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7 Drone Stocks to Watch for 2022 06/21/2022 08:00pm • Multisector reliance on drones keeps growing.Drones are more popular than ever, and it's not just hobbyists who are into unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. The military increasingly relies on them, as do law enforcement, the entertainment industry, industrial agriculture and a host of other commerci What to Know About Potassium 06/20/2022 08:00pm • Potassium is a soft, silvery-white mineral found naturally in the earth, and it's critically important to the function of certain processes in the human body. It's also an electrolyte -- which is a substance that's crucial to the conduction of electrical signals throughout the body. "It's in that el 7 Agricultural Stocks and ETFs to Buy and Hold 06/20/2022 08:00pm • One of the biggest stories of the year has been runaway inflation that has boosted the price of many types of goods across the global economy. The numbers for May, the most recent data available, showed that the U.S. the rate of year-over-year inflation was 8.6% -- the highest since 1981. Many inves What’s open and closed for Juneteenth holiday Monday 06/20/2022 08:53am • Editor's Note: This story has been updated from an earlier version to clarify Metro's service on Monday. On June 19, 1865, a Union general notified slaves in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended and that they were freed — over two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Em Car Review: 2022 Cadillac CT4 V Series Blackwing is the small performance sedan you want to drive 06/20/2022 05:01am • After a few years of sitting out, Cadillac is back with a vengeance with its V series of sports sedans that are as ready for the track as they are the daily commute. The Cadillac CT4 is the compact sedan and when you choose the V Series Blackwing version, you awaken one spectacular performance car. Greenbelt, Landover, Springfield still viable options for new FBI HQ 06/18/2022 06:53am • Two Maryland locations and one in Virginia are still considered viable sites for a new FBI headquarters. The General Services Administration during a phone briefing Friday said that the sites in Greenbelt, Landover and Springfield still meet the FBI's needs, Federal News Network reports. Expiration dates for many at-home COVID test kits have been extended 06/17/2022 08:32pm • If you have an at-home rapid COVID-19 test kit that expired, or is about to, don't throw it away just yet. The expiration dates for many tests have been extended. Some rapid test kits can be used as much as six months after the expiration date on the package. More Health & Fitness DC offering $20K bonus to new police hires 06/17/2022 03:18pm • D.C. wants more police officers. To make that happen, the District is offering a $20,000 hiring bonus to new officers. The bonus will be paid out in two installments, $10,000 as an initial hiring bonus, and the second installment upon successful completion of the police academy. This bonus will g Walgreens, Kroger medicine bottles recalled for child safety fears 06/17/2022 03:08pm • Store-brand acetaminophen, ibuprofen and aspirin bottles were recalled due to substandard child safety packaging. (Courtesy CPSC) Over 400,000 bottles of medicine sold at Kroger's and Walgreens locations across the country are being recalled due to concerns about child safety. The Consumer Pr Top Meal Delivery Services for Prepped Meals in 2022 06/16/2022 08:00pm • Eating well is now more convenient than ever.Over the past few years, getting fully prepared and healthy meals delivered direct to your door has gotten a lot easier. Many companies have sprung up around the country catering to a wide variety of dietary and taste preferences.With these services you c MDOT’s plan to build toll lanes in Fairfax is an unwelcome surprise to some Virginians 06/16/2022 05:38pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland’s plans to undertake major construction work along the Capital Beltway in Fairfax County aren’t sitting well with some Northern No. 11 forever: Nats past and present reflect on Zimmerman's career 06/16/2022 04:44am • As the Nationals prepare to retire Ryan Zimmerman’s No. 11 at Nationals Park, WTOP reached out to several former teammates, managers and team executives who crossed paths with Zimmerman at different stages of his big-league odyssey. We wanted to know what Zimmerman was like behind the scenes � Wegmans to get rid of plastic grocery bags in Va. stores 06/15/2022 08:50am • Wegmans will phase out single-use plastic grocery bags at the six stores in Virginia that are still using them and at all four of its North Carolina stores starting July 1. The bags will be removed from stores in Leesburg, Dulles, Potomac, Lake Manassas, Virginia Beach and Charlottesville. 'Embracing its history': Watergate Hotel trades on its claim to fame 06/15/2022 04:32am • A half-century ago Friday, the break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex in D.C.'s Foggy Bottom led to an investigation that gripped the country for two years and led to the U.S.’ only presidential resignation. This week, WTOP’s Rick Massimo is talking with e The Zappa Band brings Frank Zappa's former bandmates to The Birchmere, Rams Head 06/15/2022 04:02am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” The music of "Weird Al" Yankovic wouldn't exist without Frank Zappa, who cranked out avant-garde comedy tunes in the '60s, '70s and '80s before his death at age 52 in 1993. His former bandmates carry on his legacy with The Zap