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The best bookstores don’t just sell books; they make you want to stay a little longer. At Bards Alley Bookshop on Church Street in Vienna, Virginia, shelves of carefully selected titles, handwritten recommendations, and the quiet rustle of turning pages create the kind of atmosphere that invites you to browse without c

– After oversleeping and missing a Sunday service, an Accokeek woman felt a bit of guilt. She found redemption, however, at a BJ’s Wholesale Market in the form of a winning Lottery ticket worth $99,751. Running errands on July 19 landed her at the BJ’s at 1000 St. Nicholas...

The DCA Airport location marks Colada Shop’s seventh location in the Washington, D.C. area. Travelers flying through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport now have a new reason to dine before takeoff. Colada Shop, the beloved Caribbean-inspired café and restaurant with a devoted following across the Washington regi

A judge decided Tuesday that a lawsuit by the family of Rashawn Williams, a man who is nonverbal and has Down syndrome, against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority can move forward. The suit stems from a 2023 incident in which Williams wandered into an “area of refuge” at the Glenmont Metro station and s

Washington is starting Monday clear and already warm, but the comfortable-looking morning will give way to dangerous heat and a round of thunderstorms later in the day. Temperatures are expected to climb from the upper 70s early to around 95 degrees, with humidity pushing the heat index near 100. Mostly...

Prato is taking another step toward its projected late fall 2026 opening at 7278 Woodmont Ave. in Bethesda. The Italian restaurant is scheduled for a liquor license hearing with Montgomery County Alcohol Beverage Services on Thursday, August 20. Prato will take over the former Matchbox space at Bethesda Row. Matchbox..

Floats and marching bands rolled down 7th Street NW on Saturday as thousands lined D.C.’s Chinatown for a Mardi Gras parade that had been seven months in the making. The procession, organized by the Krewe of Pyros, finally hit the pavement after January’s snowstorm forced organizers to postpone the original winter date

A look at stories making headlines in Washington, Maryland, and Virginia from DC News Now on August 9, 2026.

The historic former Silver Spring Post Office building at 8412 Georgia Avenue in Downtown Silver Spring has been sold for nearly $3 million. According to Maryland Newsletters, citing a deed filed in Montgomery County Land Records, Crescent Moon Property LLC, headed by Silver Spring-based Mitchell Herman, purchased the

Prized recruit J’Lon Lyons will take an official visit to Virginia, according to a report by Dushawn London of 247Sports. Lyons, a guard from Waldorf, Md., is a