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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 Metro fare changes go into effect this weekend 06/25/2024 08:14am • Ahead of a travel-heavy week, Metro fares will go up this Sunday. After passing a $4.8 billion budget in April, the transit system said fare increases ��� up 12.5% ��� will help bring in more revenue. In a news release, Metro said the fare increases "will help keep fares in line with cost of l Analyst: Gas prices should plateau or decrease through the rest of the year 06/24/2024 10:21pm • Gas prices are currently down compared to the same time last year, and experts predict they will likely continue to plateau through the rest of the year. The current national average for a gallon of regular gas is about $3.40, according to AAA. Last year around this time, the average was nearl A few dates ended up costing a local woman $50K ��� and trauma for years 06/24/2024 10:00pm • Plenty of people have gone out with someone a few times, only to figure out the relationship wasn���t for them. Most of the time, those involved move on. But a local woman���s attempts to do just that were met with a barrage of spoofed calls, texts and emails ��� both to her and her loved ones �� At this Va. abortion clinic, abortion is illegal right down the road 06/24/2024 05:22pm • Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively striking down the nationwide right to an abortion, the law surrounding abortion services in Bristol, Virginia, has become unique, to say the least. Bristol is a city that includes portions of both Virginia and Tennessee. Whi DC launches drone program, new police helicopter 06/24/2024 02:59pm • D.C.���s mayor and police chief believe a key to ���driving down crime��� involves new airborne technology, which was unveiled Monday morning. The District���s new $6.2 million Airbus H-125 helicopter took a test flight from the D.C. police heliport, a few hundred yards from Audi Field, in So Two years after Dobbs: How Maryland fits in the shifting landscape of abortion access 06/24/2024 11:29am • Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court upended 50 years of abortion law with its Dobbs decision, Maryland has reaffirmed its position as an abortion-friendly state while other states have restricted or banned the procedure outright. Providers in Maryland say they have seen an increase in patients