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Maryland's new governor Wes Moore on the power of second chances 01/15/2023 11:26am • ▶ Watch Video: Maryland Gov.-elect Wes Moore on the power of second chances "Politics is a very humbling business," said Wes Moore. "When we were first got into this race, I was polling at 1%!" Moore is a bestselling author, former Army captain, and now, as a first-time's-the-charm pol 'The Last of Us' anticipation is high — why it could live up to the hype 01/15/2023 09:08am • By 2013, the zombie apocalypse genre had been done to death. "The Walking Dead" had concluded its third season, "World War Z" was expected to be a summer blockbuster and "Resident Evil" was still perhaps the best-known zombie-starring video game. Where else could the undead go from there? Enter a Wealth looms big as ever in post-scandal college admissions 01/15/2023 08:07am • Celebrities wept in court. Coaches lost their jobs. Elite universities saw their reputations stained. And nearly four years later, the mastermind of the Varsity Blues scheme was sentenced this month to more than three years in prison. But there’s little belief the college bribery scandal has stirr Gen Z has a new 'vintage' technology to obsess over 01/15/2023 06:47am • First, it was disposable cameras. Then it was low-rise jeans. Now, Gen-Z's latest "vintage" obsession is the flip phone -- that mid-1990s era phone that has suddenly become oh so popular with millennials.Today, these smaller, lightweight devices -- some available for as little as $20 at big box reta Parents are not OK after 3 years of COVID and a brutal winter of respiratory illness 01/15/2023 04:02am • With children back in school and daycare after the holidays, weary parents fear what illness awaits them next during this brutal respiratory virus season. Since October, RSV, a respiratory virus which often is most severe in young children and older adults, hit early and cases started rising quic Long COVID can be debilitating, even for healthy kids 01/14/2023 06:07pm • Jessica Rosario loved watching her 15-year-old, Eliana, play flute with the rest of the marching band during Open Door Christian School football games. But after the homecoming game in 2021, she got an alarming call from the Ohio school's band director. Rosario's daughter was on the floor of the Vincent leads Heat to 2nd straight win over Bucks 01/14/2023 05:13pm • MIAMI (AP) — Gabe Vincent scored 27 points, Bam Adebayo had 20 points and 13 rebounds and the Miami Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks 111-95 Saturday. Victor Oladipo added 20 points and Jimmy Butler had 16 for the Heat. Miami won its second straight against the Bucks after a 108-102 home victory on Th In Alabama, tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community 01/14/2023 03:43pm • Zakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly as a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes throughout the U.S. South laid waste to relatives’ homes and churches across a part of Alabama known as the Black Belt. Text messages and calls from loved ones, many of them hysterical, provided Dolce&Gabbana, Fendi ready to party in Milan 01/14/2023 02:07pm • MILAN (AP) — Milan is ready to party, with menswear shows for next spring and winter focused on nighttime tailoring with playful accents. Think sparkles and glitter, fun silhouettes that invite shadow dancing, and sexy peeks at skin with tailoring tricks once reserved for the female wardrobe. S Greek police finalize security plan for ex-king's funeral 01/14/2023 12:50pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek media said Saturday that 1,000 police will be deployed for the funeral service and burial of former King Constantine. Police wouldn't confirm the reports, but announced that a figure was finalized at a meeting of top security officials on Saturday. Police said they “w Marine foundation receives $65 million gift 01/14/2023 12:08pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation has announced the largest gift in its 60-year history, $65 million from Fred Smith, a Marine Ukraine official says Zelenskyy hopes to visit UN next month 01/14/2023 11:31am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to visit the United Nations to address a high-level meeting of the 193-member General Assembly on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of his country if the security situation permits, a senior Foreign M Md. teacher 'inadvertently' sends explicit photos in email to students 01/14/2023 08:10am • An Upper Marlboro, Maryland, teacher won't face criminal charges after sending a lewd email to students. On Friday, administrators at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School sent an email to students' families acknowledging that an employee sent sexually explicit images in an email to the entire studen Torres swaps with Yankees; Cortes, Holmes among 9 deals 01/14/2023 02:16am • NEW YORK (AP) — Gleyber Torres remained headed toward a salary arbitration hearing with the New York Yankees while nine teammates reached one-year agreements Friday, including All-Star pitchers Nestor Cortes and Clay Holmes. Torres asked for a raise from $6.25 million to $10.2 million, and the Yan Proposed Fairfax Co. school budget would boost security, bring officers to elementary schools 01/14/2023 01:30am • Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid unveiled her proposed $3.5 billion budget for fiscal 2024 on Thursday night, which includes funding for elementary school security and a 3% cost-of-living raise for all employees. Reid's proposed budget allocates $400,000 for "safety and