New area code in Maryland, who's dis? - Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - Top News from WTOP

TOP NEWS | June 06, 2023 [Web version](   [Marylanders could soon be calling from an unfamiliar area code]( The new 227 area code will serve parts of Aspen Hill, Bethesda, Bowie, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Potomac, Silver Spring, Waldorf, Wheaton and other smaller communities. [READ MORE](   [Virginia plane crash investigators ask when pilot became unresponsive and why aircraft flew its path]( Investigators will consider several factors in the crash probe, including the plane, its engines, weather conditions, pilot qualifications and maintenance records. A preliminary report will be released in 10 days. [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!   [What is a sonic boom? And other questions about the drama above DC airspace]( Many thought it was an earthquake, an explosion - or something worse. After the loud rumble caused by fighter jets, WTOP's newsroom and social media was flooded with messages from concerned listeners. [READ MORE](   [DC bill aims to require health insurers to cover costly fertility treatments]( The proposed bill requires both private insurers, as well as Medicaid and the DC Health Alliance, to cover the diagnosis and treatment of infertility, which is found to be especially cost-prohibitive to families of color. [READ MORE](   Sponsored by EY [HHS's ASPR applying pandemic lessons to better manage healthcare supply chain]( Arlene Joyner, the deputy assistant secretary and director of the Office of Industrial Base Management and Supply Chain for the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services, said data initiatives are helping understand where supply chain shortages are happening.   [‘We need to make sure that they're nourished': Free breakfast program expanding in Md. schools this fall]( A decades-old program that offers free breakfast to impoverished students in schools will expand with a multi-mullion dollar funding increase signed by Gov. Wes Moore. [READ MORE](   [Escapology brings 8 high-tech escape rooms to National Harbor]( The escape rooms at Maryland's National Harbor location include an Indiana Jones run, a "Mansion Murder" and a pirate ship, as well as Warner Bros.-themed rooms such as "Batman" and "Scooby-Doo." 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[READ MORE](   Sponsored by Cyxtera [Agencies shifting into optimized ‘Cloud Choice' era of modernization]( Brad Scyrkels, Cyxtera's public sector vice president and general manager, said government customers are looking for cloud choice, after following the Office of Management and Budget's Cloud First and Cloud Smart strategies.   [New survey hopes to improve policing in Fairfax County]( Fairfax police hope the answers collected in a new online poll can be used to inform policy and how the department uses its resources. [READ MORE](   [Woman was killed, dismembered by daughter and granddaughter, prosecutors say]( "To say it's disturbing is an understatement," said Prince George's County State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy. "It's horrifying." [READ MORE](   SPONSORED CONTENT [What your nails may be telling you about other health conditions]( A lurking health condition may be at your fingertips - literally. Your nails can provide clues to other health conditions, and specialists at MedStar Washington Hospital Center can help with treating and diagnosing fingernail and toenail conditions.   [Tony-winning musical smash ‘Hadestown' takes DC to ‘hell and back' at National Theatre]( "Come see how the world can be!" The acclaimed musical “Hadestown” hits D.C.'s National Theatre through June 18. 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