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From WTOP's Election Desk: DC drop boxes open, and a rough night for Trump 05/27/2022 05:59am • Welcome back to WTOP’s weekly election update! WTOP's team of reporters will keep you informed on the latest through Nov. as primary and election races heat up in the District, Maryland, Virginia and nationwide. Local politics and elections | Nick Iannelli Drop boxes open in DC Voters in the na Weekend Road and Rail: Memorial Day events, Beltway shifts and Metro shutdown 05/27/2022 04:41am • Rolling into a long holiday weekend, most road work is suspended except for a few long-term work zones. This Memorial Day weekend will be the same. There will be a few events to take note of, and changes on Metrorail. Here’s what to expect this weekend. D.C. This Memorial Day weekend will mar Camels in Colorado provide milk alternative: 'It's quite a process' 05/26/2022 01:25pm • People with food allergies and lactose intolerance are always looking for other options to cow’s milk. There is an ancient alternative that’s being produced in Colorado. In the far eastern area of the state, eight miles from the Nebraska border, there is a dairy farm called “Camelot.” Researcher suggests ways strengthen DC-area gun laws after Texas shooting 05/26/2022 01:15pm • As the Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, mass shootings reignite robust debate on gun laws nationwide, one local expert says lawmakers have a slew of solutions to prevent more gun violence. Dr. Cassandra Crifasi, deputy director at Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, said some po Kevin Spacey charged with 4 counts of sexual assault 05/26/2022 10:49am • This June 3, 2019, file photo shows Kevin Spacey at a pretrial hearing in Nantucket. (Steven Senne/AP) London — Britain's Crown Prosecution Service has charged actor Kevin Spacey with four counts of sexual assault against three men, the service said in a statement on Thursday. He was also cha Threat of mass violence against Charles Co. elementary school tracked to Md. man 05/25/2022 06:50pm • Before school districts across the region began increasing security in light of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas, investigators said a Charles County, Maryland, elementary school received a threat of mass violence. Officers with the Warrant/Fugitive Unit & Domestic Violence Un Some of the DC region's outdoor pools open this weekend 05/25/2022 05:40pm • When Montgomery County, Maryland's outdoor pools open this weekend, some folks might be out of town or otherwise occupied, but it's going to be a long summer — so there's still time to learn about water safety. "We're excited to offer a Water Safety Day on June 4," said Montgomery County Depart Taxpayers can now track past 2 years' refunds with updated IRS feature 05/25/2022 05:39pm • How much did you get back from the Internal Revenue Service for your 2019, 2020 and 2021 returns? There's now no need to wonder, thanks to an updated feature on the IRS' "Where's My Refund?" tool. You can track the status of a refund for the current tax year as well as for the two previous yea How do you talk to your kids about what happened in Texas? 05/25/2022 02:21pm • To talk about the Texas school shooting means acknowledging that it could happen in your kid's school, and no parent wants to think about that. But while you might be able to shield younger kids from ugly realities, older kids definitely are aware of what happened. And their younger siblings DC-area politicians react to mass shooting at Texas school 05/25/2022 10:15am • Less than two weeks after a deadly mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, the nation is now reeling from another mass shooting — this time at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen children and two adults were killed in the shooting at Robb Elementary School in the Texas Greek restaurant Our Mom Eugenia coming to Shirlington 05/25/2022 09:44am • Authentic Greek cuisine will join other new restaurants coming to Arlington’s Village at Shirlington. Our Mom Eugenia opens this fall at 4044 Campbell Ave., next to ChiKo. The restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner. (Courtesy Our Mom Eugenia) It will be the third Virginia location After success in Georgetown, The Escape Game opens second site in Downtown DC 05/25/2022 01:55am • In 2021, The Escape Game acquired Escape Room Live for a renovation in Georgetown. Now, the same company has opened a new downtown location at 950 F Street Northwest. "We're on F Street, right around the corner from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, right around the corner from F DC police identify man killed in Thomas Circle shooting 05/24/2022 11:45pm • Police in D.C. have identified the man killed in a shooting at Thomas Circle in Northwest Monday morning. In a news release Tuesday, D.C. police said 32-year-old Emmanuel Lys, of no known address, was killed in the incident that happened at around 9:30 a.m.  More Local News More DC 'Abundance of caution': DC-area schools step up security presence 05/24/2022 10:48pm • There was an increased law enforcement presence Wednesday around D.C. area schools after  Tuesday’s shooting in Texas that killed 19 children and two adults. Among the schools that will ramp up security include: DC schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee said there will be a "layered security Few but noticeable changes come to dining scenes at Maryland, Delaware beaches this year 05/24/2022 04:10am • This is part of WTOP’s coverage of the Delmarva beaches leading into the summer season. Read more. Every year the start of summer brings a few new restaurants to the beaches in Maryland and Delaware, and this year will be no different. Ocean City Odds are, if you're a fan of Ocean City, Maryl