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Northam nixes online sales tax set-aside for Amazon 04/01/2019 11:00am • Gov. Ralph Northam doesn't want Virginia's online sales tax used to pay Amazon.com Inc.'s promised $750 million incentive deal. At least not yet. The legislature wanted to start collecting money in July 2020 to eventually pay Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). The first $40 million was going to come from the 'You turn us on and we're there': Looking back at 50 years of news on WTOP 04/01/2019 05:16am • We have to give credit where it's due. Back in 1969, legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham had been listening to WAVA, a small AM station out of the Virginia suburbs that broadcast all news. WTOP, then owned by the Post (and located at 1500 on your AM dial) was different from wh TSA's social media highlight weird stuff confiscated at Dulles Airport 04/01/2019 03:40am • WASHINGTON (AP) — David Johnston stands over a table full of peculiar items confiscated at Dulles International Airport: A glittery clutch with brass knuckles as a clasp. A perfume bottle shaped like a grenade. A rusted circular saw blade. A pocket-sized pitchfork. None of those are quite right Some of the greatest April Fools' pranks of all time 04/01/2019 02:38am • April Fools' Day ain't what it used to be. Companies will come up with gags. Everybody will have a good laugh, but nobody will be fooled. Oh, for the days when April Fools' Day hoaxes and pranks could cause lines outside liquor stores or prompt people to smell their T Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg calls for more regulation of the internet 03/30/2019 05:03pm • Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who has been under scrutiny for the social media company's role in spreading misinformation and inadequately policing content, is calling for regulators to play a "more active role" in establishing rules for the internet. Zuckerb Fake modeling agent sentenced to prison for child porn 03/29/2019 04:50pm • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man who posed as a modeling agent has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for coercing girls into sending him nude and sexually explicit photographs. U.S. District Judge Paul Grimm also on Friday sentenced 44-year-old Stephen McGrath of Rockville to 25 Virginia IT salaries are double statewide average 03/29/2019 08:44am • The median tech occupation wage in Virginia in 2018 was almost $94,500, 103 percent higher than the median wage of all occupations in the state, according to D.C. trade group CompTIA. And the future for employment growth remains positive, with the best opportunities in jobs related to emerging te Child porn suspect detained in US after Ireland extradition 03/27/2019 02:46pm • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A man once described by an FBI agent as the world's largest "facilitator" of child pornography will remain held in U.S. custody after his extradition from Ireland, a federal magistrate ruled Wednesday. A federal public defender representing Eric Eoin Marques, 33, told U.S. Get ready for a fast-paced CBD land grab 03/26/2019 11:29am • The CBD gold rush has begun. CBD, the chemical found in hemp and marijuana plants, is showing up in shampoos, lattes, body oils, gummy bears and dog treats. It's being sold in coffee shops and farmer's markets, mom-and-pops and high-end department stores and most recently, drugstore chain CVS. Today in History: March 26 03/26/2019 12:29am • Today is Tuesday, March 26, the 85th day of 2019. There are 280 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 26, 1979, a peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (men-AH’-kem BAY’-gihn) and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and witnessed by President Trump didn't coordinate with Russia in 2016, report declares 03/24/2019 09:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign "conspired or coordinated" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election but reached no conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice, Attorney General What to know about mobile device tracking options 03/22/2019 02:19pm • Q: Is a free laptop tracking program safe to use or should I look for a pay service? All of your mobile devices are much more vulnerable to being lost or stolen, so planning ahead is really smart. Various options are built into operating systems, such as Find My Mac, Find My iPhone from Apple, Wine of the Week: Betting on the (Bordeaux) future 03/22/2019 05:26am • If you’re interested in acquiring some of the best wines in the world, you might be interested to know that the least expensive way to buy them is to buy them before they’re actually on the store shelf. Once upon a time, buying fine French Bordeaux wines were only for the serious — and weal DC leads for STEM jobs; Va., Md. rank high for innovation 03/19/2019 09:57am • The D.C. region is a national leader in innovation, a new ranking shows. Personal finance website WalletHub ranked all 50 states and the District for innovation, which it defined as information technology jobs and spending on research. D.C. came in third, with Maryland fourth and Virginia seve How police spent months taking down a spa where Robert Kraft is accused of paying for sex 03/15/2019 09:20pm • Police allege New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft spent a total of 53 minutes at a Florida day spa across two visits -- during which time they say he paid for sex. It took investigators about four months of work -- involving stakeouts, dumpster searches, and the secr