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Northern Va. accounts for 40% of tourist spending in state 09/30/2019 09:22am • All five Northern Virginia counties rank among the top 10 in the commonwealth for tourism. (Wilsilver77 /iStock / Getty Images Plus) Virginia's tourism industry generated a record $26 billion in tourist spending in 2018 — and 40% of that, or $10.3 billion, was spent in Northern Virginia. Bo Officers ID'd in fatal Hyattsville shooting of man 'armed with 2 knives' who charged police 09/27/2019 12:14pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, police have identified the officers who shot a suspect after he ran at them while wielding two knives in Hyattsville on Thursday. Authorities identified the three Prince George's County officers involved: Sgt. David Cheatham, Officer Dario Daniel and Officer Kesh Man 'armed with 2 knives' tasered, then killed when he charged officers in Hyattsville: police 09/26/2019 03:39pm • A man is dead after charging officers while wielding two knives in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Thursday, police said. According to Prince George's County police, the incident happened near Toledo and Belcrest roads, behind The Mall at Prince George's. They received a call from a local coffee sho Guide to contemporary design trends for your home 09/24/2019 10:45am • Carpeting doesn't line up well with contemporary styles, and while rugs are used, they're often used as accent patterns or colors. (iStock / Getty Images Plus) Wanting a home that looks stylish and photo-worthy is a common goal. But how can you keep up with the trendsetting interior spaces of th The Awesome Burger is Nestlé's answer to the plant-based meat craze 09/24/2019 08:30am • Nestlé's Plant-Based Protein Center of Excellence, the beating heart of the massive food company's recent foray into fake meat. If you turn off Highway 1 at just the right spot in Moss Landing, California, past fruit stands, roadside cafes and artichoke farms, you may catch a sudden whiff of ba Supreme Court DC sniper case examines teen murderers' sentences 09/21/2019 10:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Lee Boyd Malvo, who terrorized the Washington region in 2002 as one-half of a sniper team, is at the center of a case the Supreme Court will hear this fall. But the justices' eventual ruling probably will mean less for him than for a dozen other inmates who, like the now-34-year- Giant's parent company wants fewer toxic chemicals in food packaging, beauty products 09/20/2019 10:34am • The parent company of Giant Food and other local grocers is restricting certain chemicals from its products and packaging. Ahold Delhaize USA, the fourth largest grocery chain in the country — which owns Food Lion, Peapod, Stop & Shop, Giant and more — announced its new "sustainable chemi DC-area homebuyers could save thousands by mortgage shopping 09/19/2019 10:37am • Homebuyers spend time finding the perfect home, but many don't bother spending time finding the perfect mortgage. Mortgage shopping, or comparing rates between several lenders, can potentially mean significant savings each month and over the life of the loan. Mortgage rates are near historic l 'Fill the Boot' fundraising to continue as Fairfax County discourages panhandling 09/19/2019 06:03am • Fairfax County firefighters collected the most money nationally in this year's Fill The Boot campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. (Courtesy Facebook/Fairfax Co. Professional Firefighters & Paramedics) One day after Fairfax County's Board of Supervisors announced plans to put sign 5 fall getaways in the DC area 09/19/2019 12:05am • With its tolerable temperatures and fabulous foliage, fall is the perfect time of year for a weekend getaway. D.C.-based travel writer Jess Moss has a few ideas that will keep you close to home, but take you worlds away. Sand and surf in the offseason Summer may be over, but that doesn’t mea Wash. coffee shop employs shirtless male baristas 09/18/2019 11:07am • Dreamboyz Espresso shop employs shirtless male baristas. DC, Md. lawmakers target youth vaping 09/18/2019 05:55am • Maryland and D.C. lawmakers are cracking down on youth vaping. On Tuesday, D.C. lawmakers proposed a ban on sales of flavored e-cigarettes and a measure requiring a prescription to purchase electronic smoking products. "What I'm most concerned about is that we are quite literally watching a ne College Football Corner: The quarterback whisperer 09/15/2019 06:02pm • Somebody from the NCAA needs to find out exactly what is in the water of Lake Thunderbird in Norman, Oklahoma. Once again the most feared passing attack in the nation wears the crimson and cream of the Oklahoma Sooners. And once again it's a transfer quarterback piloting the attack. OU is getting The date which has both Hong Kong and Beijing on edge 09/14/2019 08:25pm • For months, October 1 has loomed over the mass pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong, as a whispered deadline for the ruling Chinese Communist Party to take action to end the unrest. On that day, Beijing will be hoping to project an image of national strength and unity with a military parade Buying a car is pricey, keeping one is getting pricier 09/14/2019 03:30pm • Buying a new car is expensive, and it's gotten more and more expensive as Americans keep buying bigger SUVs and trucks. But the cost of keeping that car is getting more expensive too. In fact, a AAA study said the cost of owning a new car is now over $9,200 a year, the highest it's been since 195