed, according to police. More Maryland Ne Plans submitted to replace Arlington's Americana Hotel with residential high-rise 11/24/2021 08:41am • The Americana Hotel first opened in 1963 and closed in 2020 because of the pandemic. (Courtesy Google) JBG Smith, already the largest landlord in Arlington County’s Crystal City neighborhood, has filed plans with the county to replace the nearly 60-year-old Americana Hotel, a landmark property