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Annapolis could OK use of parking lots for outdoor dining after COVID order ends 03/29/2022 07:42am • If you have been enjoying cocktails and crab cakes in the sunshine while you dine in Annapolis during the pandemic, that practice may continue this spring. Annapolis’s COVID-19 emergency declaration ends April 11 and with it would end the use of restaurant parking lots for outdoor dining for many Richmond falcon cam reveals 3rd egg; more could be on the way 03/28/2022 05:08pm • We're going to need a bigger nest… Virginia's Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) announced a third egg was spotted over the weekend in the nest box of its resident peregrine falcon. According to DWR, the female falcon's third egg was first seen around 8 a.m. on Sunday. The second egg had Prince William Co. offers fuel for Yellow Cab amid gas price surge 03/28/2022 11:03am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Prince William County is providing drivers at its only taxicab company a small boost as they’re hit hard by surging gas prices. Last Driver crashes through brick wall into Montgomery Co. hair salon 03/28/2022 10:58am • A driver crashed a car through a brick wall and into salon in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on Monday morning, according to Montgomery County Fire and EMS. The car crashed through the wall of Kacey Hair Salon, next to Dunkin', at 20 Montgomery Village Ave. in Gaithersburg, according to a tweet from the Convoy protesting COVID mandates left Hagerstown, heads to California 03/28/2022 10:23am • HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A group of truck drivers protesting COVID-19 mandates on roads and highways around the Washington, D.C., area in recent weeks will head to California next, an organizer announced Sunday night. During a livestream of the People’s Convoy nightly rally Sunday, organizer Mi How to help from DC: Charities accepting donations for Ukraine 03/27/2022 07:45am • As Russia continues its assault on Ukraine, striking cities and civilian targets, supporters and activists in D.C. and the U.S. are stepping up efforts to support the European nation. But not all charities are created equally. “One concern we have is that some charities, even financially eff Blinken tries to calm allies ahead of possible Iran deal 03/27/2022 06:01am • JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday tried to soothe the fears of Israel and its Gulf Arab allies ahead of the possible renewal of global powers’ international nuclear deal with Iran. Blinken made the comments shortly before joining his counterparts from Israel an Colorado wildfire forces evacuation orders for 19,000 people 03/27/2022 12:07am • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Authorities issued an evacuation order for 19,400 people Saturday near a fast-moving Colorado wildfire in rolling hills south of the college town of Boulder, not far from the site of a destructive 2021 blaze that leveled more than 1,000 homes. The wildfire was fueled by wi Biden on Russia’s Putin: 'This man cannot remain in power' 03/26/2022 06:35pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” dramatically escalating the rhetoric against the Russian leader after his brutal invasion of Ukraine. Even as Biden’s words rocketed around the world, the White House attempted to clari Justice Thomas' wife long steeped in conservative politics 03/26/2022 12:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Through a decades-long career in conservative politics, Virginia Thomas has repeatedly maintained that her political activities posed no conflict of interest with the work of her husband, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. “Like so many married couples, we share many of What are the best March Madness Cinderella teams in NCAA history? 03/25/2022 09:53pm •  What are the best March Madness Cinderella teams in NCAA history? originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Sometimes the most overlooked teams in the bracket end up as the most revered. With the March Madness Sweet 16 officially underway, there will be a new champion crowned in both After drowning, DC 911 to improve coordination when Fire and EMS seeks aid 03/25/2022 01:54pm • The drowning of a grandfather of 17, who jumped into the Washington Channel more than 30 minutes after an initial 911 call, has prompted the District's Office of Unified Communications to review procedures when Fire and EMS calls for help from police. David Earl Griffin, 47, died on March 14 afte 2022 Oscar predictions: 'CODA' to land underdog knockout, Will Smith finally wins 03/25/2022 01:53pm • Break out the red carpet! The 94th annual Academy Awards are Sunday night. It's been a long awards season filled with twists and turns, sparking bizarre social media tribalism around the various films in a horse race to the finish line. It looks like it will be a photo finish, so who will First bald eagle egg hatches at the National Arboretum 03/25/2022 01:10pm • Right on time, one of the two eggs in the Bald Eagle nest at D.C.'s National Arboretum began the hatching process. Dan Rauch, Fisheries and Wildlife Biologist with the District Department of Energy and the Environment, told WTOP that the hatch "is right on schedule," explaining that incubation la $200M federal loan to help finish new Nice Bridge over Potomac 03/25/2022 12:16pm • Maryland will get a $200 million federal loan to help finish the replacement of the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial/Senator Thomas “Mac” Middleton Bridge that connects Southern Maryland with the Northern Neck of Virginia. Funding was in "significant jeopardy" less than six months ago, but the