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Things to do in the DC area this weekend: Oct. 4–6 10/04/2019 01:26pm • Music, theater and fall festivals are just some of the entertainment events for the weekend of Oct. 4 through Oct. 6. (Images provided to WTOP) All Weekend:  Heritage India Festival at the Dulles Expo Center this weekend is a cultural celebration like no other, featuring cuisine from South Astro Beer Hall (with chicken and donuts) opens in DC Friday 10/04/2019 09:30am • Astro Beer Hall, from the owners of Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken, prepared to open its doors on G St. Northwest Friday morning, right next to its donuts-and-fried-chicken neighbor. The two-story bar and restaurant has a space theme, with a "Shoot the Moon" mural and wallpaper that depict Amazon HQ2 leads to new 2-way traffic pattern in Crystal City 10/04/2019 08:46am • As Crystal City prepares for the arrival of the new headquarters of Amazon, transformation of one of the area's crucial roadways continues. Friday mid-morning, the stretch of Crystal Drive between 26th and 27th Streets will be changed from one-way northbound to two-way traffic. In addition, th National Taco Day deals and freebies 10/04/2019 06:00am • On Friday, Oct. 4, Americans celebrate the taco's versatility with National Taco Day. The origins of this food holiday are unknown, but it's not like you need an official reason to eat tacos, especially when restaurants participate in the holiday by offering freebies and discounts on tacos and other Garden Plot: Keeping snakes and getting rid of mosquitoes 10/04/2019 05:42am • Snakes in the place! Shawn writes: “My family (including a puppy) moved into my dream house a year ago in Haymarket. The backyard is gorgeous and backs up to woods. Three months ago I saw a 4-foot-long snake. Last month we discovered seven snake skins and found three rat snakes underneath a bed FTC: Millennials more likely to report falling victim to financial scams 10/02/2019 10:11am • The Federal Trade Commission has a new report out on who's more likely to report being victims of financial scams — and it's not who you'd think. "We oftentimes hear about grandma or grandpa getting scammed by clicking on the wrong thing online, but in this case, the FTC is saying that the re 6 cheap and filling fall recipes 10/01/2019 09:00am • With fall comes a chill in the air, bright colors on the trees and the aroma of hearty foods. For frugal-minded folks, creating those fall flavors and aromas can be surprisingly cheaply. Most of the ingredients, such as apples, potatoes and root vegetables, are on sale throughout the fall months. Vaping, 5G towers on the agenda for Montgomery Co. Council 09/30/2019 04:46pm • The Montgomery County Council will introduce a measure on flavored electronic cigarettes and a zoning text amendment on 5G communications towers during its session Tuesday. The new vaping measure would bar the manufacturers of flavored e-cigarettes from distributing those products to any retailer Learning curve at nation's first all-electric refueling station in Takoma Park 09/30/2019 01:59pm • Being on the cutting edge of technology can pay big benefits, but most change requires rethinking tasks often taken for granted. The owner of the nation's first fully converted gas-to-electric refueling station is learning as he goes, along with customers choosing to drive electric cars. For m Northern Va. accounts for 40% of tourist spending in state 09/30/2019 09:22am • All five Northern Virginia counties rank among the top 10 in the commonwealth for tourism. (Wilsilver77 /iStock / Getty Images Plus) Virginia's tourism industry generated a record $26 billion in tourist spending in 2018 — and 40% of that, or $10.3 billion, was spent in Northern Virginia. Bo Officers ID'd in fatal Hyattsville shooting of man 'armed with 2 knives' who charged police 09/27/2019 12:14pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, police have identified the officers who shot a suspect after he ran at them while wielding two knives in Hyattsville on Thursday. Authorities identified the three Prince George's County officers involved: Sgt. David Cheatham, Officer Dario Daniel and Officer Kesh Man 'armed with 2 knives' tasered, then killed when he charged officers in Hyattsville: police 09/26/2019 03:39pm • A man is dead after charging officers while wielding two knives in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Thursday, police said. According to Prince George's County police, the incident happened near Toledo and Belcrest roads, behind The Mall at Prince George's. They received a call from a local coffee sho Guide to contemporary design trends for your home 09/24/2019 10:45am • Carpeting doesn't line up well with contemporary styles, and while rugs are used, they're often used as accent patterns or colors. (iStock / Getty Images Plus) Wanting a home that looks stylish and photo-worthy is a common goal. But how can you keep up with the trendsetting interior spaces of th The Awesome Burger is Nestlé's answer to the plant-based meat craze 09/24/2019 08:30am • Nestlé's Plant-Based Protein Center of Excellence, the beating heart of the massive food company's recent foray into fake meat. If you turn off Highway 1 at just the right spot in Moss Landing, California, past fruit stands, roadside cafes and artichoke farms, you may catch a sudden whiff of ba Supreme Court DC sniper case examines teen murderers' sentences 09/21/2019 10:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Lee Boyd Malvo, who terrorized the Washington region in 2002 as one-half of a sniper team, is at the center of a case the Supreme Court will hear this fall. But the justices' eventual ruling probably will mean less for him than for a dozen other inmates who, like the now-34-year-