29+ min ago (80+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Improbable scenes from around the country highlighted a joyride of a Saturday night. If you conked out on the couch Saturday night but then awakened to see wacko things in Auburn, Alabama, and Berkeley, California, deciding key chunks of the college football regular season, don't worry. You weren't hallucinating....

31+ min ago (173+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. "We just don't take life seriously," said Marlene Parsons, 78. "I mean, life's too short." The bride walked out of the locker room and onto the pool deck wearing a tutu over her swim trunks and white water shoes. She kissed the groom " who also wore swim trunks " before the couple held hands to descend the stairs into lukewarm water. They would exit the indoor pool as husband and wife. "We just don't take life seriously," said Marlene Parsons, 78. "I mean, life's too short." The bride walked out of the locker room and onto the pool deck wearing a tutu over her swim trunks and white water shoes. She kissed the groom " who…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago (108+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. GPS-based virtual fences clear migration corridors for wildlife while cutting costs for ranchers. Bruce M. Beehler is a naturalist and author, whose books include "Birds of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia," and, most recently, "Flight of the Godwit." Imagine a Western ranch, and it probably will include a long run of fence. Now erase the fence but leave the herd of cattle behind it. Such a scene isn't as far-fetched as it might seem....

1+ hour, 46+ min ago (84+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser's announcement was quiet. The campaign to replace her won't be. Chuck Thies is a D.C.-based political consultant. Nearly 20 years have passed since a Washington mayoral election was held without an incumbent on the ballot. That contest, in 2006, was primarily litigated around a single issue: education....

2+ hour, 1+ min ago (100+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) designated CAIR " a Muslim advocacy and civil rights group " a "foreign terrorist" group, along with the Muslim Brotherhood. SUGAR LAND, Texas " Whether speaking at local government meetings or protesting over the war in Gaza and Islamophobia in public schools, Amina Ishaq counts on the Council on American-Islamic Relations to defend her rights and those of the growing Muslim community in this politically divided Houston suburb....

2+ hour, 31+ min ago (103+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. North Carolina state Sen. DeAndrea Salvador discovered her 2018 TED Talk had been altered by an ad agency working for Whirlpool in Brazil, leading to a lawsuit. When DeAndrea Salvador began receiving emails in June from people in Brazil, the North Carolina state senator assumed they were part of a phishing scam. The emails, first to her senate office and then to her campaign, had subject lines like "Is this you?" and "AI manipulation."...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago (150+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. TORONTO " Janice Willier was perusing the website of the Edmonton Opera one day this year when she saw plans for a production based on Indigenous writer Thomas King's 2020 novel "Indians on Vacation." King has long used humor to pick apart stereotypes and illuminate the mistreatment of Indigenous people in North America. His 2014 nonfiction book "The Inconvenient Indian" has become a cornerstone of Indigenous literature and history course syllabi. The judges of one of several literary prizes it won here praised the work as "subversive, entertaining, well-researched, hilarious, enraging, and " hopeful." A documentary adaptation premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was named Best Canadian Feature Film " the first of several…...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago (47+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Turning leaves. Birds of prey. Cloud puffs floating over fall foliage. Here's what you sent in November....

2+ hour, 31+ min ago (121+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. At Prince George's County Department of Corrections, Moving Forward Ministries provides hope and opportunity to those who are incarcerated. A silver chain holding a large cross reflected off the chest of the pastor as he moved about the gymnasium. The rows of chairs swelled with men and women, each wearing the same orange uniform. "Lift up holy hands with me," a singer belted from the front of the gym. The drummer struck his cymbals alongside in worship. Hands flew up above the congregants' heads as they let out a shout: "Hallelujah!"...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago (92+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Puking is discouraged, but allowed. Pepto-Bismol is not. Sure, vomiting is allowed. Discouraged but allowed, according to the bylaws of this ultramarathon. Thirty-two miles of running and several thousand calories of greasy fast food are required for the event, so yes, you can be forgiven for puking. But Pepto-Bismol, Alka-Seltzer, Pepcid, Mylanta or any other medicinal stomach aids " banned....