Amazon Prime $2.5 billion settlement: Here's how to claim a refund

The tech company has started sending payments to eligible customers to receive a portion of the settlement. Here’s what you need to know.

Disney unveils plans for new $5 million park coming to California next year

The park will be revitalized by Disney’s Imagineers and is anticipated to reopen in 2026 with a new community center and an enhanced playground.

Families pack school board meeting over MCPS boundary changes

Dozens of families spoke out about proposed boundary changes at a Montgomery County School Board meeting Thursday night as the school board voted to approve the district’s proposed $2.7 billion capital improvement plan.

Community members urge Montgomery County leadership to rebuild Wootton High School

Community members are urging Montgomery County officials to rebuild Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville. The renewed request comes ahead of an important vote scheduled for later this week.

2-alarm fire at Prince George’s County industrial yard disrupts rail traffic across DC region

Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze at a Prince George’s County industrial yard early Monday, sending smoke and flames into the air and disrupting rail service across the D.C. region.

Report finds MCPS spent $1M without Board of Education approval

Just one month after Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Thomas Taylor says the system is running out of money, the Office of Inspector General says MCPS violated state law spending some of the money they have left.

On Red Cup Day, Starbucks workers vote to strike in 45 cities

Starbucks employees held walkouts at dozens of stores nationwide on Thursday to disrupt the company’s Red Cup Day.

2 moms suing PGCPS after students allegedly tied to chairs with bungee cords

Two mothers in Prince George’s County are suing the public school system after a teacher allegedly tied their first-graders to chairs using bungee cords. 

Woman found dead at Disney’s Pop Century Resort in fourth tragic incident in a month

A woman in her 40s died Sunday after being taken from Disney’s Pop Century Resort in Florida to a nearby hospital, marking the latest in a string of deaths at Walt Disney World in recent weeks, reports say.

DC man’s lawyers say MPD hid details of federal agent shooting

Lawyers for a D.C. man shot at by a federal agent during a traffic stop earlier this month are demanding answers and transparency from police and the mayor’s office — also claiming there was a cover-up of the shooting.

Amazon cutting 14,000 jobs amid company's investment in AI

The job cuts at Amazon were announced Tuesday and account for 4% of the online retail company’s corporate workforce.

Facebook settlement payments coming soon: Here’s what to know

Facebook users are starting to receive payouts from a $725M settlement over claims the platform misused personal data. Here’s how much you could get and when.

Amazon Web Services global outage 'resolved' after disruption, company says

The company said that while the issue has been resolved, some services may experience a backlog of messages while it works to process them over the next few hours.

Amazon Web Services outage disrupts global platforms, apps

A major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage early Monday disrupted major platforms including Snapchat, Roblox, Robinhood, and Coinbase.

Amazon to hire 250,000 workers during holidays

The company has a variety of jobs available for the holiday season and here’s how you can apply.

Amazon plans to cut 15% of workforce in new round of layoffs

The job cuts were announced as the tech giant shifts its focus to AI products related to business operations.