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Understanding bank runs, failures and delayed paychecks

Compass Coffee baristas kept the caffeine flowing this week, but their paychecks froze after the DC start-up’s bank – Silicon Valley Bank – failed on March 10th. A spokesman from the local coffee house says all employees got their wages by March 13th after the federal government stepped in to backstop all the money deposited…

News from the Crabby Coffee Shop: Adventure Updates and Winter Survival

KO updates the crabbies on some show favorites who are out exploring all that the world has to offer! We also found another poor animal high on cocaine and discuss an elderly gentleman who was trapped in the show. Kenny also previews (Kennedy Swan) a part of next week cast.  Learn more about your ad…

Understanding bank runs, failures and delayed paychecks

Compass Coffee baristas kept the caffeine flowing this week, but their paychecks froze after the DC startup’s bank – Silicon Valley Bank – failed on March 10. A spokesman from the local coffee house said all employees got their wages by March 13 after the federal government stepped in to backstop all the money deposited…

Breaking down the NCAA basketball brackets and Commanders free agency

Welcome to the madness of March! The WTOP Sports team breaks down the brackets for the men’s and women’s NCAA tournament, including Final Four predictions and how far to expect Maryland and the other schools of local interest to go. Also inside the D.C. Sports Huddle presented by MGM National Harbor: The Commanders opened free…

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with D.C. author and American University professor Dolen Perkins-Valdez, who just earned an NAACP Image Literary Award for her harrowing novel “Take My Hand.” It explores the tragic true story of the Relf sisters, who were sterilized by a federally-funded family-planning clinic in Montgomery, Alabama in 1973. (Theme Music: Scott…

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with D.C. author and American University professor Dolen Perkins-Valdez, who just earned an NAACP Image Literary Award for her harrowing novel “Take My Hand.” It explores the tragic true story of the Relf sisters, who were sterilized by a federally-funded family-planning clinic in Montgomery, Alabama in 1973. (Theme Music: Scott…