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DC coffee shop owner caught on camera telling delivery driver to 'learn English' 09/18/2024 08:14pm • An Uber Eats delivery driver from Venezuela is calling for justice after he claims he was berated and assaulted by a D.C. coffee shop owner. On Monday morning, delivery driver Gregorio José Amundarain Lávate said the encounter began when he went to Canna Coffee on Florida Avenue in Northwes Has your child seen an Instagram post warning of a school shooting? It could have been created hundreds of miles away 09/18/2024 05:30pm • If your kid is on Instagram, they may have already seen threats made online about their school or one nearby. On Wednesday, Keisha Taylor’s son took a picture of one such post that was on his friend’s phone. It included a close-up image of a handgun and warned that three schools: Central High Acquitted of perjury, longtime Loudoun Co. schools spokesman has new book on school 'culture war' 09/17/2024 05:21pm • He spent 20 years as the spokesman for Loudoun County Public Schools and then found himself at the center of a national controversy — and a felony perjury trial — over the school system's handling of two sexual assaults by the same student. Now, Wayde Byard, who was acquitted last year in hi What happens when your HOA goes rogue? There’s a new solution in Prince George’s County 09/17/2024 04:40pm • What happens when your homeowners association ignores its own rules? In Prince George’s County, the answer is: Nothing. You can try to take it to court and watch the fees you pay get used against you while you also pay for your own lawyer; but beyond that, residents have had no recourse, until Claws and Effect: Who's to blame for the blue crabs' disappearance? 09/17/2024 04:50am • The seafood industry around the waters and tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay has seen better days, but it’s also had worse days. While things have rebounded to some degree in recent years, there are increasing concerns about what the future might hold. Those concerns exist within the Maryland D New Prince George's Co. schools' watchdog admits he’s not popular, getting resistance from those he’s overseeing 09/16/2024 05:10pm • Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland has a new office of Integrity and Compliance. But while school offices are in Upper Marlboro, the new I&C officer Frank Turner's office is in Largo, an indication of the independence he intends to show as he digs into waste, fraud and abuse wi Montgomery County parents ask Supreme Court to review use of LGBTQ books in lower grades 09/16/2024 01:06pm • A group of Montgomery County parents has asked the Supreme Court to review the school system’s refusal to let them opt their children out of classes that use LGBTQ+ books in lower elementary school grades. The petition, filed last week, claims the school system’s refusal to let parents When walking for health, why not 'walk with a doc?' 09/16/2024 11:30am • If you enjoy walking with a group, wouldn't it be great to have a doctor walking with you? Dr. Asha Subramanian, a family physician, leads the nonprofit Walk With A Doc program in Wheaton, Maryland. The group meets the third Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. during warmer months, and 10 a.m. durin 'Bronze doesn't talk': Artist unveils 58-foot World War I sculpture in DC 09/14/2024 09:10pm • Hundreds of people gathered along Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest D.C. Friday for the unveiling of a nearly 60-foot sculpture wall honoring those who served in World War I. "It feels amazing to be here. … They invited me to be sort of like a mascot of the project, and I couldn't be prouder Maryland candidates join Congressional Black Caucus conference, work to double number of Black women in US Senate 09/14/2024 08:39pm • Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) said she understood the significance of math when she walked into the U.S. Senate chamber last year as just the third Black woman and 12th Black person ever to serve in the chamber. Butler, who will step down when her term expires in January, said the number of ele Prince William Co. high schoolers successfully lobby state to make Unified PE count toward graduation 09/13/2024 08:20pm • Kristen Misencik's third-period class at Colgan High School in Manassas, Virginia, usually opens with a greeting. The 30 students are so excited to see each other that they exchange high fives, fist bumps and hugs. Then, she takes attendance. That's sometimes followed by a dance, and the stude British Airways boosts Dulles to London route to 21 flights per week 09/13/2024 09:56am • British Airways will operate a record number of flights to North America next summer, including seven additional weekly flights from Dulles Airport to London's Heathrow Airport. British Airways currently operates 14 weekly flights from Dulles to London. Several airlines operate nonstop rou Prison time for 2 DC officers convicted in fatal chase of scooter driver 09/12/2024 06:55pm • A D.C. police officer was sentenced Thursday to 5 and 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of a man who was struck and killed during a police chase in October 2020. At a trial in late 2022, Officer Terence Sutton, 40, was found guilty of second-degree mur 'You are my forever hero': Community mourns fallen DC officer killed in accidental shooting 09/12/2024 04:12pm • Friends, family and hundreds of police officers gathered Thursday to remember D.C. police officer Wayne David, who died last month while trying to retrieve a gun that accidentally fired. On Aug. 28, David, a 25-year veteran of D.C.'s police force, was trying to recover a gun that a man officers 'Way Down We Go' from Iceland to DC as Kaleo brings blues-rock gold to The Anthem 09/12/2024 03:42pm • They've racked up four billion streams worldwide with a deliciously throwback blues-rock sound. Now, the pride of Iceland comes to the heart of America as Kaleo rocks The Anthem in D.C. on Monday, Sept. 16. "I'm pretty sure this is our second time," Frontman Jökull Júlíusson told WTOP. "We