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Here's how to help Afghan refugees 08/28/2021 06:34am • ▶ Watch Video: What's next for Afghan refugees? Since the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan earlier this month, organizations across the globe have worked to address the country's growing humanitarian emergency. As the U.S. scrambles to evacuate American citizens and its allies, Defens Grammy-winning country music queen Kathy Mattea performs live at The Birchmere 08/18/2021 12:38pm • Listen to our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� She remains one of the most underrated, unsung heroes of the women in country music. On Saturday, Kathy Mattea performs live at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. "This will be my first official 'show show' since t Prince George���s Co. Democrats tap Del. Watson for vacant Senate seat 08/18/2021 06:41am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. The Prince George���s County Democratic Central Committee on Tuesday unanimously chose Del. Ronald L. Watson (D) to fill the District 23 S Data Doctors: Sniffing out evil QR codes 08/13/2021 04:48pm • Q: Is there a way to tell if a QR code is safe? A: QR (Quick Response) codes are actually two-dimensional barcodes that were initially developed for the automotive industry in 1994 to expand the capabilities of standard barcodes. Although they were designed to provide a lot more detail when sc Scammers using texts to target unemployment benefits 08/06/2021 11:24am • This screenshot from the Federal Trade Commission shows the kind of alarming texts people are receiving from scammers trying to steal their unemployment benefits. Click to enlarge. (Courtesy Federal Trade Commission) You look on your phone and see an urgent text that says: ���We���ve noticed the Several injured after Pentagon officer killed near Metro bus platform 08/03/2021 10:30pm • A Pentagon police officer was attacked and killed on a Metro bus station platform, gunfire was exchanged and several people were injured in an outburst of violence near the Pentagon Tuesday morning, authorities said. Latest updates Multiple law enforcement officials have identified the s FEMA covers COVID-death funeral costs -- here's how to apply 08/03/2021 03:19pm • The COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Fund has money to help pay the funeral costs of people who died in the U.S. from the coronavirus. COVID-19 has claimed more than 600,000 lives in the U.S., and fewer than 250,000 people have applied for funeral assistance. Ed Michael Reggie, CEO of Funeralocity.com Nellie's Sports Bar hires activist to focus on concerns of LGBTQ+ people of color 07/16/2021 11:30pm • After closing for about a month following the emergence of a video that captured a woman being dragged by security personnel, Nellie's Sports Bar in D.C. said that it has hired a longtime activist to help staff with diversity, sensitivity and inclusion training. Ruby Corado has been hired as a ma Iranian intelligence plot to kidnap journalist followed longstanding pattern 07/14/2021 10:25pm • Money, lies and brute force were the tools. New York-based journalist Masih Alinejad was the target. Silencing an outspoken critic of the Iranian regime was the objective. An indictment unsealed in federal court Tuesday in New York revealed that the ambitious plot to capture Alinejad spanned thre For top #MeToo legal duo, a pandemic year brings no pause 07/11/2021 02:45pm • She���d just upended her life by going public with sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. And Charlotte Bennett, a former aide to the governor, realized that Saturday night in February that she had no plan for what came next. She was 25 years old, and had never been in the Homelessness divides a Northwest DC neighborhood 07/09/2021 06:17pm • A neighborhood is divided over the future of homeless encampments at the intersection of 12th Street and Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest D.C. In an anonymous letter to the National Park Service in late June, several Ward 2 residents asked officials to clear the encampments at Burke Park and Gom Alexandria City Council redirects funds from SROs to mental health resources 07/07/2021 03:59am • Despite objections from a majority of its school board, the Alexandria, Virginia, City Council voted Tuesday night to spend funds originally meant to pay school resource officers (SROs) to hire more mental health professionals. The council decided in May to eliminate the $789,909 from the 2022 bu Capitol Police change training, security procedures 6 months after insurrection 07/06/2021 10:44am • Six months after a pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to prevent Joe Biden from being certified as the 46th president of the United States, U.S. Capitol Police has announced departmental changes to training, communication, security and wellness services. Among the improvements Pets and fireworks: How to keep your animals calm and safe on July 4 07/04/2021 06:00am • We may find fireworks beautiful and festive, but they explode like magnified gunfire in the exquisitely sensitive ears of many of our pets. Measuring between 150 and 175 decibels, fireworks are louder than many planes at takeoff (about 140 decibels). Decibels measure the loudness of a sound while Investigation into violent night at Nellie's Sports Bar goes to DC attorney general's office 06/30/2021 08:12pm • The investigation into allegations that a woman was dragged down the stairs by security at Nellie���s Sports Bar in D.C. is now heading to the District���s Office of the Attorney General. The city���s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board said it referred the case to the OAG on Wednesday. On June 1