What's that smell? DC-area residents report smoke odor - Tuesday, March 28, 2023 - Top News from WTOP

TOP NEWS | March 28, 2023 [Web version](   [What could be causing a weird odor across the DC region?]( Reports of smoke and the smell of rubber inundated fire department call centers in Southern Maryland and D.C. on Monday. [READ MORE](   [Dan Snyder's future a hot topic at NFL owners meetings]( Dan Snyder's future in the NFL as owner of the Washington Commanders remains in standby mode while his peers gathered at a posh resort for the league's annual meetings and waited for news on the potential sale of the team. [READ MORE](   ADVERTISEMENT [FVCbank. Success Has a Bank.]( FVCbank has been serving Virginia and Maryland residents business banking and personal banking services since 2007. Open an account with us today!   [Man accused of stabbing Senate staffer in DC was released from prison a day earlier]( A U.S. Senate staffer working for Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was attacked by a man with a knife on Saturday as he was leaving a D.C. restaurant. [READ MORE](   [One-time DC drug kingpin free and with a new job, takes time to appreciate the small things]( It's the simple pleasures in life that matter the most to Tony Lewis, Sr., a former drug kingpin freed after 34 years in federal prison. [READ MORE](   Sponsored by Trend Micro [DoD Cloud Exchange 2023: Trend Micro's David Abramowitz on protecting hybrid infrastructure through a single enterprise view]( “If you think of a security solution as the car, threat intelligence is the engine,” says Trend Micro's David Abramowitz. And that intelligence depends on enterprise visibility, he explains during the DoD Cloud Exchange.   [Butler pledges to lead Maryland State Police into ‘new era']( Acting Maryland State Police Superintendent Roland Butler told lawmakers Monday he is committed to moving the agency "into a new era." [READ MORE](   [Senate panel seeks independent state agency to oversee recreational cannabis]( The Maryland Senate Finance Committee approved a heavily amended bill to regulate Maryland's soon-to-be legalized cannabis industry Monday evening, setting up a showdown with the House of Delegates over some of the language. [READ MORE](   SPONSORED CONTENT [How a private investment firm CEO, lawyer team up to help small businesses thrive]( Mauloa doesn't follow the typical private equity path: find a business, invest and restructure, then sell. Instead, it partners with small business founders to foster success - no leadership gutting and no set timeline.   [Maryland women fall to South Carolina in Elite 8]( Aliyah Boston had 22 points and 10 rebounds and top-seeded South Carolina used its smothering defense to stop Maryland 86-75 Monday night and reach its third straight Final Four. [READ MORE](   [No deal on reopening White's Ferry as owner plans to sell to Montgomery Co.]( The current owner of the now-shut-down historic White's Ferry says he's "run out of options" to resume ferry service across the Potomac River, from Maryland to Virginia, and now plans to sell the operation to Montgomery County. [READ MORE](   Sponsored by Splunk [DoD Cloud Exchange 2023: Splunk's Juliana Vida on overcoming cultural barriers to transformation]( As a former Navy IT leader and helicopter pilot, Splunk's Juliana Vida well knows the hurdles to change at DoD. During the DoD Cloud Exchange, she shares thoughts on how to implement technology that can help personnel do their jobs better and faster.   [Fairfax Co. woman sentenced to 78 years for 2018 shooting, killing of two daughters]( A Fairfax County jury on Monday sentenced a woman to 78 years in prison, for the shooting and killing of her two daughters at their McLean home in 2018. 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