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What's open, closed for Thanksgiving in the DC area? 11/25/2024 11:25am • Trying to work out plans for the Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday shopping that follows? To give you a head start, here's what will be open and what will be closed in the D.C. area for the holiday. What department and grocery stores are open on Thanksgiving Day? Metro sai Forget how grandma did it: USDA says don't wash the turkey 11/25/2024 05:30am • To help families avoid falling ill this Thanksgiving, food safety experts are working to dispel commonly held myths. The most common holiday food safety mistake? Washing the bird, said Janell Goodwin, a technical information specialist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "You're actually sp Car Review: Does the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox have what it takes to challenge the top compact crossovers after a big redesign? 11/25/2024 05:17am • General Motors has given the popular compact crossover ��� Chevrolet Equinox ��� a full redo for the 2025 model year. It’s been gaining in sales and now it looks to take a few buyers from stalwarts Toyota and Honda. A new tough and rugged, less car-like look sets it apart from the previous Equ Washington Spirit lose 1-0 to Orlando Pride for 2024 NWSL championship 11/23/2024 11:59pm • After a rough battle to assert dominance, the Washington Spirit succumbed to superior footing in the second half, losing 1-0 to Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League championship game. WTOP's Jos�� Uma��a was on the scene Saturday at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City as the team faced the DC-area doctors warn of the damaging trend of 'sharenting' 11/23/2024 07:18am • D.C.-area doctors are sounding the alarm about the potential harmful effects of a trend called ���sharenting,��� where parents or caregivers post excessively about their children on social media. You're likely familiar with the trend if you've scrolled through any social media platform geared tow Weight loss drug users suddenly find themselves wasting more food, study says 11/22/2024 09:51pm • One in four people taking popular weight loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro found themselves throwing more food in the trash after starting the drugs, according to a new study. The findings, published in the scientific journal "Nutrients," highlighted an unintended consequence Why Prince George���s Co. voted against data centers ��� for now 11/22/2024 07:45pm • Amid a flurry of bills considered by the Prince George���s County Council on Tuesday ��� the final day of this year���s legislative session ��� was one dealing with data centers. It was introduced earlier this year by the county executive���s office in an effort for the cash-strapped county to qu Washington Spirit embrace underdog role heading into NWSL championship 11/22/2024 04:05pm • Heading into a penalty kick shootout during its National Women's Soccer League semifinal match Sunday, Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury called on her teammates to score. She promised to be there, in goal, making saves. One by one, as a Spirit player scored, the two-time Goalkeeper of After Thanksgiving, it's the last stop for Metrobus fare evaders 11/22/2024 03:41pm • Metro said it will begin cracking down on fare evasion on buses after Thanksgiving. It comes as the transit agency's board of directors gave its final approval to a plan to redesign its bus network for the first time in its 50-year history. Dubbed the "Better Bus Network," the new bus system will ���Not safe here���: Residents of Herndon apartment complex say mold is making them sick 11/22/2024 02:37pm • Cody Segraves moved into the Trellis Herndon Apartments in April, and soon thereafter, he noticed the unit���s HVAC was leaking and having other issues. Toward the end of August, a leasing office staff member came and changed the filter. Then, Segraves said, his wife got sick and has had pneu Weekend road closures in DC for White House reception, Marion Barry mural unveiling 11/22/2024 02:37pm • Folks driving in D.C. can expect a trickier commute home Friday evening and Saturday morning, as several road closures across the city are set to begin during rush hour. From 6-9:30 p.m. Friday, there will be road closures and parking restrictions around the White House for an official event. The A gift of sneakers, a step toward change: Interfaith Works building pathways to open doors 11/22/2024 11:22am • Sometimes a crucial journey can begin with a small step ��� as small as a gift of sneakers. For more than 50 years, Interfaith Works has served Montgomery County residents challenged by poverty and homelessness. The nonprofit serves more than 35,000 residents a year. This includes James, w Only the president can pardon these 6 DC men ��� will he? 11/21/2024 07:49pm • About 40 years ago, eight men ��� all either teenagers or in their early 20s at the time ��� were convicted of murdering 49-year-old Catherine Fuller in an alley off 8th and H streets in Northeast D.C. On Oct. 1, 1984, Fuller, a wife and mother of six, had cut through the alley on her way to The same tech you use to order dinner could also help detectives solve crimes 11/21/2024 06:52am • Whenever detectives are called to respond to an active crime scene in Prince George's County, evidence vans are usually right there in Maryland alongside them to help process the scene. Behind those vans, often enough, can be a group of onlookers who live nearby. In recent years, Crime Solvers ha Trump Impact: Cuts in Virginia would stretch beyond federal employees 11/20/2024 06:00pm • This story is part of WTOP���s ongoing series,��Trump Impact, which looks at how the new administration could change the D.C. region. The D.C. region is bracing for what's to come as President-elect Donald Trump has promised to slash spending and reshape the federal government. So how might th