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Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Maryland reaches $2.25 billion settlement on Key Bridge collapse as DOJ files charges against operator, employee

Maryland Del. Chao Wu

Md. lawmakers condemn ‘deeply offensive,’ ‘racist’ video targeting immigrant delegate

Data center

Quantico Ridge data center campus near Prince William Forest Park shelved for now

Trump

Trump FDA chief is leaving after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion groups

Trump

Hegseth gets bipartisan grilling on rising costs of the Iran war and Trump's end game

NEW YORK - JULY 23: (L-R) Rapper Tupac Shakur poses for a portrait at Club Amazon on July 23, 1993 in New York, New York. (Photo by Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Street named after hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur, who lived in Md. as a teenager

2 Maryland residents exposed to hantavirus while traveling near infected passenger

ADOPT ME: These amazing pets are looking for their forever homes

Survey work begins for contested Trump Triumphal Arch project in DC

Virginia governor signs paid leave law, first in the South

Survey ranks best over-the-counter medications and health products

Survey: One year after return-to-office requirements, how are federal employees faring?

Prince George's County school bus

Prince George's Co. superintendent search narrowed to three finalists

Scene of deadly crash involving a school bus in Prince George's County.

Driver killed in Prince George’s Co. school bus crash identified

Baltimore Orioles head groundskeeper Nicole Sherry looks on prior to a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Milwaukee Brewers at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Monday, April 11, 2022, In Baltimore. The Orioles won 2-1. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Orioles head groundskeeper Nicole Sherry leaving after 20 years

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Survey work begins for contested Trump Triumphal Arch project

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New Smithsonian exhibit traces bison’s rise, near extinction and comeback

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Restaurant owners weigh DC’s recent wave of closures

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WTOP Asks: What are you getting for Mother's Day?

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Pentagon UFO files spark reaction at Air & Space Museum

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How kickball on the National Mall brought a couple together

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Preakness is scaling down, but the celebrations aren't

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New exhibit tells story of victims, takedown in 2002 DC sniper case

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DC struggles to attract international tourists

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This Va. school lunch club teaches kids tech to help their peers and teachers

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One of DC’s oldest homes hits the market

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man holding a big check

DC man wins $5M in Maryland lottery

packages stacked on stoop

DC and Amazon work to test smaller delivery vehicles — much smaller

Trump White House Ballroom

Senate Republicans move ahead with $1B for Trump's ballroom security as Democrats pledge to fight

America 250: ARPANET reshaped secure communications for the modern military era

America 250 | In Partnership with HII

Amigos restaurant sign

Amigos Mexican Grill in Laurel shut down after Cinco de Mayo shooting, stabbing

AI & Data Exchange 2026: Abnormal AI’s John Sourk on rapid AI adoption and the risks ahead

Insight by Abnormal AI

First responce worker demonstrades CPR and proper defibrillator procedure on a manikin.

Fairfax County police add life-saving technology to some patrol cars

close up of gardener hands with gloves digging

How to know when to plant certain seeds in the DC region as the climate changes

composite photos of a gray cat

DC man looking for lost service cat who accompanies him during cancer treatments

Election 2026 Redistricting Virginia

Democrats ask the Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts

FILE - BYU forward AJ Dybantsa dunks in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Baylor Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File

DC can exhale: The Wizards finally have something to build on

As National Guard soldier patrol, workers continue to apply a blue protective coating as part of a renovation project to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Friday, May 8 on the National Mall in Washington.

Trump’s blue repainting of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool draws lawsuit and questions about cost

East Potomac Golf Course

DC's public golf courses will remain open under new deal with Trump administration

In this May 2020 photo, a worker processes mail-in ballots at the Bucks County Board of Elections office prior to the primary election in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

WATCH: DC sends out mail-in ballots for June's primary and other Top Local Headlines

County News

More Maryland state parks likely to require registration, possibly starting this summer

Maryland reaches $2.25 billion settlement on Key Bridge collapse as DOJ files charges against operator, employee

Quantico Ridge data center campus near Prince William Forest Park shelved for now

Md. lawmakers condemn ‘deeply offensive,’ ‘racist’ video targeting immigrant delegate

The late hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur, who lived in Baltimore, has street dedicated to him

LIFESTYLE

taxidermized bison

New Smithsonian exhibit traces bison’s rise, near extinction and comeback

GOVERNMENT

FEMA Lader

Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton, fired after defending FEMA, to lead the agency

FOOD & RESTAURANT

Coronavirus Pandemic Causes Climate Of Anxiety And Changing Routines In America

‘DC has changed’: Restaurant owners weigh city’s recent wave of closures

Sponsored

AI & Data Exchange 2026: Unison’s David Kim on weaving AI into acquisition processes

AI & Data Exchange 2026: Unison’s David Kim on weaving AI into acquisition processes

Insight by Unison

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Brujos Populus Hazy IPA

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Obit Ted Turner

CNN founder Ted Turner dies at age 87

PHOTO GALLERIES

A dog and cat

WTOP's Pet of the Week

Exterior of the 2026 Toyota C‑HR

Car Review: 2026 Toyota C‑HR

2026 celebrity deaths

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

America 250: Rosalynn Carter’s 50-year fight for mental health

Shape of a wooden houses, calculator, paper money and colored paper with the word 'fixed rate mortgage'

America 250: How the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage became the national standard

America 250: Learning from World War II in today’s race for quantum security

22 Hours: A Second Look

CLOSER LOOK, E3 - Understanding The Why and How

#15, Shizu Okusa on scaling wellness brand Apothékary to $40M, gaining TikTok halo effect and avoiding founder blind spots

Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley

Berlin

WTOP's DC Sports Huddle

How the Commanders 'win' NFL free agency

493 | Denmark Confronts Trump Administration over Greenland

thERINpy with Erin Washington

Marni Battista, life design coach and author of Your Radical Living Challenge

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