“We’re here to make sure no pet in our community goes hungry,” the Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center said in .

The pet food panty will operate on mornings between two locations in Montgomery Co.: The Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus. Catholic Church at 12701 Veirs Mill Road in Rockville on select Saturdays, and the Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center at 7315 Muncaster Mill Road in Derwood on select Wednesdays and Sundays.

Each location will also accept donations of small, unopened bags of pet food.

A full list of dates and times can be found on the Animal Services and Adoption Center’s .

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A majority of phone shoppers are concerned about battery life when looking at new phones, a CNET survey showed.

“That’s the most important feature when we think about upgrading, like what’s the must-have thing,” Dashia Milden, a consumer insights editor with CNET, told 小萝莉影视. “A long battery life definitely is [a must] by a landslide.”

, which polled over 3,700 U.S. adults, found that 80% of respondents identified better battery life as a must-have. Milden said that battery life becomes more of a concern as your phone gets older.

“Battery life typically diminishes over the span of two years, so as much as we would like to think that our phone can last us for three [to] four years, you may find yourself needing to charge it more,” she said.

Milden added that at the two-year mark of owning the phone, you should weigh your options if the battery is not as good, such as purchasing a new battery, which could void your warranty, or getting a new device.

And that new phone cost can be a concern for some buyers. The iPhone 17 Pro Max, which CNET recommends for the best battery life, starts at $1,199.

For budget and battery-friendly options, Milden said to consider phones such as the OnePlus 15 or the Poco F7 Ultra as solid, affordable picks.

Milden also said to consider last year’s model or refurbished phones to get capable devices at a cheaper price. If buying refurbished, consider trusted storefronts like Apple, Best Buy and Back Market. And choose wisely.

“Look into the features, the condition of the phone, seeing if you can get an update to the battery health, and more importantly, [whether] there’s a warranty and a return policy, just in case you’re not satisfied with what you get,” said Milden.

小萝莉影视’s Ralph Fox contributed to this story.

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Classes will now be held March 12, canceling a previously scheduled parent-teacher conference day.

March 13 will be a wellness day, with no classes for students or teachers.

In June, the last day of classes will be Thursday, June 18. Monday, June 22, will be a professional development day, and the last day for teachers.

The school district is excusing student absences for Jan. 29 and 30, taking into account the weather conditions that followed the snowstorm.

Most school systems in the D.C. region were closed for about a week after the wintry blast, but District schools resumed classes Thursday, Jan. 29.

More information about the schedule adjustments can be found on .

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Sunday will bring a wind alert to the area, with gusts reaching 40 miles per hour.

Cases of downed trees were reported across the D.C. area, along the Clara Barton and George Washington parkways.

Power outages have also been recorded in Virginia, with the majority of outages reported in Fairfax County. At last count, over 1,000 customers were dealing with complications.

The cold winds are part of a cold front that led to highs in the 40s throughout the day. The wind chill, however, made much of the day feel like its in the 30s.

“It will be noticeably colder and windier,” said 7小萝莉影视 First Alert Meteorologist Mark Pe帽a.

The temperature will drop to frigid territory in the evening hours, falling to the high 20s to low 30s overnight, with a windchill in the low 20s.

“There won’t be much of a warmup on Sunday,” said Pe帽a. “Even though we’ll see gradually clearing skies with some peaks of sunshine, there will still be chances for a lingering shower.”

Monday will be slightly warmer, as temperatures climb back to the 50s.

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SUNDAY NIGHT:聽
Clear and Breezy
Lows: 26-32
Wind Chill: 20s
Winds: Northwest 10-20 mph
Plan for a cold night as a northwest breeze continues and temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s. Expect wind chills near 20 degrees by sunrise.

MONDAY:
Mostly Sunny
Highs: 43-47
Winds: West 10 mph
Quiet weather to start the week with near-average temperatures in the middle 40s.

TUESDAY:
Mostly Sunny
Highs: 50-55
Winds: Southwest 10 mph
Temperatures climb to the 50s under mostly sunny skies.

WEDNESDAY:
Cloudy
Highs: 46-50
Winds: Southwest 10 mph
Clouds return ahead of a weather-maker that looks to bring a few showers Wednesday night.

THURSDAY:
Chance for Rain/Snow
Windy
Highs: 37-42
Winds: Northwest 10-20 mph; Gusts: 25-30 mph
An approaching weather maker will bring a return of winter with dropping temperatures and a chance at a rain/snow mix.

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The announcement was shared in a social media from D.C. Commissioner Tom Donohue, who confirmed the announcement with 小萝莉影视.

