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Here's how to track Santa around the world, thanks to NORAD 12/24/2022 11:48am • Santa Claus has packed his sleigh with toys for all the good kids and he has made sure the reindeer are secured for takeoff. Now, they are traveling around the world to visit millions of households. While you are waiting to hear the jingle of bells in the air that means Santa is near, the North A TSA shares travel tips for smooth flights, warns against firearms at checkpoints 12/22/2022 01:37pm • The Transportation Security Administration has tips for fliers bringing food and gifts home this holiday season as it readies for passenger totals to reach pre-pandemic levels. Officials say passengers should be aware of travel conditions and arrive early for their flight, especially during the b 'Largest public sector election in Virginia history:' Prince William County school workers to vote on union representation in January 12/20/2022 12:46pm • 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. Elections will be held for over 11,000 Prince William County Schools classified and certified employees to determine whether the Prince W Manchin says 'I have no intentions' of changing parties as of now 12/18/2022 01:53pm • Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, reiterated Sunday that he has "no intentions" of changing his party affiliation at this time and highlighted his record of working with members of both parties based on policy ideas, rather than the political party they are affiliated with. In Loudoun Co. advocacy groups react to firing of superintendent 12/07/2022 10:10pm • Outspoken groups on both the left and the right were in agreement that Loudoun County’s school system needed to move on from Superintendent Scott Ziegler, following the release of a report on a special grand jury investigation into the school system’s handling of two sexual assaults by the same New legislators get schooled on how to make friends, find success in Annapolis 12/06/2022 09:30am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Five weeks ago they were on the campaign trail. Five weeks from now, they will be sworn in as state legislators, completing a whirlwind tran Experts say system designed to protect children can break up families 12/04/2022 09:37am • In June 2017, at a family picnic in a park in Aurora, Colorado, Vanessa Peoples noticed that one of her young sons had slipped away. Peoples, who was studying to be a nurse, is not the first parent to take her eyes off a child; it happens all the time. But a bystander's call to police resulted i Catfish scams target everyone: Here's how to keep kids safe 12/03/2022 07:13am • Catfishing crimes have ensnared people for years. This week, a grieving family implored parents to monitor their children's online activity after a former Virginia state trooper catfished a 15-year-old girl online. He then traveled to Southern California, where he allegedly killed the girl's moth China to punish internet users for 'liking' posts in crackdown after zero-COVID protests 11/30/2022 03:24am • Internet users in China will soon be held liable for liking posts deemed illegal or harmful, sparking fears that the world's second largest economy plans to control social media like never before. China's internet watchdog is stepping up its regulation of cyberspace as authorities intensify their Layoffs, ultimatums, and blue check marks: Elon Musk's first month at Twitter 11/27/2022 05:01am • Sunday officially marks one month since the world's richest man took the helm at Twitter. In that time, Elon Musk initiated mass layoffs and gave remaining staffers a cryptic ultimatum, reinstated the accounts of controversial figures including former President Donald Trump, and launched -- then What is Small Business Saturday? 11/22/2022 07:50am • Chances are, you do not have memories of being a little kid and going with your parents to Small Business Saturday sales. That's because as shopping holidays go, Small Business Saturday is pretty new. It's also an excellent way to not just find unique holiday gifts but often ones with fairly signifi Moore reveals second rung of his Maryland State House leadership team 11/20/2022 01:21pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Gov.-elect Wes Moore (D) book-ended his week with announcements of top staffers who would be joining his administration when he takes over Decision on I-495/I-270 toll lanes contract delayed; project’s fate now rests with Moore, new BPW 11/17/2022 03:11pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Maryland Department of Transportation will not seek approval of a multibillion-dollar contract to build toll lanes on Interstates 270 an Pelosi says 'horrible' GOP reaction to husband's attack may have turned off some voters 11/13/2022 03:18pm • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Sunday that Republicans' "horrible response" to the politically motivated attack on her husband last month might have turned off some voters in last week's midterm elections. "It wasn't just the attack. It was the Republican reaction to it, which was disgracef Degrowth: A dangerous idea or the answer to the world's biggest crisis? 11/13/2022 05:11am • Conventional economic logic hinges on a core assumption: Bigger economies are better, and finding ways to maintain or boost growth is paramount to improving society. But what if growth is at best doing little to fix the world's problems, and at worst fostering the destruction of the planet and je