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Presto's Picks: Conference tests for U.Md., Navy and VT highlight weekend 09/26/2024 04:42pm • For almost 20 years, I've labeled September college football's "Show Me Month" as we learn which schools have higher ceilings, such as Navy and James Madison, and which schools have lower floors — Virginia Tech, for example. Some teams have yet to figure out exactly what track they're on at thi Virginia could lead the way on strengthening privacy laws regarding intimate images 09/26/2024 04:28pm • A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in Virginia and other states want to strengthen privacy laws regarding the nonconsensual distribution of intimate images. Forty-nine states including Virginia already have some law on the books to protect peoples’ sexual or intimate images from being shared w Looking for a laugh? SNL alum Leslie Jones headlines in downtown DC this weekend 09/26/2024 02:14pm • The "Because They're Funny" comedy festival is coming to The Wharf in D.C. this weekend — three days of mirth for people who love watching comedy performances, and those considering a career in trying to make others laugh. Promoter Jeff Friday said the festival is scheduled to run Friday throug Kaiser Permanente, Maryland agree to deal, averting 'crisis' for Medicaid patients 09/26/2024 01:05pm • The Maryland Department of Health and Kaiser Permanente have settled negotiations on a contract that will let the health care company continue as a state Medicaid provider, ensuring that more than 100,000 Medicaid recipients maintain access to their current doctors. In a joint statement Wednesday Va. and Md. emergency responders heading to Florida where Hurricane Helene makes landfall 09/26/2024 05:55am • As Hurricane Helene threatens to beat down on Florida, search and rescue teams from Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland have been sent down to help. Virginia Task Force 1 was dispatched Tuesday afternoon and arrived in Florida on Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, Maryland Task Force 1 left for "T Things to do in the DC area: Art All Night, Virginia Beer Festival … and more! 09/26/2024 04:44am • This weekend, the District is hosting a citywide celebration of art and culture with vibrant performances and dining opportunities across all eight wards. Art All Night, on Friday and Saturday, occurs from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m., with both the visual and performing arts showcased in indoor and outdoor Wet weather holds its grip Wednesday with showers, possible thunder in DC area 09/25/2024 06:30pm • Dreary weather continues to hold its grip in the D.C. area as Wednesday's forecast calls for showers and possibly some thunder. Here's what you need to know. The wet pattern in the D.C. region comes as Helene, a storm now categorized as a hurricane, approaches Florida. Scattered showers will c Howard U. students call for accommodations after power outage takes out AC, hot water in dorms 09/25/2024 05:04pm • Just over a month into the new semester, some Howard University students in D.C. said that instead of relaxing comfortably in their dorms after class, they are baking in the end-of-summer heat. The students who live at Howard Plaza Towers East lost power last week, leaving students posting pictur 'I’m sick of these special elections': Prince George’s Co. Council working to revamp the process 09/25/2024 08:20am • The Prince George’s County Council in Maryland has been a member short since at-large member Mel Franklin abruptly left in June, a couple of weeks before he was indicted for campaign finance violations. After District 5 Council member Jolene Ivey won the special primary for that at-large seat, A redesigned app helps prevent and respond to concussions in youth sports 09/23/2024 06:10pm • Being part of a youth sports league has a lot of benefits — it boosts kids' confidence and physical activity, and research shows it can help improve educational outcomes as well. But it also brings with it an increased risk for injuries, including concussions. "Everybody thinks of football," 'I am cancer-free': Two summer victories for the radio voice of the Washington Capitals 09/23/2024 02:22pm • Like his familiar radio call of a Washington Capitals’ goal, the following phrase can perfectly sum up the last three months for John Walton: “Good morning, good afternoon, and good night” to summer. In late July, the longtime voice of the Capitals was diagnosed with colon cancer, and last When will commercial flights begin at Manassas airport? Here's what we know 09/23/2024 04:54am • It's still not clear when airline passengers will be able to board a plane at Manassas Regional Airport and take a low-cost flight to a still-unknown destination, and on which airline — but the project is taxiing toward takeoff. It's been just over one year since the Manassas, Virginia, city co Deadline looms for Maryland to obligate federal money for schools 09/22/2024 12:26pm • Maryland school officials said they are confident they will able to obligate almost $780 million in federal funds by Sept. 30 – money that will have to be returned to the federal government if they don’t. The funding is part of $1.95 billion Maryland received in use-it-or-lose-it pandemic-rel Fire in Baltimore causes light rail service to be suspended 09/22/2024 12:17pm • Light rail services in Baltimore were temporarily halted Sunday as firefighters battled a blaze downtown. Access to the light rail was restored around 2 p.m., but some road closures are ongoing. MTA has opened access to the light-rail but some road closures are still active, expect delays. @Bm Flight makes emergency landing after mouse climbs out of boxed meal 09/22/2024 08:11am • ▶ Watch Video: Alaska Airlines pilot speaks out about door blowout A flight from Norway to Spain had to make an emergency landing in Denmark after a mouse scampered out of an in-flight meal that was served to a passenger. The Scandinavian Airlines flight was traveling from Oslo, Nor