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From Stonewall to the White House: the LGBTQ+ rights movement in DC 06/28/2019 12:31am • New York City police raided Stonewall Inn around 1:20 a.m. on Saturday, June 28, 1969. Same-sex sexual activity between consenting adults was illegal in New York. So was cross-dressing. Within hours, hundreds of drag queens, transgender people and other members of the LGBTQ+ community took to the st The Hunt: Are online platforms doing enough to stop terrorist propaganda? 06/26/2019 06:30pm • Most online platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, are limiting the hate speech and terrorist propaganda online, but are they doing enough? In this week's edition of The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green, Tricia Bacon, author and assistant professor at American University's Metro Transit Police investigate after officer uses stun gun on unarmed man 06/24/2019 10:17am • The Metro Transit Police said they have opened up an investigation after an officer used a stun gun on an unarmed man who was allegedly interfering with a police investigation at the U Street Metro station in Northwest, D.C. Saturday evening. The Metro police received a call shortly before 6 p.m. 10 years later, America's booming economy still bears scars of the Great Recession 06/24/2019 08:13am • As the United States nears its longest economic expansion on record, it's tempting to proclaim that all the problems brought about by the Great Recession have been fixed. That would be wrong. Despite the currently healthy economic figures, from unemployment to foreclo Cellphone case, Social Security card led police to Rockville gun-store burglary suspects 06/21/2019 03:37pm • Last week's burglary of United Gun Shop, in Rockville, Maryland, in which the store was rammed with a stolen vehicle, was a family affair, according to court documents released this week. Two of the suspects ��� Terrance Massey, 21, and Brandon Jackson, 17 ��� are brothers and share the same home City of Secrets: Big tech, big talk frame the future of spying in Washington 06/21/2019 04:19am • In WTOP���s three-part series ���City of Secrets,��� WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green talks to some of the best in the espionage game to find how spies have infiltrated Washington, D.C., and what can be done to catch them. The friendly voice on the phone introduced himself as "Jerr Today in History: June 20 06/20/2019 12:00am • Today is Thursday, June 20, the 171st day of 2019. There are 194 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 20, 1921, U.S. Rep. Alice Mary Robertson, R-Okla., became the first woman to preside over a session of the House of Representatives. On this date: In 1782, Congre City of Secrets: Estimated 10,000 people in DC are spies 06/17/2019 04:30am • In WTOP's three-part series "City of Secrets,"��WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green talks to some of the best in the espionage game to find how spies have infiltrated Washington, D.C., and what can be done to catch them. Every day, in the predawn hours, long before official Washington Maryland AG warns residents of massive medical data breach 06/14/2019 11:53am • Maryland���s attorney general is warning residents about a data breach that has compromised the personal and medical information of more than 20 million people nationwide. Attorney General Brian Frosh said in a statement this week that the breach of the debt collection company American Medical Co Estonia, US, NATO provide for common defense in cyberspace 06/07/2019 04:33pm • TALLINN, Estonia ��� On May 28, military, intelligence and diplomatic leaders from 47 countries and five continents gathered at the swanky Swissotel hotel, in the center of Tallinn, for the 11th International Conference on Cyber Conflict ��� also known as CyCon2019. At the event, organized by The Climate change could pose 'existential threat' by 2050: report 06/04/2019 05:02am • Twenty days of lethal heat per year. Collapsed eco-systems. And more than one billion people displaced. Those are all probable scenarios that could devastate societies by 2050 if swift and dramatic action isn't taken to curb climate change, according to a think tank report backed by a former Aust 13 most frequently asked retirement questions 05/28/2019 10:50am • If retirement is looming in your future, you may wonder about how exactly this next phase of your life will play out. From when to start collecting benefits to how exactly money will end up in your bank account each month, the process of starting retirement can seem like a mystery. To help you under When the offer is fake: How scammers target job seekers 05/28/2019 12:47am • Job hunters, beware: Scammers are out impersonating would-be employers to get at your sensitive data and even your checking account. Here's how it works: A fake job ad is posted, either on social media or on a job-hunting site. The scammer might use a known organization's name and logo to lure Today in History: May 24 05/24/2019 01:00am • Today is Friday, May 24, the 144th day of 2019. There are 221 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 24, 1994, four Islamic fundamentalists convicted of bombing New York's World Trade Center in 1993 were each sentenced to 240 years in prison. On this date: In 1775, J Swastika found in restroom of Montgomery County middle school 05/17/2019 12:16am • A pencil drawing of a swastika was found in a boys' bathroom of a Montgomery County, Maryland, middle school Wednesday. Silver Creek Middle School Principal Traci Townsend said in a letter to parents that once the school was informed about the drawing, staff secured the restroom and called Montgo