Friday Freebies: Enjoy yourself on Friday the 13th

Want to enjoy yourself on Friday the 13th? WTOP has rounded up some free food, events and other freebies happening around the D.C. area on Nov. 13. We run them down every Friday morning on air at 103.5 FM and here on WTOP.com. Know of a freebie you’d like featured...

9 Grocery Stores in Maryland Famous for Their Quality Meat Departments

One Maryland grocery store makes its own country sausage and will even prepare custom cuts of beef for your freezer. The meat counter also carries stuffed pork chops, porterhouse steaks, and fresh poultry. That’s a lot more tempting than grabbing the first plastic-wrapped package you see. At another family-owned...

A Maryland Pizza Chain Is Closing Its College Park Location Amid Rising Costs

A longtime favorite pizzeria, Potomac Pizza, announced the closure of its College Park location. After nearly a decade of service, the pizzeria will shut down in December due to rising operating costs. Potomac Pizza to Close College Park Location. Founded in 1978 by Adam B. Greenberg, Potomac Pizza is part...

How to watch No. 6 Virginia vs. Maryland: TV, live stream info, storylines for tonight’s game

Sixth-ranked Virginia will take its undefeated record on the road against Maryland in an ACC-Big Ten rivalry game at 8 p.m. ET on Peacock and NBCSN. The Cavaliers (4-0) have won nine of the past 10 games against the Terrapins (1-1). This is the second game in a four-game series that began in 1913 with a 65-1 win for U.Va. The Cavaliers won 80-72 last year.

ESPN predicts the final score of Wisconsin vs. Maryland in Week 11

On paper, the Wisconsin Badgers shouldn't have too many issues at Maryland in Week 11. Luke Fickell knows no team can be taken for granted in the Big Ten , but this is a struggling Terrapins team who's quarterback appeared on the initial injury report as questionable. According to ESPN's Billy Connelly , UW is projected to secure its seventh win on Saturday, Nov. 14. The full statistics from Connelly's SP+ metric are below: Wisconsin vs. Maryland Week 11 projections Projected winner: Wisconsin Projected margin of victory: 8.7 points Wisconsin's win probability: 71% Projected final score: Wisconsin 28, Maryland 19 Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Jordon Lawrenz on X @ jordonlaw_pxp . This article originally appeared on Badgers Wire: ESPN predicts the final score of Wisconsin vs. Maryland in Week 11

Local school reaps $100,000 rebate for new HVAC systems

A local elementary school has gotten a breath of fresh air–in the form of 36 new heating and air conditioning units, paid for, in part, with a rebate from Pepco. Around 15 visitors from chead of school, in a small ceremony. The rebate is part of a Pepco program...

Jayden Daniels' 24-yard completion to Ben Sinnott gets Commanders near midfield

No. 6 UVA at Maryland: Game Preview and Final Score Prediction

Virginia vs Maryland was once one of the premier rivalries in college basketball. But for the past decade and a half, that rivalry has gone dormant as the Big T

DeMatha Football takes on Gonzaga in a Semifinal Bout

No. 2 seed DeMatha (8-2, 3-1 in WCAC) takes on the No. 3 seeded Gonzaga Eagles (8-2, 3-1 in WCAC) for the WCAC Semifinal Friday at 7:00 p.m. at the PG Sports & Learning Complex. Here’s everything you need to know about the matchup. The Stags Look to Clinch...

D.C. Mayor-Elect Wants Options Beyond Therme’s $550M Spa Proposal

D.C. Mayor-elect Janeese Lewis George is keeping her options open for what could anchor Poplar Point, the District’s last major waterfront development opportunity. Lewis George won the mayoral race Tuesday night and is set to take the reins from Mayor Muriel Bowser, who will step down from her nearly 12-year run in January. Bowser’s administration has been pushing a proposal to anchor Poplar Point with a $550M thermal bathing retreat from Therme Group.

It’s Trauma Day at The George Washington University Hospital, and that’s a good thing

The George Washington University Hospital is a Level I trauma center, which means it’s equipped to handle the most serious injuries 24 hours a day, every day of the year. And on Wednesday, the facility celebrated the wins that distinction comes with as part of Trauma Day. Seriously injured...

Delaware voters sue for second U.S. House seat

Two Delaware voters have filed a federal lawsuit seeking a second seat for the state in the U.S. House of Representatives, arguing the longstanding 435-member limit leaves Delawareans with less representation per person than voters anywhere else in the country. Plaintiffs David Redlawsk and Kevin Price filed the complaint Nov....

A wave of religious discrimination claims is coming, attorneys say

WASHINGTON — Two sessions at the American Bar Association’s 2026 Labor & Employment Law conference this past weekend highlighted attorneys’ suspicions that a potential wave of religious discrimination claims against employers is on its way — relevant given the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s shifting priorities highlighted in a nomination and a nominee hearing this week.

Race, Religion Experts Wrestle With Slavery Reparations, Human Impacts of AI

Racial equality advocates positioned artificial intelligence’s (AI) exploitative dangers as a form of modern slavery and analyzed Georgetown University’s slavery reparations at a Nov. 9 event. Georgetown’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life and the Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies (CSSL) co-hosted...

Iwuchukwu’s 28 Points Saves Hoyas From Disaster

The Georgetown University men’s basketball team beat the Delaware State University Hornets 83-78 on Nov. 10, led by a dominant performance from senior center Vince Iwuchukwu. Georgetown (3-0) started the game off looking unprepared for Delaware State (1-2), but Iwuchukwu finished the game with a career-high 28 points and...

Maryland men’s basketball vs. No. 6 Virginia preview

The Terps welcome the red-hot Cavaliers to College Park after a rough showing against Georgetown. Maryland men’s basketball’s new-look roster looked frighteningly familiar in its underwhelming Saturday night loss to Georgetown. The Terps lacked inspiration off the bounce in the 86-74 defeat and struggled to innovate while...

D.C. Developers Doubt Janeese Lewis George's 72,000-Home Pledge Can Survive the Market

Mayor-elect Janeese Lewis George campaigned on protecting tenants and getting 72,000 homes built across Washington, D.C. within five years, but as she prepares to take office in January, the developers who would actually build that housing are skeptical the number adds up. The District's development market has slowed sharply amid federal job losses, unpaid rent, regulatory hurdles and high financing costs, and many in the industry say Lewis George's early promises of denser zoning and faster permitting, however welcome, won't be enough to turn things around.

Absenteeism and truancy take center stage before DC Council in massive oversight hearing

WASHINGTON (7News) — D.C. leaders are set to face questions about what the city is doing — or not doing — to keep students in school, as an oversight hearing focuses on chronic absenteeism and truancy. The hearing, called by D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson before the...

As Cedar Hill Hospital flounders, residents ask why D.C. is still struggling to deliver healthcare in Southeast

Terra hoped that her nursing job at Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center would be a chance to give back to the Ward 8 community where she was born and raised. She applied to work at the hospital over 20 times, believing that it would finally bring high-quality medical care to Southeast, where residents have the lowest life expectancy city-wide.