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REAL ID documents: Common mistakes and how to avoid them 11/20/2019 05:53pm • Starting October 2020, Americans will need a REAL ID-compliant form of identification to get on a flight. (Courtesy AP/Gene J. Puskar) If you're getting on a plane to go see grandma for the holidays around this time next year, you'll need a driver's license that complies with the REAL ID require Column: With ludicrous workout, NFL, Colin Kaepernick both lose 11/19/2019 02:54am • Fall Saturdays typically belong to college football. When it comes to the NFL and its dysfunctional relationship with Colin Kaepernick, however, nothing is typical. Saturday was the day Kaepernick had, in theory, been waiting for — the first day of the rest of his NFL career. Earlier in the wee Fairfax Co. police chief: Breach may have compromised officers’ data 11/16/2019 05:19pm • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Officials say a possible data breach may have compromised the personal information of more than 500 employees of a Virginia police department. Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin Roessler Jr. told the Washington Post that he doesn’t have any reports that officers’ personal Deadline nears for Maryland uninsured-motorist debt amnesty 11/15/2019 10:47am • Eric Myers, correspondent ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Time is running out for uninsured motorists in Maryland to take advantage of a program that forgives 80 percent of uninsured-driving debts that became delinquent before 2017. Debtors have until Dec. 31 to register for the program and begin repa 10 painless ways to save more for retirement 11/14/2019 10:30am • Saving for retirement doesn't have to be a chore. A few small changes can result in a much bigger retirement account balance, given enough time to compound. Here are some ways to save more for retirement without reducing your quality of life. Save 1% More A small increase in saving can result in a Arlington will review response to 1st boil water advisory in 26 years 11/12/2019 05:08pm • How well did Arlington County in Virginia think it handled the water main break that triggered a boil water advisory for more than 100,000 customers in the county and parts of Northwest D.C.? Pretty well, it seems. The county will be conducting an "after action review" of the response to last Va.-based smallsats startup BlackSky gets $50M Intelsat loan 11/12/2019 10:32am • BlackSky combines access to satellite images from its own satellites and others and fuses the images with other real-time sensor data and social media, news and other data feeds, using artificial intelligence and machine learning. (Courtesy BlackSky) Herndon-based BlackSky, whose constellation o Trump impeachment inquiry Q&A: What did we learn this week? 11/08/2019 11:55am • The impeachment inquiry into President Donald John Trump began Sept. 24. In this occasional feature, WTOP will touch on the week’s events — and answer some of the questions they raise — as this historic process unfolds in D.C. Nov. 1–7 This week, House investigators opened the impeachm Former Montgomery County doctor gets prison for collecting dead mother's benefits 11/01/2019 11:59pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, woman will spend two years behind bars after admitting to claiming her dead mother's benefits. Crystal Mebane McGinty, 59, of Silver Spring, was sentenced in federal court Friday, for mail fraud and theft of government property, in connection with a scheme to obtain Warning from FBI: Scammers are posing as law enforcement 10/31/2019 04:38am • The phone rings. A law enforcement officer on the other end of the line tells you about an indiscretion you’ve been involved in and asks you to confirm your identity. The officer then advises you that you’re about to be arrested if you don’t pay a fine. There are three problems with tha Silver Spring native Dave Chappelle receives Mark Twain Prize at Kennedy Center 10/28/2019 03:31am • The Kennedy Center bestowed its annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Sunday night and this year's recipient was hometown hero Dave Chappelle. Chappelle grew up in nearby Silver Spring, Maryland before attending the prestigious Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Northwest, D.C. "An Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed in US operation 10/27/2019 09:30am • (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: '026f52c9-b54d-4c7f-857a-393583194691' }).render("46861535e0a394a6");}); WASHINGTON (AP) — The shadowy leader of Informal Baltimore neighborhood camera network helps fight crime 10/26/2019 05:40am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Arch McKown and his wife were out walking their dog one evening this summer when they came across a neighbor who told them he had recently been attacked by two young boys. The man recalled how the boys threw rocks and food containers at him, and that he unsuccessfully tried cha Protests rattle the postwar order in Lebanon and Iraq 10/25/2019 06:44pm • BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of people, many of them young and unemployed men, thronged public squares and blocked main streets Friday in the capitals of Iraq and Lebanon in unprecedented, spontaneous anti-government revolts in two countries scarred by long conflicts. Demonstrators in Iraq TikTok could threaten national security, US lawmakers say 10/25/2019 02:46am • TikTok, the viral short video app where millions of teens post comedy skits set to snappy music hooks, is facing a growing backlash in the United States. US lawmakers on both sides of the aisle warn that the app could pose a national security risk, and are calling on reg