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Data Doctors: Watch out for the latest holiday scams 12/05/2025 02:53pm • Q: What new scams should I be watching for this holiday shopping season? A: Scammers never take holidays — in fact, they treat the shopping season like their Super Bowl. While fake shipping notices and phony giveaways aren’t new, the way scams are being delivered has evolved in ways that ar 25 holiday TV offerings to watch ranging from comedies to rom-coms and cozy mysteries 11/30/2025 08:34pm • Whether you prefer something naughty, like the animated movie “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” or nice, like classics “The Sound of Music” and “Home Alone,” streamers, cable and broadcast networks offer up festive choices in December. Highlights this year include music specials with A cheese lover's cheat sheet to picking the right mozzarella for every dish 10/21/2025 08:34am • If you’ve ever wandered into the cheese section with the innocent intent of “just picking up some mozzarella,” you know it’s not that simple. What was once a single white orb in plastic wrap is now an entire category. Fresh, low-moisture, smoked, buffalo, burrata — mozzarella takes many f Gov. Youngkin announces new sustainable agriculture facility in Manassas 06/08/2024 09:29pm • Magic beans that grow into beanstalks may just be part of a fairy-tale, but Manassas, Virginia, is getting something close. Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday announced Beanstalk Farms Inc.’s second indoor farm and distribution facility at the Freedom I-66 Industrial Business Park in Manassas. A new generation of transportation in Manassas City Public Schools 10/18/2023 06:20am • 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. Over 7,000 students and 60 bus drivers from Manassas City Public Schools will now have greener transportation thanks to what students Boxing's Jim Lampley reflects on his Tyson, Foreman calls ahead of big Canelo-Charlo fight on PPV.com 09/29/2023 05:44am • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” He was the voice of iconic boxing moments that shocked the world, from Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson to George Foreman upsetting Michael Moorer to regain the world heavyweight championship. This weekend, Jim Review: 'Shooting Stars' is a nostalgic LeBron James biopic honoring his childhood teammates 06/02/2023 01:04pm • Merely mentioning LeBron James' name triggers instant debate about whether or not he is the greatest basketball player of all time. This does a disservice to us all with a food fight of statistics vs. intangibles between die-hard legions of Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson or Larry B Review: Hulu's 'Palm Springs' blends 'Groundhog Day,' 'Wedding Crashers' 07/17/2020 12:31am • Cristin Milioti, left, and Andy Samberg, right, appear in a scene from the comedy "Palm Springs." (Jessica Perez/Hulu via AP) Imagine a writer entering a room to pitch "Groundhog Day" meets "Wedding Crashers." Most of us would love to see that movie — and now we can with "Palm Springs," Governor, legislators back public defender office in Prince William County 12/31/2019 03:05pm • 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. Legislators and criminal rights advocates in Virginia are pushing to create a public defender office in Prince William County, Manassas a Best movies of the decade 12/30/2019 10:38am • Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams wear symbolic American flag colors in Jordan Peele's "Get Out." (Universal Pictures) It's hard to believe that another decade of movie history is coming to a close. So, as film buffs love to do, it's time to rank the best of everything we've seen. Wh Best movies of 2019 12/27/2019 01:29am • This image released by Neon shows Woo-sik Choi, from left, Kang-ho Song, Hye-jin Jang and So-dam Park in a scene from "Parasite." (Neon via AP) Another year of movies is in the books and award season is underway. So which movies should you make sure to catch before the Oscars? Here are my Things to do around DC this weekend: Dec. 13–15 12/13/2019 03:45pm • Step Afrika! – photo / Edward C. Jones; Emmy Lou Harris – photo / AP; Slim Jim Phantom – photo / Getty - Paul Kane All Weekend Seventh Annual Kris Kringle Christmas Market at the Charles County Fairgrounds this weekend will have music, shopping, crafts and crafters, kids activities, lights, Things to do around DC this weekend: Dec. 6–8 12/06/2019 10:57am • (Ana Caceres; Rick Diamond/Getty; National Geographic Museum; National Theatre) All Weekend The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival at the Dulles Expo Center is a one-stop holiday spot featuring arts and artisans, crafters, demos, vendors, music and kids entertainment. The Christmas Village at Baltimore Movie Review: ‘Yesterday’ imagines Beatles-less world in magical rom-com 06/28/2019 01:19am • A unique premise doesn't always guarantee a great movie, but every once in a while, such a premise is executed with such heart that we can't help but leave the theater feeling changed. That's the case with the new rom-com fantasy "Yesterday" by director Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire") and Free Launchbox this weekend for its 1-year anniversary 05/14/2019 12:30pm • Launchbox — the TopGolf-inspired golfing experience at 1757 Golf Club’s driving range — is offering the first hour of play for free this Friday through Sunday. Imagine playing golf with real golf balls and never losing one in a space where pace of play is never an issue. With just a touch o