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5 hospitalized after stolen car crashes in Fairfax Co. 02/19/2024 05:10pm • A crash involving a stolen car in the Fair Oaks area sent five people to the hospital Monday, according to Fairfax County police. Police said they were alerted around noon that the car was stolen from another jurisdiction. The driver left a parking lot near the Fair Oaks Mall and upon seeing poli A greener alternative to cremation could soon be available in Maryland 02/19/2024 01:47pm • You may have never heard of "aquamation" or “flameless cremation.” It is a new, greener alternative to cremation that may soon be available in the D.C. area. A bill is now in front of Maryland's legislature to allow and regulate the practice. Alkaline hydrolysis or aquamation place the deceas What's open, what's closed in the DC area on Presidents Day 2024 02/19/2024 08:55am • Presidents Day celebrates America's former leaders — George Washington and Abraham Lincoln chief among them. This year, it's on Feb. 19, which is also a day off for many of us in the D.C. area. Check out what's open and closed on Presidents Day 2024. Banks Almost all of the major banks wil Man killed in Fairfax Co. hit-and-run crash 02/19/2024 07:44am • A man is dead after a hit-and-run crash Sunday night in Fairfax County, Virginia. Police said it happened just before 10:45 p.m. on Richmond Highway at Buckman Road in Woodlawn. The man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. Police told WTOP that witnesses Car Review: Toyota finally jumps into the EV game with the bZ4X small crossover 02/18/2024 11:21pm • Toyota’s first EV is an all-electric crossover. The bZ4X is a stylish little crossover with a more futuristic look. The bZ4X sports a front end without a big grill like Toyota gas vehicles, and I like the look. The sleek LED headlight clusters are visually appealing with small individual lights in Car Review: Mazda’s 3-row SUV is a high-tech hit 02/18/2024 10:55pm • “This is the greatest car ever,” proclaimed my hyper-focused 5-year-old. She had homed in on the available rear-seat center console as the deal-sealer, giving her, for the first time, her very own mobile stash for small stuffed animals, snacks and other things that young children somehow find ap 'Go-Go Honors' celebrates pioneers of DC's 'official music'; prepares for museum opening 02/18/2024 04:59am • Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. Four years after Go-Go’s designation as “The Official Music of Washington D.C.,” and months after a celebrated ribbon-c Details of Loudoun Co. Parkway emergency landing outlined in NTSB preliminary report 02/17/2024 02:50pm • A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board is providing more insight into the emergency landing of a small commuter plane on the Loudoun County Parkway in Virginia last month. On Jan. 19, the plane's two pilots were forced to land their disabled Southern Airways Express Cess Winter storm system moves out of DC area, leaving freezing temps and bitter winds behind 02/17/2024 09:05am • Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for the latest weather conditions. Get the latest closings and delays. Snow is leaving the D.C. area, but residents should bundle up for lingering cold conditions on Saturday. Here’s what you need to know. Flakes are expected t Man arrested after stealing Maryland State Highway truck sparks high-speed chase, injuring 1 driver and 4 officers 02/16/2024 11:59pm • The driver who led Maryland troopers on a chase along Route 29 and through the surrounding suburban neighborhoods in a stolen state highway help truck has been arrested. Officials said Flavio Cesar Lanuza, 27, of Laurel, Maryland, struck more than a dozen drivers in the state's CHART vehicle bef 'We need to embrace the leaving': On National Caregivers Day, NBC anchor shares lessons of caring for father 02/16/2024 02:06pm • More than 53 million Americans share the difficult, unpaid job of providing care for a family member. On National Caregivers Day — the third Friday in February — NBC anchor and reporter Richard Lui is sharing some of what he learned while spending eight years caring for his late father, who His drug dealer was in a wheelchair. He was just convicted of robbing and killing him 02/15/2024 04:20pm • A New Carrollton, Maryland, teenager was found guilty of murder and a long list of other charges this week in connection with the death of a man in a wheelchair who was making a marijuana delivery for a friend. It happened July 1 outside of apartments along Good Luck Road in Lanham, not far from Eastern Market Metro station evacuated after fire under rail car fills platform with smoke 02/15/2024 03:40pm • A fire under a railcar caused smoke to fill the platform at the Eastern Market Metro station in D.C. Thursday afternoon, sending one person to the hospital and leading to an evacuation of the station. Video from the scene posted on social media showed heavy smoke filling the upper part of the s Back from the dead of a Hollywood strike hiatus, popular CBS sitcom 'Ghosts' returns for Season 3 02/15/2024 03:36pm • Ghosts are pretty darn accustomed to waiting around for all eternity with nothing to do. That's how it felt waiting for our favorite sitcoms to return from last year's Hollywood strikes! Now, the wait is mercifully over as "Ghosts" returns for its Season 3 premiere this Thursday at 8:30 p.m. o Speed limit changing along Golden Mile in Frederick Co. this week 02/15/2024 05:32am • The speed limit along the Golden Mile in Frederick County, Maryland, is changing from 45 mph to 35 mph this week, the state’s highway administration said. The new speed limit applies to the nearly 2-mile stretch of Route 40 (West Patrick Street) between U.S. Route 15 and Old Camp Road. Andre