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Sports betting brings stunningly low amount of money to DC 06/19/2021 11:32am • A tax revenue windfall from legalized sports betting has yet to become reality in D.C. The D.C. Council first voted to legalize sports betting in 2018, with promises of tens of millions of dollars in new tax revenue. Every year since, those revenue projections have been revised down as legal b Juneteenth 2021: DC region event, festival and exhibit guide 06/19/2021 07:00am • The D.C. region is set to commemorate Juneteenth — also known as Emancipation Day — with an array of events, festivals and exhibits this year. And with coronavirus health restrictions easing, many of the scheduled events will be live and in person. Juneteenth marks the date — June 19,1865 � 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 DC educators share plan to tackle learning loss 06/18/2021 05:48pm • D.C. schools are developing a plan that will address the learning loss that happened over the pandemic, and it will be a plan that will meet kids where they are in their learning. D.C. Public Schools is planning a multipronged approach to the differing degrees of learning loss that teachers will '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 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 DC offering gift cards after receiving COVID-19 vaccine at selected sites 06/18/2021 06:24am • Mayor Muriel Bowser is adding a new perk for those D.C. residents who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine: a free gift card. Starting Saturday, residents age 12 and older who receive their first dose of the vaccine at select walk-up locations will receive a $51 VISA gift card. While anyone can g Teams keep up door-to-door effort in Prince George's Co. to boost lagging vaccination rates 06/18/2021 01:46am • Door-to-door canvassers in Prince George's County, Maryland, have completed the first phase of a countywide outreach effort, having knocked on more than 95,000 doors to provide information about COVID-19 vaccines and sign residents up for appointments. The outreach effort, which began April 22, w As end of eviction protections loom in Maryland, housing advocates urge changes to court procedures 06/17/2021 05:41pm • State and federal eviction protections will soon expire in Maryland, and fair housing advocates say many tenants could lose their homes as courts work through lengthy eviction backlogs. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) announced Tuesday that Maryland’s state of emergency will end July 1st — and DC budget proposes street repairs, trails, traffic cameras 06/17/2021 03:29pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is going big in her next budget to fund infrastructure in the city, in an attempt to repave streets, smooth out new bike lanes and create some free transportation around town. The budget also includes more traffic cameras. Bowser's 2022 budget aims to repair roads, sid 'Dramatic shift in the face of hunger' — More Latino families struggling with food insecurity 06/17/2021 01:12pm • Capital Area Food Bank CEO Radha Muthiah. More families in Virginia and Maryland, and significantly more Latino families, were pushed into food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report on hunger in the D.C. area, which a nonprofit official called a "dramatic shift in th It's not just puppies: Sales of vacation homes spiked during COVID 06/17/2021 09:37am • It's not just puppies and sourdough starter. Another thing that spiked during the pandemic: the purchase of vacation homes. Remote workers who were able to log on from anywhere snapped up homes in vacation areas, sending seasonal home purchases skyrocketing last year. Vacation home sales r Rafael Nadal pulls out of Wimbledon and Tokyo Olympics 06/17/2021 08:11am • MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal will not play at Wimbledon or at the Tokyo Olympics, saying Thursday he has decided to skip the two tournaments after “listening” to his body. Nadal, who reached the French Open semifinals last week but lost to Novak Djokovic, has won the title at Wimbledon twice, 'A Capitol Fourth' performances to be pretaped again with live fireworks 06/17/2021 07:30am • "A Capitol Fourth" will return for its 41st annual celebration July 4, but the concerts will be pretaped again this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, like last year, the fireworks will be broadcast live, and this year crowds will return to the National Mall for fireworks to celeb These communities remain at high risk for COVID-19 variants, expert warns 06/17/2021 03:13am • The country continued this week on a path to reopening from the Covid-19 pandemic, with major population centers such as New York and California pulling back on restrictions following increased vaccinations and lowered infections. Yet with overall vaccination rates in the US slowing this month wh