A man and a teenager drowned in the Patuxent River in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, about noon Monday, according to Maryland Natural Resources Police. The victims, who were related and lived in Montgomery Village, walked in the Patuxent River near Greenwell State Park’s kayak launch and may have dropped from an offshore ledge, Maryland Natural Resources Police said. Responding officers…

After more than three decades, the final set has been played at a D.C. jazz club. The owners of Twins Jazz on U Street NW said it’s because of the economic conditions brought on by COVID-19. “Anybody who come in there is like a family to us,†co-owner Kelly Tesfaye said. She and her twin sister, Maze Tesfaye, started their…

The Labor Day thermometer suggested summer may have slunk off.

A protest erupted in Maryland after a violent struggle between a male security guard and a female food delivery driver. Parts of the confrontation were caught on camera Saturday at a Popeyes restaurant in Capitol Heights. Video taken by a witness shows the delivery driver, Stephanie Samuels, struggling with security guard Darrell Poston. Samuels says she was trying to leave…

The police killing of 18-year-old Deon Kay in Southeast D.C. last week continues to draw criticism from civil rights groups. An organizer with Black Lives Matter DC said Monday that the Metropolitan Police Department tactic of having officers jump out of cars and chase people leads to deadly shootings.  “This is the systematic way that MPD operates and polices black…

Trump and Biden’s back back and forth over a potential coronavirus vaccine underscored the huge impact it will have in the November election.

       

Get paid to deactivate Instagram or Facebook for a few weeks? Yes, Facebook will pay some users for taking a break ahead of Election 2020 in November.

       

More students in the D.C. area will return to school on Tuesday, as online learning amid the coronavirus pandemic restarts after Labor Day. Students head back to school in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties, among others, plus the city of Alexandria.  Many school districts have spent the past several weeks helping families get the computers and internet access…