Trick-or-treating on Embassy Row is a longstanding tradition in DC. This year, we found four embassies that will be open to candy seekers on Friday, October 30. It’s the same number as last year, though still a drop from the seven locations…
It’s a harrowing Halloween tradition, with some participants teetering as they dash through three D.C. city blocks in dizzying high heels for the 39th annual 17th Street High Heel Race. If you’re frolicking in the District on Tuesday, don’t be spooked by…
The Hilltop announces the first annual homecoming-queen competition, in which female students will fight for the title of Queen of the Gridiron. The student body votes for history major Ada Deans, kicking off a tradition that will become one of…
Lonnie Bunch, the Smithsonian Institution secretary who will retire this year, was honored early Monday by colleagues past and present. News4’s Jessica Albert shows the celebration. Lonnie Bunch, the Smithsonian Institution secretary who will retire this year, was honored Monday…
Hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad and much more awaited scores of police officers, firefighters and EMS providers as they responded to the Capital Yacht Club on Sunday, but it wasn’t because they were reporting to an emergency. The club hosted…
More than 35 years after American troops deployed to the Persian Gulf, a new memorial honoring those who served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm officially opened Saturday on the National Mall in D.C. The National Desert Storm and Desert Shield…
It’s been years in the making, but Saturday morning, hundreds of veterans from across the country gathered on the National Mall to cut the ribbon on the newest memorial in the nation’s capital: the National Desert Shield and Desert Storm…
Heights are Joanna Lohman’s greatest fear. Yet, as she stood atop BC Place in Vancouver, preparing to bungee jump backward to catch a fish, Lohman believed she had earned her stripes. Her teammate, Ali Krieger, won the 2015 FIFA Women’s World…
Ivy, a financial services professional from China, and Lance, a management consultant from Taiwan, met as MBA students and shared a first date at Thinking Cup in Boston. Three and a half years later, Lance proposed at the Jefferson Memorial…
Visionaries of the Year (VOY) is a 10-week philanthropic competition for leaders in the DMV area to raise mission-critical funding for Blood Cancer United in honor of local blood cancer survivors. Funds raised go directly to Blood Cancer United’s groundbreaking…
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