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Today in History: April 17 04/17/2019 12:00am • Today is Wednesday, April 17, the 107th day of 2019. There are 258 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 17, 1972, the Boston Marathon allowed women to compete for the first time; Nina Kuscsik was the first officially recognized women's champion, with a time of 3:10:26. Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies recalled 04/16/2019 12:40pm • Certain packages of chewy Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies are being recalled because “an unexpected solidified ingredient” has been found in them. Mondelez International announced the recall on Saturday, adding that “some reports of potential adverse health effects have been received.” Md. legislators with teaching backgrounds bring big-picture thinking to education policy 04/16/2019 11:52am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. When he was a teacher in West Baltimore, many of state Sen. Bill Ferguson’s students had difficulty coming to school ready to learn — 'Game of Thrones' returns! 8 takeaways from Season 8 premiere (spoiler alert) 04/15/2019 04:47am • AUTHOR NOTE: The following report contains spoilers in order to project what might happen. How did you spend the past 20 months? Breathing fire waiting for new episodes of TV's hottest show to drop? Binging the entire series all over again because that's all you could do? Or introducing new GOP states discover a tax hike they have to like: for roads 04/14/2019 09:57am • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — After passing waves of tax cuts in recent years, some lawmakers in several Republican-dominated states have decided it's time to make a big exception and are pushing for tax increases to fix roads that are crumbling from years of neglect. In the past month alone, the Repub Hollywood writers begin firing their agents over fee dispute 04/13/2019 04:34pm • Hollywood's biggest labor battle in a decade is officially underway. The issue, as is usually the case, is money. The Writers Guild of America is taking action against the industry's biggest talent agencies. A bevy of writers who are members of the guild have broken off ties with the agents who u Tax Day freebies and deals include burgers, cookies, massages 04/12/2019 06:32pm • April 15 is deadline day to file your federal taxes, but it's also a good day to claim discounts and freebies. This year's crop includes free chips and queso, cookies, sausage biscuits and massages. Bite Squad: The restaurant delivery app available in Bethesda, Potomac and Wheaton, is offering 'Game of Thrones' ending comes with HBO at a crossroads 04/12/2019 03:24pm • When "The Sopranos" went black in 2007, there was speculation that HBO might never generate another hit of that magnitude. Four years later, "Game of Thrones" premiered, a drama that has matched and even surpassed the mob show in accolades, cultural buzz and audience, which is ending as new threats Winners and losers of the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session 04/11/2019 05:11am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. It’s already been said a thousand times, but it bears repeating: This has been a General Assembly session like no other. It began Today in History: April 11 04/11/2019 12:26am • Today is Thursday, April 11, the 101st day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On April 11, 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany. On this date: In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln spoke to a crowd outside the White Hou Car Review: Latest BMW M5 lives up to the Ultimate Driving Machine moniker 04/07/2019 08:23pm • Luxury sedans that can double as four-door sports cars used to be the bread and butter for BMW by providing a good all-around muscle sedan with the M5. Over the years, other manufacturers have caught up. It seemed that BMW had fallen behind some of the newcomers, so last year BMW remade the M5 an Elite Fairfax Co. rescue team trains for disaster during mock earthquake in LA 04/05/2019 10:33am • This week, members of one of the most elite rescue teams in the world traveled from Northern Virginia to Los Angeles to immerse themselves in a disaster zone. A parking garage had collapsed, an elevator had too, and there were bodies buried in the rubble. Of course there was no disaster in Califo Legislative roundup: Prescription drugs, regents, Kirwan and more 04/05/2019 07:29am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The two chambers of the Maryland General Assembly are taking dramatically different approaches to a top priority for Democrats — the Amazon makes HQ2 official with Crystal City leases, Pentagon City buildings 04/03/2019 08:47am • Amazon will begin moving into Northern Virginia in earnest by the end of 2020 and has signed initial leases for existing office buildings in Crystal City as well as agreements to buy two newly-constructed buildings that will break ground later. JBG Smith says Amazon has signed three Crystal City 4DX movie theaters: traditional cinema's savior, or passing fad? 04/02/2019 12:12am • There has been a lot of talk in recent years about how the movie theater experience fits in with the age of at-home streaming. With options like Amazon and Netflix now offering Oscar-quality films, something has to change at theaters to get butts in seats. On a recent theater excursion, I saw an