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Md. may expand tax credits for electric vehicles 03/28/2019 12:47pm • Legislation could increase the Maryland tax credit received for electric cars to $3,000 per vehicle. Marylanders currently receive $100 times the number of kilowatt-hours of the electric vehicle's battery capacity, with a maximum of $3,000. With this bill, each new electric vehicle purchased will Ex-NSA contractor expected to plead guilty in document theft 03/27/2019 05:14pm • BALTIMORE (AP) 鈥� A former National Security Agency contractor accused in a massive theft of classified information is expected to plead guilty Thursday in what U.S. prosecutors had once portrayed as a "breathtaking" breach at the nation's biggest spy shop. Prosecutors announced Wednesday that H Chicken slaughterhouse to locate near Alexandria's Duke Street 03/27/2019 07:02am • In a request that officials called "unusual," Alexandria City Council on Tuesday approved a special-use permit to open a chicken slaughter operation in the Northern Virginia city. The vote was 5-2. The聽DC Live Poultry Market, a halal butcher shop, will be located at聽3223 Colvin St. The busin Move over Grammys: Wammies honor DC music in push to 'Listen Local First' 03/27/2019 12:31am • Kacey Musgraves and Childish Gambino dominated the Grammys last month, but what about the local stars who are yet to be discovered? Well, they might just come from the聽Wammies. The local music award show is being revived by the nonprofit group聽The MusicianShip聽and promoted by Listen Local Get ready for a fast-paced CBD land grab 03/26/2019 11:29am • The CBD gold rush has begun. CBD, the chemical found in hemp and marijuana plants, is showing up in shampoos, lattes, body oils, gummy bears and dog treats. It's being sold in coffee shops and farmer's markets, mom-and-pops and high-end department stores and most recently, drugstore chain CVS. Retailers want to go cashless. But opponents say that's discriminatory 03/26/2019 09:23am • Retailers and restaurants say eliminating cash at their stores makes them more efficient. But opponents argue that cashless stores exclude millions of Americans without bank accounts. Americans use cash in 30% of all transactions, according to a 2017 survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Fr Make travel easier, more enjoyable with these 5 expert tips 03/26/2019 12:50am • Samantha Brown practically lives out of a suitcase. In the last two decades, she has captured the cultures, cuisines and people of more than 60 countries and 250 cities on a number of travel TV shows, including her current PBS series, 鈥淪amantha Brown鈥檚 Places to Love.鈥� And along the way, sh Herndon man charged in connection with white nationalist group鈥檚 posters 03/25/2019 10:00am • This article was written 麻豆传媒鈥檚 news partner, RestonNow.com, and republished with permission. A Herndon, Virginia, man is facing charges after Vienna police say he was caught placing posters for a white nationalist group around the town, Reston Now has learned. Last Saturday afternoon, a Applying for a mortgage? Shop the rate (and prepare for paperwork if you鈥檙e self-employed) 03/25/2019 07:36am • For homebuyers applying for a mortgage, the work starts well before you actually apply for it, and for self-employed mortgage seekers, the work can be even more daunting. For all mortgage seekers, you can get a better deal if you put the time and effort into finding it. Many buyers tend to def 1 critically injured, another wounded in shooting outside Springfield strip mall 03/23/2019 02:07pm • Two people ended up in the hospital after a shooting near the Brookfield Plaza Shopping Center in Springfield, Virginia, Friday night. According to Fairfax County police, officers were called to the parking lot of Brookfield Plaza around 11 p.m. for a man who had been shot several times. Police d Accused serial rapist from New Carrollton has previous, related convictions 03/23/2019 12:30pm • The New Carrollton, Maryland, man accused of drugging and raping teens while posing as a Howard University student has a nearly two decades-long history of preying on women, according to court testimony Friday. NBC Washington reports the revelations are from a bond hearing where it was determined Orangetheory comes to Union Market 03/22/2019 11:06am • D.C. developer Level 2 Development has filled in a piece of the retail puzzle at its new Highline Union Market apartment building, with Orangetheory signing on. The 12-story Highline Union Market apartment building, at 320 Florida Ave., N.E., has an unusual architectural design, with framed glass Q&A: Annapolis Film Festival 'healing year' to honor Capital Gazette victims 03/21/2019 12:32am • The聽Annapolis Film Festival returns this Thursday through Sunday, but unlike past years,聽the seventh annual event comes during a "healing year" after the Capital Gazette massacre. 鈥淲e鈥檙e paying tribute to our friends at the Capital Gazette who lost their lives," co-founder Patti White s DC region braces for closure of Shoppers stores 03/20/2019 06:27pm • Shopping centers across the D.C. area are bracing for the impending closure of most of Shoppers Food & Pharmacy stores as the chain鈥檚 parent company gets out of the retail business. Some of the Shoppers stores have already been taken over by Giant, and some others are expected to sell to ot Harry Roe Hughes, the unlikely governor: A remembrance by John W. Frece 03/20/2019 07:56am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP鈥檚 news partners聽at聽Maryland Matters.聽Sign up for聽Maryland Matters鈥� free email subscription聽today. Though few Marylanders may realize it, their lives are better off today because former Maryland Gov. Harry R. Hughes, who died March 13