Bonds has been on the D.C. Council since 2012 and is the chair of the D.C. Council’s Committee on Executive Administration and Labor, which oversees District programs including the Workforce Investment Council, the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs and the Commission on Poverty.

Bonds, who is 80, has authored or co-authored more than 150 pieces of legislation during her time on the Council.

Bonds’ announcement comes amid several political shifts in the District, including Mayor Muriel Bowser declining to seek a fourth term, Ward 4 Council member Janeese Lewis George announcing that she will run for mayor in 2026, and announcements from Council members Brooke Pinto, of Ward 2, and at-large Council member Robert White that they will run for the seat of D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has served in the role for over three decades.

This is a developing story.

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Police said Norma Little was found inside her home on the 2300 block of Dulles Station Boulevard in McNair on Tuesday. When police arrived, they found Little, 79, with stab wounds to her upper body, . She was declared dead at the scene.

After conducting interviews, reviewing video surveillance and other evidence, police arrested Helena Little, 31, of Herndon, on Thursday. Helena Little has been charged with second-degree murder.聽She’s being held without bond at the Fairfax County jail.

Anyone with additional information regarding this incident are encouraged to contact police at 703-246-7800, option 2. Tips can also be submitted anonymously at 866-411-TIPS.

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Firefighters responded to reports of a fire at a home on Shellbark Place near Folly Lick Park in Dranesville just after 7 a.m. Crews put out the fire and, after searching the property, found two victims.

A spokesperson with the fire department confirmed to 小萝莉影视 that there were no further injuries in the fire.

The cause of the fire is still being investigated, and officials haven’t released the identities of the two people.

are on scene of a house fire in 1500 blk of Shellbark Pl in Herndon. Units arrived to fire showing. While conducting search operations, 2 people were found deceased. Fire is out. Fire investigators are on scene. assisting with traffic control.

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This is a developing story.

小萝莉影视’s Grace Newton contributed to this article.

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Cardinal Robert McElroy, the eighth Archbishop of Washington, has been diagnosed with liposarcoma, and he will have the cancer surgically removed on Nov. 13, the Archdiocese of Washington said in an .

The statement said that McElroy’s prognosis is good, as the cancer is nonaggressive and tends not to metastasize.

“I am at peace with this challenge and hope and believe that in God鈥檚 grace I will be Archbishop of Washington for many years to come,” the 71-year old said in a statement. “I ask your prayers and support in these days and plan to resume full duties two weeks after the surgery.”

McElroy was appointed to the Archdiocese of Washington, which includes D.C. and several Maryland counties, by Pope Francis in January. He became a cardinal in 2022.

In 2010, McElroy was appointed as an auxiliary bishop in San Francisco by Pope Benedict XVI, and in 2015 he became the sixth bishop of the Archdiocese of San Diego.

He was born in San Francisco, and attended Harvard College in 1972. He obtained a masters in divinity at .

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Retail loyalty cards which offer points, promotions, and freebies from stores such as Starbucks, Best Buy or GameStop can track your spending habits and find ways to charge you more, .

Utilizing California’s consumer privacy law, which allows users to obtain access to their data from companies as well as request their information to be deleted or not sold, Fowler took a look at the information Starbucks had on him from his loyalty card.

Fowler told 小萝莉影视 that the request revealed the coffee giant had information on all of his purchases and where he made them, building a dossier of his spending habits and building a profile of him.

“Starbucks was trying to start a dossier on me and size me up, and ultimately figure out how much I would pay,” Fowler said.

It even counted how often he opened the app.

“It said one day last March, I tapped on the app more than 90 times,” Fowler said.

Fowler discovered that Starbucks was also selling his information to data brokers and that he was rewarded less, even though he spent at Starbucks more often.

“They call it personalized discounts. You might call it personalized ‘jacked up prices,'” he said.

Fowler said it’s called “surveillance pricing,” where a company figures out what you are willing to pay and charges you exactly that, noting customers who use a company’s loyalty card or app less often are targeted with more deals to entice them back.

“The opposite of what you thought was supposed to happen with a reward card was happening,” Fowler said.

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Maryland will provide free MARC train and Commuter Bus service to federal workers for the duration of the government shutdown, .

Anyone with a federal ID badge can ride for free by showing their badge to the operator.

The governor made the announcement Friday while at a resource fair in Howard County, where state and local agencies were administering resources for federal workers.

鈥淭his is what Maryland does in times of crisis: We band together and we help each other out,鈥� Gov. Moore said in a statement. 鈥淏ut while Maryland is mobilizing to ease the shutdown鈥檚 burden on our people, let鈥檚 be clear, no state can fill the gap created by the federal government.”

