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How NCAA athletes are embracing the new world of the 'NIL' deal 07/04/2021 05:00am • This week saw the beginning of the NIL-era of college athletics. Suddenly allowed to profit from their name, image and likeness (or NIL), college athletes are unleashing a barrage of endorsement deal announcements. Potentially 460,000 NCAA student-athletes can now sign sponsorship deals. And t Prince George's Co. tries to lower crime with job prospects, basketball tournaments 07/03/2021 06:30pm • After a local crime spike that's included shootings and carjackings, officials in Prince George’s County and separate municipalities within the county are working to tamp them down with jobs and community bonding. On Saturday, a gathering at Woodlawn Springs Apartments basketball court in Distr What's open, what's closed in and around DC for July 4 weekend 07/03/2021 08:01am • Independence Day falls on a Sunday this year, which means the federal holiday will be observed by local and state governments on Monday. As a result, many of the closings and service changes for the holiday will also be in effect on Monday. Here’s a look at what’s open and what’s closed aro 2 men charged in Chantilly parking lot shooting 07/01/2021 10:06pm • Two men have been charged in the death of a man who was found shot in a Chantilly, Virginia, parking lot in May. Rigoberto Rodriguez Hernandez, 43, of Sterling, and Wilson Navarro Escobar, 29, of Sterling, were charged Thursday with second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission 16 college athletes already getting paid under new NCAA rule 07/01/2021 04:43pm • 16 college athletes already getting paid under new NCAA rule originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonNCAA athletes can officially get their pay days.On Wednesday, the NCAA's board of directors adopted an interim policy permitting incoming and current student-athletes to make money off their name Famous DC toy store Sullivan’s is closing its doors 07/01/2021 12:40pm • Sullivan’s Toys & Art Supplies, one of D.C.'s most famous toy stores, is closing. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli) A toy store that has been in Northwest D.C. for generations is closing its doors in the coming weeks. The news came as a shock to people who have lived in the area and have shopped at DC small businesses emerge from COVID with help from nonprofits and Wells Fargo 06/30/2021 02:59pm • This content is sponsored by Wells Fargo. Sandra Foote, owner of Flip it LJ Diner, a small restaurant in Northwest D.C., wasn’t sure her business would survive the pandemic. Foote started the diner nine years ago with her husband, who has since passed away. Her business tanked during the hei China facing worst power shortage in a decade — that's a problem for the whole world 06/30/2021 01:02am • China is in the middle of a huge power crunch as extreme weather, surging demand for energy and strict limits on coal usage deliver a triple blow to the nation's electricity grid. It's a problem that could last for months, straining the country's economic recovery and weighing on global trade. Se Millions of jobs and a shortage of applicants: Welcome to the new economy 06/29/2021 05:43am • There's a problem at James Hook's chicken farms, and it has nothing to do with poultry. P.D. Hook, a hatchery that supplies one third of the chickens sold in the United Kingdom, should be humming along as the economy roars back to life. But the company is short about 40 farm workers, double the u Adams Morgan pizza shops to cut back using pizza boxes on weekends 06/28/2021 10:38pm • Adams Morgan pizza shops will no longer serve late-night pizza in boxes in an effort to reduce trash in the neighborhood. (Photo Courtesy Adams Morgan Partnership Business Improvement District) A deal has been reached with several pizza shops in the Adams Morgan neighborhood in D.C. aimed at kee Montgomery Co.'s mass vaccination site is closing, but other options remain 06/28/2021 08:13pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, is in the process of shutting down its COVID-19 mass vaccination site at Montgomery College in Germantown, but an alternate will still be available nearby. The vaccination program that was housed at the Montgomery College site will be shifted to the Upcounty Regional From death penalty to releasing balloons: Virginia laws that go into effect July 1 06/28/2021 12:00pm • On Thursday, July 1, several new laws go into effect in Virginia, reflecting the priorities of Democratic lawmakers — in particular a House of Delegates that  flipped in 2019 — as well as Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam. The Free Lance-Star laid out some of the most contentious bills that will Top 10 2021 Voting 06/27/2021 10:41pm • window.twttr=function(t,e,r){var n,i=t.getElementsByTagName(e),w=window.twttr||{};return t.getElementById(r)?w:((n=t.createElement(e)).id=r,n.src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",i.parentNode.insertBefore(n,i),w._e=[],w.ready=function(t){w._e.push(t)},w)}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Ransomware attacks highlight need to protect critical infrastructure, says cyber agency chief 06/27/2021 06:42pm • In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline and JBS ransomware attacks in recent months, the head of the nation's leading cybersecurity agency says these events are a harbinger of what's to come on the cyber front and there needs to be a greater focus on shoring up the defenses of America's most important 'Cops' creator John Langley dies during road race in Mexico 06/27/2021 06:15pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Langley creator of the long-running TV series “Cops,” has died during a road race in Mexico, a family spokeswoman said. Langley died in Baja, Mexico, of an apparent heart attack Saturday during the Coast to Coast Ensenada-San Felipe 250 off-road race, family spokeswo