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Capitol Riverfront spring drive-in screens movies about post-pandemic hopes 04/21/2021 12:26pm • The Capitol Riverfront kicks off its spring series of drive-in movies this week. Each Friday will feature a movie themed with hopes for post-pandemic life. "We wanted to do a fun theme and feature films that are inspired by everyone's post-pandemic goals: traveling, concerts, house parties Surpassing vaccine distribution goals, Biden next faces bipartisan legislation challenges 04/21/2021 09:17am • President Biden has surpassed his original goals for vaccinating Americans against the coronavirus and his administration has been touting congressional passage of his $1.9 trillion covid relief package, which came well ahead of his first 100 days in office. Now the president is entering a new ph Maryland lawmakers on Chauvin murder conviction: ‘We still have so much work to do’ 04/21/2021 07:24am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. As the nation reacted following the verdict that declared former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts for the mur Taco Bell will start reusing hot sauce packets 04/20/2021 08:38am • Taco Bell's plastic sauce packets have a short life. After all, what else are you supposed to do with them after they're squeezed to death? That's soon changing: The fast food chain is partnering with recycling company TerraCycle to give its packets a "spicier second life that doesn't involve a l Maryland man arrested with loaded gun at BWI airport 04/19/2021 09:37am • Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) caught a Baltimore County man with a 9mm handgun loaded with 10 bullets at the checkpoint Sunday. A Baltimore County, Maryland, man was arrested Sunday with a loaded 9mm ha Car Review: Nissan's 2021 Rogue sports new look, stresses value 04/19/2021 04:09am • The compact crossover is as popular as ever, moving into what used to be sedan territory. The Rogue has been a popular buy and has been overhauled for the fight this year. Nissan gave the 2021 Rogue a bold look with more squared styling than before. New LED lighting clusters stand out and highlight Prince George's Co. fraternity food giveaway still going strong 1 year later 04/17/2021 06:36pm • A fraternity in Prince George's County, Maryland, is celebrating one year of being able to hand out family food packages each week by doing what they do best: Giving out more food. When the local chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity first started a local food giveaway for families in Suitland 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 Emotions raw in session’s final hours, but Md. lawmakers hail the finished product 04/13/2021 01:38pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. For the third straight year, the Maryland General Assembly adjourned on Monday night without balloons or confetti — a nod to the serious n Md. climate bill dies as House and Senate fail to compromise 04/13/2021 05:40am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. An effort to reconcile the competing versions of major environmental legislation collapsed in the final hours of the General Assembly sessio Microplastics in our air 'spiral the globe' in a cycle of pollution, study finds 04/13/2021 12:10am • Tiny bits of plastic from your packaging and soda bottles could be traveling in the atmosphere across entire continents, carried by winds, a new study found. Most of our plastic waste gets buried in landfills, incinerated or recycled -- but up to 18% ends up in the environment. Since plastic isn' Caps, Wizards set dates for 1st home games with fans 04/12/2021 01:07pm • The company that runs the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards has announced the first game for each team that will be held in front of fans. Monumental Sports and Entertainment said in a statement Monday that fans would be admitted to the Capital One Arena for the Wizards’ game against t Sine Die: Bills to watch on last day of Md.'s General Assembly 04/12/2021 10:42am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Monday’s final day of the 2021 General Assembly session is sure to be more socially distanced than most, but lawmakers are still likely Hogan vetoes three police reform bills, override votes begin in final hours of session 04/10/2021 11:59am • House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County), Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), and Senate Pres. Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) appeared together at a joint press briefing in the State House in March. On Friday, Hogan vetoed three pieces of police reform legislation, a top priority of the p Pressure grows for Md. Senate to take up local election reform 04/09/2021 11:11am • Del. Brian M. Crosby (D-St. Mary's) works from the House Chamber Annex earlier this week. Crosby is sponsor of a bill that would require county officials who represent districts be elected to office only by residents of that district. (Courtesy Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) This content w