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Dozens of 'ambassadors' help greet Bowie State students who returned to class after shooting 10/16/2023 04:25pm • Students at Bowie State University were back in the classroom Monday, nine days after a shooting marred homecoming weekend, prompting the Maryland school to increase security around campus. While police said they don’t believe anyone involved in the shooting had any association with the school, Tour Virginia's fall foliage aboard a historical warbird in Culpeper 10/15/2023 03:01pm • Want to see Virginia's fall foliage from the air? Culpeper Regional Airport in Elkwood, Virginia has partnered with the Capital Wing of the Commemorative Air Force to offer rides in historical warbirds for a special event on Oct. 28 and 29. The Capital Wing is offering rides in a North American T Increased security at Bowie State University after homecoming shooting 10/14/2023 05:51am • Bowie State University is tightening security after a shooting during homecoming events this past weekend. In an online message posted by University President Dr. Aminta Breaux on Friday, she outlined the security measures students can expect to see when they return to the Prince George's County, A $100M indoor sportsplex? Prince William Co. leaders are considering it 10/12/2023 11:07am • Prince William County is considering the purchase of an indoor athletics facility that would feature an indoor pool, a running track and hard-surface courts that could be utilized by public schools and youth sports groups. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors is considering entering in A 'Ring of Fire' solar eclipse will cross the US this weekend. Here's what you need to know 10/12/2023 07:12am • The new moon and the sun will meet Saturday, Oct. 14, in the skies over North America to create a “Ring of Fire” annular solar eclipse for some, a partial solar eclipse for others, and a day to watch online for millions more who are not in the path of the Moon’s shadow or are clouded out. T 'Despicable what people will do, ruining other people’s peace and fun': Bowie State gathers after shooting 10/09/2023 06:49pm • Bowie State University is trying to pick up the pieces and move forward after a shooting on campus during homecoming weekend. On Monday, the school held a community conversation at the student center. “We are gathered together as one community (to) reclaim our community," university Presiden 'I’m not the only one out here': Ceremony gathers loved ones of people killed in DC area 10/09/2023 05:02pm • Tears, coupled with rage and frustration, were shed during an emotional ceremony in Prince George's County, Maryland, that mourned people who were murdered. Mothers, widows, and others took turns coming to the microphone during the annual "Remembrance for Murder Victims" to share stories, and let 2 teens shot during Bowie State University homecoming festivities, Monday classes canceled 10/09/2023 06:59am • Police in Maryland are looking for suspects connected to a shooting that injured two teenagers at Bowie State University during its homecoming festivities Saturday night. In a news release, Maryland State Police said troopers responded to the school's Center for Business and Graduate Studies arou Documentary chronicles Kurt Angle from Olympic gold to WWE champ, making painkillers tap out 10/06/2023 02:54pm • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” He went from Olympic gold to WWE champion, battling addiction and coming out clean on the other side. If a Hollywood screenwriter wrote Kurt Angle's life as a fiction movie script, no one would believe it, and ye Call for faith leaders to heal police-community relations 10/06/2023 11:38am • A national effort to heal the relationship between communities and police kicked off Friday morning in downtown D.C. The prayer breakfast at the National Law Enforcement Museum is one of thousands of events planned this weekend across the country as part of the National Faith & Blue Weeke Things to do in the DC area: Films, chocolate, fashion, Shakespeare … and more! 10/05/2023 04:04am • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. This weekend and beyond, the calendar is chock-full of fun, including a craft fashion and home showcase, Latin culinary demonstrations and a family fes Analysis: After the Capitol Hill chaos that led to McCarthy's ouster, what happens now? 10/04/2023 04:11pm • Legislative activity has screeched to a halt in the U.S. House of Representatives, but it's not because of a government shutdown that many lawmakers were resigned to before Congress approved a short-term spending bill last weekend. The House is instead paralyzed because — for the first time in American Black Film Festival founder launches new comedy festival at The Wharf 10/03/2023 06:00am • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” You'll laugh so hard this weekend at The Wharf that you might fall into the Potomac's Washington Channel. The Because They're Funny Comedy Festival launches in Southwest D.C. this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Jeff Fr Taste of Bethesda returns with 40 restaurants to try 10/02/2023 12:48pm • Your mission this entire week is to work up an appetite to do some serious eating this weekend. The 31st annual Taste of Bethesda returns to Bethesda, Maryland, this Saturday, Oct. 7 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. "We haven't been able to have Taste of Bethesda since 2019, so we are incredibly exc Enjoy these free events around the DC area this weekend 09/30/2023 02:48pm • Now that the government shutdown has been averted, and federal workers can breathe a sigh of relief, it's a good time to enjoy the crisp fall air — without opening your pocketbook. Here are some free events taking place around D.C., Maryland and Virginia this weekend. DC 2023 World Cult