'We call ourselves a liberated zone' - Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - Top News from WTOP

TOP NEWS | April 30, 2024 [Web version](   [Demonstrators at GW dismantle barriers as Israel-Hamas war protests continue]( Demonstrators moved metal barriers into a pile in the center of University Yard, and tents filled the entire plaza as protests continued for a fifth day at the D.C. university. [READ MORE](   [Hottest day of the year so far: Steamy temperatures Monday break a heat record in DC area]( Temperatures climbed to 91 degrees in parts of the D.C. area Monday, breaking a record at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia and a 50-year record at BWI Marshall Airport in Maryland. [READ MORE](   SPONSORED CONTENT [EIS Contract Guide 2024 | Download now]( As agencies finish moving off Networx, WITS 3 and a host of local telecom contracts, they can use the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions IDIQ for its originally intended purpose: to tackle modernization.   [Two teens arrested in Greenbelt ‘senior skip day' shooting that wounded 5]( The boys, aged 14 and 16, are charged as adults with attempted murder and weapons charges. All five teens who were wounded have since been released from the hospital. [READ MORE](   [Loudoun Co. should add security officers at elementary schools, panel recommends]( Other recommendations include ensuring WiFi coverage in entire school buildings, including hallways, and allowing security personnel to be involved in every threat assessment. [READ MORE](   Sponsored by Akamai [Defending critical assets from increasing security threats | Download now]( In an exclusive new ebook, discover how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Department of Health and Human Services and Akamai are tackling zero trust. Also, learn how cyber research builds on zero trust at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.   [Data shows fatal, severe alcohol-related crashes are on the rise in Arlington]( The number of serious or fatal alcohol-related crashes in Arlington increased in 2023, prompting officials to call for a coordinated anti-drunk driving campaign across the D.C. region. [READ MORE](   [What's a ‘dry promotion?' And should you take it?]( With employee retention a stubborn problem for companies and budgets tight, many employers are turning to a cost-free way to keep younger employers. [READ MORE](   EVENT [Federal News Network's Industry Exchange Data 2024]( How are you employing data to modernize your agency? Join us May 6 at 1 p.m. ET for Federal News Network's Industry Exchange Data event where leading technologists will share insights, tips and technology know-how.   [High tech mobile restrooms appear in DC, but could their days be numbered?]( Mobile restrooms by Throne Labs are being built in D.C. to provide more accessible public bathrooms. But for how long will they be available for? [READ MORE](   [Here's how a Prince George's Co. facility is making better, safer batteries]( A company called ION Storage Systems, which was invented in a lab at the University of Maryland, is now up and running at its production facility in Beltsville. [READ MORE](   Sponsored by The Fairfax County Department of Transportation Commuter Services Program [Want to try transit? Fairfax Co. program offers local employees free $50 SmarTrip card]( The SmartBenefits Plu$50 program in Fairfax County, Va., presents an opportunity for local employers to enhance employee benefits while contributing to broader sustainability and transportation initiatives.   [Lung cancer study enrolling participants to research inherited risk]( As a growing number of never-smokers are being diagnosed with lung cancer, new research aims to better understand the genetic risk, or predisposition, for developing lung cancer -- and study participants are being enrolled. [READ MORE](   [Comedian Lewis Black comes home to DC's Kennedy Center for ‘Goodbye Yeller Brick Road, The Final Tour']( "I'm not going to retire from shooting my mouth off." This Friday, D.C. native Lewis Black comes home for his "Goodbye Yeller Brick Road, The Final Tour," which he insists isn't his retirement but rather his last national tour. 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