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Massive solar power plant possibly coming to Northern Virginia 02/26/2019 04:50am • WASHINGTON — Northern Virginia could become home to one of the largest solar power plants in the country, and a public hearing on the plan is set for Tuesday afternoon. Solar energy company sPower wants to build the 500-megawatt project on about 3,500 acres, or nearly 5 1/2 square miles, of lan Becoming a digital minimalist: 3 steps to overcome device dependence 02/26/2019 12:34am • WASHINGTON — You’ve Marie Kondo’d your closet and Whole 30’d your diet, but what have you done to clean up your digital habits? People ages 18 to 34 spend 43 percent of their time consuming media on digital platforms, according to a recent Nielsen report. Some studies have found that Amer Analysis: With Md. arrest, growing concerns about domestic terrorism 02/21/2019 06:53pm • WASHINGTON — The arrest of Christopher Paul Hasson is a symptom of a shift in thinking inside the law enforcement community. For almost 20 years, deep, well-founded worries about international terrorists penetrating the homeland and launching massive, catastrophic attacks such as that of 9/11 h DC firm says we like Alexa. But we're not pushing her 02/18/2019 07:55am • WASHINGTON — Artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistants like Amazon's Alexa and Google Home are growing in popularity, now owned by 27 percent of U.S. consumers, but people embracing the technology are using it for mundane tasks. D.C.-based business-to-business research firm Clutch says Calif. man charged in Comet Ping Pong fire twice arrested at Wash. Monument 02/14/2019 04:52pm • WASHINGTON — A 22-year-old man who police say started a fire last month inside a D.C. pizzeria that's been the subject of bogus internet conspiracy theories has been arrested on federal arson charges. Ryan Jaselskis, who also goes by Ryan Rimas, was identified as a suspect in the fire at Comet Column: Windows 7 'end of life' options 02/14/2019 12:51pm • Q: What are my options when Microsoft discontinues support for Windows 7? A: Windows 7, which was released in 2009 — when the internet was a very different place — will no longer be supported for free starting Jan. 15. For most people, the best course of action is to migrate to Windows 10, Today in History: Feb. 14 02/14/2019 12:30am • Today is Thursday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2019. Today's Highlights in History: On Feb. 14, 2018, a gunman identified as a former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, killing 17 people in the nation's deadliest Richmond mayor tapped to head group on children and families 02/13/2019 05:01am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney has been appointed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors to develop a strategic agenda as the new chairman of the group's Children, Health and Human Services Standing Committee. USCM President Steve Benjamin, the mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, sai Cellphone data might help 911 responders find callers in emergency 02/12/2019 05:00pm • WASHINGTON — The data collected by your cellphone is proving to be a rich resource for 911 call centers trying to pinpoint the locations of people calling for help from mobile devices. "We are embedded in the operating systems of the devices," Jeff Robertson, senior vice president of RapidSOS, Md. man turns childhood Hot Wheels passion into world's priciest collection 02/11/2019 10:28am • WASHINGTON — When he was 7 years old, Bruce Pascal's Matchbox cars weren't doing it for him. "They came in a box, so you couldn't see the car unless you opened it up. They didn't have great colors or details. And then, if you pushed the car, it only went two inches," Pascal said. Then, in Ma Venezuelans Abroad Face Painful Choices About Returning Home 02/10/2019 07:00pm • LIMA, Peru -- Venezuelan exiles Nayise González and Oswaldo Romero could not be clearer about their desire to return to their troubled homeland. "Of course we want to go back," says González, 38, who arrived in the Peruvian capital in November after an eight-day bus ride with not much more than t Data Doctors: Do card skimmer detection apps work? 02/08/2019 12:18am • Q: Do apps that scan for card skimmers at gas stations work? A: Credit card skimmers are a growing problem, especially at gas stations because gas pumps still aren’t setup to read chipped cards. In the past, thieves would have to sneak the skimmers on to the gas pumps and then come back later U.S. Democracy Has Weakened 'Significantly', Says Freedom House 02/07/2019 07:00pm • The health of U.S. democracy has "weakened significantly" in recent years, according to an annual report evaluating global democracy that warns against assuming American institutions can indefinitely withstand what it describes as attacks on the pillars of the U.S. republic. The assessment by the Wa Smartphone Ownership Still Favors People in Advanced Economies, Survey Says 02/05/2019 07:00pm • More than 5 billion people around the world own a mobile device, with half of them smartphones. Yet mobile technology still doesn't reach people equally, according to a new survey by the bipartisan think tank Pew Research Center. People living in advanced economies are more likely to own a cellular 7 Reasons to Buy Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Stock Now 02/05/2019 07:00pm • You can buy GOOGL stock at a discount.Alphabet Inc (Nasdaq: GOOGL, GOOG) investors didn't get the earnings report they were hoping for in February. Despite exceeding consensus earnings and revenue expectations, a combination of rising costs and falling advertising prices sent GOOGL stock price lower