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In age of GPS, park ranger teaches map and compass skills 11/16/2019 09:00am • THURMONT, Md. (AP) — Using a compass and a map, Park Ranger Andrew Regiec led a class at Catoctin National Park on orienteering, a lesser-known sport. Orienteering requires players to utilize navigational skills to find different spots located on a map — denoted with letters and numbers — with Bells are ringing: Salvation Army Red Kettle has donation option for smartphones 11/15/2019 02:23pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '5b812d05-9fbd-4c9c-827a-d893b8d7e033' }).render("266153630053eb4");}); From coast to coast, the Salvation Army's 6 products that will see the biggest Black Friday discounts 11/14/2019 10:00am • Practically everything goes on sale for Black Friday. And while that makes it a deal-chaser's paradise, it can also be overwhelming. The excitement of scoring bargains goes hand-in-hand with the challenge of actually finding worthwhile deals. To help you concentrate your time and effort, here's your Data Doctors: Is your Ring doorbell's security up-to-date? 11/08/2019 03:37pm • Q: How can I tell if my Ring doorbell has the update that protects me from the latest vulnerability? The Ring doorbell is an extremely popular device that millions of households around the world have installed for security purposes. And because it’s so popular, it’s also the constant focus of Wexton proposes renaming Leesburg post office after World War II veteran 11/01/2019 10:30am • If approved by Congress, Leesburg, Virginia's downtown post office would be renamed the Norman Duncan Post Office Building in honor of the late World War II veteran. (Courtesy Google Street View) Virginia congresswoman Jennifer Wexton has introduced a bill to rename the post office in downtown L Today in History: Nov. 1 11/01/2019 12:00am • Today is Friday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2019. There are 60 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 1, 1936, in a speech in Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini described the alliance between his country and Nazi Germany as an "axis" running between Rome and Berlin. On this ICF International will move its global HQ to Reston 10/31/2019 09:41am • Fairfax-based ICF International, a 50-year-old global consulting company whose services are used primarily by the U.S. federal government, will relocate its longtime Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters to a new development along Metro's Silver Line in Reston. (Courtesy ICF International) ICF Interna Commute from hell: Were DC streets designed with the devil in mind? 10/31/2019 12:00am • If you think your commute through the District is hellish, well, at least one fringe conspiracy theory says there's a reason for that. While Washington is no stranger to legends and lore, one particular crackpot hypothesis posits that D.C.'s streets were designed to include cult symbols — and p Lime Connect Century Ride 2019 10/24/2019 06:11pm • Join Lime Connect on Saturday, November 2nd for the 2019 Lime Connect Century Ride presented by Bloomberg. This annual event brings together hundreds of passionate riders and supporters for a foliage-filled ride across Northern Virginia for a great cause: forging a pathway to success in the corpor America's most haunted hotels list includes spots in DC, Baltimore 10/24/2019 01:20pm • The Omni Shoreham's opening on Oct. 30 perhaps foreshadowed the hotel's haunting. (Credit: Google Street View) Historic Hotels of America has published a list of the 25 most haunted hotels in the U.S., and it includes The Omni Shoreham Hotel in D.C. and the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore. 5 must-have products on Black Friday 10/22/2019 08:00pm • Every year, the combination of doorbuster pricing and holiday hype results in a few products that stand out -- and often sell out -- on Black Friday. Low prices and buzzy sales will have these brand-name items flying off the shelves during this major shopping holiday. If any of these products are on College Park startup raises $55 million from investors with ties to Samsung, UAE 10/22/2019 02:37pm • A College Park-based startup working to bring the world's most powerful quantum computer to market has secured $55 million in Series C venture funding. IonQ Inc.'s newest round was led by the Samsung Catalyst Fund, a venture arm of Samsung Electronics, and Mubadala Capital, backed by the governme Crowdsourcing data firm moves to DC, will double local workforce 10/22/2019 09:22am • A San Francisco company with a D.C.-area presence that pays people to snap photos of products on store shelves and record observations, such as prices in their local markets, is expanding. Premise Data, a small, fast-growing data and analytics company, is moving its Washington-area operations fro Buckle up — Canada's election will be a cliffhanger 10/20/2019 09:45am • Nasty. It is not a word associated much with Canada -- except perhaps with the winters here. But during this election campaign, nastiness has been one of the only unifying themes, as parties trade insults and dig up scandals from coast to coast to coast. Canada votes in a general election on Mond Fans support Hong Kong, Tibet at Nets' 1st game since China 10/18/2019 11:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A group of fans held signs, wore shirts and chanted support for Hong Kong and Tibet in the Brooklyn Nets' first game since returning from China. The fans sat behind the backboard near the Nets' bench at Barclays Center in their 123-107 loss to Toronto on Friday night. A USA c