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Lynching site in Leesburg becomes first in Loudoun Co. to be memorialized with state historical highway marker 07/17/2025 01:48pm • Wednesday's state highway sign dedication ceremony was a long time coming for the NAACP Loudoun Branch in Virginia. A lynching site in Leesburg now has a marker memorializing a local victim. "It is the culmination of so many years, almost nine years of research, of humanizing victims of lynching Trump's EPA calls on Maryland to reissue wind farm permit for Ocean City 07/17/2025 10:45am • Federal officials are calling on the state to reissue a permit for a wind farm planned off the Ocean City coast, to correct what they say is an error in the original document. In a July 7 letter to the Maryland Department of the Environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took issue wit Santa swaps sleigh for sirens in 'Christmas in July' celebration for NIH families 07/17/2025 07:22am • Santa Claus arrived in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Wednesday with a police escort ��� not because he was in trouble, but because he was spreading joy. The Children���s Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) held its annual "Christmas in July" celebration, a lighthearted event that off Carb loading 101: How it can help improve endurance, performance (and when it's just eating lots of pasta) 07/14/2025 11:06am • Most of us have heard of carb loading as a way to prepare for a sporting event, but many of us don't really know what it is, how it works and why it's only appropriate at certain times ��� and for certain kinds of athletes. "Carb loading is a strategy used very commonly by long distance runners, This luxurious Hyundai Sonata looks to help��keep the sedan alive 07/11/2025 04:32am • If you like sitting closer to the pavement, there are still some good sedans out there ��� even though they���re a dying breed. The 2025 Hyundai Sonata Limited Hybrid is a stylish one that likes to sip fuel. This one comes in dark, metallic gray with some flashy silver and black turbine-style wheels Montgomery Co. student named 3M merit winner for project aimed at stopping spread of wildfires 07/08/2025 09:00pm • Vishagan Aranganathan was on a Qatar Airways flight for a vacation to India when he noticed something unique. He realized the plane was equipped with a camera on the outside, enabling passengers to look at real-time footage of the surroundings during takeoff and landing. He glanced at buildings, DC's Rainbow Road is the longest LGBTQ+ mural in history 07/08/2025 03:08pm • Driving along 15th Street Northwest in D.C., you may notice a stretch with multicolored bike lanes and other street paintings. That ���Rainbow Road��� is now the longest LGBTQ+ mural in history. ���D.C. has the largest LGBTQ per capita population in the country, and you know, it's just important Demolition on the rest of Baltimore's collapsed Key Bridge begins Monday. Here's what to expect 07/07/2025 05:45am • Demolition of the remaining structures of Baltimore's collapsed Key Bridge will begin on July 7, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) announced on Thursday. The demolition efforts in the Patapsco River will take several months with the use of heavy machinery, the MDTA warned. What will t 'I get goose bumps every time': Independence Day fireworks are headed for the National Mall 07/01/2025 06:01pm • Independence Day is just days away and with it comes one of the biggest fireworks shows in the country. Crews are preparing for days on the National Mall to deliver a thrilling 17-minute show. ���They ask me where I'm going to be on Fourth of July, I tell them I'll be at the Washington Monume On June 30, commemorate the 10th anniversary of 'Asteroid Day' 06/30/2025 05:44am • June 30, 2015, was the first ���Asteroid Day,��� when "people from around the world come together to learn about asteroids" and what can be done to protect the planet from asteroid and comet impacts, according to the United Nations. This year���s Asteroid Day has planned events worldwide and onli Open Streets DC takes over Capitol Hill on Saturday 06/27/2025 09:00pm • It���s time for pedestrians, bikers and skaters to take over the streets this summer. D.C.���s 12th Open Streets event takes place Saturday, June 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for the first time on Capitol Hill since the car-free program started in 2019. North Carolina Avenue SE, East Capitol Str New Caribbean nonstop: BWI to Anguilla this winter 06/27/2025 08:21am • BermudAir will launch seasonal nonstop flights from BWI Marshall Airport to the British territory of Anguilla this winter. The twice weekly flights will operate on Mondays and Fridays under BermudAir���s new sister-brand AnguillAir. The roughly four-hour flight departs BWI Marshall Airport at Things to do in the DC area: Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Pride Fair ��� and more! 06/26/2025 04:18pm • The annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival returns next week, running from July 2 to 7 with a theme focused on youth from around the globe. The theme, "Youth and the Future of Culture," explores the contributions and experiences of young people and how they create, innovate and sustain cultural pra Logging plan for Eastern Shore forest stirs pushback from residents 06/23/2025 10:49am • Driving down Route 113 between Snow Hill and Pocomoke City, the trailhead for the Blue Bike Trail is easy to miss. There aren���t any signs or hiking blazes, but nestled in the woods is a grassy parking area, and the beginning of a 0.7-mile walking trail in the Pocomoke State Forest. The trail Nationals Notebook: The Nats are far from home this week and far from successful this season 06/23/2025 03:29am • The Washington Nationals avoided what could have been the longest road trip ever measured, not in miles but in despair, by beating Colorado in extra innings Thursday afternoon. But dropping six of seven games to a pair of last place teams means something. And while they did not get swept by the d