The Washington Post offers breaking local news, weather and traffic information for the DC, Maryland and Virginia metro areas, plus information about school districts, crime, government, religion, the lottery,restaurant reviews and obituaries.https://www.washingtonpost.comThu, 23 Dec 2021 02:05:51 +00001hourly1https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/police-arrest-football-shooting-capitol-hill/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/police-arrest-football-shooting-capitol-hill/Peter Hermann, Jasmine HiltonThu, 23 Dec 2021 00:33:07 +0000The shooting came after a game marred by tension and trash-talk, court papers sayhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/arrests-in-bethesda-stairwell-murder/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/arrests-in-bethesda-stairwell-murder/Dan MorseWed, 22 Dec 2021 23:47:01 +0000Three teenagers are charged in the killing.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/time-capsule-richmond-lee-monument/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/time-capsule-richmond-lee-monument/Gregory S. SchneiderWed, 22 Dec 2021 23:40:55 +0000Even before the top of the box came off, experts had begun to doubt that this was the official time capsule placed beneath the Lee memorial in 1887, three years before the statue was unveiled.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/politics-and-prose-union-update/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/politics-and-prose-union-update/Karina ElwoodWed, 22 Dec 2021 23:23:14 +0000The owners of Politics and Prose, an independent bookstore and D.C. institution, announced Wednesday that they hoped to reach an agreement with union organizers that could lead to them voluntarily recognizing the union after they initially declined to do so.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/emergency-departments-overwhelmed/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/emergency-departments-overwhelmed/Jenna PortnoyWed, 22 Dec 2021 23:22:39 +0000When hospital beds fill up, emergency departments have no place to send patients who must be admitted, leaving some to languish in waiting rooms.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/dc-covid-vaccine-business-requirement/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/dc-covid-vaccine-business-requirement/Michael Brice-Saddler, Julie Weil, Jenna PortnoyWed, 22 Dec 2021 22:55:17 +0000https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/canceling-holiday-travel-hurt/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/canceling-holiday-travel-hurt/Theresa VargasWed, 22 Dec 2021 22:15:15 +0000The tickets are bought. The gifts are picked. Two boys want desperately to hug their grandparents. And a hard decision waits.https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/12/22/pm-update-winds-diminish-into-cold-night-it-will-be-sunny-chilled-thursday/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/12/22/pm-update-winds-diminish-into-cold-night-it-will-be-sunny-chilled-thursday/Ian LivingstonWed, 22 Dec 2021 21:45:36 +0000Temperatures will be in the 20s across the area tonight. It will be a bit chillier Thursday, but also less windy.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/youngkin-cummings-finance-secretary/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/youngkin-cummings-finance-secretary/Laura Vozzella, Gregory S. SchneiderWed, 22 Dec 2021 19:06:54 +0000Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin has named former investment banker Stephen Emery Cummings as Virginia finance secretary. The Cabinet official helps the governor assemble the state's budget and works with lawmakers to get it passed.https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/huge-house-fire-in-area-of-mansions-in-mclean-authorities-say/2021/12/22/f4db2e1a-62fa-11ec-bf70-58003351c627_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/huge-house-fire-in-area-of-mansions-in-mclean-authorities-say/2021/12/22/f4db2e1a-62fa-11ec-bf70-58003351c627_story.htmlJustin Jouvenal, Martin WeilWed, 22 Dec 2021 18:59:00 +0000Robb and his wife, Lynda Robb, the daughter of Lyndon B. Johnson, were at home in McLean, Va., when the blaze began.https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia/virginia-home-sales/2021/12/20/2106c7dc-52e9-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia/virginia-home-sales/2021/12/20/2106c7dc-52e9-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.htmlWed, 22 Dec 2021 16:43:16 +0000Listing of homes sold recently in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Loudoun County, Fauquier County, Prince William County, Manassas, Manassas Park, and Stafford County.