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Ocean City's Winterfest changes this year 11/19/2020 11:51am • Ocean City's popular Winterfest of Lights kicks off Thursday night for its 28th year in the Maryland resort town, but it will be different this time because of the coronavirus pandemic. In years past, people would bundle up and pile onto a tram for a 12-minute ride around Northside Park's 58 acre Will college students bring COVID-19 home for Thanksgiving? 11/11/2020 04:19am • Weston Kerekes plans to eat his Thanksgiving dinner alone in his childhood bedroom in Santa Monica, California. If all goes as planned, the Yale University freshman's quarantine will have followed a tightly choreographed trip from his New Haven, Connecticut, campus to ensure he doesn't expose his Review: 'Borat' sequel is Sacha Baron Cohen's satirical October surprise 10/23/2020 03:44pm • Who knew that cinema's October surprise would be Sacha Baron Cohen? Just a week ago, he earned Oscar buzz in Netflix's "The Trial of The Chicago 7." This weekend, he returns with the Amazon Prime release��"Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm," a sequel to the hit mockumentary "Borat: Cultural Lear In The Loop: Tom Brady's tweet to LeBron, Austin Rivers' gender reveal 10/14/2020 04:45pm • In The Loop: Brady's tweet to LeBron, Rivers' gender reveal originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonHere are some of the best moments going on in the sports world right now.Starting off, Tom Brady is always one of the best personalities on Twitter. He recently posted this photoshopped image of L Navy football preview: Midshipmen look to another senior pilot 09/01/2020 04:18am • Ken Niumatalolo celebrates during the team's bowl game last season. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) A college football season like none other is already underway with Central Arkansas and Austin Peay; meanwhile, the rest of the sport holds its breath while trying to hold a massively modified season. DC's Howard University mourns death of alumnus Chadwick Boseman 08/29/2020 03:07pm • Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick (left) presenting Chadwick Boseman (right) an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, before the 2018 commencement event where Boseman spoke. (Courtesy Howard University) Before the world became familiar with actor Chadwick Boseman and his portraya Centreville, Virginia man jailed in Spain was unwitting drug mule, US says 06/27/2020 04:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Victor Stemberger of Centreville, Virginia wasn't about to ignore the emails inviting him into a multimillion-dollar business opportunity, so he pitched himself as perfect for the job. In a way he was ��� but for all the wrong reasons. The 76-year-old Fairfax County man, whose Sugarloaf Craft Festivals to close after 45 years 06/17/2020 11:35am • One of the D.C. region's best craft shows ��� Sugarloaf Craft Festivals ��� has fallen victim to the economic realities of the coronavirus pandemic. Sugarloaf emailed the news to people who have gone to its shows to buy handmade purses and jewelry, colorful photos, high-end fine art and more, and 'Brick and mortar to brick and order:' One Rockville retailer's reopening strategy 06/05/2020 11:00pm • As much of Maryland went into Phase Two of Gov. Larry Hogan's coronavirus recovery plan, Montgomery County remains in Phase One and its government issued "additional guidance" for businesses on reopening and recovery. "We know that businesses are finding themselves in unprecedented territory," Mo Prince George's Co. church gives away 600 food gift cards for Memorial Day 05/24/2020 07:19pm • The community at Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church in Fort Washington, Maryland, has been giving back to those in need throughout the coronavirus pandemic. On Sunday, community members focused on veterans, current military members and their families for Memorial Day. They raised enou 'Land, ho': Md. cruise ship performer looks to help those still at sea 05/16/2020 09:43am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Emily Freeman is now in her fourth round of quarantine, and she couldn���t be more pleased: In her current homebound state, she feels free Wait for it: Hamilton's return to Kennedy Center postponed amid pandemic 05/04/2020 02:44pm • WTOP's Jason Fraley holds his "Hamilton" playbill awaiting the show at the Kennedy Center in 2018. (WTOP/Jason Fraley) The return of the popular musical "Hamilton" to the Kennedy Center this summer has been postponed. The Kennedy Center and the musical���s producers have pulled the entire 14- Stressed pets: How to stop it now and when you go back to work 04/25/2020 07:30am • Happy dogs chasing balls on their fourth walk of the day. Purring puffs of fluff who can't wait to snuggle with pet parents miraculously home all day. These are the images we may have of sheltering with our pets during the age of coronavirus. For some pets, that may well be true. For others used Curtain Call: DC-area theaters hope to stage comeback after coronavirus 04/06/2020 01:05am • Ford's Theatre sits empty. (Maxwell MacKenzie via Ford's Theatre) They say all the world is a stage, but what happens when the world closes the stage? The recent coronavirus crowd restrictions have devastated the local theater community, whose��entire livelihood and passion for life relie Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne dies from coronavirus 04/01/2020 11:13pm • WTOP's Neal Augenstein interviews Adam Schlesinger in 2009 Emmy and Grammy-winning musician and songwriter Adam Schlesinger, known for his work with his band Fountains of Wayne and on the TV show ���Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,��� died Wednesday after contracting the coronavirus. Schlesinger died at a