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Checklist for choosing a maternity hospital 11/30/2022 07:00pm • When you're pregnant, there are many things to consider when preparing to welcome your new family addition. These include choosing an OB-GYN who fits your personal needs, packing all of your essential items in your maternity hospital bag, choosing a name for your baby -- and finding the best materni Road closures for Christmas tree lighting, and a traffic parody you must hear 11/30/2022 04:35am • Traffic during the Christmas Tree lighting is usually terrible downtown. Will drivers have visions of sugarplums or brake lights dancing through their heads? WTOP traffic reporter Dave Dildine penned a parody of a Christmas classic. Listen below or read the full tale.   Now for the pa Inova sees 'unprecedented patient volumes' post-Thanksgiving 11/29/2022 10:22pm • A Virginia hospital system said that it is seeing "unprecedented patient volumes" following the Thanksgiving holiday. Inova cited the spikes in flu, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus or RSV and other illnesses as the reason for the surge and the strain on hospital capacity, particularly emerg Montgomery County approves bill to ban fossil fuel use in most new buildings 11/29/2022 02:17pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the Comprehensive Building Decarbonization bill, which will ban fossil fuels, such as gas heating, from almost all newly-constructed buildings by 2026. There are exceptions. The ban will not apply to hospitals or other New unit probes 23 deaths involving police in its first year 11/29/2022 01:59pm • A unit in the Maryland attorney general's office investigated 23 fatalities involving police in its first year and so far none of the investigations have resulted in officers being charged, the office said Tuesday. The unit completed reports on 13 cases in the first year, according to the report Time is running out for Md. drivers with unpaid tolls to save money 11/29/2022 01:02pm • The clock is ticking for Maryland drivers to pay outstanding toll bills without having to pay any late fees. Maryland transportation officials launched a program in February allowing drivers who have late fees associated with unpaid video tolls to pay their tolls without facing penalties for tard 5Qs with Shulman Rogers’ Michael Lichtenstein: Business bankruptcy’s recovery goals explained 11/28/2022 04:37pm • Bankruptcy lawyers get a bad rap, rather akin to how people respond when someone says they work for the IRS. In reality, most commercial bankruptcy work focuses on trying to put a business back on the path to success, points out Michael Lichtenstein, chair of the Bankruptcy Restructuring and Cred Pilot, passenger rescued from plane that crashed into power lines in Montgomery Co. 11/28/2022 09:00am • Two people who were inside a small plane that crashed into power lines in Montgomery County, Maryland, Sunday evening are being treated for serious injuries Monday morning as the investigation into the collision continues. The pilot and his passenger were suspended inside the tangled plane for ho 10 takeaways from the first quarter of the Wizards' 2022-23 season 11/27/2022 10:00pm • 10 takeaways from first quarter of the Wizards' season originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonWith their 120-113 loss to the Celtics in Boston on Sunday night, the Wizards have arrived at what is essentially the quarter-mark of their season. They have played 20 of their 82 regular season g Kyle Kuzma-less Wizards lose to Jayson Tatum-less Celtics for third-straight loss 11/27/2022 08:29pm • Kuzma-less Wizards lose to Celtics without Tatum originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Washington Wizards lost to the Boston Celtics 130-121 on Sunday night. Here are five takeaways from what went down...Big loss in BostonThe last three games for the Wizards have in a way represented a mea Loudoun Co. man dies in workplace accident after fall from moving truck 11/26/2022 08:27pm • A workplace accident in Leesburg, Virginia, ended with a man dead on Saturday, authorities said. A statement from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said Heidy Ricardo Lopez Rivas — 40, of Manassas — fell off the back of a moving truck. The sheriff’s office said Rivas died at the scene. CDC says it's now tracking a new COVID variant known as XBB 11/25/2022 02:39pm • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed Friday it is now tracking a new COVID-19 variant of concern around the U.S. known as XBB, which has grown to make up an estimated 3.1% of new infections nationwide. The strain's prevalence has grown furthest so far in the Northeast, acco Long-serving Arlington Co. sheriff — and one of first female sheriffs in Virginia — to step down 11/22/2022 05:21pm • The long-serving sheriff of Arlington County — and one of the first female sheriffs in the commonwealth of Virginia — announced Tuesday she will not seek reelection and will step down when her term ends next year. Sheriff Beth Arthur has served as the county's sheriff since 2000, when she was Attempting to explain why the Commanders are succeeding with Taylor Heinicke 11/22/2022 03:30pm • Trying to explain why the Commanders are succeeding with Heinicke originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonHow in the hell is Taylor Heinicke doing this?It's a question that's bouncing around in the minds of those who are following the Commanders, a team that's won five of its last six games (and Street closures for CityCenterDC tree lighting 11/22/2022 10:59am • Street closures will be in place Saturday for the CityCenterDC Annual Holiday Tree Lighting. Parking restrictions start at 3 p.m. on Saturday and run until 9 p.m. The following streets will be closed: 10th Street from H Street to New York Avenue Northwest I Street from 9th Street to 10th