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Prince George's County Council to tackle rising rents, tobacco stores  01/30/2023 10:41pm • The council in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is taking up a list of bills on Tuesday, which include efforts at rent control — or rent stabilization as backers of the plan call it. Under the legislation, which easily passed a committee earlier this month, landlords would be prohibited from Proving hate: Montgomery County prosecutors face challenge in grocery store attack 01/27/2023 02:41pm • Montgomery County prosecutor John McCarthy says the man charged with knocking a shopper unconscious and stealing his keys in a Gaithersburg, Maryland, Giant grocery store could soon face an additional hate charge. Thirty-year-old Eugene Thompson, who is also known as Michael Stewart, currently fa Virtual-reality gaming venue coming to Tysons 01/27/2023 10:18am • Sandbox VR, a fast-growing chain of virtual reality gaming venues with celebrity investors, has signed a lease at The Boro in Tysons, Virginia, for its first location in the D.C. region. The 7,500-square-foot location will have four private rooms for virtual reality gameplay, each with up to Md. Gov. Moore is about to shake up the Public Service Commission. Here’s why it matters 01/27/2023 08:39am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. With a single, swift personnel move this week, Gov. Wes Moore (D) may have done more to advance Maryland’s battle against climate change t Why is it harder to sleep when you get older? 01/27/2023 08:25am • When the world shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Marlene Smith's daily routines were disrupted to the detriment of her sleep and her overall health. Before the pandemic, Smith, 85, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, regularly went out shopping and dining with her daughter, who DC museum to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day 01/27/2023 06:57am • The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Southwest D.C. is marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday with special programming. International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the 1945 liberation at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz in occupied Poland. Holocaust survivors will sha 1 arrested after assaulting man wearing Star of David chain in Gaithersburg 01/27/2023 05:33am • A D.C. man has been charged after police said he used antisemitic remarks while assaulting a person Wednesday at a grocery store in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Montgomery County police said 30-year-old Eugene Thompson, who is also known as Michael Stewart, faces first-degree assault and strong-armed PHOTOS: Capitals unveil new uniform for NHL Stadium Series Game 01/26/2023 12:03pm • The Washington Capitals are showing off their style with new uniforms in time for the 2023 NHL Stadium Series game. The uniforms are a partnership between the Caps, the National Hockey League and Adidas. “We are thrilled to unveil the 2023 Stadium Series uniform with the fan-favorite Weagle fr Auto thefts, carjackings in major U.S. cities spike, new report finds 01/26/2023 05:01am • Motor vehicle thefts across 30 major cities have increased by 59% from 2019 to 2022, spiking amid the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis of crime trends released Thursday by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ). The data also showed motor vehicle theft more than doubled Gorilla statue stolen in Montgomery County was 'local icon' 01/25/2023 06:07pm • A large gorilla statue made of metal that was stolen from the front of an antique shop in Kensington, Maryland, was well-known and very well-liked in the community, according to the shop's owner. "People would drive up, jump out of cars and take selfies with him," said Kristina Jamgochian, owner Virginia may add road signs marking important spots from Jim Crow 01/25/2023 05:46pm • Virginia may soon have road signs marking significant spots from the Jim Crow era, when Black Americans often had to be careful about where they went and which businesses they walked into. Under a bill passed by the House of Delegates Tuesday, Virginia would add historical markers showing "Green San Francisco's Philz Coffee exits DC market 01/25/2023 02:07pm • Philz Coffee. (Courtesy Google Street View) The last Philz Coffee in the D.C. metro area — and what was the first Philz to open here — will close next month. The Philz location at 1827 Adams Mills Road in Adams Morgan will shutter Feb. 12. It opened in 2016, marking the beginning of t Battered by spike in fuel costs, commuter bus operator and diesel provider face possible MTA lawsuits 01/25/2023 01:07pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Ron Dillon Jr.’s family has been in the chartered bus business for more than 100 years. His company, Atlantic Coast Charters, provides ser New FDA guidelines would reduce — but not eliminate — lead in baby food 01/24/2023 06:09pm • ▶ Watch Video: FDA proposes limits for lead in baby food The Food and Drug Administration released draft guidelines Tuesday that detail the maximum amount of lead that can be found in baby food products, and is part of the organization's Closer to Zero initiative aiming to reduce child Violence in Woodbridge prompts increased police, security fixes; 7-Eleven loses liquor license 01/24/2023 12:47pm • A recent spike in violent crime in a Woodbridge, Virginia, shopping center has resulted in safety and security changes near the intersection of U.S. Route 1 and Prince William Parkway. Now, the business where the violence happened has lost its liquor license. Within the past week, a fatal shootin