With homework done, Md. school bus drivers ready to drive to class - Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - Top News from WTOP

TOP NEWS | August 21, 2024 [Web version](   [Back on the bus for back to school: Prince George's County's driver trainers talk transportation]( School bus drivers are getting ready for the new school year in Prince George's County, where schedules have been streamlined and bus stop locations have been updated. [READ MORE](   [Suspect in custody after fatally shooting man inside Gold's Gym in Reston]( "Both the victim and suspect in this case were both working out inside the local gym when our suspect approached our victim in a targeted stance and shot him," Capt. Kent Bailey of Fairfax County police said. 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[READ MORE](   Insight by Pepco [Pepco is readying its grid, preparing for a more sustainable and equitable future]( As the realities of climate change become increasingly apparent, utility companies such as Pepco face the critical task of readying the grid to respond to new challenges.   [Alsobrooks addresses Democrats in Chicago as she seeks to become Maryland's first Black senator]( "People like me, stories like mine, don't usually make it to the United States Senate. But they should," Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said during her keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. [READ MORE](   [Va. students show slight improvements in test scores, which aren't caught up to pre-COVID levels]( Virginia students made small strides on reading and math standardized tests last spring, but the scores are still below where they were before the pandemic, new state data says. 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[READ MORE](   Insight by Amazon [Amazon launches big expansion of program to provide affordable housing in Northern Virginia]( Amazon has deepened its commitment to affordable housing in Northern Virginia, where new projects are providing homes for workers in the region who often find costs are out of reach.   [Why we don't ‘need to be freaking out' about a new strain of mpox]( The World Health Organization last week issued a public health emergency over a new strain of mpox, which is spreading in several African countries. [READ MORE](   [Fairfax Co. reports most single-year whooping cough cases in over a decade]( The dozens of cases so far in 2024 are about four times the average number of cases that Fairfax County reported in the previous five years, epidemiologist Alex Seifert said. 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