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Former Army service member pleads guilty in 1994 cold-case killing of Fairfax Co. mother 10/04/2024 01:50pm • Almost 30 years since a mother was killed inside her Fairfax County, Virginia, home while her toddler was in the next room, a former Army service member pleaded guilty Friday in her stabbing death. Robin Lawrence's body was discovered inside her home on the leafy cul-de-sac of Reseca Lane in the Data Doctors: Going green with your gadgets 10/04/2024 09:43am • Q: What can I do to be more eco-friendly with my tech gadgets? A: Our insatiable appetite for new gadgets has many hidden environmental costs such as energy consumption and e-waste that we all need to think about. The energy required to manufacture the average desktop computer could run a refr Mail-in ballot know-how: What if you are sent more than one ballot? 10/04/2024 04:10am • Your vote counts, but you only get just one. So a Maryland voter who got two mail-in ballots for the same person contacted WTOP and wanted to know: What should they do? Gilberto Zelaya, the community engagement public relations officer for the Montgomery County Board of Elections, said in a ca This school teacher who connected literacy and laundry is DC's Teacher of the Year 10/03/2024 08:20pm • Jazzmyne Townsend, a K-5 English language arts (ELA) instructional coach at Stanton Elementary School in Southeast D.C., showed up to an assembly to help celebrate National Book Month with her students. Little did she know, a massive surprise was in store for her. While the month of reading w PHOTOS: Wizards Let the Dogs Out with new theme nights and giveaways 10/03/2024 12:39pm • While the Washington Wizards may not be competing for an NBA title any time soon, they are certainly trying their best to get fans in seats to watch a rebuilding franchise with the release of their unique promotional and theme night schedule. For the first time, the Wizards will hold the very creati Things to do in the DC area: Spooky and scary Halloween events … and more! 10/03/2024 09:44am • For Halloween fun, the D.C. area is chock full of events to get in the spooky spirit. WTOP has rounded up some of the many parties, crawls, soirees and other festivities to be prepared for. Come back to WTOP next week for a guide on the scariest haunted houses, fields and forests in the D.C. area Forget the Met. Forget the Louvre. The world's most unique museum is right here in DC at the USDA building 10/03/2024 05:34am • At first glance, D.C.'s U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters, with its vast corridors (measuring 7 miles in total) and looming facade, give off the same vibes as many other massive government buildings in the heart of downtown: imposing, impossibly large and mysterious. At one time, th Judge says U-Md. decision to cancel interfaith vigil violates First Amendment rights 10/01/2024 02:05pm • The group Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Maryland can hold its vigil Oct. 7 on McKeldin Mall as originally planned, a district court judge ruled Tuesday afternoon. The ruling comes a month after President Darryll Pines said only university-sanctioned events would be held o How to see Comet A3 streak across the sky this month 10/01/2024 05:00am • When the clouds finally clear after weeks of gray skies and rain, make it a point to join the worldwide collective of casual star gazers and professional and amateur astronomers who are enjoying views of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), or Comet A3 for short. Comets are leftover debris from t 'You give me hope': Montgomery Co. man repairs hundreds of old bikes to donate 10/01/2024 03:52am • A 74-year-old man in Montgomery County, Maryland, takes old, unwanted bikes that have been collecting dust and refurbishes them in his backyard. Then, he gives them away to refugees, immigrants or others in need of some wheels. Over the past couple of years, Manuel Vera has given away 700 old The riots that reshaped how DC connected with the Latino community 09/30/2024 04:51am • WTOP celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month this Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, with stories spotlighting the contributions, culture and accomplishments of Hispanic communities across the D.C. region. On May 5, 1991, a Salvadoran man was shot by a D.C. police officer, and that shooting sparked Number of cancer cases going up for young people — What a UVA cancer expert says you can do 09/29/2024 05:25pm • Cancer prevention and breakthroughs in cancer treatment have helped lower the nation's cancer death rate, but an annual report by the American Association for Cancer Research found the number of cancer cases is growing, particularly among people under the age of 50. "Since the 1990s, fewer people World Heart Day: A Leesburg father's urgent message on heart failure after he was diagnosed at 41 09/29/2024 07:55am • Five years ago, Son Vang battled a dry cough that wouldn’t go away. It was a mysterious illness until his doctor got a hunch and ordered a heart X-ray. The doctor gave the Leesburg, Virginia, father of three a surprising diagnosis. “The cardiologist came into my hospital room and said, ‘ World record pupusa cooked up at Fiesta DC 09/28/2024 07:45pm • Visitors at Fiesta DC in downtown D.C. witnessed what is a delicious Guinness World Record pupusa in the making. Dozens of D.C. area chefs worked together to finish the record-breaking pupusa — clocking in at 20 feet in diameter — and shortly after being certified as the record-breaker, t 'Prayers have been answered': Toys for Tots gifted with a warehouse in Montgomery County    09/28/2024 09:25am • On Monday, Elizabeth Scott, the Montgomery County coordinator for Toys for Toys said the organization was a month away from canceling this year’s toy drive. In what could be a plot of a Hallmark Christmas movie, Judy Shincarick was able to help save Christmas without having to be visited by