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Home exercise companies like Peloton, NordicTrack harvest your sensitive data, watchdog finds 01/21/2025 03:00pm • During the pandemic, many people ditched their gym memberships and invested in personal exercising equipment, helping companies such as Peloton and NordicTrack take off. But Consumer Reports is out with a warning that those companies, and others like them, are harvesting sensitive data. The co FBI agent acquitted in 2020 train shooting faces more sexual assault charges 01/16/2025 04:17pm • An FBI agent accused of sexually assaulting young women after offering them free tattoos and a chance to become models is facing additional charges, after a third victim came forward. Eduardo Valdivia, who was arrested in November, is facing two more counts of second-degree rape and two counts of Champagne, butlers, helicopter rides: Here's what DC's high-end inauguration packages get you 01/16/2025 03:44pm • Champagne, caviar, helicopter transportation — all this could be yours if you're attending the inauguration — for a price. The Watergate Hotel is offering a "Presidential Package" for $73,500. "It naturally includes overnight accommodations in the Presidential Suite, round-trip helicop Things to do in the DC area: Rock the Rink, Open Stage Drag Nite … and more! 01/16/2025 09:36am • Washington Capitals fans can watch Thursday night's game while ice skating at The Wharf. Rock the Rink is hosted at the Caps Cantina Bar on the Transit Pier. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. Fellow hockey fans can watch a broadcast of the Ca DC hopes to transform old offices into new hotels and restaurants 01/15/2025 05:28pm • D.C. has transformed old office buildings into new apartment complexes, and now, the city’s rolling out a new effort that hopes to turn them into hotels, shops and restaurants, too. The plan, which the city’s calling the “Office to Anything” program, offers an incentive to transform o To gift shop owners, the inauguration means extra money 01/13/2025 09:16pm • Along with a new administration, thousands of tourists will be in the nation’s capital for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump next week, and that brings smiles to the faces of D.C. gift shop owners. WTOP visited Abe’s Gifts on 13th Street NW to see their inaugural swag and hear Empty-nester downsizing: What comes with you? What do the kids want? 01/13/2025 10:47am • Americans age 65 and older made up 17.3% of the U.S. population in 2022 — that's one in every six Americans — and that number is expected to rise to 22% by 2040. While more seniors choose to age in place by staying in their existing homes, many are still making traditional moves to downsize t 2 CAVA vets open Farmside Kitchen in Chantilly with local farmers as the suppliers 01/08/2025 11:02am • Farmside Kitchen has opened at the Wegmans-anchored Field at Commonwealth shopping center in Chantilly, Virginia, a fast-casual concept from two veterans of the CAVA restaurant chain, with local farmers supplying much of the ingredients on the menu. CEO Meg Schiffman, previously CAVA’s director Need new tires to handle the winter weather? Here’s where you can get the best deal 01/08/2025 09:42am • These snow- and ice-covered roads can be slippery, especially if you have worn tires, or ones meant for summer. Washington Consumers' Checkbook has tips for getting a deal on a new set of all-seasons — or even some winter rubber. Kevin Brassler, an executive editor with Washington Consumers' Ch Man tried to attack people with machete near Montgomery Co. shopping center, police say 01/07/2025 04:37pm • A man was arrested after police said he randomly tried to assault three people with a machete near a shopping center in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Sunday. Maikol Darinson Vicente Gomez, 24, was charged with three counts of first-degree and second-degree assault, two counts of vandalism and r Elon Musk’s Starlink to launch on United Airlines flights by spring 01/05/2025 08:01am • (CNN) — United Airlines flights will have access to Elon Musk’s Starlink Wi-Fi services as early as this spring, a sign of the widening reach of the tech billionaire. United will begin testing Starlink in February, and its first commercial flight with the service will launch this spring on th You might be shocked by the total number of crashes documented by the WTOP Traffic Center in 2024 01/02/2025 10:25pm • Anyone who has toured through the WTOP studio gets to see firsthand how busy it gets inside the WTOP Traffic Center. Anyone who listens can also get that sense, with the constant barrage of scanners and sirens in the background. Almost every incident WTOP talks about, from fender benders to d Where are the DC region's soft targets and how to protect yourself in a crowd 01/02/2025 08:15pm • After the attack on a crowd of New Year's crowd in New Orleans on Wednesday, and in advance of high-profile events such as the inauguration later this month, some agencies in D.C. have announced plans to ramp up security efforts. But because attackers are likely aware that there will be countersu What can you save on this new year? These experts give insight into January's deals and discounts 01/02/2025 04:00pm • Are you dealing with a holiday spending hangover or ready to keep shopping? The new year has brought some deals and discounts. For example, January could be a good time for some light redecorating. Sara Rathner, a personal finance expert at NerdWallet, said you can find great deals on bedding Two ways to quickly wipe out debt from pricey Christmas shopping 01/02/2025 05:00am • Lingering holiday debt is already putting a damper on 2025 for people reeling with regret from pricey Yuletide shopping sprees. A little more than one-third of shoppers polled by consumer education group CardRates.com said they will carry Christmas credit card debt for the next three months. But