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Photos: Around the World Embassy Tour in D.C. 05/07/2016 05:25pm • WASHINGTON -- Long lines filled sidewalks along Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, where residents and visitors waited to visit more than 40 embassies during the Around the World Embassy Tour event in D.C. on Saturday. Nice weather encouraged more visitors to go on a walking tour through Embassy Ro Riders react to WMATA announcement on yearlong repair plan 05/06/2016 06:11pm • WASHINGTON — On Friday, Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld announced plans to repair and rebuild parts of the Metro system — a yearlong project that is expected to begin June 5. Wiedefeld acknowledged riders will have to make sacrifices during the massive undertaking, since the work will re Air Force Association Cycling Classic returns to Arlington next month 05/06/2016 06:55am • A weekend of cycling races is on tap for the weekend of June 11-12. The Air Force Association Cycling Classic is returning to Arlington for its 19th year next month. Sponsored by Boeing, the two-day event benefits the association’s Wounded Airman Program. The races will take place around Don't Go Broke as a Bridesmaid (or Groomsman) 05/04/2016 08:00pm • Last week, American Express released new survey results revealing how much Millennials are spending on weddings -- and the numbers are staggering. When compared to the average American, who will attend three weddings this year and spend about $700 per event, Millennials will pay about 27 percent mor The Avalon Theatre hosts Hitchcock/Truffaut Festival 05/04/2016 01:06am • CHEVY CHASE, Md. — It was a one-on-one meeting that forever transformed blockbusters into high art. It's hard to believe, but the Master of Suspense was once dismissed as a commercial filmmaker of mostly mainstream fodder — never once handed a Best Director Oscar — until a budding mave 10 Costs You Can Eliminate in Retirement 05/01/2016 08:00pm • Lower expensesMany retirees are tempted to spend more money on leisure activities in retirement. Health care costs also tend to increase as people age. But there are many costs that decline in retirement -- and a few you can eliminate entirely. Here are some expenses you will no longer have in retir Historic streetcar station to reopen as art space 04/29/2016 07:28pm • WASHINGTON — An old, underground streetcar station in D.C. has been unused and mostly forgotten for decades. But the tunnels, under Dupont Circle, are reopening Saturday as an interactive art space. It's called Dupont Underground; to get in, visitors walk down stairs that streetcar riders us Fairfax Co. school board members at odds with Liberty University leader 04/29/2016 04:00pm • WASHINGTON — After comments from Liberty University’s leader about guns and Muslims, nine of the Fairfax County School Board’s 12 members want the Virginia High School League to stop having events there. The nine members of the board, including the chair and vice chair, sent a letter Thursd 5 Top Ski Spots to Visit in the Off-Peak Season 04/28/2016 08:00pm • There once was a time when ski resorts shut their doors soon after the last snowflakes of the year fell. But nowadays, many prime ski spots offer activities for outdoor enthusiasts throughout the year, ranging from wooded yoga retreats to zip lining, along with mountainside music festivals and sceni Chernobyl: A Toxic Tourist Destination 04/25/2016 08:00pm • The radioactive explosion happened in the early hours of Saturday, April 26, 1986. By the end of that weekend, Soviet authorities began the evacuation of tens of thousands of people living around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the largest nuclear catastrophe in history. Abandoned bui At 70, Arch Campbell remains Washington's beloved movie buff 04/25/2016 01:35am • WASHINGTON — His trademark fedora casts a cool shade over the nation's capital. His belly laugh echoes across Capitol Hill. And, if you look hard enough, you'll find the remnants of his popcorn washing up on the banks of the Potomac. Washington's longtime cultural gatekeeper Arch Campbell Exclusive: Deadly shooting of Md. firefighter on call sheds light on similar incident 04/20/2016 05:22am • WASHINGTON — After a Prince George’s County firefighter was shot and killed while checking on someone's welfare last week, Montgomery County fire officials are now learning of an eerily similar incident that happened a few months ago. "We didn't know about this until this weekend, when crews You're Retired. Now What Do You Do? 04/17/2016 08:00pm • You can spend decades working for a living, raising a family and paying the mortgage. Then you retire and collect your gold i-watch. Now what do you do? A few people have very distinct dreams of pursuing a long-deferred passion in retirement -- playing in a rock band, painting a masterpiece or circu Street closures this weekend for parade, international meeting 04/16/2016 04:58am • WASHINGTON-- Several streets will be closed this weekend for different events. The 2016 Spring Meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund will close the following streets from 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 15, to 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 17. 19th Street, NW, from Pennsylvania Aven Nando's chicken will be good for a Northern Virginia high school 04/13/2016 12:23pm • WASHINGTON — Nando's Peri Peri opens its seventh Northern Virginia location at the Mosaic District in Merrifield Saturday, and it won't make a dime. Nando's is donating all proceeds from weekend business — not just the profits — to Falls Church High School. Nando's did the same thing w