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'Could have been handled better': Why Montgomery Co. schools went from 2-hour delay to closing 01/17/2024 05:49pm • Montgomery County parents went to bed Tuesday night thinking they could sleep in later before sending the kids to school. But the next morning, the Maryland school system sent out another message that left some parents scrambling to find other arrangements. Montgomery County Public Schools announ Woman dies after falling 100 feet in Virginia cave 01/16/2024 01:19pm • A woman was found dead on Friday afternoon inside a cave in southwestern Virginia, where authorities say she had fallen roughly 100 feet. The incident is under investigation. The cave is in Staffordsville, a rural community Giles County. The county sits along the West Virginia border about an hou DC's MLK parade marches on despite wintry weather 01/16/2024 06:52am • Snow couldn���t stop D.C.'s MLK parade.�� It was 30 degrees and snowing in Anacostia on Monday morning. The cold weather didn���t prevent dozens of organizations and individuals from taking part in Washington, D.C.���s Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Peace Walk and Parade. Norman Ni Review: 'True Detective' Season 4 off to intriguing start with Jodie Foster in Alaskan 'Night Country' 01/15/2024 01:46pm • Season 1 remains one of the greatest TV seasons ever produced, created by Nic Pizzolatto, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson all at the height of their powers in 2014. Viewers were largely disappointed by the grimly complex Season 2 (2015) despite Car Review: Dodge unleashes the Hornet in a new world without the V8, but it still manages to have fun 01/15/2024 03:58am • The Dodge Hornet R/T Plus still manages to be fun without a big V8. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The first all-new Dodge in some time is a departure from the usual large cars and three-row SUVS we’re used to seeing from the car maker. The next era for Dodge launches with an old name: the Hornet. This ne 2 separate armed assaults in Northwest DC stopped by good Samaritans minutes apart, police say 01/14/2024 08:00pm • Two separate armed assaults allegedly occurred just minutes apart and within a mile of each other on Connecticut Avenue in Northwest D.C. last Thursday. In both instances, police said, the violence stopped when the suspects were confronted by good Samaritans. The first incident was a reported att Maryland gets $15 million grant to install 58 new electric vehicle charging stations 01/13/2024 10:48am • Maryland is getting millions of dollars in federal money to ramp up the number of electric vehicle charging stations in the state. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said the state will use the $15 million from a federal grant to install 58 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations around the state, addin A search for unmarked graves. A list of last names. The quest to restore a lost piece of history in Prince George's Co. 01/12/2024 05:50am • For more than a year now, an archaeologist and a team of volunteers have been slowly and methodically combing through a wooded hillside in Bowie, Maryland. They're on a quest to document and provide a proper accounting for what was once thought to be dozens of unmarked graves ��� many of them con US negotiator 'cautiously optimistic' about prisoner deal with Russia 01/11/2024 05:53pm • The Biden administration���s top hostage negotiator said the U.S. is engaged in a ���full-court press��� to trigger the simultaneous release of Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich, whom the U.S. government declares are wrongfully detained in Russia. ���If you were to ask, do we have a plan 18-year-old dead after being shot, then crashing in wooded area in Prince George's Co. 01/11/2024 01:36pm • An 18-year-old is dead following a shooting late Tuesday night in Prince George's County, Maryland, according to police. The shooting happened around 11:20 p.m. and police have identified Olamide Olakanye, of Upper Marlboro, as the victim. Officers responded to the 5300 block of Sheriff Road f Virginia Gov. Youngkin talks possibility of tying Metro funding to new arena for Capitals, Wizards 01/11/2024 12:34pm • Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin responded Thursday to a demand from state Democratic leaders that putting more money toward Metro would need to be included in negotiations as Youngkin pushes for a new arena in Alexandria for the Capitals and Wizards. Democratic Sen. Scott Surovell, the ma Things to do in the DC area: Ways to celebrate MLK Day, clothing swap ��� and more! 01/11/2024 06:36am • In only a few days, Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be here, and that means both locals and tourists can expect a variety of events to celebrate the occasion. There���s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticip Alexandria residents question funding, traffic surrounding new sports arena 01/09/2024 12:22pm • With Monumental Sports & Entertainment announcing plans to bring the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals to Potomac Yard, many Alexandria, Virginia, residents still have questions they want to answered about how the new arena and surrounding complex will affect them. Their chief concer Falls Church is an underrated culinary hot spot: Here's a chance to try it 01/08/2024 11:54am • There are several great restaurant weeks around the D.C. metro area every year, including the City of Falls Church, which is holding its first-ever restaurant week this month. And if you're a foodie and you've never been to the Virginia city, you are missing out. There are more than 160 restauran Analysis: Maryland climate plan is comprehensive but lacks short-term legislative strategy 01/06/2024 11:31pm • By most accounts, the Maryland Department of the Environment's plan outlining the policy actions required to dramatically reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions is innovative and ambitious. But the 98-page document, released during the quiet days between Christmas and New Year's, lacks a coh