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Va. student goes to college, learns music biz, plays 'little hometown gig' as Warped Tour returns to DC 06/25/2025 01:43pm • Countless rock bands have spent hours rehearsing in garages and basements, dreaming of the chance to perform at a music festival. A young drummer who grew up in Loudoun County, Virginia, found a more direct route — he went to college, with the goal of becoming a professional musician. And this Things to do in the DC area: Barbecue Battle, Fête de la Musique ... and more! 06/19/2025 04:21am • For its 33rd year, the annual Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle is back with live musical performances, live art, dance battles, family-friendly events, demonstrations and some of the best barbecue in the nation. The event is hosted along Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, Jun How automakers are invisibly raising costs for buyers 06/16/2025 12:51pm • The tariff impact on new vehicles imported to the U.S. probably won’t show up on dealer lots until this summer. But automakers are finding invisible ways to raise some costs for buyers right now. Automobile review and price comparison site Edmunds said incentives are where dealers are quietly p Quick to break, hard to fix: Meet the Metro worker ensuring your bus doesn’t stall on the way to work 06/16/2025 04:29am • In 1999, Shane Lonesome took her car into her uncle’s auto repair shop in Baltimore because of an issue with the muffler. It didn’t take them very long to fix, and quickly, Lonesome became intrigued. She was curious about how the process could unfold so fast, and wanted to learn about how the 'I still don't believe it': Va. man shares tips on buying his first home 06/15/2025 07:46am • Buying a home for the first time in this unpredictable D.C. area market can be challenging, but the uncertainty of the market could present an opportunity for first-time homebuyers. The layoffs, spawned by cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, along with high interest rates, have decre New dashboard brings near real-time info about crime around the region 06/11/2025 04:35pm • Police departments around the region are increasingly offering updates on crime data, but depending on how big the department is, the speed of those updates might vary. Bigger departments can update every day. Others might update every few days, or even on a weekly basis. But to track it all, you Free live music in Leesburg all summer, adult beverages allowed 06/11/2025 12:39pm • Village at Leesburg owner Rappaport is again footing the bill for Plaza Party this summer, with free, live music every Friday through the end of August. The concerts are staged on The Plaza at Village at Leesburg, with nearby restaurants lined up in case of inclement weather. This is the seve DC report touting benefits of new Commanders stadium could suffer from ‘shiny object bias,’ U.Md. expert says 06/10/2025 04:15am • A D.C. report touting the benefits of a new Commanders stadium at the old RFK site leaves a fundamental question unanswered, one business expert said. Cliff Rossi, professor of the practice and director of the Smith Enterprise Risk Consortium at the University of Maryland, said the report doesn� H&H Bagels brings New York bagels to DC, and yes, they’re boiled in NYC water 06/09/2025 11:13am • H&H Bagels, a New York City bagel institution, is opening a store in D.C.’s Mount Vernon Triangle on June 12. The store is at 601 K Street, N.W., a half a block from the historic Carnegie Library. The bagels will have the taste New Yorkers swear by. The bagels are proofed and then kettle-bo Maryland Supreme Court upholds ban on gun possession in some non-felony cases 06/09/2025 09:58am • The Maryland Supreme Court upheld a state law banning gun possession by people who have been sentenced to two years or more in prison, calling it comparable to a ban on gun possession by felons, whether the underlying crime was a felony or not. Despite a string of recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling Trump deploys California National Guard to LA to quell protests despite the governor's objections 06/08/2025 09:52am • PARAMOUNT, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom after a second day of clashes between hundreds of protesters and federal immigration authorities in riot gear. Confrontations broke out on DC Getaway: Stay and play at New York City’s Tempo by Hilton Times Square 06/07/2025 04:12am • Stay the weekend in Times Square just steps away from Broadway theaters and rooftop restaurants at New York City’s Tempo by Hilton. With an advantageous travel time of a little more than an hourlong plane trip from Reagan National Airport — or a three-hour train ride from D.C.'s Union Station, Things to do in the DC area: WorldPride Parade, Street Festival and Concert … and more! 06/05/2025 11:26am • This year's Pride Month events will be "bigger and better than past years," as part of the WorldPride celebrations in D.C. That's what Giovanni Rocco, with the Capital Pride Alliance, told WTOP. "We're bringing people from all over the world together to celebrate that and to really go back to Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson opens new DC restaurant, blending local and 'Swediopian' flavors 06/04/2025 02:16pm • Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson’s restaurant opened Tuesday inside The Morrow Hotel in D.C.’s Union Market District. The menu at the New American restaurant, Marcus D.C., combines Samuelsson’s “personal” international flavors with local influences from Executive Chef Anthony Jones, who Post-COVID 'revenge spending' appears to be on the way out 06/03/2025 09:27pm • After COVID restrictions lifted, many of us made up for lost time by shopping, leading to a trend known as “revenge spending.” Now, with uncertainty surrounding the economy, it appears many are turning in the opposite direction and putting a focus on saving. According to a report by the B