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How to make sure your private messages stay private 08/14/2022 08:44am • Last year, Facebook-parent Meta effectively pushed back its timetable for rolling out end-to-end encryption by default across its various social platforms, with an executive saying the privacy-enhancing change would not happen until sometime in 2023. The delay came under a new spotlight this week Special deputy US marshal in Md. charged in romance scam 08/10/2022 04:08pm • An Upper Marlboro, Maryland, man has been charged with money laundering in connection with romance scams over a period of nearly six years. Isidore Iwuagwu, 35, is facing a federal charge of conspiring to commit money laundering. He was scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday in fe Interim Alexandria schools superintendent details approach to mental wellness, security 08/04/2022 04:57am • On a camping trip as a child, Melanie Kay-Wyatt came across another camper who needed assistance in play areas. She stopped and worked to help the girl, and was struck when the girl's parents approached her, thanking Kay-Wyatt for engaging with and including their daughter. The response she recei Alexandria unveils security enhancements at public schools 08/03/2022 07:05am • Students who are headed back to school in Alexandria, Virginia, later this month will see more security around their buildings. The Northern Virginia city's public school system released a list of security enhancements, including posting more security guards at all middle and high schools. All How DC, Md., Va. are fighting illegal robocalls 08/02/2022 04:00pm • Virginia, Maryland and D.C. have joined a nationwide task force to fight the onslaught of robocalls coming from overseas. The newly formed anti-robocall task force intends to target telecommunication companies that are gateway providers — companies that bring foreign robocalls into the U.S. As back-to-school nears, the fight over cellphones in classrooms rages on 08/02/2022 07:24am • ▶ Watch Video: Kids on the pressures of having a cell phone, social media at an early age As summer begins to draw to a close, back-to-school season promises the renewal of an ongoing fight over whether cellphones should be allowed in the classroom. With students' mental health top Progress slow for Prince William Co. Racial Justice Commission 07/30/2022 05:44pm • 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. Prince William County’s Racial and Social Justice Commission has yet to fully delve back into its work over the past five months, with 13 items that sell on eBay, Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace 07/24/2022 04:30am • Online sales have come a long way since eBay sold its first item -- a broken laser pointer -- in 1995. Back then, the company was known as AuctionWeb, and it quickly became a popular place to scout out collectible items such as rare Beanie Babies. Today, there is no limit to the things to sell on eB Japan's former PM Abe's assassination exposes new reality for US public figures 07/20/2022 04:40am • On July 8 at 11:30 a.m. local time, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stood atop a small red, 2-foot-tall platform. It was 3 feet long and positioned in the middle of a busy street. He was protected by a trapezoid-shaped arrangement of guardrails and a handful of visible bodyguards. Dres Scammers target children's Social Security numbers to open credit cards 07/19/2022 03:18pm • Identity theft now even involves crooks targeting babies. Criminals are using newly assigned Social Security numbers to open credit cards. A D.C.-based consumers' group has tips to help parents. More Local News First, to find out whether your child’s identity has been hacked 2 well-known names lead race for Maryland's 4th congressional district 07/13/2022 04:15am • While a long list of candidates are on the ballot for Maryland’s 4th congressional district, two familiar names appear to be locked in a close race for the Democratic nomination in a seat expected to stay with Democrats no matter how many seats Republicans might win around the country. The comp Montgomery County police celebrate 100 years 07/07/2022 08:53pm • From a rural county where a police force of six patrol on motorcycles to a modern department charged with policing a county of more than one million residents, Montgomery County, Maryland's police department marked its 100th anniversary with a ceremony outside Rockville's historic red brick courthou An FCC regulator wants TikTok removed from app stores: Here's how a company executive responded 07/03/2022 03:10pm • While TikTok's short-form videos are entertaining, that's "just the sheep's clothing," a Federal Communications Commission official said, and the app should be removed from app stores because of security issues. But a TikTok executive, in a rare interview on CNN's "Reliable Sources" on Sunday, cl Hong Kong lawmaker photographed with Xi tests positive for COVID 07/03/2022 08:23am • A Hong Kong lawmaker who was photographed standing close to Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this week announced Sunday he had tested positive for Covid-19. Steve Ho Chun-Yin said he tested negative on Thursday when he attended the photo session during the celebrations marking the 25th annive Groundbreaking photos from Webb telescope coming July 12 07/03/2022 01:41am • 10:30 a.m. EDT, July 12, 2022. Mark that date on your calendar now, as you will not want to miss the public release of the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) first color pictures and scientific findings. Artist rendering of the James Webb telescope. (NASA via Getty Images) It has been jus