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Baltimore politicians, track owners duel over Pimlico future 05/14/2019 03:07am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Aptly nicknamed Old Hilltop, antiquated Pimlico Race Course has finally reached the point where its illustrious past might not be enough to assure a vibrant future. The 144th Preakness will be run Saturday at Pimlico, and will be back next year, too. After that, well, nobody ca Shakespeare Theatre's 'Camelot' wins top prize at DC's Helen Hayes Awards 05/13/2019 10:47pm • The 35th annual Helen Hayes Awards honored local theater Monday night at The Anthem. As always, the winners were broken down into two umbrella categories, "Hayes" for Equity casts in larger productions and "Helen" for non-Equity casts in smaller productions. Shakespeare Theatre Company's Faith leaders who lived through mass shootings meet with DC safety officials 05/13/2019 09:31pm • Faith leaders from across the country who lived through deadly shootings at their places of worship visited the Washington National Cathedral Monday night for a group discussion involving D.C. public safety officials. The talks inside the cathedral, closed to press coverage, included Eric Manning 7 things you should know about rebalancing 05/13/2019 08:00pm • Your portfolio should reflect your goals. Your portfolio should be organized and allocated in a very specific way. For example, if you are a new retiree, you may want to keep some of your assets in conservative investments to protect your capital should the market decline. Likewise, if you are st Alexandria cutting parking fees as part of final preparations for upcoming Metro shutdown 05/13/2019 01:30pm • With more traffic expected in and around Alexandria, Virginia, starting in less than two weeks, the city is set to cut evening and weekend parking rates at its garages during the major Metro shutdown. The city council is scheduled to vote Tuesday night to cut fees from $2.50 an hour to a flat $1 Tourist hurt on Metro escalator in 2012 sues for $20M 05/13/2019 10:53am • A Canadian tourist whose foot and hand were seriously injured after getting stuck in an escalator at the Smithsonian Metro when he was 14 years old is suing Metro for $20 million. Teman Chow was visiting D.C. from Calgary with his family July 17, 2012, when one of his flip-flops got stuck at the Durian fruit stink prompts Australian university evacuation 05/13/2019 04:59am • The run-up to exams is a stressful period for university students everywhere, and now unfortunate scholars in Australia have had their preparations disrupted by an unlikely culprit: the durian fruit. Staff at the University of Canberra library were forced to evacuate the building due to a suspect As climate changes, frequent flooding on Md. 450 will only get worse 05/13/2019 04:00am • The motto "turn around, don't drown" is used to dissuade drivers from dangerously forging through floodwaters. Drivers on a highway in Maryland have been doing a lot of turning around in recent years. Maryland Route 450, or Defense Highway, courses through a low-lying, marshy area between Crofton Stop the bleed, save more lives: Americans learn to act as first responders in case they're in a mass shooting 05/12/2019 05:34am • Yvonne Bubienko stands over a flesh-colored dummy leg that appears to have suffered a deep and severe laceration. She takes an unrolled length of gauze and packs it deeper and deeper into the wound, filling the empty space beneath the surface of the skin. Bubienko's not squeamish, she says, but t Maryland Zoo's prairie dog pups ready to greet public this week 05/11/2019 05:31am • The Maryland Zoo will be showing off some new arrivals this week in Baltimore. The zoo's colony of black-tailed prairie dogs produced some pups earlier this year, and they're finally ready to pop their heads up above ground. Prairie dogs, native to the western U.S., are born blind and hairless i Va. man shoots home intruder who ends up being acquaintance 05/10/2019 07:42am • A man in Centreville, Virginia, shot a man he believe was a home intruder Thursday, but it turns out the man was an acquaintance, reports NBC Washington.  Fairfax County police responded to the shooting at the 6000 block of Raina Drive shortly before 10:30 a.m. Police said a man shot someone who Morning commute delays on George Washington Parkway after vehicle fire 05/09/2019 07:43am • A vehicle fire caused major delays on the George Washington Memorial Parkway Thursday morning near Va. 123. Currently, a right southbound lane is getting by. Southbound lanes were diverting at Va. 123. Northbound had been diverting at Spout Run to allow emergency vehicles to enter the scene, but As Jealous ponders bid for Baltimore mayor, could work for Juul be a factor? 05/08/2019 08:00am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Former Maryland gubernatorial hopeful Benjamin T. Jealous (D), who is now pondering a run for mayor of Baltimore, has landed a consulti 'Too easy to speed:' DC road deaths lead to major road safety proposal 05/08/2019 04:00am • The growing number of people killed on D.C. roads could spur major changes to traffic laws, roadway and development design, and parking enforcement. “I don’t care if you’re walking or if you’re riding or if you’re driving, you deserve to get from point A to point B safely. But our str No diplomats, no Venezuelans as activists occupy DC embassy 05/07/2019 08:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Venezuelan embassy in Washington has been full of people for a month. None is a diplomat. None is Venezuelan. The Venezuelans are all outside — a crowd of expatriates who angrily demand the eviction of American activists who moved into their embassy to support embattled