Events, free things to do, Pride parades, festivals and more fun ideas in D.C., Maryland and Virginia this week.

The centennial spelling bee began Tuesday morning with preliminaries, in which participants have to pass two rounds — a traditional spelling round and a multiple-choice definition round ...

Get ready for summer break! June in DC brings Father's Day, Juneteenth, Pride, ripe strawberries, and the first day of summer ...

Looking for summer activities for kids? Check out our ultimate summer bucket list for kids DC! School is almost out for ...

Neither had heard of an old-timey, once popular mnemonic device for spelling certain types of words. Although they both probably know how to spell "mnemonic." ...

Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old with roots from Hyderabad, won the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee. He outspelled over 240 of ...

This is the national spelling bee 100 years after it began with just nine competitors. Spelling is still the main feature of ...

Many of the attractions in Baltimore – including the National Aquarium, the Maryland Science Center, the USS Constellation and the major sports stadiums – are centered in the Inner Harbor.

Three students from Chicagoland and one from central Illinois are among the 101 quarterfinalists in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The ...

Last year, with maritime traffic limited in the Patapsco River channel during the typical planting season, oysters grown in ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Savannah Riverkeeper and their partners began their process to install eight litter booms, or traps, in waterways to help reduce plastic pollution.

As many as 3,500 wooden carousels were built at the turn of the 20th century, but only 150 have survived, like the one in ...