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DC restaurant owner flies in moms for Mother’s Day 05/08/2021 09:59am • (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: '57c0ae6e-459b-4794-8528-87d273d53905' }).render("109615362c0d4529");}); Marc Bucher has been working through the US Capitol attack 4 months later — what's changed? 05/05/2021 06:27pm • It has now been about four months since a marauding mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, leaving several people dead and more than 100 law enforcement officers injured, and leading to one of the largest criminal investigations ever undertaken by the Justice Department. More than 400 people no Tornado confirmed in Jefferson County, West Virginia 05/04/2021 11:10pm • A radar scan of a tornado-warned supercell thunderstorm moving from West Virginia into Maryland on Monday evening. (Courtesy RadarScope) The National Weather Service sent teams to investigate whether tornadoes touched down in West Virginia and Maryland during a severe weather outbreak on Monday Tips for an easier trip through the airport this summer 04/28/2021 01:10am • With the rise in the number of vaccinations, more people are making summer travel plans. A Maryland-based travel agent has a few tips for those flying domestically and points out changes at many hotels and motels. Although COVID-19 forced airlines to ground many flights last year, things are chan 'Crip Camp' star reflects on Oscar night, decades of Disability Rights Movement 04/27/2021 01:54pm • Everyone knows the name Martin Luther King Jr. for leading the Civil Rights Movement, just as everyone knows the name Harvey Milk as a tragic martyr for LGBTQI+ rights. Now, it's time everyone learns the name Judith Heumann as a pivotal figure in the decades-long Disability Rights Movement re DC Brau Brewing Company turns 10 (and was a DC first) 04/14/2021 10:15am • DC Brau owners Jeff Hancock, Marisela Rodela and Brandon Skall are pictured. (Courtesy DC Brau Brewing Company) DC Brau Brewing Co., the first packaging brewery to open inside D.C. since the Christian Heurich Brewery closed in 1956, marks its 10th anniversary this week. DC Brau tapped its ina Friday's deadly breach could delay decisions about Capitol fencing 04/03/2021 11:39am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest deadly breach of the Capitol’s perimeter could delay the gradual reopening of the building’s grounds to the public just as lawmakers were eyeing a return to more normal security measures following the Jan. 6 insurrection. Capitol Police officer William “Billy� DC-area leaders react to Friday’s killing of an officer on Capitol Hill 04/02/2021 11:30pm • Leaders from the D.C. area are saddened and shocked after a Capitol Police officer was killed Friday afternoon when a man drove his car into two officers guarding a Capitol Hill security barricade. President Joe Biden said in a statement that he and first lady Jill Biden were "heartbroken" to lea Political newcomer from Glen Echo eyeing run for Maryland governor: ‘I know what I don’t know’ 03/29/2021 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. When Woody McCutchen, a veteran foundation leader, grants administrator and government official, heard that his old friend Jon Baron was t Cherry blossoms reach peak bloom around the Tidal Basin, but storms threaten petals 03/28/2021 12:35pm • The Yoshino cherry trees along the Tidal Basin in D.C. sped their way to beak bloom on Sunday, the National Park Service announced. The trees took just four days to go from stage 4 — also known as "peduncle elongation" — to peak bloom. The Park Service attributed their speedy development to t Spring, Cherry Blossom Festival mirror gradual reopening from the pandemic 03/26/2021 02:10pm • Ordinarily, D.C. would be in the midst of cherry blossom mania about now, with crowds in the hundreds of thousands about to descend on the Tidal Basin to see blossoms close to hitting peak bloom. Families would be ready to hit the National Mall for this weekend's kite festival, and runners would Pandemic a year later: Food banks still in high demand around the region 03/19/2021 08:41am • Since the pandemic hit last year, the Capital Area Food Bank alone has bought 770 truckloads of food to help meet the need. (Courtesy Capital Area Food Bank) One of the most stunning visuals of the coronavirus pandemic was the sight of long lines of cars -- miles long sometimes -- approaching fo Bill would prevent more power plants from being built in Prince George’s 02/26/2021 08:42am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. There are four power plants within 13 miles of Brandywine, an unincorporated town in southern Prince George’s County. Other industrial h Slick road conditions around DC-area roadways; Bay Bridge sees delays 02/19/2021 11:33pm • The cold is sticking around the D.C. region, and that’s going to make the roads and sidewalks dicey for a while. On the road, said WTOP’s Reada Kessler in the Traffic Center, “Things are looking a lot better than they have,” but there are still slick spots, especially on smaller roadways. U.Md. institutes new measures after rise in coronavirus cases on campus 02/18/2021 10:44pm • The University of Maryland is taking additional measures after seeing a "significant and concerning increase" in positive coronavirus cases on and around campus. "Over the past several days, we have seen clusters (defined as three positive cases within a defined area) and outbreaks (defined as fi