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Safety improvements considered to help you arrive alive on DC-area roads 06/17/2020 08:16pm • A yearlong study of where and why crashes are killing and injuring people on D.C.-area roads is over, and local leaders are reviewing ideas to help make roads safer. Proposed solutions being considered by National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) members at the Metropolitan Wash Montgomery County officials detail Phase Two, announce youth jobs program 06/17/2020 03:44pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, is set to enter Phase Two of the lifting of COVID-19 safety regulations on Friday at 5 p.m., but officials on Wednesday emphasized caution as they provided details. Saying the county had seen a “significant reduction in cases last week, per day,” County Executive Car Review: Mazda 3 sedan moves upscale for 2020 06/15/2020 04:13am • Compact sedans need not be basic transportation anymore: After a week with the 2020 Mazda 3 sedan, I was impressed with the company’s take on what a compact sedan can be. The vehicle is small sedan that’s more luxurious than most with a higher-dollar interior that puts others to shame. I Over 40,000 pounds of ground beef recalled due to E. coli concerns 06/14/2020 12:51pm • A New Jersey company is recalling nearly 43,000 pounds of raw ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday. The raw ground beef products produced by Lakeside Refrigerated Servic Maryland catering company in a 'slow build' after pandemic 06/09/2020 02:10pm • This content is sponsored by EagleBank. It was a big problem for catering companies when health officials first announced that, due to the coronavirus pandemic, large groups of people should not be meeting anymore. "Everything started canceling," said Dave Evans, president of La Prima Foo Politics and Prose provides comfort with the help of books 06/05/2020 09:36am • This content is sponsored by EagleBank. The popular D.C. bookstore Politics and Prose was among the many businesses deemed nonessential when the coronavirus pandemic hit. But don't use the word "nonessential" when talking to the store's owner Bradley Graham. He doesn't agree with th Protests continued as it poured; plans in works for a big Saturday protest 06/05/2020 01:14am •  The latest The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of protesters who were cleared from Lafayette Square near the White House. The National Guard has started to leave D.C. Even as the skies opened up and rain poured heavily in D.C., protesters stayed in DC emergency police reform bill would ban chokeholds 06/04/2020 09:25pm • In response to George Floyd's death and the protests that have followed, the D.C. Council will consider an emergency bill to improve policing in the city. A draft of the bill circulated by Council member Charles Allen would ban the use of neck restraints or chokeholds — such as what was used on Modernizing defense logistics management using low-code automation 06/03/2020 09:24pm • This content is sponsored by Appian. The U.S. Marine Corps’ product information management systems, like many other legacy mainframe systems, have hit the upper limits of what they are capable of. These are some of the oldest systems in the Marine Corps, so the service decided to try something Maryland meal delivery company Healthy Fresh expands 06/03/2020 10:11am • Healthy Fresh has seen an uptick in business over the past three months. (Courtesy Healthy Fresh Meals) The coronavirus pandemic has been a boon for the meal delivery business, with U.S. customers spending about $100 million on meal kits between mid-March and mid-April nationally, according to N DC BIDS handing out free PPE starter kits to businesses 06/03/2020 08:39am • The District is making free personal protective equipment starter kits available to D.C. businesses, and the District’s Business Improvement Districts are distributing them. The kits include items such as hand sanitizers, masks and disinfectants, and are being distributed to help small business Out of left field: Rent a minor league stadium for $1,500 on Airbnb 06/02/2020 04:01am • (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: 'd1ee4182-50f6-471b-b769-61ee04eaf4e2' }).render("7461536a6474f08");}); The Pensacola Blue Wahoos minor league bas Md. survey shows distance learning disparities, but hardest-hit school districts aren't revealed 05/29/2020 08:56am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. As many as 15% of students in at least one Maryland county have not participated in distance learning in any form since schools were closed Ultimate social distancing: Self-driving cars used to donate food during pandemic 05/28/2020 05:15am • One of the vehicles used by Brookfield Properties. (Courtesy Optimus Ride) Using what could be the ultimate form of social distancing, the real estate company developing The Yards on the Anacostia River waterfront is helping families in Southeast D.C. who are struggling with food insecurity duri DC reports no new coronavirus deaths, 13 days of downward trend in community spread 05/26/2020 12:30pm • A man with a mask walks past almost an entire city block of boarded up storefronts in the Shaw neighborhood in Washington, Friday, May 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) For the first time since March 31, D.C. reported no new deaths from COVID-19, as well as a 13-day sustained decrease in commun