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What you should know about sunscreen and skin cancer

WTOP News 5/3 5:39A Kate Ryan

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and dermatologists want people to know how to protect themselves against the most serious skin cancer — melanoma. According to the American...

Wet, stormy weekend in store for the DC area

WTOP News 5/3 12:43A Ana Golden

Expect a stormy weekend in the D.C. region, with scattered showers and storms possible for the next several days. After a few days of summery weather, Saturday will start the...

Author John Green — and his fans — want you to pay attention to tuberculosis

WTOP News 5/2 11:19P Kay Perkins

John Green speaks at the pre-Hill Day training session. (Courtesy TB Fighters/Asher Blumenthal) John Green speaks at the pre-Hill Day training session. (Courtesy TB Fighters/Asher Blumenthal)...

6 Fun Ways to Celebrate Mother’s Day Around DC

Washingtonian Things To Do 5/2 8:35A Jane Godiner

Photograph by Erik Kvalsvik/Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens. Mother s Day is on Sunday, May 11, and if you re looking for the perfect way to celebrate the moms in your life, consider these ideas....

Blues musician, 77, reported missing from Arlington

NBC DC (Local) 5/2 7:31A Andrea Swalec

The owner of an illegal rooming house in D.C. was sentenced to nearly 36 years in prison on Friday for creating what a judge called a “death trap” that killed a 10-year-old boy and a man when a fire...

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DC Restaurants Celebrate Cinco de Mayo With Parties, Margarita Specials, and Plenty of Tacos

Washingtonian (Food) 5/2 7:49A Jane Godiner

Margaritas at Mission in Dupont. Photo courtesy of the restaurant. Cinco de Mayo is Monday and whether you re looking to eat, drink, dance, or do all of the above, there s a DC-area restaurant or bar...

What It’s Like Running the MAGA Crowd’s Favorite DC Restaurant

Washingtonian (Food) 5/2 2:48A Jessica Sidman

The bar at Butterworth's. Photograph by Hawkeye Johnson. When Donald Trump was re-elected president, it was an open question where his supporters and officials would hang out in the absence of the DC...

Trump’s Son Has Launched a $500K Members-Only Club. The Name? ‘Executive Branch.’

DC Eater 5/1 10:09A Tierney Plumb

Donald Trump Jr. at the amfAR Palm Beach gala in March. | Photo by Ryan Emberley/amfAR/Getty Images for amfAR The invite-only club is set to open in Georgetown soon D.C.’s latest private membership...

An Omakase Counter and Japanese Cafe With Stunning Chirashi Opens in Georgetown

Washingtonian (Food) 5/1 2:30A Jessica Sidman

A chirashi bowl from Two Nine cafe in Georgetown. Photo by Farrah Skeiky. Two Nine . 1218 31st St., NW Chefs Amy Phan and Zach Ramos first started selling their jewel box-like chirashi bowls as a...

Viral DC-Area Food Truck Flavor Hive Has It in the Bag

Washingtonian (Food) 4/30 1:00A Ike Allen

Photograph by Ike Allen. If you spend a lot of time on TikTok, perhaps you’ve encountered the viral “walking taco” made by the local food truck Flavor Hive . Customers arrive with their own bag of...

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NASCAR in Texas: How to watch, TV schedule, predictions for Fort Worth race

NBC DC (Sports) 5/1 9:32A Logan Reardon

NASCAR is back in Texas this weekend. Two months after its trip to Austin , the Cup Series will now visit Fort Worth for a 400-mile race around Texas Motor Speedway. The 1.5-mile circuit has played...

Paige Bueckers dons cowboy hat during formal introduction in Dallas

NBC DC (Sports) 4/24 5:14A Stephen Hawkins | The Associated

Paige Bueckers has done her best to live in the present during a short period in which she went from winning a national championship with UConn earlier this month to being the No. 1 overall pick in...

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