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Investigative Film Festival celebrates fifth year of 'Double Exposure' 10/07/2019 01:13am • It predicted the eventual Best Picture winner "Spotlight" in its inaugural year. Now, the fifth annual��Double Exposure: Investigative Film Festival combines filmmaking and journalism this Thursday to Sunday at the National Archives, U.S. Naval Heritage Center and National Geographic Museum i Today in History: Oct. 7 10/07/2019 12:00am • Today is Monday, Oct. 7, the 280th day of 2019. There are 85 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 7, 2001, the war in Afghanistan started as the United States and Britain launched air attacks against military targets and Osama bin Laden's training camps in the wake of t Supreme Court's blockbuster term hits with LGBT, abortion, DACA and more 10/06/2019 09:01am • The nine Supreme Court justices will return to the relative quiet of their marble-lined corridors and majestic chamber Monday to face an explosive docket of cases on issues such as abortion, immigration, the Second Amendment and LGBT rights. All this will play out against the backdrop of the 2020 Capital Gazette photographer's exhibit 'Journalists Matter' to open Sunday 10/02/2019 06:52pm • Paul Gillespie, Capital Gazette photographer, prepares for the opening of ���Journalists Matter: Faces of the Capital Gazette.��� (Courtesy Severn Graphics) It started as a form of therapy after five of his colleagues at the Capital Gazette newspaper were killed in the Annapolis, Maryland, newsr Today in History: Oct. 2 10/02/2019 12:00am • Today is Wednesday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court as the court opened its new term. On this date: In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a serious stroke at t Audit of Maryland State Police shows concerns over accounting, handgun permits 10/01/2019 08:16am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners��at��Maryland Matters.��Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Manual data entry caused hundreds of handgun serial number discrepancies in a Maryland database used by police in investigations, accor New laws that take effect in Md. on Oct. 1 09/30/2019 11:18am • A general view of the front of the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Hundreds of Maryland laws are going into effect Tuesday, spanning subjects from criminal justice reform to election law to the state���s medical cannabis commission. A generous number of the Bullpen blows E-Rod's 20th win, Red Sox beat O's anyway 09/29/2019 08:25pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Even a walk-off victory on the final day of the season was tinged with disappointment for these Boston Red Sox. Eduardo Rodriguez missed out on a 20-win season when Boston's bullpen blew a late lead, but the Red Sox overcame a soaring home run robbery by Stevie Wilkerson to beat t Panel frets over Maryland's outreach on census 09/25/2019 09:54am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Sen. Mary L. Washington (D-Baltimore City) has been pressing state planning officials to reach out to undercounted communities. (Courtesy M Block.one chooses Arlington for new headquarters, bringing 170 new jobs 09/24/2019 09:46am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner,��InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday announced that Block.one, a provider of blockchain software, will invest $10 million and establish its U Q&A: Grizabella makes 'Memories' in 'Cats' tour at Kennedy Center 09/24/2019 01:01am • Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats" remains one of the most iconic shows in Broadway history, winning seven Tonys, including Best Musical of 1981. It's become so popular that there will be a new movie version this December, starring Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench and Taylor Sw Today in History: Sept. 24 09/24/2019 12:00am • Today is Tuesday, Sept. 24, the 267th day of 2019. There are 98 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 24, 1976, former hostage Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery in San Francisco carried out by the Symbionese L Marylanders support more education funding but know little of Kirwan Commission 09/23/2019 10:45am • Marylanders are willing to pay more for public education, but are largely unaware of a reform effort that would dramatically boost state education spending, according to polling from Goucher College. About 70 percent of Maryland adults say the state spends too little on public education ��� and 7 Today in History: Sept. 20 09/20/2019 12:00am • Today is Friday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 20, 2001, during an address to a joint session of Congress, President George W. Bush announced a new Cabinet-level office to fortify homeland security and named Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge its director After 'momentous' DC statehood hearing, supporters march to unify cause 09/19/2019 11:30pm • The first congressional hearing in more than 25 years on whether D.C. should become the nation���s 51st state began Thursday with supporters claiming that the proposal has more support than it has had in a generation. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat, presided over the House Committe