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/rare-owl-rescued-virginia/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/22/rare-owl-rescued-virginia/Dana HedgpethWed, 22 Dec 2021 11:21:59 +0000Fairfax County animal protection officers rescued a rare northern saw-whet owl in the Oakton area, police said.https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/12/22/dc-area-forecast-breezy-today-cool-through-tomorrow-then-warming-up-into-christmas-weekend/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/12/22/dc-area-forecast-breezy-today-cool-through-tomorrow-then-warming-up-into-christmas-weekend/Dan StillmanWed, 22 Dec 2021 10:00:34 +0000Sunday could be very windy.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/man-stabbed-dc-metro/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/man-stabbed-dc-metro/Martin WeilWed, 22 Dec 2021 05:13:11 +0000https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/21/dcps-covid-wilson-walls-absences/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/21/dcps-covid-wilson-walls-absences/Nicole Asbury, Laura MecklerWed, 22 Dec 2021 01:32:25 +0000For students who chose to attend classes Tuesday, hallways usually filled with their peers seemed noticeably emptier.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/covid-tests-dc-maryland-virginia/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/covid-tests-dc-maryland-virginia/Karina ElwoodWed, 22 Dec 2021 00:58:09 +0000Coronavirus cases are surging in the Washington region, and demand for tests is increasing, too, particularly as the fast moving omicron variant takes hold in the country. Testing sites have seen long lines and pharmacies and libraries have run out of home tests as the winter holidays approach.https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/va-politcal-maverick-russ-potts-dies/2021/12/21/758e2894-6276-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/va-politcal-maverick-russ-potts-dies/2021/12/21/758e2894-6276-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.htmlMarc FisherWed, 22 Dec 2021 00:49:43 +0000He was a GOP state senator whose 2005 run for governor as an independent made headlines but won few votes.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/man-shot-killed-prince-georges/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/man-shot-killed-prince-georges/Jasmine HiltonWed, 22 Dec 2021 00:16:59 +0000A man was found fatally shot in the 7900 block of 14th Avenue in Langley Park.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/dc-redistricting-vote-map-wards/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/dc-redistricting-vote-map-wards/Julie WeilWed, 22 Dec 2021 00:08:55 +0000The D.C. Council settled a heated dispute between Ward 1 and Ward 5 over property surrounding several hospitals.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/covid-tests-cases-maryland-dc-virginia/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/covid-tests-cases-maryland-dc-virginia/Gregory S. Schneider, Michael Brice-Saddler, Rachel Chason, Erin CoxWed, 22 Dec 2021 00:03:58 +0000Confirmed cases of coronavirus have spiked to record levels in D.C. and Maryland and are climbing in Virginia, leading to a rush to find scarce testing kits as residents prepare to travel for the holidays. Local officials promise they're working to make more tests available and to increase hospital capacity.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/homeless-encampment-dc-council-bill-vote/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/homeless-encampment-dc-council-bill-vote/Marissa LangWed, 22 Dec 2021 00:03:12 +0000https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/mosby-hogan-baltimore-crime/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/mosby-hogan-baltimore-crime/Erin CoxTue, 21 Dec 2021 23:56:59 +0000Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby issued a pointed public letter to Gov. Larry Hogan, saying she would not tolerate the governor’s “incessant dog-whistling attacks about Baltimore crime” and asking him to “accept your share of responsibility” for stopping the city’s violence.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/bethesda-slaying-victim-in-stairwell/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/bethesda-slaying-victim-in-stairwell/Dan MorseTue, 21 Dec 2021 22:26:30 +0000Police said the suspects — ages 16, 17, and 18 — face murder and robbery counts.https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/12/21/pm-update-occasional-showers-into-tonight-then-its-sunny-windy-wednesday/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/12/21/pm-update-occasional-showers-into-tonight-then-its-sunny-windy-wednesday/Ian LivingstonTue, 21 Dec 2021 22:00:49 +0000As has been the case of late, any rain won't amount to much. Temperatures in the 40s, with wind gusts around 40 mph tomorrow.https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/21/school-holocaust-reenact-watkins-dc/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/21/school-holocaust-reenact-watkins-dc/Nicole AsburyTue, 21 Dec 2021 21:56:41 +0000DCPS did not say whether its hiring investigation had learned of Kimberlynn Jurkowski's previous fraud conviction.