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DC high-schooler wins national Doodle for Google competition with portrait of 'super chaotic' family dinners 06/27/2024 01:14pm • Maisie Derlega sent her Google doodle with the following prompt response: “Every Sunday night is filled with chaos, laughter, and the smell of food in my household. The standing invitation goes to any friends and family in the area. As my life grows and changes, my wish for the next 25 years is t Gas, electric costs for most Maryland customers have skyrocketed since 2010, report finds 06/27/2024 11:20am • Some of Maryland's largest utilities have hiked their rates by multiples of two or three since 2010, far outpacing the rate of inflation, according to a new report. The Office of the People's Counsel, which acts as a utility watchdog group in the state, said customers served by subsidiaries of Ex Hogan lays out five-point economic agenda for Senate race that echoes positions as Md. governor 06/27/2024 08:00am • Republican U.S. Senate nominee Larry Hogan vowed to take his anti-tax, pro-business approach as governor to the Senate, during a campaign stop Wednesday near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Hogan promoted a five-point platform — some of which mimics his policies as governor — including lowering ta Va. library might be getting a name change after community outcry over current 'very racist president' name 06/27/2024 06:50am • The Woodrow Wilson Library in Falls Church, Virginia, may be getting a new name soon. After community feedback suggesting that the name doesn't represent the area's values, the Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees is considering the change. In March, a committee was established to i Same seat, new surface: Metro goes from cloth to vinyl bus seats 06/26/2024 07:54pm • It's been in the works for a while, and WMATA announced this week it's moving ahead with plans to shift the current cloth seats on its buses to easy-to-clean vinyl seats on its entire fleet. So far, 40 buses have the new look and feel. WTOP asked some riders if the seat surface was ever an iss Authorities in DC investigating possible criminal behavior tied to former deputy mayor 06/26/2024 04:06pm • Some D.C. government agencies may not be in compliance with the city's new sexual harassment policy, which was updated after Mayor Muriel Bowser's former chief of staff faced multiple sexual harassment allegations, Council member Brianne Nadeau said Wednesday. During an hourslong hearing on the s Smithsonian Folklife Festival returns to DC with lacrosse, skateboarding and dancing 06/26/2024 03:17pm • The Smithsonian Folklife Festival has been an annual tradition in the nation's capital since the late 1960s. This year, it will be held at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian from June 26 to July 1. "The Folklife Festival started in 1967, it was meant to be a two-day eve Seniors get healthy deliveries from DC Central Kitchen, DoorDash 06/26/2024 03:15pm • For the first 33 years it prepared meals for food insecure people in the nation's capital, DC Central Kitchen knew it wasn't providing scratch-cooked meals to everyone who needed them. "We could never quite reach seniors who were homebound, who were isolated, because we delivered meals in big ref DC Power FC's co-owner explains new rebrand, building roster before inaugural season 06/26/2024 02:10pm • Before D.C.'s second professional women's soccer team hits the pitch on Aug. 17, it already has made massive changes in its identity. DC Power FC, one of eight teams set to play in the inaugural season of the USL Super League, has decided to change its team colors and main crest less than two mon Loudoun Co. school board passes tighter student cellphone policy, set to start this fall 06/26/2024 10:09am • When public school students return to classes in Loudoun County, Virginia, this fall a new, tighter cellphone policy will be in place, which could also affect how parents communicate with their children during the school day. The Loudoun County School Board approved a new policy Tuesday that deta Virginia commission lifts ban on winter dredging for blue crabs; opponents of decision snap back 06/26/2024 08:29am • The Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) voted to lift a ban on dredging for blue crabs in the winter in a 5-4 vote on Tuesday. The process, which involves towing a "half-inch nylon mesh liner" along the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay according to Maryland's Department of Natural Resources, 'An already sparse calendar': Some Fairfax Co. parents frustrated with extra elementary early release days 06/26/2024 04:54am • During a community meeting Tuesday, about a dozen Fairfax County parents and community members told the leader of Virginia’s largest school district that the decision to add extra elementary school early release days next year is disruptive and will impact their students’ learning. The meetin Johns Hopkins surgeon says US surgeon general's declaration that gun violence is a public health crisis is 'historic' 06/25/2024 08:05pm • The notion of treating gun violence as a public health issue is not new, but it's got a much broader platform with the declaration by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy that the country is experiencing a public health crisis as a result. Dr. Joseph Sakran is the executive vice chair of surgery One-way traffic, bus lane could be coming to access road near Bradlee Shopping Center 06/25/2024 06:50pm • Bike lanes, one-way traffic and a dedicated bus lane could be coming to a stretch of the access road near the Bradlee Shopping Center in Alexandria, Virginia. After months of data analysis, brainstorming and community engagement, Sara Brandt-Vorel, the city's transportation capital project manage Loudoun County man charged in 2021 hammer death of wife set to plead guilty 06/25/2024 09:33am • A Loudoun County, Virginia, man charged with using a hammer to kill his estranged wife in November 2021 is set to plead guilty in her death, according to court records. Prosecutors have said Peter Lollobrigido, 52, of Sterling, was awaiting trial for strangling 44-year-old Regina Redman-Lollobrig