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Mary Chapin Carpenter talks DC roots en route to Wolf Trap streaming event 11/18/2020 12:28am • She's the only artist to win four straight Grammys for Best Female Country Vocalist. On Friday, Nov. 27, Mary Chapin Carpenter streams a special concert at Wolf Trap. "I had started doing one song a week, posting it to social media," Carpenter told WTOP. "After almost 50 episodes of doing Diapers to driving: Md. blogger Dude Mom chronicles raising 3 sons 11/17/2020 12:03pm • Amanda Rodriguez appears with her three sons. (Courtesy Amanda Rodriguez) Life is never boring when you're busy raising three sons under quarantine. Amanda Rodriguez chronicles her journey��in the lifestyle blog DudeMom.com. "Dude Mom is a family lifestyle blog that I dreamed up in my Fairfax County schools delay in-person instruction for some students 11/17/2020 02:44am • Amid worsening coronavirus metrics,��Fairfax County Public Schools announced Monday that it is delaying expanded in-person instruction that was set to begin for more students this week. Students in ���Group 5,��� which includes Head Start, pre-K, kindergarten and those who receive special educati Howard County limits gatherings, schools to pare back in-person learning 11/16/2020 05:58pm • Howard County Public Schools is rolling back its limited in-person learning starting Thursday, the school system announced Monday. County Executive Calvin Ball also announced tighter limits on in-person gatherings. A letter to parents and guardians about the suspension of all "in-person opportuni Montgomery County moves ahead with school reopening plans ��� with caveats 11/16/2020 03:45pm • Montgomery County's Board of Education is continuing with its plan to eventually reopen schools ��� depending on the spread of the coronavirus ��� and will take a final vote on its reopening plans in a meeting Dec. 3. In a Monday morning briefing on Zoom, Montgomery County Public Schools Superint 'Home Alone' celebrates 30 years as cheek-slapping holiday classic 11/16/2020 12:33pm • Are you looking for an excuse to kick off your holiday movie watching early this year? On this day exactly 30 years ago, "Home Alone" opened nationwide on Nov. 16, 1990. Not only was it the highest��grossing movie of the year at $285.7 million domestically, trouncing "Ghost," "Dances with Fairfax County teachers push back on return-to-school plans 11/13/2020 01:11pm • Next week, thousands more Fairfax County Public School students will start moving back into classrooms, and a month from now, first- and second-graders will be in classrooms, too. But the move to more and more "concurrent learning" ��� where some students are in the classroom and others are learn Review: Mel Gibson plays gruff Santa in violent, twisted indie flick 'Fatman' 11/13/2020 12:25pm • Hollywood has seen its share of edgy Christmas movies, from gruesome horror films like "Black Christmas" (1974) to hilarious raunchy comedies like "Bad Santa" (2003). If you are one who insists that "Die Hard" (1988) is a Christmas movie, get ready for "Fatman," a twisted, violent Christmas f Utz, the century old regional chipmaker, scoops up major tortilla chip maker 11/13/2020 11:12am • A banner for Utz Brands, which is listed at the New York Stock Exchange, hangs on the exterior of the building, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) Utz Brands, the 99-year-old potato chip and pretzel maker well-known to consumers in the mid-Atlantic, is adding tortilla c Loudoun Co. targets COVID-19 spread ahead of more students returning to classrooms 11/13/2020 08:56am • When Loudoun County, Virginia, students who chose hybrid in-person learning return to public school classrooms on Dec. 1, county Health Director David Goodfriend expects the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to rise. He said his goal is to prevent spread of the coronavirus within Loudoun County Champion boxer fights back after being shot, stabbed by husband 11/13/2020 08:27am • ▶ Watch Video: Sneak peek: Christy Martin - The Fight of Her Life It's hard for most people to believe that a boxer known for knocking out 32 of 49 opponents could be the victim of domestic violence, but that is what Christy Salters-Martin lived to tell a jury and "48 Hours" contributo How Prince George's Co. schools will get kids to class faster this year 11/13/2020 05:55am • Whenever Prince George's County Public Schools open their doors and let students back in classrooms, hundreds of school buses will hit Maryland roads to pick up tens of thousands of kids waiting for a ride. But there will be fewer stops moving forward. The county said it is consolidating bus stop Hometown heroes Kix return to Frederick 11/13/2020 12:37am • You've most recently seen them at the M3 Rock Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion. This Friday, Kix comes home to rock the Frederick Fairgrounds in Frederick, Maryland. "We don't actually play Frederick that often because there's not really anywhere to play, so this is really cool to ha National Harbor hotel shut down because of pandemic restrictions 11/12/2020 11:15pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, hotel has been shut down because of new coronavirus restrictions. The Hampton Inn and Suites National Harbor announced it's closing with a sign posted on its front door that said it closed ���to protect public health and safety.��� A hotel employee confirmed Tips to quit smoking and to prevent kids from starting in the first place 11/11/2020 05:00pm • The American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout on the third Thursday of November hopes to encourage smokers to quit, and an expert who works with smokers��has advice for parents to help kids avoid nicotine. "Teens are still listening to their parents; they're still a big source of informat