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If "family-friendly" isn't your style, we have lots of places you can go instead.

It will be the wettest and coolest October in years, says the Capital Weather Gang.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was in the Triangle Tuesday singing the praises of the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act which promises to reduce consumer energy costs and cut greenhouse emissions.

Some school districts in Northern Virginia are pushing back against Gov. Glenn Youngkin's 2022 Model Policies guidelines that would roll back protections for trans public school students across the state. The policies, which were released on Friday, include requirements for students to use bathrooms corresponding to their sex assigned at birth; the same goes for Some school officials say Youngkin's rules go against their nondiscrimination policies.

If you ride the Metro, you may notice some new changes to the stations and maps after this weekend. Starting on Sunday, five stations across Maryland and Virginia will have new names and signage: White Flint will become North Bethesda. Largo Town Center will become Downtown Largo. Tysons Corner will become Tysons. Prince George's Plaza The Maryland and Virginia stations will be renamed on Sunday.

Two streateries in Silver Spring and Bethesda will close after the three-day weekend.

There are some pretty big names amongst the presenters for this year's Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery gala—take former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys, for starters. Also on the line-up: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, Emerson Collective founder and president Laurene Powell Jobs, Carlyle Group co-founder and co-chairman David Rubenstein, Starbucks The gala will honor the likes of Anthony Fauci, José Andrés, an...

If you've ever wondered what it's like to live as a pirate, now you can found out. On Virginia's Northern Neck, a giant pirate ship houseboat decked out with cannons and pirate flags is on the market for $49,000. Daniel Corder, a 63-year-old retired firefighter-turned-artist, rigged the abandoned 1993 Holiday Mansion with a fresh coat It comes with cannons, mermaids, and a spooky skeleton crew.

The three-day speaker series will feature Dr. Anthony Fauci (again), live debates, happy hours, and more.

New restaurants to try for $25 lunches and brunches, or $40 dinner from August 15-21, 2022.