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Group home resident charged with 2nd-degree murder in beating death of caregiver 08/23/2021 03:00pm • A resident of a Silver Spring, Maryland, group home has been charged with second-degree murder after police say he beat a 62-year-old caregiver to death over the weekend. Around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, police were called to a group home on Carona Court where they found Fokam Henry Sigala lying unresp Bus driver shortages are latest challenge hitting US schools 08/22/2021 12:43pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana school district is dangling $4,000 bonuses and inviting people to test drive big yellow school buses in hopes of enticing them to take a job that schools are struggling to fill as kids return to in-person classes. A Delaware school district offered to pay parents Awesome Con returns to Washington Convention Center this weekend 08/19/2021 12:50am • You might see comic book, movie, TV and video game fans on the Metro later this week. Awesome Con returns Friday to Sunday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. "We're excited to be back," Director of Marketing Lauren Dabb told WTOP. "We were scheduled for last May and we actually Sandy Point State Park hosts free vaccination event this weekend 08/14/2021 11:13pm • If you're heading to Sandy Point State Park this weekend, you'll have a chance to get vaccinated as part of Maryland’s GoVAX Summer Tour. The event is a partnership between the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Maryland Department of Health aimed at offering visitors opportunitie Mask it up! Popular Va. ska festival set to skank, seeks to extend reach 08/10/2021 12:38pm •  A perennially popular Virginia-based music festival is attempting to expand its reach, as the recent surge in coronavirus cases threatens the just-reopened live music industry. "The Supernova International Ska Festival is dedicated to the music of ska, which is a precursor to reggae, which Strathmore virtually hosts 13th annual Uke Fest 08/10/2021 11:21am • Have you always wanted to learn an instrument? Here's a perfect chance. Strathmore virtually hosts its 13th annual Uke Fest from Friday through Tuesday. "I was hoping for in person ... but it just seemed like the safest option given our student population," Director of Education Lauren Cam Bowser slams reports she went maskless indoors: 'If you want to report on the right-wing wingnuts, have at it' 08/03/2021 01:52pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday slammed conservative media reports that she went maskless indoors last weekend in defiance of her own mandate. "Let me clear something up, because if you want to report on the right-wing wingnuts, have at it," Bowser said during a Tuesday news conference at the PHOTOS: 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, part 1 08/03/2021 07:40am • More Olympics news Games on: The 2020 Olympics continued this weekend in Tokyo. Here are photos from the events. 'World's Largest Bounce House' brings inflated family fun to Fort Washington 07/28/2021 02:43am • It's certified by Guinness World Records as the "The World's Largest Bounce House." The Big Bounce America tour comes to Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Maryland, just south of National Harbor, for two weekends this summer: Sept. 3-6 and Sept. 10-12. "We just want to bring an awe Review: 'Ted Lasso' kicks off Season 2 in hilariously heartfelt fashion on Apple TV+ 07/26/2021 01:11pm • Today's television landscape offers a daunting number of different streaming services. However, if there's one reason to subscribe to Apple TV+, "Ted Lasso" is it. TV's most hilariously heartfelt comedy kicked off Season 2 over the weekend, but don't worry if you missed Season 1. Thanks DC community leaders call to end 'street code' 07/25/2021 12:45pm • Eight days after the drive-by shooting that took the life of 6-year-old Nyiah Courtney and wounded five others, community leaders are calling for action. One hundred Black fathers, uncles, brothers and sons marched around Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X avenues, where Nyiah and her mothe Weekend Ballston festival will close part of Wilson Blvd. 07/21/2021 10:52am • The Ballston Business Improvement District's BallstonGives charity is hosting its inaugural Bands & Brews on the Boulevard on Saturday, July 24, with live music and what it calls a 200-foot street pub. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and be held directly on Wilson Boulevard, with a DC police chief focused on finding little girl's killer after violent weekend 07/19/2021 11:26pm • After a violent weekend, D.C.'s police chief said he is singularly focused on just one case amid echoes of desperation from a community at its wits' end, a frustrated mayor and grieving families' call for him to take immediate action. On Friday, 6-year-old Nyiah Courtney was gunned down crossing Tunnel ventilation updates to bring single-tracking to Red Line through end of August 07/16/2021 10:02pm • An update to the ventilation systems of many Metro stations along the Red Line will bring single-tracking to large sections of the line through Aug. 31. Metro said the work is necessary as the Red Line is the oldest section of D.C.'s rail system and needs to be brought in line with modern safety Let's Go! Music Festival brings Smash Mouth, Gin Blossoms and Sugar Ray to Md. 07/16/2021 06:51am • Smash Mouth, Gin Blossoms and Sugar Ray will headline the inaugural Let's Go! Music Festival at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds in Crownsville, Maryland, on Friday, July 16 and Saturday, July 17. The festival's organizers want "to help our community move on from the trying times of last year