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Column: Just like in Sept. 2001, Michael Jordan is helping us get through a crisis 05/11/2020 01:27pm • (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: 'df1bb488-dc3d-4e6f-bacb-8cf51ab0e745' }).render("7161536b2ac83f2");}); The Netflix docuseries the “The Last Dan Column: Michael Jordan is still helping us get through 05/11/2020 04:08am • (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: 'df1bb488-dc3d-4e6f-bacb-8cf51ab0e745' }).render("19561536b2992a9f");}); The Netflix docuseries “The Last Dance, Tired of Netflix? Birds provide a show right outside your quarantine window 05/09/2020 09:13pm • An American robin. (Courtesy Dan Rauch) Ever heard of a black-throated blue or an American redstart? Well, while you're working from home in the D.C. area, you might look out your window and see one of those interesting birds, along with about 238 others, according to Dan Rauch, a fisheries a Getting on a plane: Changes ahead for air travelers 05/06/2020 08:20pm • The number of people flying on commercial flights has dropped to the lowest level since the 1950s, and when passengers resume getting on planes in larger numbers, the experience will be fundamentally different than it was just a few months ago. Major airlines recently began requiring passengers t Is the 'murder hornet' a threat to DC region? Not yet, U.Md. expert explains 05/06/2020 05:52am •  The "murder hornet" that has arrived in the U.S. and grabbed headlines is certainly a threatening creature, but it could be decades before the insect makes it to the D.C. region, according to an expert at the University of Maryland. The Asian giant hornet, coming i Blue Angels and Thunderbirds to soar above DC, Baltimore in tribute to essential workers 05/01/2020 11:15am • The military's elite flight demonstration squadrons salute health care workers and others on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus over New York City on April 28. (Courtesy FEMA/K.C. Wilsey) The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy's Blue Angels will conduct a flyover through Coronavirus update: Case total in DC, Md., Va. passes 20,000; 5.2 million new US jobless claims 04/17/2020 01:47am • A shopper walks out of a store in Annapolis, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Anne Arundel County is now requiring employees and shoppers to wear masks to help limit the spread of the coronavirus joining a few other counties in Maryland who are requiring the same. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) The latest 'It was the real deal': An oral history of the Nationals' DC debut 04/14/2020 04:01pm • Fans cheer during the opening day ceremonies at RFK Stadium between the Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks Thursday, April 14, 2005 in Washington. Thursday's game is the first regular-season baseball game in the nation's capital in 34 years. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) It� Coronavirus update: DC grants early release to eligible inmates; worldwide deaths surge past 100,000 04/10/2020 08:20pm • A stunning report Thursday from the Labor Department showed that job cuts across the U.S. are mounting, a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Maryland and Virginia weren't immune. (AP/John Locher) The latest D.C. has granted early release to some inmat DC woman finds lost pet bird or did Moki the cockatiel find her? 04/09/2020 05:15am • (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: 'a61a8e25-2c0f-4d9b-a157-00a5e8975772' }).render("1126153671ddb304");}); A crafty pet cockatiel that flew away in JetBlue suspends all BWI Marshall flights 04/08/2020 01:15pm • Starting April 15, JetBlue will no longer serve BWI Marshall through June 10, and will instead consolidate its D.C.-area flights to Reagan National Airport. (Credit: JetBlue) JetBlue is consolidating operations in five metropolitan areas where it serves more than one airport, including the D.C. For Md. teacher, distance learning challenges traditional classroom connections 04/07/2020 04:30am • Rian Reed teaches English and World Studies at Laurel High School in Prince George's County, Maryland, and when she is not brainstorming with colleagues about how to get past technical glitches, she is reassuring students who find distance learning frustrating. For many teachers, getting lesson p This Date Capitals History - April 5 04/05/2020 12:00am • With the NHL season on pause due to the coronavirus, we’re digging into the archives for a look back at some great moments in Capitals history. Over the next few weeks, we’ll present a series of ‘This Date in Capitals History’ features. We continue with April 5.   April 5, 1 DC-area stores gradually catching up with demands during coronavirus pandemic 03/30/2020 07:57pm • Grocery store shelves depleted of food and other products when the nation began seeing increasing cases of COVID-19, are starting to fill up again. “As consumers continue to reduce their demand and just buy what they need, we're starting to see things catch up,” Greg Ferrara, president and CE US tourists stranded abroad don't know when they'll return 03/20/2020 10:31pm • Linda Scruggs and Mike Rustici trained for months to hike the winding trails leading to Machu Picchu's complex of Inca ruins. So they were thrilled when their flight landed last Friday in the Peruvian capital. They managed to do part of their trek but now they are trapped in a Lima hotel room a