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Best Mother's Day sales for 2019 05/08/2019 10:30am • There isn't much time left to select the perfect Mother's Day gift. Fortunately, because of expedited shipping, in-store sales and options for picking up online orders in stores, it's still possible for you to get a gift for Mom by May 12. Plus, thanks to stores offering last-minute sales, you have The 5 healthiest cocktail ingredients 05/08/2019 01:00am • Have your cocktail and drink it too. Cheers! Health-conscious drinking is not an oxymoron. Research has linked red wine in particular to heart health benefits, and new research shows that people in a high-intensity interval training program who drank a beer or two with meals benefited just as muc Teen charged in death of man found near Bethesda bus stop; mother-son duo still sought 05/06/2019 04:58pm • Three people are charged with first-degree murder in connection with a man found dead behind a bus stop in Bethesda, Maryland, but only one suspect is in custody. Police are still looking for Jenny Jaimes, 37, and her 17-year-old son, Jose Perdomo-Jaimes, both of College Park. (Courtesy Prince G Car Review: Toyota remakes the large Avalon sedan adding more luxury for 2019 05/06/2019 04:00am • While other car makers are moving away from sedans and into crossovers, Toyota has spent the last few years redoing their car lineup. There has been a fair share of Toyota vehicles hitting my driveway lately and the first to show up is the Avalon sedan. The Toyota Avalon and the Lexus ES350 are s Judge halts Board of Education's attempt to condemn Rockwool land in W.Va. 05/01/2019 07:38pm • A federal judge has ruled that Jefferson County, West Virginia's Board of Education can't move forward — for now — in trying to purchase or condemn the land upon which the controversial Rockwool insulation factory is being built in the city of Ranson. In a two-day hearing, Judge Gina Groh den VIDEO: Fairfax Co. police dispute social media claims woman was slammed to ground during arrest 05/01/2019 05:50am • After three people were arrested at Tysons Corner Center last Thursday, Fairfax County police released surveillance footage from inside the Virginia store to dispute a social media post that claims one of the arrested people was slammed to the ground.  Police said it all happened on Thursday, A Va. high school scores No. 4 nationally in latest US News rankings 04/30/2019 12:10am • Several Maryland and Virginia high schools in Montgomery and Fairfax counties ranked among the nation's best on an annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report. Leading the D.C.-area standouts nationally is Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, which Car Review: 2019 Hyundai Veloster R-Spec is a fun-to-drive 3-door hatch 04/29/2019 04:10am • When you’re shopping for a new ride, there are so many options — but if two doors aren’t enough, and four doors is one too many, there is just one option left. The Hyundai Veloster checks the box for a three-door car, and it comes in a full range of performance levels from 147hp, to a n Pro-Rockwool robocalls oppose 'radical' lawsuit, give out home number of board of education member 04/28/2019 07:33pm • A group supportive of the construction of the controversial Rockwool insulation factory being built in Jefferson County, West Virginia, has used robocalls providing the home number of a Board of Education member, after the Danish-based company filed a federal lawsuit against the board. The ro Video game can detect early stages of Alzheimer's better than tests, researchers say 04/27/2019 01:01pm • Just a few minutes of playing a certain video game could help identify the earliest stages of Alzheimer's in ways existing medical tests can't, researchers have found. A new study used a smartphone app called Sea Hero Quest to monitor how gamers with and without a genetic predisposition to Alzhei Attorney Tim Maloney steps into Anton Black death investigation 04/27/2019 12:49pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Attorney Timothy F. Maloney, one of the most politically plugged-in lawyers in Maryland, has stepped into the Anton Black death investiga Wine of the week: Sushi wines 04/26/2019 05:08am • Spring has fully sprung in Washington and while the cherry blossoms have come and gone, both the pollen count and the tourist tally are on the rise. But the passing of the vernal equinox holds more in store than just the promise of longer days, warmer weather and allergy medicine. It also denotes Boosting male fertility with diet and weight loss 04/25/2019 05:07am • When a couple is having trouble getting pregnant, the focus often turns to a woman's health. But just as men are equal partners in conception, they can be contributors to fertility problems, too. "It's important to appreciate that when you have a couple challenged with infertility, in about 40% t From farm to pharmacy: Ward 8’s Giant Food fills prescriptions for produce 04/25/2019 01:02am • Three weeks ago, Adrienne Dove left her doctor’s appointment at Community of Hope and went to the pharmacy counter at Giant Food on Alabama Avenue in Southeast to fill a prescription. Only instead of pills, the pharmacist handed Dove a coupon for $40 worth of produce every two weeks. “My DC drops charges for 20 Rockwool protesters arrested at Danish embassy 04/24/2019 01:37pm • D.C.'s Office of the Attorney General has dropped charges against 20 people arrested by the Secret Service outside the Danish Embassy on March 28, as they protested the construction of the Rockwool insulation factory in Jefferson County, West Virginia. Opponents to the construction by the Danish-