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What���s open, closed on Indigenous Peoples-Columbus Day 2024 in DC area 10/13/2024 02:19pm • There will be some closures and adjustments in the D.C. area on Monday, Oct. 14, as the country commemorates Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day. In 1937, Congress and President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated Columbus Day ��� the second Monday in October ��� as a national holiday to commemo Supreme Court clears the way for vote on Harborplace redevelopment 10/12/2024 10:46am • Baltimore City officials can count any votes cast for Question F, the city ballot question that could allow for the redevelopment of Harborplace. The Supreme Court of Maryland on Thursday ended weeks of uncertainty and reversed a September ruling by an Anne Arundel County judge that would have pr Workgroup���s report calls for doing away with contested elections of circuit judges 10/12/2024 10:40am • After years of study, a judicial workgroup is recommending that Maryland do away with contested elections for its 175 circuit court judges, saying the process presents ethical problems and poses a risk to judges��� safety in the current political atmosphere. Instead of standing for reelection eve Marital rape is still not outlawed in India. Changing that would be ���excessively harsh,��� government argues 10/12/2024 08:00am • New Delhi (CNN) ��� Criminalizing marital rape would be ���excessively harsh,��� the Indian government has said, in a blow to campaigners ahead of a long-awaited Supreme Court decision that will affect hundreds of millions of people in India for generations. In India, it is not considered rape if Election officials in southern states are grappling with fallout from dual hurricanes 10/12/2024 07:00am • (CNN) ��� Powerful hurricanes that wreaked havoc on wide swaths of the southeast have��election officials facing the dim reality that some ballots may be lost in the mail. While in many cases there are remedies to solve the problem, it���s part of the��complicated preparations for the upcoming ge Noisy neighbors, other loud nuisances has Prince George���s Co. ready to tighten its rules 10/11/2024 05:16pm • No one likes a noisy neighbor, or excessive noise that comes from people loudly passing their way past one's property. But the laws surrounding noise in Prince George���s County, Maryland, have become somewhat outdated, with the current state laws stronger than the county's rules. After some inci 'It was yipping and howling': Residents startled at coyote sightings in Northern Virginia town 10/11/2024 03:57pm • Residents in one part of Fairfax County, Virginia, are seeing coyotes in their neighborhood. The most recent sighting was near Southside Park in Vienna on Thursday. Deanna Busteed, who was out walking her dog, said her neighbor saw a coyote Thursday night. "She lives on Plumb Street and it bac How octopuses inspired Virginia Tech researchers to create new type of adhesive 10/11/2024 03:20pm • Using mechanisms inspired by nature, Virginia Tech researchers have created a new adhesive based on the shape of octopus suckers. "We're really interested in trying to grab on quickly, and release easily from wet or submerged objects," said Virginia Tech Associate Professor Michael Bartlett. PHOTOS: Northern Lights glow over DC region ��� and show might still go on Friday 10/11/2024 08:34am • Here we go again, and so soon! Aurora finally lit up Virginia skies earlier this week, which was a bit later than had been predicted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center. Some incredible auroras shined across the D.C. region on Thursday and there Does the punishment fit the crime? Purcellville police seek new distracted driving charge 10/11/2024 07:38am • A major goal of the American judicial system is that the punishment should fit the crime ��� the police chief of Purcellville, Virginia, wants to make sure that tenet applies to drivers. "The state code does not provide us the ability to charge a driver with failure to pay full-time attention," P Data Doctors: How to remotely sign out of streaming apps 10/11/2024 05:36am • Q: I recently rented a home and used several of my streaming accounts on their TV and forgot to log out. Do I need to change all my passwords? A: If you���ve stayed in a rental home, hotel room or Airbnb that provides streaming options, you���ve likely seen accounts from previous guests still log Most Metrobus riders don���t pay their fares. Will a local government incentive help? 10/11/2024 04:40am • According to the transit agency, seven in 10 people are not paying their fares when riding Metrobus, despite the service seeing spikes in ridership after the pandemic. D.C., Maryland and Virginia all pay a piece of the Metro funding pie, and a more than two-decades-old formula determines how big 5 ways a Donald Trump presidency could impact retirees 10/10/2024 08:00pm • Former President Donald Trump hopes voters will return him to the White House next year. If successful, the Republican presidential nominee could carry into office policies affecting retirees nationwide. "This country doesn't have an income problem," says Grant Cardone, equity fund manager and CE Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema on 25 years of dining undercover 10/10/2024 07:55pm • For nearly 25 years, Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema has been helping people in the D.C. region decide where they���ll dine out with his honest reviews. From lavish sit-down restaurants to hole-in-the-wall spots, he���s secretly reviewed hundreds of restaurants. ���I was taking notes und Loudoun Co. approves plan to allow students to carry Narcan at school 10/10/2024 07:20pm • Students in Loudoun County, Virginia, will now be able to carry naloxone in their backpacks, as part of an update to the school district���s student medication policy approved this week. The change will allow students who have received training, and whose parents have signed off, to carry the ove