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Rakim Jarrett flips commitment from LSU, stays home at Maryland 12/18/2019 02:26pm • FILE ��� Wide receiver Rakim Jarrett. (File photo courtesy of St. John's College High School) Maryland football head coach Mike Locksley struck his first major recruiting coup Wednesday, as five-star wide receiver recruit Rakim Jarett flipped his commitment from Louisiana State University. Ja Man pleads guilty to setting local pizza place on fire knowing kids were inside 12/17/2019 11:52pm • A man has pleaded guilty in federal court after he was charged with setting a local restaurant on fire, knowing there were children and others inside. It happened at Comet Ping Pong, on the 5000 block of Connecticut Avenue NW in D.C. Court documents show Ryan Jaselskis, of California, who was Beijing calls for Chinese journalists to 'arm their minds' with Xi Jinping Thought 12/17/2019 01:57am • Participants cheer beneath a large portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) China has issued an updated code of ethics for journalists that calls Why are catalogs still a thing in 2019? 'Because they work' 12/16/2019 06:21am • The Pointer family's catalog haul has topped 20 for the holiday season, and that's light compared with previous years. About 7.5 billion business-to-consumer ���books��� are mailed to consumers a year, estimates Hamilton Davison, president and executive director of the American Catalog Mailers Asso Hasbro rolls out official Baby Yoda toys 12/13/2019 07:30am • It's what we've all been waiting for. Hasbro, the toymaker, announced that Baby Yoda toys and collectible figures are finally available for purchase, and they're starting at $9.99. That's right -- the cutest alien in the galaxy could soon be yours, filling our homes w Is your smart TV spying on you? FBI shares tips on how to improve your digital defense 12/08/2019 04:05pm • Getting a great deal on your TV for the holidays is a win, but if your digital defense isn't in place, you could lose big. The Oregon FBI said smart TVs spying on users is a real concern and that you should be taking steps to protect yourself. Check out WTOP's 'Smart Holidays' series for m The actress behind 'Peloton wife' has finally spoken 12/07/2019 06:30pm • "Peloton wife" has a name and it's not the one shouted out by the spin instructor on her little stationary bike TV. Monica Ruiz is the actress behind the infamous Peloton holiday commercial, and she has finally emerged to let us know what she thinks about her explosive f Forget fashion and beauty: Meet the grocery store influencers 12/07/2019 08:22am • When you think of influencers, you might think of flat tummy tea and hair vitamins. Diane Youngpeter, however, is not trying to sell you those things. She is a stay-at-home mom in Detroit. And in her free time, she runs Aldi Nerd, a blog about the discount German grocery chain that has 1,600 US s Another DC bicycle shop, The Bike Rack, is closing 12/06/2019 07:05pm • One week after District Hardware and Bike shuttered for good, another independent D.C. bike shop is closing down. The Bike Rack, on Q Street Northwest in the Logan Circle neighborhood, announced Friday that it���s going out of business. ���It���s very bittersweet,��� said owner Chuck Harney, w Prince George's Co. fire department spokesman ends a storied career 12/02/2019 04:19pm • It's an end of an era in Prince George's County, Maryland, as its longtime fire department spokesman retires. Mark E. Brady, who has been a trusted source of information for decades for the community and news outlets, including WTOP, announced Monday that he will be retiring from Prince George's Buyer beware! These are the tricks online stores use to get you buying more stuff 11/29/2019 12:27pm • There's a reason you fall into the rabbit hole of online shopping. A new study breaks down a few wily ways digital retailers sucker shoppers into spending more and committing to hidden costs. Websites, it turns out, employ a series of "dark patterns" meant to mislead or Can you unclog a drain without the internet? 11/29/2019 10:26am • An equipment rental company wanted to find out how adept we are about DIY home repair projects without relying on the internet. (Getty Images) Can you do basic home maintenance repair jobs without having to Google how-to directions or videos first? Equipment rental company BigRentz wanted to Why Tesla's weird new Cybertruck could be a hit 11/29/2019 07:51am • The Tesla Cybertruck doesn't have a seperate body and frame, like most trucks. Instead, it's strength comes from its metal skin, Elon Musk said.   When Elon Musk introduced Tesla's Cybertruck, it sent the Internet into a frenzy of memes and social media posts, comparing the truck to ever How to talk to kids about Thanksgiving so that they really get it 11/26/2019 06:46am • While cleaning out her first grade son's backpack last week, Elyse Gilbert found something that surprised her. Mixed in with the regular detritus of the school day, the crumpled sweatshirts and food wrappers, was a blatantly inappropriate Thanksgiving-themed worksheet. O The Hunt: US Army using cyber expertise to turn the internet against terrorists 11/20/2019 04:58pm • (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: 'a7a9b75e-8bb6-4ce7-81f7-6b39e570bfb6' }).render("814615367306e4cb");}); As the pace of technological innovation