Ruthie’s All-Day brings ‘meat and 3’ to South Arlington

Two restaurant industry veterans are opening a new restaurant in South Arlington with smokers, a wood-burning hearth and what sounds like a lot of meat — all in a former historic chocolate factory. Ruthie’s All-Day will open this fall at 3411 Fifth St. S. in the Arlington Heights neighborhood. Dinner service will be what the…

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3 bodies pulled from Anacostia, Potomac rivers

Three bodies have been found in D.C.-area waterways over the past 24 hours, D.C. police said. One body was found in the Potomac River near Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling on Monday afternoon. A second body was located in the Potomac near the Alexandria waterfront early Tuesday morning. The third body was recovered shortly after noon in…

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3 bodies pulled from Anacostia, Potomac rivers

Three bodies have been found in D.C.-area waterways over the past 24 hours, D.C. police said. One body was found in the Potomac River near Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling on Monday afternoon. A second body was located in the Potomac near the Alexandria waterfront early Tuesday morning. The third body was recovered shortly after noon in…

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Police: Man wanted in Alexandria killing considered armed, dangerous

Police in Alexandria, Virginia, are looking for the suspect in a deadly shooting last month, which was the city’s first homicide of the year. Police described 33-year-old Ibrahm Elkahlil Bouaichi as around 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing about 180 pounds. He was last known to be driving a stolen black 2013 Nissan Altima,…

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Experts assure House panel of US election security improvements

Letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility in McLean, Va., Friday, July 31, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) States across the U.S. have made solid improvements in election security since 2016, according to experts testifying Tuesday before a House panel who pushed back on President Donald Trump’s assertions that…

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Driver killed from felled tree in Md.; tornadoes, flooding reported as Isaias departs DC region

Isaias has passed out of the D.C. area, but high water and possible flooding, as well as the damage from heavy rain and winds, remain in the region. The storm damage was worst in southern Maryland, particularly in St. Mary’s County. A driver was killed in Mechanicsville when a tree fell on their car at…

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Driver killed from felled tree in Md.; tornadoes, flooding reported as Isaias departs DC region

Isaias has passed out of the D.C. area, but high water and possible flooding, as well as the damage from heavy rain and winds, remain in the region. The storm damage was worst in southern Maryland, particularly in St. Mary’s County. A driver was killed in Mechanicsville when a tree fell on their car at…

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Upgrades planned for a critical length of DC-area sewer pipe

Plans are underway to design a project that will upgrade part of a massive sewer line serving portions of Northern Virginia and Maryland. About 600 feet of D.C. Water’s Potomac Interceptor will be rehabilitated along the historic Potomac Heritage Trail. It carries sewage from Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia and from Montgomery County in…

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House bill would remove white supremacist’s name from Chevy Chase fountain

The name of Francis G. Newlands is memorialized in his namesake fountain, which straddles the D.C.-Maryland border. (WTOP/Ken Duffy) New demands to erase a segregationist’s name from the Chevy Chase Circle Fountain gained traction Tuesday on Capitol Hill. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., introduced a bill to remove the name…

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Prince George’s County police officer charged with attempted rape

An officer with the Prince George’s County Police Department was charged with attempted rape and assault on Sunday evening, the Maryland State Police said. Brian Newcomer, 36, is being held without bond on a charge of attempted second-degree rape, three charges of second-degree assault and a charge of false imprisonment, the state police said in…

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Tropical storm warning issued for DC metro region as Isaias draws near

Much of the Interstate 95 corridor, including D.C. and Baltimore, is under a tropical storm warning as forecasters eye heavy downpours and powerful winds from Isaias early Tuesday. The National Hurricane Center’s latest forecast has Tropical Storm Isaias — pronounced ees-ah-EE-ahs — cutting north across the Chesapeake after landfall in the Carolinas, with the D.C.…

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Washington Football Team’s value climbs by $300M in annual rankings

Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder is seen in a 2019 photo. The team has increased $300 million in value over last year, Forbes says. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Washington’s NFL team, currently called The Washington Football Team, is tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers at No. 14 on Forbes’ new rankings of the most valuable…

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Tropical Storm Isaias expected to bring heavy rain, flood threat to DC region

The National Hurricane Center’s official forecast for Isaias as of Sunday morning. (Courtesy NWS/NHC) Chances of rain will increase early this week as Tropical Storm Isaias moves closer to the area, with a possibility for torrential tropical downpours and flooding in the D.C. region. Even though the storm weakened from a hurricane on Saturday, Isaias…

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Anne Arundel Co. officer accused of stealing firearms from home

An Anne Arundel County officer has been arrested and charged with theft after police said he stole firearms while responding to a death in a Maryland home. Cpl. Jacob Miskill with the Anne Arundel County Police Department was among several officers who had investigated a report of an unattended death in the 1600 block of…

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Nationals go all-in with 50-50 raffle this year

One of the features of Washington Nationals home games, and a number of other professional sporting events too, is the 50-50 raffle — giving one lucky fan the chance to go home with a few extra dollars, while the rest of the money usually goes to some kind of charitable donation. But with no fans…

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Virginia, DC prep for possible impacts from Hurricane Isaias

The National Hurricane Center forecast for Isaias as of 11 a.m. Saturday. Updates are posted on the NHC’s website every three hours. (Courtesy NOAA/NHC) Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has declared a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Isaias, which could bring heavy rain and gusty winds from coastal Virginia through Maryland’s Eastern Shore early next…

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Strong storms in Saturday forecast for DC region

Saturday’s storm outlook from the National Weather Service. (Courtesy: National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington via Twitter) A partly cloudy and calm Saturday will give way to potentially severe evening storms throughout the D.C. region — some of which could produce damaging wind gusts, localized flooding and even a risk of an isolated tornado. Thunderstorms are expected…

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Arlington Co. cracks down on crowded streets and sidewalks

There’s a new emergency ordinance in Arlington, Virginia, aimed at cracking down on a lack of social distancing in some parts of the county, as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The new law passed unanimously by the Arlington Board prohibits people from gathering in groups of more than three, and directs pedestrians to keep a distance…

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Ocean City expected to mandate masks on boardwalk

Ocean City on Friday is expected to mandate face masks on the boardwalk of the Maryland resort. The move coincides with a new state mandate to wear masks at outdoor events. At 5 p.m. in Maryland, masks will be required not only at outdoor events where social distancing isn’t possible but also inside public buildings. Ocean…

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Alexandria public schools plan virtual-only classes

Alexandria City Public Schools plans to begin the school year with virtual classes under a proposal released by the school system Friday. The “Virtual+” plan announced by Superintendent Gregory C. Hutchings Jr. in a news release Friday calls for 100% virtual learning and will provide all students with either tablets or Chromebook laptops. The proposal…

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Police seek to ID person of interest in fatal Landover shooting

Prince George’s County police are seeking to identify this person of interest in connection with a fatal Landover shooting. (Courtesy Prince George’s County police) Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest in what they describe as the murder of a Clinton man two weeks…

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3 former presidents mourn John Lewis at funeral in Atlanta

ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated on Thursday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history. The arc of Lewis’ legacy of activism was once again tied to Ebenezer’s former pastor Martin Luther King Jr., whose sermons Lewis discovered while…

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