'It was a critical safety issue' - Friday, June 21, 2024 - Top News from WTOP

TOP NEWS | June 21, 2024 [Web version](   [After decades of advocacy, Fairfax Co. community gets school bus service]( For decades, students who lived in the Mount Vernon Square community have had to cross busy residential streets and walk along an unpaved and unmaintained path to get to the nearby Hollin Meadows Elementary School. [READ MORE](   [Scorching temps expected Friday, possibly higher over the weekend]( Friday will see the area under a continued heat alert with temperatures expected to peak in the high 90s during the afternoon, but it will feel like it's nearly 100 degrees. And the weekend heat could be worse. [READ MORE](   ADVERTISEMENT [Heading to the beach this weekend? You'll need this!]( Before you grab your sunscreen and hit the road, be sure to check out WTOP's beach traffic and weather resource for smooth sailing! Brought to you by Maryland Transportation Authority.   [DC Pride event celebrates ‘the elders' of the LGBTQ+ community]( An event in downtown D.C. honored and celebrated the senior members of the LGBTQ+ community on Thursday, with a tea dance, lecture, free food and music. [READ MORE](   [Md. Office of Health Care Quality looking for new lead amid lawsuit over alleged nursing home neglect]( The Maryland Department of Health is looking for a new executive director for the Office of Health Care Quality. The department is suffering from a lack of trust, in part due to the allegations detailed in a lawsuit filed in May. [READ MORE](   Sponsored by DoorDash [‘Dashing' his way to a few ‘luxuries of life' is how one DC resident describes working for DoorDash]( Because the schedule for his regular job is just three days a week, Melvin Campbell also works as a Dasher. “The extra money is a Godsend” that lets him spend on goodies like a bike, he shares.   [Cargo ship crew can leave the US under deal to comply with probe into Baltimore bridge collapse]( Crew members on the cargo ship Dali can head home as soon as Thursday under an agreement that allows lawyers to question them as part of investigations into the cause of the deadly collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. [READ MORE](   [Pepco, Toyota researching ‘vehicle-to-grid' potential in Maryland]( Idle electric vehicles could be a source of energy for other uses when not being driven, and Pepco has partnered with Toyota to research "vehicle-to-grid" technology. [READ MORE](   SPONSORED CONTENT [Need help on your SCRM journey? We've gathered advice from federal and industry experts]( In an exclusive ebook, Federal News Network brings together tips and tactics about wrangling risk in your supply chains from CISA, DHS' Silicon Valley Innovation Program, NIST and leading industry experts. | Download the ebook now   [Montgomery County Schools officials say they're making progress on tackling bullying, sexual harassment complaints]( By the time classes start for the new school year, Montgomery County Public Schools could have a number of changes in place designed to address complaints of bullying and sexual harassment by school employees. [READ MORE](   [FBI says DNA links Ohio man who died in 2018 to brutal 1996 killings of 2 hikers in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park]( Authorities in Virginia say new DNA testing has finally identified a suspect in the brutal killings of two hikers in Shenandoah National Park nearly thirty years ago. [READ MORE](   Sponsored by IBM [This vendor tested its AI solutions on itself]( IBM provided its own grounds for testing and developing a set of AI tools. It can help client organizations avoid some of the initial mistakes.   [App lets you know if it's too hot to work outside]( With the heat index expected to get into the triple digits over the next few days, OSHA says be careful if you are working outside in the hot sun. [READ MORE](   [How to deal with those pesky political text messages]( Data Doctors columnist Ken Colburn has tips on how you can avoid those pesky spam calls and texts from political campaigns. [READ MORE](   SPONSORED CONTENT [How to manage the digital records deadline]( June 30th deadline approaches, when NARA will only accept digitized documents. Agencies must deal with the largest volume known as modern textual records.   [Wolf Trap hosts Out & About Festival with Kim Gordon, Jenny Lewis and Brittany Howard]( "We're going to be using all three of our stages," Wolf Trap President and CEO Arvind Manocha told WTOP. "We're celebrating music, nature and pride." [READ MORE](   [Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned ‘M.A.S.H.' to ‘Hunger Games,' dies at 88]( Donald Sutherland, the Canadian actor whose wry, arrestingly off-kilter screen presence spanned more than half a century of films has died. He was 88. 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