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Movie Theater Investors Bracing for Worst Weekend in 30 Years 08/28/2017 08:00pm • With the summer blockbuster movie season coming to an end, movie theater investors are well aware that a seasonal slowdown in ticket sales is inevitable. However, this past weekend's numbers were the lowest on record for the U.S. movie industry since 2001, and analysts believe Labor Day weekend wil 6 Top Up-and-Coming Small Towns Across America 08/28/2017 08:00pm • Plenty of charming small towns throughout the country are well worth a visit. Let's face it: Nobody likes contending with heavy crowds in popular tourist destinations. And while metropolises offer big-city allures, from versatile dining options to beautiful architecture to world-class art and cultur Chinese migrants lead US agents to San Diego border tunnel 08/28/2017 06:36pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dozens of migrants fleeing from Border Patrol agents led authorities to a surprising discovery over the weekend: A tunnel under the US-Mexico border in San Diego used to bring Chinese nationals illegally into the United States. Drug cartels have built hundreds of tunnels to mov Wheel tasty: Weekend food trucks give Georgetown more dining options 08/28/2017 10:05am • WASHINGTON — Two popular D.C. food trucks are setting up shop along M Street in Georgetown for the remaining warm weekends this summer and fall, but they’re not on the street. Georgetown Park is hosting Swizzler and Captain Cookie off street at a loading dock between H&M and T.J. Maxx ben Box-office eclipse: Hollywood has worst weekend in years 08/27/2017 03:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood effectively took the weekend off, resulting in one of the most dismal box-office results in 16 years. An already slow August came to a screeching halt at the multiplex, where no major new releases were unveiled. That left the Samuel Jackson-Ryan Reynolds action-comedy "Th First lady appears to borrow from Michelle Obama's playbook 08/27/2017 08:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Bare arms and a belted waist, a White House vegetable garden and parents in the residence: Melania Trump is borrowing pages from Michelle Obama's playbook. From public policy to high fashion to family ties, Mrs. Trump is keeping alive parts of the former first lady's legacy ev Renaissance Festival: Crownsville becomes fictional 16th-century village 08/26/2017 02:28pm • WASHINGTON — The Maryland Renaissance Festival will transform Crownsville, Maryland, into the fictional village of Revel Grove in Oxfordshire, England for nine weekends until Oct. 22. The annual family-friendly fair runs on weekends for almost two months and promises feasting, fun and fantasy Locals' 8 Favorite Bars in Orlando 08/24/2017 08:00pm • If you seek perfection in nightlife, then you'll find nirvana in Orlando, Florida's extensive bar and club scene. Local Orlando experts suggest you sidle up to the bar at these top-notch music venues, dance clubs, speak-easies, lounges and themed drink joints. House of Blues Orlando House of Blues 'Foxy Brown' star Pam Grier hits DC to launch streaming service 'Brown Sugar' 08/24/2017 01:14am • WASHINGTON — Her "Foxy Brown" rivaled "Shaft" and "Super Fly" as 1970s action heroes. This weekend, Golden Globe nominee Pam Grier hits a pair of D.C. events, first to be honored at the "Salute Her Awards Luncheon" at the Marquis Marriott at 11 a.m. Friday, then a meet-and-greet at the Ubiq Quantico Tri: Hundreds to swim, bike, run through Va. Marine Corps base 08/23/2017 12:59pm • WASHINGTON — This weekend, about 1,300 participants will swim, bike and run their way through the Quantico Tri and 12K events at the Officer Candidates School on the Virginia Marine Corps base. The Quantico Tri, a “sprint triathlon” on Saturday, Aug. 26, challenges about 600 participants in DC’s first urban winery opens Aug. 30 08/22/2017 01:01am • WASHINGTON — If your idea of the perfect weekend involves hanging out in a tasting room at a local winery, your commute to do so is about to get a whole lot shorter. This month, D.C. will welcome its first commercial urban winery at 385 Water St. SE along the Anacostia River. District The 10 Best Austin Brunch Spots -- Locals' Picks 08/20/2017 08:00pm • From decades-old staples to brand-new joints, Austin, Texas' brunch scene is bubbling more than a mimosa. But when so many plates and cocktails abound, how do you narrow down which hot spots fit your fancy and your funds? Local experts weighed in on delicious dishes at top midday eateries to help y Lewis' MDA telethons were full of emotion, star appearances 08/20/2017 04:54pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Lewis, whose career as producer-director-writer and movie star peaked in the 1960s, may be best remembered by younger generations for the muscular dystrophy telethons he conducted every Labor Day weekend. While he had done earlier fundraising specials, Lewis appeared in Colleges grappling with balancing free speech, campus safety 08/19/2017 05:25pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — When Carl Valentine dropped off his daughter at the University of Virginia, he had some important advice for the college freshman: Don't forget that you are a minority. "She has to be vigilant of that and be concerned about that, always know her surroundings, just be Charlottesville mayor seeks removal of Confederate monuments, calls Lee statue 'magnet for terrorism' 08/18/2017 05:19pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Almost a week after deadly violence on the streets of his city during a white nationalist rally, Charlottesville mayor Mike Signer is asking Virginia's governor and lawmakers to call an emergency session, with the goal of enabling localities to remove Confederate statues.