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15 cheap DIY backyard game ideas for summer 06/18/2023 08:00am • When the sun is shining and the weather is warm, you naturally want to spend more time outdoors. With a little creativity, hanging out in your backyard isn't limited to yard work or patio lounging when you incorporate traditional yard games and new versions of activities you're used to playing insid You might need a bigger bin: Montgomery Co. to recycle old mattresses 05/16/2023 06:02pm • Cans, bottles, plastic containers. Everyone's used to recycling all kinds of household items, but what about some of the larger items in your home? It turns out you can indeed recycle your mattress if you live in Montgomery County, Maryland. But before you toss that California King, be aware â Md. Gov. Moore cancels contract at state nursing home for veterans following concerns of neglect and abuse 03/17/2023 08:46am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Reports of abuse at a St. Mary’s County nursing home for veterans is causing the state to end a two-decade old contract with a South Car Birth, School, Work, delaying Death: The Godfathers' Peter Coyne snuffs lifelong smoking addiction 03/16/2023 05:45am • Great moments in live rock ’n’ roll shows that have been burned into music fans' minds can often become distorted over time, yet Peter Coyne, the singer of The Godfathers, recently confirmed one of my great 9:30 Club memories. It was March 1988, weeks after the British band released their How a Georgetown restaurant's menu led to 1970s 'Afternoon Delight' earworm 02/24/2023 01:23pm • Even in 2023, the song "Afternoon Delight" may be on your guilty pleasures playlist, and the mid-70s hit has D.C. origins. A house in the Palisades section of Northwest, and a menu item at Clyde's restaurant in Georgetown led to what's been dubbed "the dirtiest song ever to top the Billboard Hot Marriott opens hotel on Dubai’s Palm Island (with a pillow menu) 12/19/2022 08:23am • Bethesda, Maryland-based Marriott International, which recently opened its 8,000th hotel, has opened its first resort in the United Arab Emirates. The Marriott Resort Palm Jumeirah Dubai is on one of three manmade islands on the coast of Dubai. The Marriott Resort Palm Jumeirah Dubai rooms ha SpaceX launches tomato seeds, other supplies to International Space Station 11/26/2022 06:02am • SpaceX is carrying a fresh haul of supplies to the International Space Station this weekend after bad weather at the launch site forced the company to wave off its first attempt. The mission took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida around 2:20 p.m. ET Saturday. The original liftoff da How to incorporate vintage elements in your home 10/09/2022 04:00am • Home design trends come and go. Give them some time, and they'll often come back, as the vintage home trend has shown. While all-white kitchens and open-concept floor plans still reign supreme on the wish lists of many homeowners and house hunters, furniture and decor of yesteryear are popping up Vin Scully, Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years, dies at 94 08/03/2022 01:53am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night. He was 94. Scully died at his home in the Hidden Hills neighborhood of Los Md. pediatrician warns parents away from devices promising SIDS protection 06/23/2022 05:01pm • Updated safe sleep guidelines for babies published this week by the American Academy of Pediatrics mostly reaffirm recommendations from 2016 on how to prevent sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS. A Maryland doctor wants to highlight some of the new recommendations. "One of the additions to the Amazon Prime Day 2022: Best deals on travel gear, gadgets and more 06/18/2022 04:00am • Amazon Prime Day 2022 is almost here, which means you'll soon be able to score deals on travel gear and other items on Amazon. For this year's event, Amazon is touting its "lowest prices ever," with exclusive member deals already rolling out. You'll likely spot discounts at other stores such as W Edmund Burke School reopens for 1st time since Van Ness shooting 05/04/2022 11:01am • Students at Edmund Burke School in Northwest D.C. returned to class Wednesday for the first time since a sniper attack in their neighborhood nearly two weeks ago. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli) Students at Edmund Burke School in Northwest D.C. returned to class Wednesday for the first time since a sniper Van Ness sniper had hundreds more rounds; police still investigating motive 04/25/2022 04:53pm • D.C. police and federal law enforcement are still trying to determine the motive behind the sniper shooting in the Van Ness area Friday, but the District’s police chief said Monday afternoon that the suspect fired more than 200 shots and had 800 more rounds of ammunition in reserve. Police Chie 'I feel so lost': The elderly in Ukraine, left behind, mourn 04/16/2022 04:43am • MYKULYCHI, Ukraine (AP) — This is not where Nadiya Trubchaninova thought she would find herself at 70 years of age, hitchhiking daily from her village to the shattered town of Bucha trying to bring her son's body home for burial. The questions wear her down, heavy like the winter coat and boots Winners and losers from the 2022 General Assembly session 04/13/2022 12:59pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. In a year of such abundance, in a year when everyone is trying to look good with the next election just around the corner, it’s hard to sc