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George Mason U. responds to video of woman tearing down posters of kidnapped Israeli children 11/01/2023 01:56pm • George Mason University responded on social media Tuesday to a video of a woman taking down and tearing up a poster "that appears to depict Israeli children kidnapped as part of the Israel-Hamas conflict." The video seems to have been recorded at the Virginia university's Fairfax location and has Biden will visit a Minnesota family farm this week as top officials kick off stops in rural America 10/29/2023 08:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit a family farm in Minnesota on Wednesday as part of two weeks of stops in rural America by top administration officials that are intended to highlight how increases in government spending can help improve peoples' lives. Biden's focus on the state Data Doctors: How to fix the infamous 'blue screen of death' 10/27/2023 02:30pm • Q: I had a blue screen error message pop-up while I wasn’t even using my computer running Windows 10 — what gives? A: The infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) isn’t a small issue, as it will always stop you in your tracks. It’s an indication that Windows was unable to recover from some fo Killing of Hagerstown judge renews push to protect Md. judges from ‘disgruntled litigants’ 10/26/2023 07:25pm • Maryland State Sen. William Smith told WTOP that he'll bring back a bill designed to protect judges in the upcoming legislative session. Smith chairs the Senate's Judicial Proceedings Committee and said he expects the bill, which would shield the home addresses of the state's judges from being po What role should Congress play in regulating artificial intelligence? 10/24/2023 07:02pm • AI is primed to quickly transform much of everyday life from jobs, the economy, homeland security and equity. "The top concern is fear of job loss," said Milan Kordestani, an entrepreneur in AI startups and author. On Tuesday night, Kordestani will moderate a public roundtable with Maryland De Review: 'Goosebumps' series hits Hulu and Disney+ just in time for Halloween 10/23/2023 02:18pm • If you grew up in the '90s, you probably ran your fingers over the bumpy logo of a "Goosebumps" book cover before reading the scary teen books in bed under the covers with a flashlight. This month, R.L. Stine's spooky stories return for the new 10-episode TV series "Goosebumps," which just dr Data Doctors: Google Maps vs. Waze 10/20/2023 05:26pm • Q: What's the difference between Google Maps and Waze for navigation? A: One of the most important smartphone apps we all use on a regular basis is a mapping app, but it’s become much more than getting from point A to point B. Google owns both mapping apps as they acquired Waze in 2013 but k After air bag thefts, residents of Prince George's Co. complex say they 'don't feel safe anymore' 10/17/2023 05:45pm • Thieves break into a car to steal air bags in Prince George's County, Maryland. (WTOP/Sandra Jones) Residents living at the Jefferson Square Condominiums on Metzerott Road in Adelphi, Maryland, are being asked to be vigilant when it comes to their vehicles. There have been reported thefts of Montgomery Co. schools changes promotion process after former principal was promoted while under investigation 10/16/2023 06:36pm • Montgomery County Public Schools says it's changing the process it uses to promote administrators, after an investigation into how a principal was promoted while facing harassment and bullying allegations unveiled several missteps. In a document sent to school staff last week titled "A Framework Data Doctors: Has my Google account been hacked? 10/06/2023 06:09pm • Q: I think I’ve been hacked — is there a way to see if someone is using my Google account? A: It’s an unsettling feeling when you suspect that you’ve been compromised and Google accounts are highly targeted by the internet underworld because they know that virtually everyone has one. O 'Just a Minor Threat': Unseen photos of seminal DC punk band on display in new book 09/22/2023 05:11pm • The first time photographer Glen E. Friedman met Ian MacKaye, at CBGB in New York City on the day after Christmas, 1981, he’d never heard of Minor Threat. Within the next months and years, Friedman captured some of the most iconic photographs of Minor Threat — perhaps the most influential pu Montgomery Co. Council members continue discussions on a voluntary 911 registry 09/18/2023 11:16pm • Six Maryland jurisdictions, including Howard County, already have a voluntary 911 registry, intended to help police handle calls that involve people with a range of disabilities, including autism. Now Montgomery County is continuing to discuss the merits of similar legislation, where people could Report: Where Loudoun Co. schools fell short in handling of sexual assaults by same student 09/14/2023 08:16pm • Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia took an "overly narrow view" of its Title IX responsibilities, according to the findings of a review of how the school system handled two in-school sexual assaults by the same student in 2021. A judge ruled that the report was to be made public Thursday, How DC's zine culture is thriving 09/14/2023 06:52am • Print is not dead, and those who create zines know this to be true. In the D.C. area, zines are an outlet for personal passion projects — and they continue to thrive in the region, decades after they proliferated during the height of the District's punk music scene. Zines — pronounced "zeens" Repurposed pay phone entertains kids and grownups with jokes in DC 09/09/2023 09:30pm • Coin-operated pay telephones, once ubiquitous, in places ranging from gas stations to drug stores to street corners, have vanished from the landscape. But someone has figured a way to repurpose an old pay phone to dial up some smiles. Near Lafayette Elementary School in D.C.'s Chevy Chase neighbo