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Need a nap at BWI? There will be rooms for that 07/25/2019 04:00am • Minute Suites rooms rent for a minimum of $42 for one hour — with additional time available in 15-minute increments — or overnight for $155. (Courtesy Minute Suites) Atlanta-based Minute Suites, which designs and builds private relaxation and napping rooms for airports, will add BWI Marshall Amazon effect: JBG Smith plans 1,000 condos, apartments, townhouses for National Landing 07/22/2019 09:54am • JBG Smith's plans for additions at RiverHouse include traditional townhouses, duplexes and two six-story residential buildings. As submitted, the plan calls for 26% of the new units to be for-sale homes. (Courtesy JBG Smith) Amazon HQ2 is boosting housing demand in Virginia's Arlington County, a Cost of staying in Ocean City may increase as Worcester Co. considers room tax hike 07/22/2019 09:11am • A lifeguard watches the ocean in Ocean City, Maryland. (WTOP/Colleen Kelleher) Staying in Maryland's Ocean City could get more expensive at the start of 2020. The room tax you pay may go up to 5% from 4.5%. Worcester County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the proposal Aug. 20. The cheapest ways to travel: 15 tips to save money on your next vacation 07/22/2019 01:00am • If your primary travel goal is checking destinations off a bucket list, you're likely going to need to know how to stretch your funds. This list of travel tips aims to help you see the world without wrecking your finances, covering everything from scoring free trips to paying less for common travel Best ways to earn free hotel stays with your credit card 07/17/2019 05:00am • Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, earning free hotel stays is a great way to save money. There are several ways you can use a credit card to get free nights at your favorite hotels. Here's everything you need to know. Try a Co-Branded Hotel Rewards Credit Card (and Get Extra Mark Ein saved Citi Open — can he make it a destination? 07/10/2019 01:05am • Summer in the Washington sports landscape has a rhythm. Once the Wizards and Caps are done, we settle into the daily beat of baseball, punctuated by weekends of soccer, peppered in with Mystics games. But two major events brought golf and tennis to the area: the Quicken Loans National and Citi DC ranks among most walkable cities in nation 07/07/2019 01:37pm • If you want to ditch the car and take a stroll, D.C. is one of the easiest places to do so, according to a new report. The study titled "Foot Traffic Ahead," led by the Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis, looked at the nation's 30 largest metro areas, ranking D.C. as the fourth most walkab 30 years after debut, 'Seinfeld' remains the master of its domain 07/05/2019 12:08am • Kramer, George, Elaine and Jerry appear in "Seinfeld." (AP) See our WTOP staff picks of their favorite "Seinfeld' memories at the bottom of the article. WASHINGTON — Thirty years to the day after the "Seinfeld" pilot “The Seinfeld Chronicles" debuted on NBC on July 5, 1989, the situat Tank watch 2019: July 4 military vehicles on the move in DC 07/03/2019 10:48am • (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: '5ab2b5f3-1602-4f0d-8502-63c76468d1c3' }).render("914615362ee0504f");}); Where are the tanks? That was the burning DC creates civil rights section to fight discrimination 06/27/2019 05:40pm • A new section of the D.C. attorney general's office has been created with the aim of helping people fight, among others, housing discrimination, and it has filed a lawsuit against a landlord accused of refusing to accept renters with housing vouchers. The new Civil Rights Section will "promote eq Montgomery Co. renters may soon have power to end leases over rodents and mold 06/18/2019 05:56am • Renters in Montgomery County, Maryland's largest county, may soon have more control when it comes to terminating a lease if a landlord fails to provide safe living conditions. Bill 6-19, also known as the Landlord-Tenant Relations Termination of Lease legislation, says landlords who fail to fix h Free Alexandria pop-up space for 3 lucky small retailers 06/17/2019 09:06am • The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership's three-year-old pop-up program, which finds temporary space for home-based businesses or micro-retailers to test a brick and mortar presence, is taking applications for its latest free pop-up space in Old Town. AEDP is working with The Seedling C Arlington home values to rise 17.2%; inventory has 'fallen off a cliff' 06/13/2019 04:30am • The Northern Virginia Association of Realtors has revised its forecast for home price appreciation in Arlington County this year to 17.2%. The arrival of Amazon’s HQ2 prompted the revision. “This is a market response to the Amazon HQ2 announcement with investors competing with residents fo Kids home for the summer? Family-friendly activities in, near DC 06/10/2019 04:29am • School is almost out for summer vacation, which means the kids are about to have a lot more free time. If you’re looking for a few ways to entertain little ones this season, Guiomar Ochoa, of cosmomommy.com, has some suggestions for family-friendly destinations, exhibits and day trips in the D.C. Bigger buses with more amenities rolling at BWI 06/03/2019 07:50am • BWI Marshall Airport put into service the first of 20 new buses for customer transportation from the BWI Rail Station and the parking lots to the terminal. The new buses carry more passengers, provide round-the-clock service and have more amenities. The 60-foot, articulated buses, made by New