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/homelessness-outreach-in-washington/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/homelessness-outreach-in-washington/John KellyTue, 21 Dec 2021 19:01:27 +0000Every day, Miriam's Kitchen workers visit the tent cities that dot Washington's parks.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/15/manassas-fatal-crash/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/15/manassas-fatal-crash/Justin Wm. MoyerTue, 21 Dec 2021 18:43:07 +0000Brian Parker was traveling east on Purcell Road at a high speed when he lost control of his car and left the roadway, police said.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/youngkin-caren-merrick-commerce-secretary-virginia/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/youngkin-caren-merrick-commerce-secretary-virginia/Gregory S. SchneiderTue, 21 Dec 2021 17:49:11 +0000Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) has named Northern Virginia businesswoman Caren Merrick as state commerce secretary. Merrick led the workforce training nonprofit that Youngkin founded in 2020 and has started several companies.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/sick-sea-turtles-rescued-baltimore/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/sick-sea-turtles-rescued-baltimore/Dana HedgpethTue, 21 Dec 2021 12:31:49 +0000Official said the turtles rescued from Cape Cod, Mass., include 26 of the Kemp’s ridley species and four green sea turtles. Conservation groups consider both species endangered.https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/a-catholic-chapel-at-port-newark-is-where-longshoremen-go-to-find-an-oasis/2021/12/21/b6d69496-5c66-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/a-catholic-chapel-at-port-newark-is-where-longshoremen-go-to-find-an-oasis/2021/12/21/b6d69496-5c66-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.htmlKevin ArmstrongTue, 21 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000The Rev. John Corbett, a priest at Stella Maris, offers “bare-knuckle theology” to his flock.https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/12/21/baltimore-rodgers-forge-christmas-lights/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/12/21/baltimore-rodgers-forge-christmas-lights/Sydney PageTue, 21 Dec 2021 11:00:55 +0000“Little by little, the whole neighborhood started doing it,” said Kim Morton.https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/12/21/dc-area-forecast-seasonable-chilly-before-christmas-weekend-warm-up/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/12/21/dc-area-forecast-seasonable-chilly-before-christmas-weekend-warm-up/Matt RogersTue, 21 Dec 2021 10:00:56 +0000Christmas may deliver highs in the 60shttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/dc-homeless-deaths/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/21/dc-homeless-deaths/Justin Wm. MoyerTue, 21 Dec 2021 10:00:19 +0000An annual memorial service honored homeless people who perished on Washington's streets.https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/08/25/school-masks-quarantine-dc-maryland-virginia/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/08/25/school-masks-quarantine-dc-maryland-virginia/Hannah Natanson, Donna St. George, Perry SteinTue, 21 Dec 2021 05:55:53 +0000School officials have spent months refining guidelines and other strategies to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/11/20/dc-coronavirus-cases-faq/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/11/20/dc-coronavirus-cases-faq/Julie WeilTue, 21 Dec 2021 05:49:47 +0000What you need to know as coronavirus cases rise in D.C.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/20/three-slain-two-incidents-early-monday-washington/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/20/three-slain-two-incidents-early-monday-washington/Martin Weil, Peter HermannTue, 21 Dec 2021 04:58:49 +0000One victim was a 17-year-old, police saidhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/20/body-man-bethesda-stairwell/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/20/body-man-bethesda-stairwell/Martin WeilTue, 21 Dec 2021 04:50:13 +0000The body of a man was found on Wisconsin Avenue, authorities said.https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/20/dc-schools-covid-omicron/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/20/dc-schools-covid-omicron/Nicole Asbury, Donna St. GeorgeTue, 21 Dec 2021 02:30:26 +0000The District has closed a handful of public schools amid rising covid-19 cases.