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Super Bowl coin flip honor for 100-year-old Tuskegee Airman from Bethesda 02/03/2020 08:12am • Col. Charles McGee, right, a Tuskegee Airman during World War II, participates in the coin toss before the NFL Super Bowl 54 game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Back in 1967, before it was even d Md. mail carrier stole rare coins, police say 01/24/2020 06:40pm • A Maryland mail carrier has been charged with theft after police say he admitted to stealing mailed items, including two rare coins worth nearly $3,000. All told, Lorenzo Pugh, 32, of Greenbelt, is suspected of stealing several items from his Silver Spring mail route from March 2019 through this Samoan fruit bats will be featured on quarters released by the US Mint next month 01/12/2020 04:08am • Courtesy U.S. Mint The United States Mint has released the final designs for the America the Beautiful Quarters program, and one of the designs depicts a Samoan fruit bat hanging in a tree with her pup. The quarter was designed by Richard Masters, and Phebe Hemphill was the sculptor, accordin Medicine in motion: How Tai Chi heals body and mind 12/13/2019 06:23am • As the sun breaks over the skyscrapers of Hong Kong, the smooth, graceful moves of Tai Chi sweep across the green spaces below. Surrounded by dozens of people from all ages, former ballet dancer Linda Fung joins them in breathing deeply in and out, her face calm and serene. 'Holiday heart syndrome': What is it and how to avoid it 12/12/2019 08:04am • 'Tis the season of holiday parties, powered by fatty, salty hors d'oeuvres with plenty of booze to wash them down. The combination can create what doctors call "holiday heart syndrome." It's a term coined in 1978 to describe the sudden increase of patients in emergency rooms during the holidays c First-class gifts at secondhand stores 12/02/2019 05:00am • As holiday gifts pile up, so do holiday bills. Shopping in secondhand stores is one way to avoid paying your credit card into Memorial Day for something you bought at Christmas. Consignment shops Shoppers in D.C. said they plan to spend $701 this year on holiday purchases, higher than the national DC Turkey Bowl turns 50: Dunbar High wins in honor of fallen player 11/28/2019 06:05pm • (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: 'daf79854-6d11-46ab-8c14-9ced51cf8c83' }).render("34461536b03ed750");}); In D.C., Thanksgiving is not only known Bells are ringing: Salvation Army Red Kettle has donation option for smartphones 11/15/2019 02:23pm • (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: '5b812d05-9fbd-4c9c-827a-d893b8d7e033' }).render("266153630053eb4");}); From coast to coast, the Salvation Army's Remix of kids' classic ABC song has internet PO'd 10/29/2019 11:22am • It was an earworm before the phrase was coined, and chances are it was the first song you ever learned. But, apparently, some things aren't sacred. Most of us know it as "the alphabet song," or the "ABC song," even though its 1835 copyrighted title is "The A.B.C., a German air with variations for Md. firefighter runs Marine Corps Marathon for 'hero squared' from Gaithersburg 10/21/2019 04:10am • When T.J. Barbieri, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, was 16 years old, he walked into a firehouse in Rockville with his parents and said he wanted to volunteer. It wouldn’t be the last time Barbieri would end up putting others ahead of himself. T.J. Barbieri was 16 when he signed up for the Rockvill Wine of the Week: The wines of Simonsig 10/04/2019 06:00am • .flex-video { padding-bottom: 12rem; } Johan Malan has a very rewarding job. As the winemaker and co-owner of Simonsig Family Vineyards, he loves making and talking about the traditional and not so traditional wines that his family vineyard produces. However, the toughest part of his job is 'Grateful Joe' who had heart attack meets his lifesavers in DC 10/03/2019 02:27pm • Joe Cwiklinski, in the white shirt, with his rescuers (from left): Alphonso and Deborah Williams, who pulled him out of his car on Aug. 12, and Toni Pollard, a medical assistant who performed CPR. (WTOP/Kate Ryan) Twin mysteries have been solved Thursday in a case of a man who was brought back f Case Closed: How police use DNA evidence to work backward, then forward 10/02/2019 04:09am • This is Part 2 of a three-part series on WTOP.com about DNA evidence, its evolution and how it's being used in the D.C. area and beyond. READ PART 1: A Reston company that helps police crack DNA evidence In 2007, police in Montgomery County, Maryland, were investigating an attempted rape Free rides over: DC Circulator fares go back to $1 starting Tuesday 09/27/2019 04:22pm • The DC Circulator, which has been free since February, will go back to costing riders a dollar beginning Tuesday. The District Department of Transportation said in a statement Friday that the D.C. Council ordered the reinstatement of the $1 fare beginning Oct. 1, the first day of fiscal year 2020 Nadal one win away from getting to 19 majors, closing gap on Federer 09/06/2019 10:45pm • When Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in their titanic Wimbledon final, he moved to within four majors of the Swiss' 20 for the first time. Federer could have someone even closer to him by the time the US Open ends. If pal and sporting rival Rafael Nadal defeats 23-y