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Celebrate 'Shorty Gras' with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at Hollywood Casino 02/29/2024 04:21am • You don't necessarily have to fly to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras and jam out to jazz. Folks in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area can quickly cross over the border to West Virginia for the "Shorty Gras" tour by Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with the Soul Rebels at Hollywood C United Airlines says after a 'detailed safety analysis' it will restart flights to Israel in March 02/21/2024 06:28pm • CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines says it plans to resume flights to Israel next month, reviving a route that was suspended in October at the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The airline said Wednesday that it will start flights from Newark, New Jersey, to Tel Aviv with a stop in Munich on March 2 and Loudoun Co. teachers honored for bringing history to life in their classrooms 02/20/2024 08:53pm • Before leaving Blue Ridge Middle School on Tuesday, eighth grade civics and economics teacher Erik Sassak created a Mario Party-themed review game. The goal, he said, is to help his students prepare for an upcoming unit. It’s part of an effort to reach the students who are currently interested Off to Never Never Land: 'Peter Pan' flies again in a new tour after some much needed changes 02/20/2024 11:35am • NEW YORK (AP) — A new, inclusive stage production of “Peter Pan” flies out on a U.S. tour this month, telling the classic tale of a boy who refuses to grow up — but without references that, ironically, have aged poorly. Gone are elements harmful to Native people, in are a few new songs and t 'Soaring' over hills or 'playing' with puppies, study finds seniors enjoy virtual reality 02/19/2024 01:59pm • POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Retired Army Col. Farrell Patrick taught computer science at West Point during the 1970s and then at two private universities through the 1990s, so he isn't surprised by the progress technology has made over the decades. But when the 91-year-old got his first virtual rea Fani Willis' testimony evokes long-standing frustrations for Black women leaders 02/17/2024 12:13am • Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is used to prosecuting high-profile, challenging cases. But as she parried questions about her own personal conduct from the witness stand against the legal teams for defendants her office has accused of election interference, many Black women recognized a Enjoy the luxury of Paris without flying there at this cereal heiress' DC mansion 02/16/2024 12:33pm • Marjorie Merriweather Post was an heiress, business woman and philanthropist, whose father founded the Post cereal empire in 1895. They traveled to Paris extensively for business, and Post built a collection of French art, fashion and jewelry. “She left all these treasures that you can't re Finding meaning in George Floyd’s death through protest art left at his murder site 02/09/2024 04:00am • PHOENIX (AP) — For months after George Floyd was killed by police in May 2020, people from around the world traveled to the site of his murder in Minneapolis and left signs, paintings and poems to memorialize the man whose death reignited a movement against systemic racism. Now hundreds of those a How Much Does It Cost to Go to the Super Bowl? 02/04/2024 07:00pm • With the big game just days away, seeing the Super Bowl in person won't come cheap. Sunday's match between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas with kickoff at 6:30 p.m. EST. If you don't want to spend your child's college fund seeing it Japan wants everyone to know: Taylor Swift will make it in time for the Super Bowl 02/03/2024 08:35am • TOKYO (AP) — Taylor Swift, who is holding concerts in Japan through Feb. 10, will make it in time for the Super Bowl to see her partner and football superstar Travis Kelce play. To make sure all her fans know, the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. has sent a message on X, formerly Twitter, all Taylor Swift could make it from Tokyo to the Super Bowl. Parking her private jet could be tricky 02/02/2024 02:59pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — If Taylor Swift is jetting from her upcoming Tokyo concert to Las Vegas to see boyfriend Travis Kelce play in the Super Bowl the next day, she'd better already have a place to park her plane. Even the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., seems to be rooting for her. Places to lea Trump stays on Illinois' ballot as the election board says it lacks power to remove him over Jan. 6 01/30/2024 06:11pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him from the presidency. The board’s unan Record six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald joins NSO for 'tsunami of sound' at Kennedy Center 01/25/2024 04:06am • She holds the Broadway record with six competitive Tony Award wins, one ahead of the legendary Angela Lansbury. Next week, Audra McDonald performs live at the Kennedy Center with accompaniment by the National Symphony Orchestra for two concerts on Tuesday, Jan. 30, and Wednesday, Jan 31. "It's 'We're very lucky today': 16 children in DC day care safely evacuated before building explodes 01/18/2024 01:50pm • Sixteen young children in a Southeast D.C. day care facility were safely evacuated by firefighters responding to a gas leak Thursday morning — just moments before a series of explosions rocked the strip of storefronts in historic Anacostia. None of the children were injured, D.C. Fire Chief Investigation into why a panel blew off a Boeing Max 9 jet focuses on missing bolts 01/09/2024 08:19pm • The extended grounding of some Boeing 737 Max jetliners is adding to pressure on Boeing and the subcontractor that made the fuselage and installed a panel that blew out leaving a gaping hole in an Alaska Airlines plane last week. Investigators know the sequence of events that led to the blowout Frid