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Many DC gas stations still running dry; Maryland, Virginia improve 05/17/2021 06:48pm • Gas is still hard to come by in the nation's capital, despite the Colonial Pipeline coming online after a crippling ransomware attack had forced it to halt operations. As of Monday night, travel and navigation app GasBuddy reports the majority of the District's gas stations — 70% — were still Warm temps will bring ‘cicada tsunami’ this week, expert says 05/17/2021 03:27pm • A cicada is seen in Alexandria, Virginia. (WTOP/Kristi King) The much-anticipated cicada arrival has been slow so far due to below-normal temperatures, but that’s about to change, according to University of Maryland Entomologist Mike Raupp, aka “The Bug Guy.” “With temperatures predic Why finding gas has been more difficult in DC than in Md., Va. 05/17/2021 03:06pm • Some drivers in the D.C. region have noticed it's harder to find gas in the District than it is in Maryland or Virginia, which experts do not find surprising. They say there's a good reason D.C. has less supply -- and they suggest that prices could actually fall in the next two weeks. To start, t Park Service seeks feedback on upgrading Wolf Trap amenities 05/17/2021 07:42am • The National Park Service and the Wolf Trap Foundation want to hear from you as they plan big changes for the entertainment venue in Vienna, Virginia. To better meet the needs of current and future visitors, NPS is looking to update Filene Center amenities. Its plan includes upgrading accessibili Holocaust Memorial Museum reopens 05/17/2021 07:32am • The Holocaust Memorial Museum is reopening to the public Monday. But there is reduced visitation, required face coverings, temperature checks, social distancing and other safety steps. Free, timed-entry tickets will be required for entry into the building. Tickets can be reserved online at ushmm. Business travel has disappeared — will it ever come back? 05/17/2021 05:40am • Book tickets. Schedule meetings. Obsess over your presentation. Pack a carry-on. Rush to the airport. Check out the lounge. Priority boarding. Take off. Land. Get to the hotel. Meet clients. Seal the deal. Fly home. Repeat. For countless executives and salespeople, business trips have been a bedr James Webb Space Telescope set for August voyage to launch site 05/16/2021 04:25pm • Space related topics sure have been in the news lately. China just landed a rover on Mars, while a week ago China’s out of control rocket was being monitored worldwide to determine when and where the 22 tons of space junk would come down. NASA got a new Administrator and space tourism is litera DC court documents detail death of 2-month-old Kyon Jones 05/16/2021 04:23pm • New court documents detailing the death of 2-month-old Kyon Jones provide a disturbing account from the infant’s mother. Earlier this month, 37-year-old LaDonia Boggs stood by claims her son was missing and provided contradicting accounts of where he might be, but according to court documents, Ovechkin makes statement in Capitals Game 1 win: 'He looks like he's 25' 05/16/2021 01:36pm • After missing seven of eight games down the stretch with a lower-body injury, there have naturally been some questions regarding how Alex Ovechkin will look in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. If Game 1 against the Boston Bruins on Saturday was any indication, Ovechkin will be just fine. Beginnin Summer seem all booked up? How vaccinated Americans can still plan a memorable getaway 05/16/2021 10:10am • The wait-and-see approach to travel right now is prudent from a health perspective. From a booking perspective, maybe not so much. US airfares are on the rise, rental cars are in short supply and sifting through vacation home rental sites for gems in popular destinations Media demand Israel explain destruction of news offices 05/15/2021 11:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — News organizations demanded an explanation Saturday for an Israeli airstrike that targeted and destroyed a Gaza City building housing the offices of The Associated Press, broadcaster Al-Jazeera and other media outlets. AP journalists and other tenants were safely evacuated from Federal trial for three other ex-officers charged in George Floyd's killing set for August 05/15/2021 07:45pm • The federal trial for former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane, accused of civil rights violations in the death of George Floyd, is scheduled for August 2, a judge said Friday. The three men -- who were helping former officer Derek Chauvin, who pressed his Mother of missing DC infant charged with murder, released on personal recognizance 05/15/2021 05:05pm • The mother of a missing two-month-old infant has been arrested and charged with felony murder, D.C. police told WTOP. Police said as of Friday night they had not yet found the infant’s body. At a hearing Saturday in D.C. Superior Court, Ladonia Boggs, the missing child's mother, was released w Stimulus checks, pandemic aid make it even more important to file a 2020 tax return 05/15/2021 08:02am • Low-income Americans who aren't usually required to file taxes could be leaving a lot of money on the table if they don't file a 2020 return thanks to changes made by the latest pandemic relief package. Many may still be waiting on a stimulus payment because the Internal Air way allergies in pets 05/14/2021 02:35pm • This content is sponsored by Rocky Gorge Animal Hospital. The warm spring weather has brought out some much-needed refreshment this year. While it has allowed for many people and pets to get outside and be more active, some pets are already starting to show signs of seasonal allergies. While man