D.C. police today warned parents and kids to avoid candy that isn’t factory-wrapped. Well, at least they’re not advising that you get your kids’ bounty X-rayed. (Yes, it has happened.)

Another dog has gone missing outside the Whole Foods on P Street, and animal rights group PETA is begging dog-owners not to leave their pets unattended, even if for a minute.

Yesterday evening’s weather was certainly ominous, no more so than for the University of Maryland. But did the university overreact?