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Pro Football Hall of Fame is more than a museum 07/02/2020 04:06am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '2f8c9526-1a3c-4afc-ba51-9b2f06750656' }).render("116615360617cd4f");}); Canton, Ohio, is the birthplace of the Pr What to know about 'Salute to America' flyovers, fireworks 07/01/2020 02:28pm • FILE - In this July 4, 2019 file photo, fireworks go off over the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, July 4, 2019. The Trump administration is promising one of the largest fireworks displays in recent memory for D.C. on July 4. It also plans to give away as many as 300,000 face masks to thos $27M gift to MedStar Health helps expand initiative to improve health of women, babies in DC 06/30/2020 09:02pm • African American women are up to three times more likely to die of pregnancy related-causes than white women, and infant mortality in D.C. is among the highest in the nation. A newly-expanded initiative is targeting those high mortality rates. The D.C. Safe Babies Safe Moms Initiative takes a Virginia health officials warn against coronavirus scams 06/30/2020 02:14pm • ROANOKE, Va. (AP) ��� The Virginia Department of Health is warning residents that scammers might call them pretending to be COVID-19 contact tracers in order to take their money. A news release from the department on Monday said its contact tracers will not ask for money or for a Social Security Man charged with voicemail threat to kill Virginia Sen. Warner 06/29/2020 01:17pm • A Virginia Beach man who left a voicemail threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Mark Warner in a social security dispute is under arrest, and has been charged in federal court. According to a recently unsealed affidavit from a U.S. Capitol Police special agent, Dylan Stephen Jayne called Warner's office Pandemic could lead to longer power outages following hurricanes 06/28/2020 02:55am • Power companies across hurricane-prone states are forced to face a prospect they've never dealt with before: restoring power after a major storm amid a global pandemic. Long restoration times are likely depending on how the coronavirus plays out during the six-month Atlantic hurricane season, whi 5th weekend of DC protests sees calm after contentious week 06/27/2020 09:10pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'e28a8883-4764-4f03-8497-d1d1f817426d' }).render("10561536b53394f8");}); Temperatures in the 90s on Saturday did Here's what's safe and not safe as you plan your July 4 weekend 06/27/2020 08:13am • It's almost the Fourth of July, and while most of us are used to spending the day with friends at the beach or by the pool, this year we're celebrating a little differently. The coronavirus pandemic has gone nowhere, and numbers are skyrocketing with the three-most populous states setting new rec Agencies and contractors alike, welcome to the new normal for operations 06/26/2020 11:54am • This content is sponsored by MAXIMUS. As the ball dropped on New Year���s Eve and we entered a new decade, optimism filled the air. But just a few months later, life for most people around the world changed dramatically in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. People from all walks of life have stru 2020 season a whiff for most area minor league teams 06/26/2020 10:26am • The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs take on the Sugar Land Skeeters in an Atlantic League game Friday, July 19, 2019. (WTOP/Noah Frank) Not that there was much hope by this point, but the agreement that gave the green light to Major League Baseball in 2020 also officially ended any hope of a minor Dodging virus, Navy ships break record for staying at sea 06/25/2020 06:24am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The two U.S. warships in the Middle East weren't aiming to break a record. But when the coronavirus made ship stops in foreign countries too risky, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS San Jacinto were ordered to keep moving and avoid all port visits. On Thursday, as th Labor secy. rejects call for Vermont-style quick payments to workers waiting on unemployment benefits 06/24/2020 06:04pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. The official in charge of Maryland���s jobless benefits program said states that circumvented the normal claims process to assist newly-unem Floods, rescues, podcast and 'sharks' highlight WTOP awards for 2019 coverage 06/24/2020 04:55am • Flash floods, a governor's controversial yearbook page, a federal stalemate that kept many people home from work, a deep dive into a sensational mansion murder and a dive into waters infested by young "sharks" were just a few captivating stories WTOP covered in the last year that led to a number of Montgomery County officials detail Phase Two, announce youth jobs program 06/17/2020 03:44pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, is set to enter Phase Two of the lifting of COVID-19 safety regulations on Friday at 5 p.m., but officials on Wednesday emphasized caution as they provided details. Saying the county had seen a ���significant reduction in cases last week, per day,��� County Executive Self-care for parents in a pandemic: Finding time when you don't have it 06/13/2020 04:01am • Parents know the drill: Put on your own oxygen mask before helping your children put on theirs. It's so true, and yet it's become a cliched metaphor for parental self-care. If there was ever a time that it's especially true, it's during this now months-long pandemic and our added ongoing conce