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Data Doctors: Why Apple's NameDrop is safe to use 12/01/2023 12:45pm • Q: Is Apple���s NameDrop option a security risk? A: NameDrop is a new AirDrop feature that is part of the latest update from Apple in iOS 17, which was made available in mid-September. It���s a convenient feature for those who want to accurately share either their phone number or their email a ���It���s very traumatizing���: DC woman���s French Bulldog stolen months after losing another pup in District Dogs flood 11/27/2023 07:45am • A woman who lost one dog earlier this year in the flooding at District Dogs is asking for help after an armed robber stole her new puppy Saturday afternoon. "It's very traumatizing, you know. For this to happen, for someone to just take my dog, where I stay, it's overwhelming," Teffiney Worthy of New documentary details the over 30-year legal battle DC's family services faced 11/27/2023 05:25am • A D.C. agency shares how it turned trouble into triumph in a new documentary film called "Resilience: DC Child and Family Services Agency's 32 Years of Reform." The documentary is based on the 1989 class action lawsuit LaShawn v. Bowser after a four-year-old in the agency was placed in emergency Philadelphia man sentenced to 8 years in drunken driving crash that killed promising GW business student 11/17/2023 08:29pm • The Philadelphia man who prosecutors said downed several drinks at a D.C. bar before getting behind the wheel last January and crashing into an Uber, killing a promising George Washington University business student, was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. Before handing down his sentence, If you can spill, spread, pump or pour it, then check it. TSA tips for smooth holiday travel 11/15/2023 04:15pm • Ahead of Thanksgiving, representatives from the Transportation Security Administration gathered at Reagan National Airport to share tips on how passengers can travel smoothly this holiday. The 12-day-period for Thanksgiving travel begins Friday, Nov. 17 and concludes Tuesday, Nov. 28. During that It was a historic high school shuttered for years. Now it's helping more DC residents get in-demand trade jobs 11/15/2023 01:06pm • A new era of learning is coming to D.C.���s old Spingarn High School. Mayor Muriel Bowser, other city leaders and proud alums of the historic school gathered to ���break ground��� on what will be the new home of the DC Infrastructure Academy. The program is open to any city resident over the age More than 900 children, teens reported missing in Montgomery Co. so far this year 11/13/2023 08:20pm • The trendline for cases of missing children and teens is ticking upward in Montgomery County, Maryland, where, as of Friday, 936 had been reported missing this year. Of those cases, 15 remain open, according to police. Of those 15, nine are related to children who have been missing for less than WATCH: Va. Sen. Mark Warner says voters 'were afraid' of 'extremists, the MAGA crowd' gaining control of statehouse 11/12/2023 12:27pm • ▶ Watch Video: Congress has "done nothing on any guardrails" on social media and technology, says Sen. Mark Warner The following is a transcript of an interview with Sen. Mark Warner, chair of Senate Intelligence committee, that aired on Nov. 12, 2023. MARGARET BRENNAN: And we Maryland-based immigrant rights group scrambles to save political, financial support 11/11/2023 10:03am • These should be heady times for CASA, the immigrants��� rights group based in Langley Park. The organization just finalized its new strategic plan, and canvassers from CASA���s political unit were on the ground in Virginia for the past few weeks,��contributing to the Democrats��� significant vict How some DC-area stores are combating a rise in mass theft 10/30/2023 04:49pm • It's been circulating on social media ��� theft of laundry detergents, toiletries and other goods at D.C.-area groceries, pharmacies and convenience stores. Many businesses and District officials are looking at new ways to try to stop them. At the self-checkout at the Safeway on Fourth Street in Former Prince George's Co. teacher says her account was hacked after security breach 10/25/2023 08:56pm • Stephani Cherkaoui, who was a former social studies teacher at the CMIT Academy Middle School in Laurel, Maryland, during the 2017-2018 school year, got an email from her credit monitoring service saying her account was compromised. "I go online, and I check it out and it says that my name and em Acting police chief's nomination unanimously approved by DC Council's public safety committee 10/25/2023 09:50am • Acting police Chief Pamela Smith's nomination to become the permanent leader of the District's police force has been approved by a key D.C. Council committee. The nomination now heads for a final vote by the entire council next month. The Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety on Tuesday unan After gun found in school, Montgomery Co. officer urges parents, students to speak up 10/24/2023 09:50pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, police are encouraging more students to say something, if they see something after a student at Walter Johnson High School was arrested Monday for bringing a gun to school. Security was notified by another student that Akram Nassir, 17, of Bethesda, had a gun while in What role should Congress play in regulating artificial intelligence? 10/24/2023 07:02pm • AI is primed to quickly transform much of everyday life from jobs, the economy, homeland security and equity. "The top concern is fear of job loss," said Milan Kordestani, an entrepreneur in AI startups and author. On Tuesday night, Kordestani will moderate a public roundtable with Maryland De Data breach may have leaked full DC voter roll, exposed personal information, District says 10/22/2023 10:29am • A data breach may have leaked all D.C. voters' personal information, including Social Security numbers, according to the District's board of elections. The board said on Oct. 5 that it became aware of the data breach and said the hacking group, RansomVC, "breached DCBOE's records and accessed 600