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Top 10 2022 Voting 05/31/2022 10:57am • window.twttr=function(t,e,r){var n,i=t.getElementsByTagName(e),w=window.twttr||{};return t.getElementById(r)?w:((n=t.createElement(e)).id=r,n.src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",i.parentNode.insertBefore(n,i),w._e=[],w.ready=function(t){w._e.push(t)},w)}(document,"script","twitter-wjs" Shopping mortgage rates won't hurt your credit score 05/31/2022 10:35am • With mortgage rates quickly rising, it pays for homebuyers to shop lenders for the best mortgage rates. But some people fear it will hurt their credit scores. But a LendingTree survey of recent buyers found more than half — 56% — said they did not compare offers from multiple lenders. Why not Research addresses equity in DC's walkability 05/31/2022 09:45am • New research suggests that improving how walkable D.C. is would require more than adding sidewalks and access to transportation around town. The Urban Institute's new report on walkability argued that exposure to noise and air pollution, how close someone is to schools, jobs and hospitals and few Alexandria City High School to operate on 'modified return' starting Tuesday 05/30/2022 07:49pm • Editor's Note:  Alexandria City High School will operate on a modified return. This story has been updated.  Not all students at Alexandria City High School will return to in-person learning starting Tuesday. The Northern Virginia high school will operate on a "modified return" amid the ongo 2022 NBA Draft: Could Blake Wesley be worth the wait for Wizards at guard? 05/30/2022 02:44pm • Could Blake Wesley be worth the wait for Wizards? originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Washington Wizards have the 10th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. Here is the latest in our series on draft prospects who could fall around where the Wizards will select...2022 NBA Draft Wizards Hot start to Memorial Day for the DC area 05/30/2022 09:35am • After a mild and pleasant holiday weekend, temperatures on Memorial Day are looking to ramp up into the 90s. The National Weather Service says that the next three days look to be incredibly sunny and dry, with above normal temperatures likely. High pressure will build into the region through t Memorial Day 2022: What's open, what's closed 05/30/2022 04:43am • Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 30, this year, bringing various closings and service disruptions to the D.C. region that residents might want to be aware of. Apart from the usual closures during a federal holiday — public school districts, the U.S. Postal Service, banks and federal courts — Major funding dedicated to new sports complex, revamped facilities in DC 05/29/2022 10:08am • From summer programs to renovated recreational centers and a brand new sports complex, there will be new or upgraded facilities coming to all eight wards in the District. It's part of a $365 million investment expected to happen over the next six years within Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget for Fisc What can Australia teach us about guns and gun control? 05/29/2022 10:00am • Carolyn Loughton flung herself on top of her daughter when a gunman with a high-powered rifle opened fire on a group of tourists in Australia, but it was not enough to save Sarah's life. The shooting, in a café in the Tasmanian town of Port Arthur in April 1996, resulted in 35 people killed, an Protecting our national parks from overcrowding 05/29/2022 09:11am • At Arches National Park in southern Utah, Memorial Day Weekend is typically the busiest weekend of the year. "All of the parking lots would be full; there'd be bumper-to-bumper traffic all along the road," said Kaitlin Thomas, the public affairs specialist for Arches. "So, it just was a terri Maryland men's lacrosse one win from undefeated championship season 05/28/2022 09:05pm • Terps lacrosse one win from undefeated championship season originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Maryland men's lacrosse team is one victory away from joining an exclusive, unbeaten club. The top-seeded Terps defeated No. 5 Princeton 13-8 in the semifinals Saturday to move within one Harris calls for assault weapons ban after back-to-back mass shootings 05/28/2022 04:16pm • Vice President Kamala Harris called for an assault weapons ban Saturday, saying that in the wake of two back-to-back mass shootings such arms are "a weapon of war" with "no place in a civil society." "On the issue of gun violence, I will say, as I've said countless times, we are not sitting aroun 2022 NBA Draft: Former coach breaks down Bennedict Mathurin, Dyson Daniels, other prospects 05/28/2022 04:05pm •  Former college coach, NBA analyst scouts top draft prospects originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington With the 10th overall pick in the draft, the Wizards are going to select a player who has at least some degree of questions surrounding their future and what they can ultimately become Sunny Saturday, chance of showers for DC area's Memorial Day weekend 05/28/2022 08:54am • Saturday afternoon could bring an isolated storm but Memorial Day weekend's weather won't be a total wash in the D.C. area. Here's what you need to know for your weekend: The risk for a shower or storm returns Saturday afternoon. Sunday and Monday are sunny, dry and hot. Phone alarms w No barking orders: Retired Virginia military dog gets Memorial Day off 05/28/2022 06:36am • This Memorial Day will be the first one 9-year-old German shepherd Ramos isn't working. Ramos, who lives with his handler and family in the Tysons Corner area of Virginia, retired last November after a little more than eight years with the Air Force of service as a military working dog.