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DJ Spinderella, D Smoke headline Hip-Hop Block Party at Black History Museum 08/11/2022 01:49am • If you're driving near the National Mall on Saturday, don't be surprised if you see a giant block party outside the National Museum of African-American History & Culture. The Smithsonian museum is hosting its inaugural Hip-Hop Block Party indoors and outdoors on Madison Drive to celebrat Amid recount challenge, Montgomery Co. executive gives updates on infection outbreaks, road projects 08/10/2022 11:07pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, executive Marc Elrich said he feels "pretty good" about his chances of coming out the victor in his reelection efforts after the Democratic Primary results are certified by the county Board of Elections on Friday. Elrich’s rival, businessman David Blair, has made cl Tips to help young athletes stay healthy during extreme summer heat 08/10/2022 05:05pm • As the school year begins and young athletes get back into action, a D.C. sports medicine doctor explains what parents should be doing to keep their kids safe from heatstroke. Dr. Korin Hudson is an attending physician with MedStar Health, an associate professor at Georgetown University and team Tens of thousands of students in Northern Virginia go back to school 08/10/2022 08:47am • Backpack. Check. Peanut butter sandwich. Check. There is an air of excitement in Northern Virginia as roughly 73,000 students in six school districts head back to classes Wednesday. Students went back in Stafford County, Spotsylvania County, Fauquier County, Culpeper County, Rappahannock County a Triple-digit heat index culminates in storms moving through DC region 08/09/2022 10:22pm • It was another sizzling day with heat index values that feel like 107 degrees. As the D.C. area headed home, widely scattered thunderstorms followed right behind. Here's what you need to know. The heat and humidity led to a somewhat unstable atmosphere that brought a risk of severe weather and he Suspects used slur, monkeypox reference in DC attack 08/09/2022 08:45pm • Police in D.C. are investigating an attack on two men as a suspected hate crime, after the assailants referenced monkeypox and called them an anti-gay slur. It happened on Sunday in the 1700 block of 7th Street Northwest in the Shaw neighborhood. The men were walking southbound on the east side o Failing circuit breaker may have led to partial Metrorail Red Line closure 08/09/2022 04:36pm • There is more information about what happened that caused Metro to close part of the Red Line for several days last month. Rail service was suspended from Saturday night July 30 until Monday morning between the Van Ness and Farragut North stations. Smoke that began wafting into the Dupont Circ Gaithersburg’s Novavax slashes sales forecast 08/09/2022 10:32am • Novavax has cut its sales forecast for the year on slower-than-expected sales. Novavax is the Gaithersburg, Maryland company that developed a COVID-19 vaccine that was given emergency use approval by the Food and Drug Administration and subsequent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control Storms following heat, humidity lead to impassable roads in Prince George's Co. 08/08/2022 11:20pm • Between 1 to 4 inches of rain fell, and most of it in Prince George's County, Maryland, causing flooding on roadways just as the D.C. area was heading home. Here's what you need to know. There was flash flooding reported in the Riverdale area, with rapidly rising water making the roads impass Filming of biopic will close some streets in DC's Capitol Hill neighborhood 08/08/2022 10:08pm • A film about the activist who organized the 1963 March on Washington will shut down some traffic in D.C.’s Capitol Hill neighborhood Thursday. Filming for the movie “Rustin” will close traffic along North Carolina Avenue, between Sixth and Eighth streets Southeast, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Prince George's Co. to host monkeypox town hall 08/08/2022 12:32am • This week, Prince George's County's Health Department will host a virtual town hall on monkeypox. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening, from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. More Prince George's County News Health officer Dr. Ernest Carter will sit alongside a panel of expe America's strong dollar is hurting everyone else 08/07/2022 01:18pm • The US dollar has been on a tear this year. That's good news for American tourists gallivanting around Europe, but bad news for pretty much every other country in the world. The greenback is up more than 10% in 2022 compared to other top currencies — near its highest level in two decades — as Another hot, humid August day with isolated showers west of DC 08/07/2022 07:34am • Sunday provided another hot August day with temps in the 90s that felt like 100.  There were a few pop-up showers in the region, but chances of rain this evening are only around 20%, according to the National Weather Service. "We are going to see those temperatures keep rising to the low- to mid Virginia, Maryland to hold tax-free holidays in August 08/07/2022 04:40am • August has some perks for shoppers hitting the stores in Virginia and Maryland. Both states are holding their tax-free holidays. Virginia's three-day "tax holiday" ends Sunday, Aug. 7. Maryland's is Aug. 14 through Aug. 20. More Local News More Maryland News More Virginia News A few scattered storms, but humid weather dominated DC region on Saturday 08/06/2022 07:55pm • The pattern of hot days and dramatic, stormy evenings in the D.C. area mostly wound down this weekend. But for how long? Here's what you need to know. Strong thunderstorms started to move up Interstate 95 from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, early Saturday evening, but worries they would bring the