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Beltway Basketball Beat: Those crazy conference tournaments 03/11/2020 01:46pm • CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Desure Buie and Hofstra are headed to their first NCAA Tournament since 2001. (WTOP/Dave Preston) Four days until Selection Sunday. Five more bids were claimed Tuesday night, bringing the number of teams in the field to 11: No. 2 Gonzaga, Robert Morris, DC-area vacationers consider other travel destinations amid coronavirus concerns 03/04/2020 10:20pm • People in the D.C. area who were planning to go on vacation to countries that now have large numbers of coronavirus cases are rethinking those plans, AAA Mid-Atlantic's director of travel said. "We have seen that our members who are calling us — those who have travel already booked — have con Which airport security program is right for you? 02/10/2020 09:13am • A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer gives an airplane passenger a security pat down at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Registered traveler programs — which are designed to speed prescreened travelers through security — are effective, but o Undocumented immigrants could get driver's licenses under proposed Virginia bill 02/06/2020 05:45am • People who are in the country illegally would be able to obtain driver's licenses in Virginia under legislation that is advancing in the state's General Assembly. The bill passed through the Senate's Finance and Appropriations Committee Wednesday with 11 Democrats voting for it and five Republica 2nd Maryland patient being tested for coronavirus 02/04/2020 11:06am • A patient in Maryland is being evaluated for the novel coronavirus that has infected more than 20,000 people worldwide. The Maryland Department of Health website was updated Tuesday to reflect that the second person statewide is being tested. Another patient’s results came back negative last we Chinese students on exchange program won't attend classes in Fairfax County, school system says 01/23/2020 12:21pm • More than 20 children from an area of China where the coronavirus has hit hard are still visiting Fairfax County, Virginia — they just won’t be going to school while they’re there. Fairfax County Public Schools spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell told WTOP Wednesday that the 21 students, all 12 years Scientists seek rare species survivors amid Australia flames 01/17/2020 10:01pm • This December 2019 photo provided by Guy Ballard shows a male brush-tailed rock wallaby eating supplementary food researchers provided in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park in New South Wales, Australia. Before this fire season, scientists estimated there were as few as 15,000 left in the wild. No Bald eagle blackout: Liberty and Justice are off the grid in Southwest DC 01/17/2020 04:25pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '760b388a-741e-4bdb-8a58-1e229f0c7fb5' }).render("744615364ed1c1f6");}); The bald eagle nest camera on the grounds 10-year-old rescued by helicopter after a fall at Sugarloaf Mountain 01/12/2020 06:27pm • @FOXBaltimore sugarloaf mountain air rescue happening right now. pic.twitter.com/PcPgNK5cwf — Patrick Miller (@pattymillz0200) January 12, 2020 A young girl was life-flighted by a helicopter from Sugarloaf Mountain in Frederick County, Maryland, after she fell 10 feet and suffered a head i 1 killed, 2 injured in Northeast DC shooting 01/06/2020 06:30pm • One man is dead and two others are hurt after a shooting Monday in Northeast D.C. that police say was a targeted attack. D.C. police Cmdr. William Fitzgerald said bullets began flying around 1:35 p.m. outside a beer and wine store on the 2400 block of Franklin Avenue NE near Langdon Park Recreati Mystery Newsmaker January 8 & 9 12/30/2019 09:50am • Listen to WTOP this Saturday and Sunday morning during the 8am hour for the WTOP Mystery Newsmaker Contest. We’ll play the voice of someone you’ve heard in the news this week on WTOP.     Be the first caller at 855-885-1035 to correctly identify the mystery newsmaker and win a pair o DC might go batty: Public hearing to be held on naming little brown bat as official 'state' mammal 12/28/2019 01:14pm • The little brown bat could become the "state" mammal of D.C. (Getty Images) A mouse eared microbat with two sets of teeth could be D.C.'s official "state" mammal. In January, the D.C. council will hold a public hearing on efforts to designate the little brown bat as the official "state" mamma Flying for the holidays? Travelers at Reagan National share their experiences 12/21/2019 02:08pm • Sometimes you just can't avoid flying for the holidays and at Reagan National Airport, there are more than enough stories to go around. For Fontella McCary, who caught a flight from Texas, the morning began at 2:30 a.m. in order to catch a 5 a.m. flight. But it wasn't the early start or the crow Record number of holiday travelers set to brave the roads and skies 12/20/2019 04:04pm • A record number of Americans are set to travel this holiday season. AAA estimates that 115.6 million people — over a third of the U.S. — will brave the roads and skies. It's the largest number of travelers that AAA has ever recorded since it started keeping the statistic in 2000. The bulk Q&A: 'Peter Pan & Wendy' soars into Shakespeare Theatre with modern take 12/15/2019 11:46pm • Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning — with a magical stop in D.C. Shakespeare Theatre Company sprinkles pixie dust on the nation's capital with "Peter Pan and Wendy," from Dec. 3rd to Jan.12th. The beloved play features an updated adaptation by Lauren Gunderson, who was re