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Off-price retailer Gordmans opens Manassas, Warrenton stores 12/31/2019 09:07am • Stage Stores Inc. is converting existing Peebles stores into its off-price retail brand Gordmans including locations in Manassas and Warrenton, Virginia. (Courtesy Stage Stores Inc.) Houston-based Stage Stores Inc. is converting existing Peebles stores into its off-price retail brand Gordmans, w Maryland man charged with impersonating cop, offering discount payment to avoid traffic citation 12/30/2019 08:06pm • A District Heights man was arrested and charged over the weekend with impersonating an officer, and police in Montgomery County are concerned there may be additional victims of his police impersonation. In addition to the charge of impersonating an officer, Kareem Hart, 24, is also charged with e 1757 Golf Club fire destroys storage shed; course partly reopens 12/27/2019 02:33pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A fire Thursday at 1757 Golf Club in Loudoun County, Virginia, just north of Dulles International Airport, destroyed a golf cart storage The Boxing Day questions you've probably Googled 12/26/2019 06:34am • Boxing Day is the day after Christmas, and it has absolutely nothing to do with your empty gift boxes. Here's what you need to know about the holiday. What is the point of Boxing Day? It's a day to give to the less fortunate. Way back during the Victorian era in Britain, servants were allowed t How to limit your landfill load this holiday season 12/25/2019 05:56am • It may be "the most wonderful time of the year," but the holidays are also one of the most wasteful. Americans throw away about 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, according to the National Environmental Education Foundation, a District-based nonprofit that encourages people Woman hit by FedEx truck in Rockville 12/23/2019 04:44pm • A woman has serious injuries Monday afternoon after being hit by a FedEx truck in Rockville, Maryland. The woman was in the parking lot at the Federal Plaza Shopping Center, just off Maryland Route 355 in Rockville, Montgomery County police said. The woman is expected to survive. The FedEx Car Review: 2020 Hyundai Palisade has space for 8 and a touch of luxury at a reasonable price 12/23/2019 11:41am • Hyundai has been offering vehicles with good value but they have lacked vehicles in the bigger SUV/crossover market until now. If you’re going to be a little late to the party, you’d better bring your “A” game and Hyundai has with the new Palisade, a seven or eight seat Ute, that’s just th New Year's Eve celebrations around DC 12/23/2019 11:41am • During all that holiday shopping, don’t forget to make New Year’s Eve plans! If you’re looking for something fun to do, there are tons of options to ring in the new year. Skip the grocery store line with these smart shopping carts 12/23/2019 10:17am •  Tired of standing in line? Wait a bit longer, and you may never have to again. Everyone from Amazon to Silicon Valley startups are trying to eliminate lines in retail stores. Amazon has opened 24 of its Amazon Go stores, which use cameras and artificial intelligenc Eggs from an invasive insect may be hitching a ride on your Christmas tree 12/22/2019 08:00pm • Virginia residents who haven't yet purchased a Christmas tree, especially those in Loudoun County, are being advised to shop local. That's because trees in that area have yet to be invaded by the spotted lanternfly, some of which may have laid eggs on trees grown in nearby parts of Maryland and V Local business owner files suit to stop removal of slave auction block in Fredericksburg, Va. 12/22/2019 09:10am • The slave auction block at the corner of William and Charles Streets in Fredericksburg, Virginia. A slave auction block in historic Fredericksburg, Virginia, is once again at the center of controversy. Plans were made to move it to the Fredericksburg Area Museum by March but a local business What grocery stores are open, closed Christmas, Christmas Eve 2019 12/20/2019 01:00pm • Ho-ho ... uh-oh. If you have to do any last-minute, day-of grocery shopping on Christmas this year, you're probably skating on thin ice. More stores will be shuttered than not. But you might be able to avoid a lump of coal if you shop on Christmas Eve. WTOP's Christmas page Best hos Things to do around DC this weekend: Dec 20–22 12/20/2019 10:52am • (Courtesy Getty Images/Robertus Pudyanto; Associated Press/John Davisson) All Weekend Bull Run Regional Park’s Festival of Lights is 2.5 miles of illuminated holiday lights with a carnival, rides, refreshments and Santa. The Downtown Holiday Market in downtown D.C. is in its 15th season of a Girl, 4, found in Alexandria Taco Bell parking lot in freezing cold 12/20/2019 07:40am • A 4-year-old girl is safe after she was found wandering around an Alexandria, Virginia, shopping center parking lot in below freezing temperatures early Friday. Alexandria police told WTOP two people passing by the Taco Bell in the Van Dorn Plaza around 4 a.m. saw the girl, who was wearing a swea Wine of the Week: Wines for the 2019 holiday season 12/20/2019 06:59am • Hopefully, most of your holiday shopping and schlepping is just about done. Now it’s time to concentrate on one last detail: the wine. Whether you celebrate with carols, candles or caviar, a great bottle of wine shared with friends and loved ones can be a memorable experience. In addition, if y