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Hailey's Notebook: What stood out re-watching Commanders' Week 2 loss to Lions 09/19/2022 09:30am • Notebook: What and who stood out re-watching Commanders-Lions originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonPete Hailey is not a current or former NFL player, nor is he a current or former NFL coach. He is a reporter. Therefore, this space won't be used to closely analyze schemes or assign blame on co Commanders vs. Lions Week 2 inactives: Jon Allen in, Kam Curl out 09/18/2022 11:30am • Washington Commanders vs. Detroit Lions Week 2 inactives originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Washington Commanders will have their best defensive player on the field for Sunday's Week 2 matchup against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field.Defensive tackle Jonathan Allen, who suffered a minor Plane makes emergency landing on I-66 in Va. after engine failure 09/17/2022 05:37pm • A small plane made an emergency landing in Warren County, Virginia, on Interstate 66 past exit 6 near Front Royal, on Saturday morning. No one was hurt, according to the Warren County Sheriff's Office. Two people were onboard when the plane reportedly began experiencing engine failure. The pil Community rallies to support Ireland’s Four Courts after crash 09/16/2022 01:45am • A popular Arlington, Virginia, pub remains closed after a ride-share driver crashed his car into the building in August. On Thursday night, a fellow pub owner in Shirlington rallied the community to support the owner and staff of Ireland's Four Courts pub. Arlington County police are still On This Day: Sugarhill Gang released the first Top 40 rap radio hit 'Rapper's Delight' 09/16/2022 12:27am • On this day in 1979, The Sugarhill Gang released the first-ever Top 40 rap radio hit. WTOP caught up with the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture to discuss the legacy of the groundbreaking song "Rapper's Delight." "It made a major impact on not only America Cox wants to block early counting of Maryland mail-in ballots 09/15/2022 10:03pm • Maryland Del. Dan Cox, the Republican candidate for governor, has filed a motion to block a move to allow mail-in ballots to be counted before Election Day. Under current Maryland law, mail-in ballots cannot be canvassed until two days after Election Day. The Maryland State Board of Elections Arlington police: Driver had medical emergency before crashing into restaurant 09/15/2022 02:10pm • The Arlington County police on Thursday said it appears that the driver of a car that crashed into a Courthouse-area restaurant last month had a medical emergency before the crash. The ride-share driver crashed into the Ireland’s Four Courts restaurant and bar, on Wilson Boulevard, at about 6:4 Migrants unexpectedly dropped off in front of vice president's residence in DC 09/15/2022 12:33pm • Two busloads of migrants from Texas were dropped off without warning Thursday morning in front of the vice president's residence along Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest Washington, as part of the ongoing situation involving the governor of Texas busing migrants to the nation's capital to protest DOJ establishes COVID-19 Strike Force teams to combat fraud 09/15/2022 12:28am • The Justice Department has created three Strike Force teams to improve its efforts to fight and prevent COVID-19 fraud. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement Wednesday that the department confiscated over $1.2 billion in relief funds that people were trying to steal and charged DC area could be moving closer to secondary water supply 09/14/2022 07:01pm • Regional leaders have given the green light to a study that will look into how a secondary water supply can be established. Currently, many homes and businesses rely almost solely on the area’s biggest river as its main water supply. “Collectively, the region's utilities provide domestic w Report of gun sparks brief lockdown at Montgomery Co. high school 09/14/2022 01:51pm • The report of a student potentially having a gun on school grounds triggered a brief lockdown at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School on Wednesday morning. No gun was found. Montgomery County Public Schools said officials at the high school received a call from a parent of a student who witnessed a v Road closures posted for DC Half Marathon 09/14/2022 05:14am • Police have posted road closures for the D.C. Half Marathon set to take place Sunday, Sept. 18. Billed as a "hometown celebration of the District’s running community and culture," the half-marathon and relay race will take runners on a loop around the Rock Creek Parkway, Tidal Basin and East Po Fairfax Co. to offer hiring bonuses to police, nurses, more 09/13/2022 02:56pm • The Board of Supervisors in Fairfax County, Virginia, voted Tuesday to authorize bonuses of up to $15,000 for new hires in certain jobs. The board authorized County Executive Bryan Hill to grant the bonuses, which Supervisor Pat Herrity called important to getting people into jobs “where we are Street closures announced for Saturday's H Street Fest in DC 09/12/2022 02:24pm • The annual H Street Festival is set for Saturday in Northeast D.C., and that will complicate traffic in the area. H Street Northeast will be closed to vehicle traffic from Third Street Northeast to Florida Avenue Northeast starting at around 4 a.m. Saturday and running until around 11 p.m. That s Tabard Inn turns 100: Have a look around 09/12/2022 08:22am • Tabard Inn is the oldest continuously operating inn in D.C., and the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington recently presented its owners with an honorary Milestone Rammy Award, marking Tabard’s 100th anniversary this year. With a name drawn from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," the ori