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WTOP App Madness Cash & Cheer Rules 2024 09/24/2024 03:43pm • WTOP ‘s Cash and Cheer Giveaway Official Rules   NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.   BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES.   Eligibility: The WTOP’s Cash and Chee Workplace and remote work company surveillance hurts workers' mental health 09/16/2024 04:15am • Technology to electronically monitor workers’ productivity has been around for years, but its use became more common during the pandemic when hordes of employees were sent home to work remotely. There is nothing illegal about it. Companies are monitoring activity on company-owned laptops and ot Congress returns — and so does political drama over avoiding a government shutdown 09/09/2024 04:19am • Visit WTOP’s Election 2024 page for our comprehensive coverage. Listen live to 103.5 FM for the latest. Sign up for WTOP’s Election Desk newsletter for headlines and analysis from now until Inauguration Day. Congress comes back on Monday after a six-week summer break that included a tra It takes $2.8M to feel wealthy in DC, new survey says. But what does a financial planner think? 09/03/2024 12:30pm • An annual wealth survey by Charles Schwab found the average answer among D.C.-area consumers when asked the net worth it takes to feel wealthy is $2.8 million — higher than the average answer nationally of $2.5 million. D.C.-area consumers said a net worth of $968,000 is enough to be financially c Watch your money! Don't fall for phony donation campaigns 09/02/2024 01:38pm • With all the attention and fundraising surrounding the upcoming presidential and congressional races, scammers are looking to take money from unsuspecting people willing to open their wallets to support a candidate or cause. Tech reporter Kim Komando offered guidance on what to watch for in her b John Bolton airing TV ad attacking Angela Alsobrooks 08/31/2024 02:01pm • The ad looks like any political TV attack ad: Gray, grainy images. Big, bold words that convey negative information. Pictures of scary, rogue international leaders. The ad, which began airing this week, targets Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Review: No. 1 movie on Netflix is new raunchy teen comedy 'Incoming' about freshman looking to party 08/30/2024 04:13pm • August means back to school, so are you looking for a wild teen party flick for Labor Day weekend? You might try the raunchy teen comedy "Incoming," which is currently the No. 1 movie on Netflix. It's nothing we haven't seen before in "Mean Girls" (2004) or "Superbad" (2007), but it's not Labor Day 2024: What's open, what's closed around the DC area 08/30/2024 02:03pm • The unofficial end of summer is upon us. Even though some area school districts have only been back in session for a week, all public schools in the D.C. area will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 2. Here’s what else you need to know about schools, transportation, trash collection, libr Independent poll shows dead heat in Maryland Senate race 08/28/2024 11:15am • The Maryland Senate race between former Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) is in a dead heat, according to a new poll commissioned by AARP, the advocacy group for seniors. The same poll showed a commanding lead for Vice President Kamala Harris over f Most kids who vape want to quit. Why don’t they? 08/27/2024 04:30am • Most kids and teens who use e-cigarettes hope to cut the habit. But e-cigarettes continue to be the most common form of tobacco product for young people in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s not for lack of effort on the part of public servants, famili School districts across DC region return to class 08/26/2024 10:20am • Thousands of students across Maryland and D.C. began the 2024-2025 school year Monday morning. In Maryland, public schools in Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Howard County and Anne Arundel County welcomed students — some for the first time. Public schools in D.C. did the same, af Montgomery Co. schools see drop in 'serious incidents,' but bomb threats, weapons and trespassing are up 08/21/2024 10:22am • The number of "serious" safety incidents in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland dropped overall last year, according to data presented Tuesday. But there was an increase in some categories, including weapons, bomb threats and trespassing. At Tuesday's MCPS Board of Education meeting, After 25 years in copyright limbo, 'Homicide: Life on the Street' finally makes streaming premiere 08/19/2024 02:31pm • It's been stuck in copyright limbo for 25 years, but one of the greatest TV shows in history is finally streaming. NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street" makes its streaming premiere on Peacock on Monday, depicting a realistic (fictional) account of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Un The thank-you's roll in as Cardin attends final MACo as Maryland senator 08/17/2024 08:21am • After decades of public service, pushing for policies he thought would help the state of Maryland and its people along the way, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) led his last Maryland Association of Counties town hall as a congressman Friday. He listened to the concerns of state officials and advocate How to protect yourself from the latest hack of Social Security numbers 08/16/2024 04:15pm • A recent hack of a company called National Public Data, which does background checks, exposed the personal information of nearly 3 billion people. So should you be checking websites that claim to be able to tell you if your data, including your Social Security number, was part of the breach?