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Garden Plot: How to make your Valentine's Day bouquet last longer 02/07/2020 03:48am • Tired of your Valentine’s Day roses losing their luster by Feb. 15? Forget pennies in the water or the powder in those chemical preservative packets. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/Prostock-Studio) 10 acres of flowers for Valentine's Day Valentine’s Day is next Friday, and if you didn’t know tha Mild winter weather means ticks might be more active than usual 02/06/2020 08:53pm • If this mild winter weather has you spending more time outdoors, a Maryland professor wants you to keep in mind that you may be sharing nature's beauty with ticks. "With all this crazy warm weather we're having this year … ticks are going to be active even in the middle of winter," said "Bug Gu Officials to investigate problems with new wireless networks that emerged during Tues. primary 02/06/2020 06:12pm • The Maryland State Board of Elections office in Annapolis. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Maryland State Board of Elections will inves 15 tips for living frugally without looking cheap 02/05/2020 07:00pm • Do you hate the idea of brown-bagging it as everyone else in the office goes out for lunch? Do you dread parking your old-school Camry in a lot full of BMWs? Do you hope no one sees you with your coupons in the grocery store? If keeping up appearances is important to you, there are plenty of ways Signs of a bad heart: Don't overlook these cardiac symptoms 02/05/2020 07:00pm • Don't just wait for symptoms. Take care of your heart -- before you have a scare. "Waiting for the symptoms sometimes can be treacherous," says Dr. Clyde Yancy, chief of cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. With sudden cardiac arrest, collapse and even death can o Photos of 'king tides' globally show risks of climate change 02/05/2020 01:01pm • DEPOE BAY, Ore. (AP) — Tourists, nature lovers and amateur scientists are whipping out their cameras to document the effects of extreme high tides on shorelines from the United States to New Zealand, and by doing so are helping better predict what rising sea levels will mean for coastal communitie Va. patient tests negative for coronavirus 02/05/2020 11:35am • The Virginia Department of Health cleared a patient Wednesday who was being tested for coronavirus infection. It was the fifth such potential case in Virginia, and the second in Central Virginia. On Tuesday, the Maryland Department of Health announced that a patient was being tested for the vi 2nd Maryland patient being tested for coronavirus 02/04/2020 11:06am • A patient in Maryland is being evaluated for the novel coronavirus that has infected more than 20,000 people worldwide. The Maryland Department of Health website was updated Tuesday to reflect that the second person statewide is being tested. Another patient’s results came back negative last we Leidos makes another 10-figure acquisition 02/04/2020 10:32am • Leidos has about 36,000 employees. It is the third-largest government technology contractor in the D.C. area, with 11,000 employees locally. (Courtesy Leidos) One day after completing its $1.65 billion acquisition of Huntsville, Alabama-based Dynetics, Reston, Virginia-based Leidos has announced Some DC-area stores short on face masks amid coronavirus scare 02/04/2020 04:55am • Amid the global coronavirus outbreak and flu season, there appears to be a shortage of disposable face masks in the D.C. area. A check of three CVS locations — one in Maryland, one in the District and one in Virginia — found all three to be out of stock, with employees saying that new shipmen Holocaust survivor seeks teens to bear witness for future 02/04/2020 04:09am • DRANCY, France (AP) — The girls and boys in the room were just a little older than Victor Perahia was when he was finally freed in 1945, his body wracked with tuberculosis and typhus, his mind anguished by the suffering and death he had seen. After 40 years of self-imposed silence, he now returns Best hotels in the DC area 02/04/2020 02:57am • U.S. News & World Report released its 10th annual ranking of the best hotels in the world and a number of D.C., Virginia and Maryland establishments earned a gold badge, putting them in the top 10% of hotels at that destination (a silver badge denotes hotels in the top 30%). In the District, Test results negative in 4th DC, 2nd Northern Virginia cases of suspected coronavirus 02/03/2020 09:41pm • The latest results of suspected coronavirus cases in D.C. and Northern Virginia have come back negative, according their respective health departments. The D.C. health department was monitoring four potential cases of the new type of virus, and the results posted on its website on Monday indicate Ex-Fairfax Co. Public Schools employee charged with financial crimes 02/03/2020 09:31am • A former Fairfax County Public Schools administrative assistant is facing felony charges of embezzlement, forgery and intent to defraud. Adebisi Ogun, 29, of New York, was arrested Jan. 15, extradited to Fairfax County, Virginia, and served warrants on Jan. 22. Ogun is accused of misappropriat Ever wonder how nutritious a grapefruit is? 02/03/2020 04:00am • February is National Grapefruit Month. (Getty Images) Is there anything more refreshing than biting into a big slice of ripe, juicy ruby red grapefruit? Not just a great accompaniment to breakfast, grapefruit are awesome additions to salads or just a fabulously hydrating snack. And the citrus frui