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June festivals DMV families can enjoy are filling the calendar with food, music, culture, art and outdoor fun. Across DC, Maryland and Virginia, families can find giant bounce houses, free block parties, Juneteenth celebrations, foodie events and summer festivals that make June a great month for local outings. Key take

The nation’s capital is set to experience a vibrant celebration of Caribbean culture as Taste di Islands — a Caribbean music and food block party — comes to Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 28 at The Bullpen, located at 1201 Half Street SE. Part of the Join...

Only days before she was expected to welcome her puppies, a pregnant dog was brought to Dickenson County Shelter in Virginia by the owners she had known. In a matter of moments, everything familiar was gone. The shelter staff could see how much she needed gentleness, so they quickly wrapped...

When her son was a teenager, Connecticut mom Amy Wadsworth said, he was the type of kid parents rarely worry about. He played sports, cared about his health and stayed away from drugs. In 2018, when he left West Hartford to start his freshman year at American University in Washington, D.C., she expected his biggest cha

“Emma’s Torch, the nonprofit social enterprise that provides culinary training for refugees, asylees and survivors of human trafficking, empowering them to build culinary careers and achieve financial independence, will open its new 4,500-square-foot café and training center on June 12 in Silver Spring (1200 East-West

One year after celebrating its 50th anniversary, Armand’s Pizzeria & Grille in Rockville has announced it will permanently close. In a message shared with customers, owners Chris Sappe and Jim Hrozencik said the restaurant’s final day of operation will be June 20, 2026, ending a more than five-decade run serving DMV an

VIRGINIA — Police are searching for the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a woman early Monday morning in Arlington. According to Arlington County Police, officers responded to the area of Columbia Pike and South Thomas Street around 1:30 a.m. for a report of a collision involving a pedestrian.

Residential electricity customers in West Virginia and Maryland are absorbing billions of dollars in transmission costs driven by Virginia’s rapid data-center expansion, even though the economic benefits of that growth concentrate in Northern Virginia. The dispute centers on PJM Interconnection, the regional grid opera

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health officials are investigating a multistate Listeria outbreak linked to recalled requesón and soft ricotta cheese products that has sickened eight people, hospitalized seven, and resulted in one death. The outbreak has been identified in Maryland, New York, and Virginia, according to the

A new Brookings analysis ties softening DMV rents and home prices to a labor market that shed jobs and added unemployment while the rest of the country grew — the latest chapter in a downturn city officials have tracked since fall