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MLK Day of Service events in the DC area 01/17/2020 01:01pm • The unofficial motto of Martin Luther King Jr. Day is "It's not a day off; it's a day on." Since the year after it began in 1983, the holiday has been structured around community service in tribute to the civil rights leader. The list below contains volunteer opportunities at various places in th The Big Twenty: Counting down the 20 biggest local sports stories of the past 20 years 01/17/2020 09:34am • This content is sponsored by NBC Sports Washington. The Big Twenty 2019 marked the end of what’s been a spectacular, tragic, exciting and controversial two decades in the region. At NBC Sports Washington, we gathered a panel of sportswriters, former athletes and other experts to look back on What’s open, what’s closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2020 01/16/2020 11:40pm • Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the life and legacy of the civil rights leader. Many are taking part in service opportunities. If you're looking for something to do, take a look at these service opportunities in the D.C. area. Monday is a federal holiday, which means most banks, the post DC woman sentenced to 2 years in prison for charity-robbing scheme 01/16/2020 11:08pm • A D.C. woman was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday in an embezzlement scheme that siphoned money designated for at-risk tenants in the District run by a program overseen by a charity. Belinda McKenzie, 45, worked as a family support worker at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese in Washi DC, Maryland, Virginia attorneys general join suit against food stamp limitations 01/16/2020 06:32pm • Attorneys general in the region have joined a lawsuit filed by 14 states, D.C. and New York City against President Donald Trump's administration in an effort to protect food stamp benefits for the unemployed. Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh joined his counterparts in D.C. and Virginia in fi Maryland Gov. Hogan proposes tax break for some retirees to keep them in state 01/16/2020 05:33pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday a plan to give 230,000 retirees in the state $1 billion in tax relief over five years. Hogan's plan would eliminate state income tax for those earning $50,000 or less, and it would slash state income tax for those earning $100,000 or less by 50-100%. Watchdog: Metro wasted money on gold pins, cleaning that wasn't done 01/16/2020 03:00pm • A report from Metro's Office of Inspector General released Thursday found that the transit system had wasted money on gold pins and garage cleaning that never happened. (Courtesy Metro's Office of Inspector General report) Metro wasted thousands of dollars on gold pins, had no idea what other th Northam orders temporary ban on firearms on state Capitol grounds ahead of rally 01/15/2020 03:44pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has ordered a temporary ban on weapons, including firearms, from state Capitol grounds ahead of a scheduled gun rights rally next week. Northam declared a state of emergency Wednesday ahead of the rally, planned for Monday, citing "credible and serious threats." The ba Where DC-area colleges rank on 'Best Online Programs' list 01/14/2020 02:37am • Several colleges and universities in D.C., Maryland and Virginia were ranked among the nation's best in online education on an annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report. For those seeking higher learning in the fields of nursing, business, computer information, engineering and education, her Virginia Democrats advance gun bills in Senate 01/13/2020 04:45pm • Legislative staff and credentialed visitors wait in a long line to enter the Pocohantas Building at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Virginia Democrats advanced four gun-related bills to the Senate floor Monday morning, just days after the General Asse Pest company says DC now No. 1 for bedbugs 01/13/2020 11:38am • Bedbugs are dark brown in color and typically between 4 and 5 millimeters long. (Courtesy Orkin) Last week, The New York Times bestowed a glitzy honor on D.C., naming it the top travel destination of the year, besting such stiff competition as the British Virgin Islands, Sicily and Salzburg, Aus Heading to Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week? Do your homework 01/12/2020 07:07pm • Foodies can rejoice that the winter edition of Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week is about to get underway. Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week runs from Jan. 13 through Jan. 19, with $22 lunch and brunch deals, and $35 dinners. Nycci Nellis, founder of The List Are You On It, says th The technology of the future paints a very lonely picture for all of us 01/11/2020 07:56am • While standing next to Samsung's new softball-shaped robot Ballie at the CES tech show this week, a company spokesperson told me the personal assistant prototype may one day be able to roll over to me and call 911 if I've fallen down. My dark-yet-immediate reaction was t Fuel leak cleaned up at Dulles International Airport 01/10/2020 02:45pm • A fuel leak at Dulles International Airport is cleaned up Friday. Around 10:45 a.m., 50 gallons of fuel leaked onto the tarmac during a test of the airport's underground fuel system. Airport fire teams quickly closed off six gates in the C and D concourses to clean up the spill. The gates have Virginia lawmakers vote to ban guns at state Capitol 01/10/2020 12:49pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers voted Friday to ban firearms at the state Capitol, the first in what's expected to be many contentious gun votes in coming weeks. Newly empowered Democrats who made up a majority of a special rules committee voted to ban guns at the Capitol and a legislat