The federal government is the largest employer in the state, which lost over 15,000 jobs since President Donald Trump’s administration took office in January.

In 2019, Trump’s partial shutdown cost Marylanders about $778 million in wages.

鈥淪ince day one of this shutdown, Maryland lawmakers across the federal, state, and local delegations have stood united in the fight to protect all Marylanders,鈥� said Rep. Sarah Elfreth.

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The closures are part of improvement and maintenance efforts to improve the reliability and safety of the nearly 50 year old system, Metro said in

Upcoming closures on the Red Line include Union Station to Rhode Island Avenue on Oct. 18 and 19 and Friendship Heights to North Bethesda from July 2026 to September 2026.

Work at the Bethesda station will include connection to the upcoming Purple Line.

Upcoming closures on the Green and Yellow lines include Hyattsville Crossing to Greenbelt on Dec. 6 and 7; U Street to Georgia Avenue will single track this winter; and Fort Totten to Greenbelt will be closed from Jan. 10 and 11, 2026.

At the Crystal City Metro station, construction work to build a new entrance will take place over 10 weekends.

Further closures are below:

For more information on Metro service and shuttles, visit .

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D.C. police are searching for 18-year-old Naqwan Antonio Lucas. He is wanted on a charge of premeditated first-degree murder while armed, .

On June 30, Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, was shot near the Mount Vernon Square Metro station, when a group got out of a vehicle and fired upon another group of people at 7th and M streets. Tarpinian-Jachym was not among the intended targets of the shooting.

Tarpinian-Jachym, a college student from Granby, Massachusetts, was a congressional intern for Kansas Rep. Ron Estes. He聽died of his injuries in the hospital on July 1.

A woman and a 16-year-old boy were also shot.

Earlier this month, U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro announced the arrests of two teens in the shooting. The other suspects, Jalen Lucas and Kelvin Thomas Jr., both 17, have been charged as adults with first-degree murder.

A $50,000 reward from聽D.C. police, the FBI and the U.S. Marshals is being offered for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction those involved in the deadly shooting. Anyone with information should call D.C. police at 202-727-9099.

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Herndon police took Muhammad Muzammil, 25, into custody after a shooting Monday morning in the 12700 block of Fantasia Drive that killed Irfan Syed, 45, of Herndon. Syed was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Muzammil, of no fixed address, was taken to the Fairfax County jail on charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He is being held without bond.

Detectives found during their investigation that Muzammil rammed Syed’s vehicle, then shot him several times, .

Muzammil tried to leave the scene, according to police, but his vehicle was disabled. Police said he made contact with a community member, who called the non-emergency number “on his behalf and reported that Muzammil had shot someone.”

Fairfax County police responded to the scene and found the gun they believe was used in the shooting.

Police are still investigating what happened and ask anyone with information to call them at 703-246-7800, option 2. Tips can also be submitted anonymously via Crime Solvers at 866-411-TIPS.

小萝莉影视’s Abigail Constantino contributed to this report.聽

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On Dec. 5, 2022, prosecutors said Keyon Slaughter, now 28, shot and killed Dana Bailey Jr. in Bailey’s apartment in Southeast D.C., fled the scene and went to North Carolina. Slaughter was in a relationship with Bailey’s wife, and Bailey was aware of the affair since earlier that year, according to prosecutors.

At the time of the murder, Slaughter was on supervised probation for a 2019 armed robbery conspiracy conviction in Charles County, Maryland.

Slaughter was arrested in July 2023 and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed in June. Bailey’s wife was also indicted and pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice.

He was sentenced Friday and will serve five years of supervised release after serving the prison sentence.

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The Maryland Department of Transportation said that the break also closed two westbound turn lanes on the East-West Highway, though one lane reopened just after 5:30 a.m.

Luis Maya with WSSC Water said the utility company plans to continue working overnight to fix the break.

WSSC Water told 小萝莉影视 the pipe that broke was

“We really never know what exactly causes the break, but it’s older mains, and they tend to break unfortunately,” Maya told 小萝莉影视’s Terik King.

Initial water main repairs were completed around 3 p.m. Tuesday, but more work is expected to finish paving the road. Water has been restored to affected customers.

“We’re aiming to be done by the (Wednesday) morning rush, but it’s possible that it does extend into the later in the morning, but the plan is to be done no later than tomorrow,” Maya said.

Drivers should seek alternative routes around the closures and allow added time for traveling. Updates on the repairs can be monitored at MDOT’s .

The affected roads will be closed through Tuesday night with the plan to reopen by Wednesday morning.

A map of the closure area is below:

小萝莉影视’s Ciara Wells contributed to this report. 小萝莉影视’s Terik King reported from the scene.

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