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Taxpayers can now track past 2 years' refunds with updated IRS feature 05/25/2022 05:39pm • How much did you get back from the Internal Revenue Service for your 2019, 2020 and 2021 returns? There's now no need to wonder, thanks to an updated feature on the IRS' "Where's My Refund?" tool. You can track the status of a refund for the current tax year as well as for the two previous yea WTOP wins 3 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards 05/25/2022 03:28pm • WTOP has been honored with three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including one for best newscast for the station's coverage following the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. WTOP.com was also honored for its digital coverage, and WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green was How do you talk to your kids about what happened in Texas? 05/25/2022 02:21pm • To talk about the Texas school shooting means acknowledging that it could happen in your kid's school, and no parent wants to think about that. But while you might be able to shield younger kids from ugly realities, older kids definitely are aware of what happened. And their younger siblings Vaccines offered to certain people exposed to monkeypox: Here's what you should know 05/24/2022 04:49pm • As global health leaders investigate an unusual outbreak of monkeypox across more than a dozen countries, discussions in the United States have turned to vaccination against the disease -- and certain people exposed to the virus could be offered a vaccine. The US has mobilized vaccine for monkeyp Rep. Hakeem Jeffries 'very confident' Democrats will hold onto majority 05/22/2022 01:09pm • Despite a new CBS News poll showing growing concern about inflation and President Biden's handling of the economy, Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries expressed optimism Sunday that his party could still hold on to its narrow majority in Congress in November's midterm elections. The New York lawm Confederate flag found hanging from Charles County high school 05/19/2022 10:57pm • Charles County Public Schools is investigating how a Confederate flag was hung from the flagpole of one of the Maryland county's high schools. On Thursday, cadets from La Plata High School's JROTC found it on the school's main flagpole. School staff removed the flag after it was reported. Why we need more inclusive, affordable housing for people with disabilities now 05/13/2022 05:22pm • Rewind to a century ago ��� cut out of employment, housing and society, the only path for people with disabilities was institutionalization. Over the next several decades, the United States witnessed national movements towards community-centered group housing and, subsequently, greater opportunit Weeks after Van Ness sniper shooting, 'unprecedented' look into investigation but still no answer to why 05/12/2022 04:39pm • Three weeks after a sniper opened fire on a Northwest D.C. school, wounding four and terrorizing several blocks in Van Ness before turning the gun on himself, police are providing an "unprecedented" inside look into their investigation. But D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said police still do In Maryland GOP governor race, Schulz campaign calls Cox 'unstable' and 'unfit for office' 05/11/2022 08:10am • Del. Daniel L. Cox and former Commerce Secretary Kelly M. Schulz are vying for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the July 19 primary. (Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Olivia, Liam top list of most popular baby names ��� again 05/06/2022 12:11pm • The baby names topping the popularity charts in 2021 are no strangers to the list. Olivia, the most popular girl name, has topped the Social Security Administration list for three years. Liam, the most popular boy name, has topped the list for five years in a row. New to the club is Theodor Assateague begins transfer of 'aggressive' Md. horse to his new home 05/05/2022 04:24am • There's heated debate on social media about the fate of Chip, a wild horse from Maryland's Assateague Island who's being relocated to a sanctuary in Texas. But the staff at his final destination says he'll be well-cared for when he arrives at his new home. Noelle Almrud, the senior director at��C Vivian 'Millie' Bailey, beloved Howard Co. WWII veteran and public servant, dies at 104 05/02/2022 11:20pm • Vivian ���Millie��� Bailey, who led an all-female detachment in World War II during segregation in the South, died Sunday in her Columbia, Maryland, home. She was 104. Bailey lived in Howard County and served the community for more than 50 years after her service in the Army, according to an obit NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 04/29/2022 10:22am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Unexplained hepatitis cases not caused by COVID-19 vaccines Project to bring back historic Old Town hotel gets underway this summer 04/28/2022 11:44am • D.C.-based May Riegler Properties and D.C.-based Potomac Investment Properties have secured construction financing to restore a historic Old Town Alexandria hotel. The building, at Prince and Washington streets, originally operated as the George Mason Hotel from 1926 to 1971, and was most recentl Political Notes: Anne Arundel���s ���Lincoln Project,��� Sierra���s surprise, Hogan���s Reagan play, a scolding for Franchot and more 04/28/2022 10:40am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. An Anne Arundel County Democratic activist is launching a political action committee that she hopes will play a similar role in local and