Afternoon Buzz: Virginia Beach tornado strikes amid Something in the Water festival

How three tornadoes hit Florida and Virginia on consecutive days; Nearly 400,000 Virginians risk losing Medicaid, starting Monday ; Longtime Sen. Ben Cardin won't seek reelection in 2024; K Street, rideshare surcharge proposals would harm downtown D.C., mayor says; Black Va. lawmakers, NAACP demand ouster of Youngkin's diversity chief; Delaying tactics: A highway sign sends me on a contemplative journey; Alexandria, steeped in history, seeks to recover its Black community's past; William Ratchford II, Maryland's influential fiscal watchdog, dies at 90; At correspondents' dinner scene, Vanderpump rules. (Too bad, Tucker.) ; The 1904 Senators set the bar for D.C. baseball futility; Jeter Downs needs to play to develop. There's no room with the Nationals.; Podcaster Sarah Marshall's live show finds more 'You're Wrong About'; Dave's Hot Chicken will have you begging for more, and maybe for mercy ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Local news you don't want to miss.     (Kristen Zeis for The Washington Post) Virginia Beach tornado strikes amid Something in the Water festival The tornado — the most intense to hit Virginia Beach since 1950 — damaged more than 100 buildings and forced the cancellation of the third day of Pharrell Williams's music festival. By Justin Wm. Moyer, Martin Weil and Dana Hedgpeth ●  Read more »   How three tornadoes hit Florida and Virginia on consecutive days A trio of tornadoes touched down in the past three days, causing serious damage in some places and even prompting the city of Virginia Beach to declare a local state of emergency. By Matthew Cappucci ●  Read more »   Nearly 400,000 Virginians risk losing Medicaid, starting Monday An estimated 140,000 Virginia children will no longer be covered by Medicaid as pandemic-era protections expire. By Jenna Portnoy ●  Read more »   Longtime Sen. Ben Cardin won't seek reelection in 2024 Cardin (D-Md.), 79, has been a fixture in Maryland politics for decades. A number of Democrats have already begun exploring potential runs for his seat. By Meagan Flynn ●  Read more »   K Street, rideshare surcharge proposals would harm downtown D.C., mayor says Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) condemned the D.C. Council's plan to pay for free bus service by defunding a long-planned downtown transit project. By Luz Lazo, Justin George and Michael Brice-Saddler ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Black Va. lawmakers, NAACP demand ouster of Youngkin's diversity chief Martin D. Brown generated outrage by declaring "DEI is dead" at Virginia Military Institute last week By Ian Shapira ●  Read more »   PERSPECTIVE Delaying tactics: A highway sign sends me on a contemplative journey The Beltway sign warned there would be delays. But why? By John Kelly ●  Read more »   Alexandria, steeped in history, seeks to recover its Black community's past The Virginia town's first "Black Family Reunion" sought photos and artifacts to expand the library's collections and fill in the gaps of local African American history. By Peter Jamison ●  Read more »   William Ratchford II, Maryland's influential fiscal watchdog, dies at 90 For more than four decades, Mr. Ratchford shaped spending in Annapolis and later as an adviser to Baltimore mayors. By Brian Murphy ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   At correspondents' dinner scene, Vanderpump rules. (Too bad, Tucker.) After a dull stretch of the Trump and pandemic years, the events around the White House correspondents' dinner came back strong. By Maura Judkis ●  Read more »   The 1904 Senators set the bar for D.C. baseball futility The 1904 Washington Senators, who opened the season 0-13-1, were the butt of jokes. The team's .252 winning percentage remains MLB's fourth worst since 1900. By Scott Allen ●  Read more »   ANALYSIS Jeter Downs needs to play to develop. There's no room with the Nationals. The Nats are giving Downs a taste of the majors, but he needs to play every day for the team to see what it has. By Andrew Golden ●  Read more »   Podcaster Sarah Marshall's live show finds more 'You're Wrong About' The live version of the popular history podcast, which asks listeners to reexamine their understanding of old news stories, will appear at the Fillmore on May 11. By Alexis P. Williams ●  Read more »   Dave's Hot Chicken will have you begging for more, and maybe for mercy The Los Angeles-based chain has opened its first location in the D.C. area. It's a barnburner. By Tim Carman ●  Read more »     News whiz? Play our daily news quiz. Test your knowledge of current events with our new quotable game, On the Record. Play game   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The 7 DMV for a brief rundown of the seven most important and interesting stories from D.C., Maryland and Virginia every weekday morning. Sign up »

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