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Slick roads, heavy holiday traffic: Big backups leading to airports ahead of Thanksgiving 11/21/2023 05:40pm • Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for traffic and weather news on the 8s. Halloween has passed, but it looks like Thanksgiving is going to be the new nightmare — at least as far as getting around the D.C.-area is concerned. Heavy rain all day Tuesday has slickened ar Indie horror flick 'The Haunted Forest' films at Markoff's Haunted Forest in Dickerson 11/21/2023 04:09am • Thanksgiving is just a few days away, but Halloween is delivering one last fright to Montgomery County. The feature-length indie horror flick "The Haunted Forest" just wrapped 18 days of filming Monday night at Markoff's Haunted Forest in Dickerson, Maryland, where the story is set. "I Throwing out too many leftovers? McLean company has an app for that 11/20/2023 03:50pm • You can track your food waste, and see not only how much food you are wasting but also how much money you’re throwing out with MITRE’s free Food Waste Tracker App. (Courtesy MITRE) The amount of food Americans waste, often without giving it much thought, is staggering. The U.S. Food and A Thanksgiving meal for newly-resettled refugees 11/20/2023 06:21am • Hundreds of refugees from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Eritrea and other countries facing conflict, got a taste of Thanksgiving at a special event in Silver Spring, Maryland, Sunday afternoon. "I only saw Thanksgiving in the movies before," Natalia, a refugee from Ukraine who resettled in Ellicott City, Car Review: The Nissan Altima SR VC-Turbo wakes up the midsize sedan market with added power and sports suspension 11/20/2023 04:10am • Nissan has a solution for a sportier version of the Altima SR with the nifty VC-Turbo engine that pumps out nearly 250hp. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The Nissan Altima has been a big seller for years and while it moved family without hassle it’s been a bit underwhelming in the power department since it Data Doctors: The problem with iPhone/Android text messaging 11/17/2023 05:43pm • Q: Why don’t some Android users get my iPhone text messages? A: Text messaging was once considered an anti-social communication method by those who grew up having phone conversations as their default. Fast forward to 2023 and everyone realizes how efficient and useful text messaging has beco Things to do in the DC area: Thanksgiving takeout, art fairs … and more! 11/16/2023 06:10am • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. Fogo de Chão's Thanksgiving To-Go Package. (Konnect Agency/Manny Rodrigu Data Doctors: 4 ways to get calendar spam 11/10/2023 04:56am • Q: How are spammers putting things in my calendar without my knowledge? A: Spammers and scammers are constantly on the prowl to find new ways to get to us and the open architecture of most calendar programs is a growing target. A standard known as iCal or iCalendar (not to be confused with App How to protect your personal information when renting a car 11/06/2023 04:15am • Have you ever rented a vehicle and found an unfamiliar contact list when trying to connect a phone to the car's infotainment system? Turns out, the information may belong to an earlier renter of the automobile. This is happening more often as states require drivers to go hands free behind the whe How early is too early to put up holiday decorations? 11/03/2023 04:17am • Halloween candy is still on sale in some D.C.-area supermarkets, but some large stores have skipped over Thanksgiving and are already focusing on other winter holidays. At Bethesda Row in Maryland, white lights line nearby streets, and a large Christmas tree is on full display across the street f Are more expensive phone chargers worth the cost? Not necessarily 11/02/2023 05:41pm • Online and in stores, cheap versions of charging cables for Apple and Android phones aren't hard to find. But how sturdy are the less pricey cables? Consumer Reports found that with several cables you get what you pay for, but other times that's not the case. The testing pitted Apple’s $30 c Review: Brie Larson miniseries 'Lessons in Chemistry' mixes all the right ingredients on Apple TV+ 11/02/2023 04:49pm • Sometimes a TV miniseries mixes all of the right ingredients and does it so artfully that it feels right down to a science. That's the case with the new Apple TV+ miniseries "Lessons in Chemistry," which drops Episode 5 this Friday with three more heading into Thanksgiving. I've already binged al DC to give out free digital tracking tags to aid in recovering stolen vehicles 11/01/2023 06:00pm • They're not just for locating your luggage at the airport or finding where you put your keys. D.C. is hoping that digital tracking tags, such as Apple AirTags, can help get your vehicle back amid a rise in carjackings in the District. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. acting police Chief Pamela Smith Doja Cat, Adam Sandler and Pete Davidson headline November's DC-area entertainment guide 11/01/2023 12:05am • Halloween is in the rear window as we now begin the road to Thanksgiving. Plenty of fun events await the nation's capital throughout the month of November. Here's a roundup of what's going on around town: November Entertainment Guide Nov. 1: Tower of Power at The Birchmere Nov. 1-5: " Your Halloween candy's afterlife: How long is too long to hang on to that stash? 10/31/2023 11:00pm • The shelf life of that Halloween candy haul may surprise you. Your candy stash could last from six months to two years, depending on the type of candy it is, and how it's stored. "Chocolate-based candies, particularly if they're more of that milk chocolate/white chocolate base, those will last