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What is enormous and venomous, has 8 legs, travels through the wind and is heading to the DC region? 06/05/2024 01:23pm • Headlines this week are warning of the arrival of a venomous spider, as big as a human palm, that travels through the wind and is heading to the D.C. area. But there is no need to be alarmed. These creepy-crawlies won’t create scenes reminiscent of the movie "Arachnophobia." “You definitel Kennedy Center hosts free outdoor films at REACH 05/31/2024 04:14am • The D.C. area hosts plenty of outdoor movie series, but very few take place on such hallowed grounds. Starting this Friday, the Kennedy Center hosts free outdoor film screenings on the REACH Video Wall with movies starting at sundown or around 8:30 p.m. The series kicks off this Friday, Ma Things to do in the DC area: Pride events, Taste of Peru … and more! 05/30/2024 07:43am • During Pride Month, people from all walks of life around the country can come together as activists and allies. It's during this time that many celebrate the progress made so far by the LGBTQIA community, as well as continue to spread the message of equality and work toward a better future. In an Bette Nash, world's longest-serving flight attendant, dies at 88 05/25/2024 05:32pm • (NEW YORK) — After serving the skies for nearly 67 years, Bette Nash, the world's longest-tenured flight attendant, has died at 88 years old. "It is with sadness that we inform you of the passing of our dear colleague, Bette Nash, the longest-tenured flight attendant at American Airlines," acco How DC-area travelers are beating traffic during Memorial Day weekend 05/24/2024 03:28pm • Some drivers in the D.C. area are choosing Friday as their time to get away for Memorial Day weekend, which is historically one of the busiest travel times of the year, but has morphed into a multiday getaway that hasn't caused widespread traffic congestion in the D.C. region. One traveler, A There's a 'whole life' that goes with each poppy on the wall at the National Mall 05/24/2024 03:23pm • The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor, an exhibit honoring more than half a million service members who gave the ultimate service, returns to D.C. this Memorial Day weekend. The wall features red poppy flowers for the more than 600,000 U.S. service members who have died in the line of duty since World War Is it OK to swim after eating? Medical expert answers age-old question 05/23/2024 04:23pm • Growing up, did your parents insist you had to wait 30 minutes between eating and swimming? Sorry, but your parents were wrong. That's according to Amanda Joy, certified physician's assistant and associate medical director at MedStar Health Urgent Care. "As a child, I was also told that we had 'Incredibly special': Rare 1920 jersey worn by Walter Johnson when the Senators beat Babe Ruth is now up for auction 05/10/2024 05:41pm • A piece of D.C. baseball history is up for sale, and for sports memorabilia collectors, its rarity is bringing up its value. A game-worn jersey that belonged to Washington Senators pitcher and Baseball Hall of Famer Walter Johnson is currently at auction. Heritage House, which is hosting the auct Suspects in Dunbar drive-by shooting in police custody 05/03/2024 01:20pm • Two teenage suspects are in police custody after a shooting outside of a D.C. high school Friday morning that sent a hail of bullets into the building, police say. Gunfire erupted across the street from Dunbar High School in Northwest D.C., shortly before 10 a.m. Friday, D.C. police Chief Pam Lewis Black comes home to DC's Kennedy Center for 'Goodbye Yeller Brick Road, The Final Tour' 04/30/2024 05:39am • He grew up in the D.C. area before finding fame on "The Daily Show" and Pixar's "Inside Out." This Friday, Lewis Black comes home to the Kennedy Center for his "Goodbye Yeller Brick Road, The Final Tour," which he insists isn't his retirement but rather his last national tour. "I'm not 're Congress to add flights at Washington National, require new air refund rule in FAA deal 04/29/2024 11:13pm • Key members of Congress announced an agreement Monday on a $105 billion bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration for five years ahead of a May 10 deadline. The 1,000-page bill would raise hiring targets for air traffic control and would codify in law a rule the Biden administrat Cast of 'A Different World' reunites on tour and makes a stop in DC 04/10/2024 04:10am • The cast from the 90s hit show "A Different World" was in D.C. on Tuesday as part of a 10-city tour to historically Black colleges across the country. The event, called “Hillman Day at Howard,” not only celebrated the show and its contributions to HBCUs, it also focused on boosting enrollmen Nationals Notebook: Nats can't hide but they can run 04/08/2024 04:23am • It's easy to be impressed with big swings. Power pitching and power hitting are the most impressive, and we've seen both in D.C. over the years in Max Scherzer's 20-strikeout night to Bryce Harper hitting 42 homers during his MVP season of 2015. But in a world where the Nationals don't have a col House Republicans launch longshot effort to rename airport after Trump 04/02/2024 10:16am • ▶ Watch Video: Biden rebukes Trump after social media post Washington — A group of House Republicans is spearheading a longshot effort to rename the largest airport in the Washington, D.C.-area — to honor former President Donald Trump. H.R. 7845 would designate the Washington D Don't feed the plants! 'Little Shop of Horrors' devours Ford's Theatre in DC 03/25/2024 01:00pm • It began as a 1960 horror comedy flick directed by Roger Corman before Alan Menken and Howard Ashman adapted it into an off-Broadway musical that hit the big screen in 1986 directed by Muppet master Frank Oz. Now, "Little Shop of Horrors" gets a fresh take with a diverse cast at Ford's Theatr