Have your umbrella ready for the evening commute - Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - Top News from WTOP

TOP NEWS | September 17, 2024 [Web version](   Good morning! Prepare for a wet commute during your afternoon and evening plans: the remnants of a tropical system plans to bring [rain and breezy conditions to the D.C. area.]( The rain will continue on Wednesday and may be heavy at times. Stay dry! All eyes will be on D.C. when the council reconvenes Tuesday morning. It will be the first time Ward 8 Council member Trayon White Sr. [joins his fellow council members]( since being indicted by a federal grand jury. Pop star Meghan Trainor returns to the D.C. region with her “Timeless” tour at Jiffy Lube Live in Virginia. [WTOP’s Jason Fraley spoke to her]( about her love of T-Pain, the inspiration for her No. 1 smash hit  “All About That Bass,” and working with TikTok guru and Maryland native Chris Olsen. -José Umaña, Digital Editor [Claws and Effect: Who's to blame for the blue crabs' disappearance?]( In part 2 of its Claws and Effect series, WTOP examines the competition the Chesapeake Bay blue crab faces under the water and how its population can improve in the future. [READ MORE](   [Trial for missing Manassas Park mother's husband to begin in December]( After disagreements between prosecutors and the defense, a trial date was set for a Manassas Park husband accused of concealing the body of his wife, who has not been seen since July. [READ MORE](   INSIGHT BY EAGLEBANK [Small Business September: How DC nonprofit continues to expand services to domestic violence victims]( “I always tell folks is … as much as the nonprofit is in the business of doing good work, we also are a business,” says DASH CEO Koube Ngaaje. It has partnered with EagleBank to continue to add safe housing options across the district.   [Husband charged in 2023 double homicide of wife, man in alleged plot with au pair]( Brendan Banfield has been charged with murder in both killings, nearly a year after the couple's au pair was charged with shooting the man to death. [READ MORE](   [Explore the hidden pop culture archive inside the National Museum of American History]( In today's episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP's Matt Kaufax got a rare look into entertainment history that hardly anyone else gets to experience. [READ MORE](   Insight by Greater Washington Board of Trade [Small Business September: Do you need financial support launching or growing your small business?]( You can find it locally from the Greater Washington Board of Trade and the Washington Area Community Investment Funde. Our Business Reporter Jeff Clabaugh talks with BOT CEO Jack McDougle and WACIF CEO Shannon Herbert.   [Swimming, surfing off-limits at many Md., Va. beaches while probe, cleanup of medical waste occurs]( “The stuff has to stop arriving on the beach and then we have to do a thorough cleanup of the main swimming areas before we can reopen,” said Hugh Hawthorne, the superintendent of Assateague Island National Seashore. [READ MORE](   [New Prince George's Co. schools' watchdog admits he's not popular, getting resistance from those he's overseeing]( Prince George's County Public Schools has a new watchdog to dig into the waste, fraud and abuse within the school system plagued by scandals and corruption. [READ MORE](   INSIGHT BY ADOBE [Workplace Reimagined: Predictive systems help agencies improve their employees' work lives, deliver better CX]( People can better service the public when their own work processes are efficient and when they can interact easily with employment-related services, notes Adobe's Brian Chidester. “It's foundational.”   [Report: Police stops of Black people in DC ‘grossly disproportionate to their representation in the population']( Between January 2022 and December 2023, Black people accounted for more than 70% of people stopped by police in D.C., according to a report. [READ MORE](   [DC police union calls for city's violence interruption programs to be ‘shut down' and examined]( “We're asking that these programs get shut down until someone can investigate and get to the bottom of whether or not they're operating appropriately,” union chairman Gregg Pemberton told WTOP. [READ MORE](   Insight by George Washington University Hospital [Tackling pulmonary hypertension]( Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, MSc at GW Medicine discusses pulmonary hypertension and how GW Hospital can help patients with this condition.   [‘Retail therapy' sounds innocuous. Here are signs you're addicted to shopping]( While many of us acknowledge indulging in some "retail therapy," occasionally, mental health experts say compulsive spending is a serious concern. [READ MORE](   [From Roberto Clemente to Rooney Mara, AFI Latin American Film Fest returns to AFI Silver Theatre]( The 35th annual AFI Latin American Film Festival returns to the historic AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring from Sept. 19 through Oct. 10. [READ MORE](   Insight by FEBA [How to maximize your TSP | Register now]( How can you maximize every bit of your Thrift Savings Plan? 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