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Sweltering Monday ends with severe thunderstorms 06/21/2021 07:01pm • A sweltering Monday turned somewhat unsettling this afternoon. More severe weather rolled through the region this evening, prompting a few severe thunderstorm warnings in Maryland. A severe thunderstorm watch that was supposed to be in effect for most of the D.C. area until 10 p.m. has sin Summer Passport registration now open to kids in Prince George's Co. 06/21/2021 06:36pm • Children 12 to 18 years old in Prince George's County can now register for a variety of safe and fun activities this summer. The Alsobrooks Summer Passport Experience offers programs that are centered on what the county calls the "3 E's:  Education, Experience/Entertainment and Entrepreneurship. As Md., Va. mark new milestones, latest COVID variant raises concern 06/21/2021 03:55pm • First, the good news: Maryland and Virginia celebrated some new COVID-19 milestones on Monday. In the commonwealth, Gov. Ralph Northam announced that 70% of adults 18 years and older have received at least one vaccine dose. And Maryland has recorded its second day in a row with fewer than 50 new Md. leaders highlight mental health program named for Rep. Jamie Raskin's son 06/21/2021 02:35pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and other local leaders gathered in Annapolis on Monday to discuss a new program that aims to tackle mental health issues in the state. It is named after the son of Rep. Jamie Raskin, who died by suicide late last year. The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act will allow Marylanders wh Man in Annapolis homicide victim's car leads police on chase on US 50 06/21/2021 05:38am • The driver involved in a crash that stopped traffic on westbound U.S. Route 50 for two hours Saturday night is a person of interest in the death of a Maryland woman. Annapolis police said they found 39-year-old Erica Bonora of Annapolis dead inside an apartment on the 1000 block of Spa Road while 3 family members found dead in Herndon; police investigating connection to suicide in Reston 06/20/2021 01:00pm • The bodies of one adult and two children from the same family were found inside a home in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Saturday morning in what police said is an apparent homicide. Herndon Police told WTOP that the deaths are linked to a suicide that took place elsewhere in Fairfax County. Jus Face-to-face fundraising returns, with a heavy dose of Democratic Gubernatorial campaigning 06/19/2021 08:53am • Democratic gubernatorial candidates Rushern L. Baker III (left) and Michael Rosenbaum (right) greet one another Thursday evening, as lobbyist Leonard N. Lucchi looks on. (Josh Kurtz/Maryland Matters) One of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the absence of large-scale political e Juneteenth: What's open, what's closed in DC, Md., Va. 06/19/2021 07:11am • Here's what's open and what's closed in the D.C. area on Friday and Saturday in honor of Juneteenth, America's newest federal holiday. Congress on Wednesday approved a bill to make June 19 — Juneteenth — the 12th federal holiday, and President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independ Have you seen a large, orange pizza oven? If so, you may get a pizza party 06/18/2021 06:02pm • What's bright orange, has a restaurant's name on it, has been missing since it was stolen last April, and can make delicious pizza? The Pizzeria Paradiso restaurant's mobile pizza oven. A mobile pizza oven belonging to Pizzeria Paradiso was stolen last year. (Courtesy Pizzeria Paradiso) It 'Experiencing the grief journey': How to cope with the death of a father on Father's Day 06/18/2021 03:46pm • Holidays are always difficult to get through when you're grieving a loss, and this Sunday, Father's Day, can be especially hard. Marcie Fairbanks, director of family services at Capital Caring Health, said you don't have to rush the process, and if a friend or loved one is the person grieving, yo Data Doctors: Cable vs. DSL — which is better? 06/18/2021 03:02pm • Q: I’m moving to a new house where I can use either DSL or cable internet service, so which is better? A: Getting a solid internet connection has become a vital resource for us all, so doing your homework before you move should be on everyone’s checklist. The primary difference in these tw Free fertilizer: After short life above ground, 17-year cicadas dying, rotting quickly 06/18/2021 11:55am • The continuous hum of Brood X cicadas, perched in the branches of trees, is coming to end, replaced by piles of insect carcasses and the smell of, well, dead cicadas. "Rotten, but not forgotten," said Eric Day, an entomologist at Virginia Tech. "Their short time above ground is coming to an end - Smithsonian’s natural history museum reopens Friday 06/18/2021 07:05am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '34334e6e-fed6-4ca0-8c46-969d2fb08ae4' }).render("9376153608a71e0f");}); The National Museum of Natural History we Weekend Road and Rail: Detours off I-66, corridor work in DC, Purple Line work picks up 06/18/2021 05:40am • There is new bridge work scheduled this weekend in Virginia to go along with the I-66 transformation project. In the District, work on the I-295/DC 295 and South Capitol Street projects continue. And in Maryland, more Purple Line work picks up after a brief pause. There is a slight chance for rai Pride flags reported stolen, vandalized in Loudoun County town 06/17/2021 02:11pm • This week alone, Lovettsville, Virginia, has seen three reports of multiple Pride flags or other flags associated with the LGBTQ+ community being ripped down, slashed or stolen. There have been reports this week of pride flags being slashed and stolen in Lovettsville, Virginia. (Courtesy Hunter