9+ hour, 22+ min ago   (123+ words) Fall is almost here, which means it’s about time for the Smithsonian’s National Zoo to get spooky for Halloween. The zoo’s two after-hours Halloween events begin in October. Tickets are on sale now through the National Zoo website. Boo at…...

22+ hour, 34+ min ago   (581+ words) Children’s National in D.C. is home to a new type of technology that officials say will deliver lab results within hours for children and families and help doctors provide more timely diagnoses and treatments. The hospital launched a new, fully…...

1+ day, 3+ min ago   (314+ words) A 73-year-old D.C. woman who prosecutors say moved in with a man she met through an online dating site — then persuaded him to pour more than $400,000 into a phony investment scheme — has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to the…...

1+ day, 40+ min ago   (541+ words) Listen to the full story above. Dolly Parton may be best known for her music, movies and larger-than-life personality, but at D.C. Public Library, she has another title. “She’s sort of like a patron saint of early childhood literacy for us…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (691+ words) As students returned to class across the D.C. region, some of the District’s youngest students will be without their favorite after-school program this school year. D.C. Scores, a nonprofit that runs after-school programs using soccer, poetry and service learning for elementary…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (423+ words) The report released Friday says the 250-foot-tall (76-meter) memorial arch is likely to disrupt the historical significance of dozens of sites near its planned location adjacent to Memorial Bridge. Many of Washington’s monuments, buildings and sites have been carefully planned…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (531+ words) The superintendent of Prince George’s County Public Schools has acknowledged responsibility in the ongoing transportation crisis during the first week of the new school year, and is giving the Maryland school system the grade of “F” in how it has…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (120+ words) Three men and one juvenile male were wounded following a shooting in Northeast Friday afternoon, D.C. police say. Police responded to a shooting in the 6200 block of Dix Street, near the border with Maryland, at about 1:45 p.m. One of the men was…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (177+ words) Melissa Farris is scheduled to be arraigned next week on two felony counts. Grand jurors indicted her Thursday on charges of destroying the veterans’ memorial and destroying government property. An attorney for Farris didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (178+ words) A man hospitalized after his Annapolis, Maryland, home exploded and collapsed last week has died from his injuries. The Anne Arundel County Fire Department identified the man as Stanley Synowczynski, 75. He died Thursday night after suffering significant burns in the…...