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DC area fares well in ranking of healthiest communities 03/26/2019 12:14am • Falls Church City, Virginia, fell out of the top spot, but Virginia and Maryland still grabbed a lot of high rankings in U.S. News and World Report’s second annual list of the country's healthiest communities. While Falls Church City dropped to third — behind top-ranked Douglas County, Colora Md. college student wins nonprofit's Global Citizen Award 03/24/2019 01:53pm • When a college student from Clinton, Maryland, spent a semester in South Africa, she expected to teach English and share American culture with her students through an African-American lens. Instead, Breana Ross' journey left her with a mindset shift, and an award from her study abroad program. Lab or golden retriever? In DC, the most popular dog breed is … 03/21/2019 10:04am • The American Kennel Club's annual rankings of the most popular AKC-recognized dog breeds are in, and in the District the top dog for 2018 is the Golden Retriever, inching ahead of the Labrador retriever. It is a switch for the top spot. The golden retriever has historically come in second to the Harry Roe Hughes, the unlikely governor: A remembrance by John W. Frece 03/20/2019 07:56am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Though few Marylanders may realize it, their lives are better off today because former Maryland Gov. Harry R. Hughes, who died March 13 Arlington County board amends zoning regulations in bid to make childcare more affordable 03/19/2019 10:10am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, ARLnow.com, and republished with permission. The Arlington County Board has approved zoning rules they hope will help parents afford rising childcare costs by increasing local childcare options. The Board voted unanimously during its Saturday Jack Evans faces reprimand Tuesday by colleagues on DC Council 03/18/2019 10:15am • The D.C. Council is preparing to reprimand one of its own this week. On the docket for a Tuesday meeting is Chairman Phil Mendelson's proposed reprimand of Jack Evans, who's accused of violating the council's code of conduct by using his public office for personal gain. Evans is under fire for us Lyft's SoberRide offers free rides home after St. Patrick's Day fun 03/16/2019 12:25pm • The number of fatal crashes connected to alcohol always spikes on St. Patrick’s Day, and it spikes even higher for the first few hours of March 18. That’s why the Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) is teaming up with Lyft again to offer free rides home so the luck of the Irish doesn†Wine of the week: Virginia Governor's Cup winners 03/15/2019 05:13am • Virginia’s wine industry continues to attract a lot of attention, and not just because the wine country is a beautiful place to visit, but also because there are many very good wines to sample while taking in the scenic views. And judging from the results of the Virginia Governor’s Cup Wine C 3rd Damascus High School student charged in locker room assault was attacked as freshman 03/14/2019 01:16pm • One of the Damascus High School football players accused in the locker room sexual assault of younger students suffered a similar attack a year earlier when he was a freshman, a Montgomery County judge said Thursday. Doctors discovered that the third of four students charged had also been assault Virginia student sent home for wearing hat with Confederate insignia 03/13/2019 02:15pm • CROZET, Va. (AP) — A Virginia high school student has been sent home for wearing a hat bearing a Confederate insignia. News outlets report that the Albemarle County Public Schools spokesman Phil Giaramita said it happened Tuesday, the first day of the school system's new dress code banning hate Why people are getting married at &pizza Thursday 03/13/2019 10:11am • March 14 is International Pi Day, celebrated as such because the first two digits of pi are 3.14, and many pizza chains celebrate Pi Day with specials. D.C.-based &pizza does it a little differently. Since 2016, &pizza has turned a few of its restaurant locations into wedding venues, a Riders on all Metro lines slowed St. Patrick's Day weekend 03/12/2019 03:03pm • Single tracking slows riders on all lines St. Patrick's Day weekend, with the most significant delays scheduled on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines. Blue, Orange and Silver line trains are scheduled every 24 minutes each Saturday and Sunday with single tracking through Rosslyn. Silver Line train Md. lawmakers promise funding — now and in the future — at ‘March for Our Schools’ 03/12/2019 06:18am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The sea of red shirts stretched down the boulevard leading to Maryland’s State House, eventually packed in to stretch from the corner of t Uncomfortable at an Arlington bar? There's a code word to get help discreetly 03/11/2019 10:25am • There's a new code-word campaign to reduce sexual assault within the nightlife scene in Arlington County. It's called the "Ask for Angela" campaign. The goal is to give patrons a safe way to ask for help. The program, rolled out last spring, allows restaurant staff to step in when they're approac Conagra Brands recalls microwaveable Chef Boyardee bowls 03/11/2019 08:08am • Conagra Brands, Inc. is recalling 2,871 pounds of microwaveable Chef Boyardee due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The recalled products are 7.5 ounce bowls labeled "rice with chicken & vegetables" that were packaged Jan. 16, 2019. The products were discovered to contain beef ravioli