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DC day care devastated by gas explosion is getting help from the community 02/05/2024 06:50pm • The community around the D.C. day care center destroyed in a gas explosion is pitching in to help the owner. The Agua 301 restaurant in Navy Yard donated 25% of every check between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Monday to help Baby Einstein Child Development Center get back on its feet. Traci Johnson wi Safer, but also prettier streets, coming to Mt. Rainier 02/05/2024 03:43pm • It's a small town in terms of size, but the city of Mount Rainier, Maryland, is also dense, with thousands of residents living in a municipality that's less than 2 square miles. It's very urban today, though it was designed as a much more suburban locale decades ago. But the streets and sidewalks 'Complete shock': DC musician Cat Janice has 'dream come true' in hospice watching song climb the charts 02/05/2024 03:02pm • The Grammys rocked L.A. on Sunday night, but D.C. should invent its own award for the Most Inspiring Singer: Cat Janice. WTOP first told you about the D.C. native releasing her final song from hospice on Friday, Jan. 19. After being diagnosed with an ultrarare sarcoma early in 2022, Janice arr Post-pandemic hotel guest behavior: Obsessed with cleanliness, not so much room service 02/05/2024 10:26am • Hotel occupancy is expected to reach 63.6% in 2024, up slightly from 2023, but still shy of the 65.8% average hotel occupancy before the pandemic. Employment is up, but also still below pre-pandemic levels. But spending by guests will set a record this year, nearly 24% more than 2019. Hotel gu Washington Co. sheriff's office sued again in bizarre catfish, murder, kidnapping case involving one of its deputies 02/02/2024 10:43pm • A lawsuit for $50 million is being filed against the Washington County, Virginia, Sheriff's Office as part of the continuing fallout from a bizarre and horrific 2022 case involving a triple murder, kidnapping, abduction, suicide and arson. The lawsuit was filed through the Virginia law firm Breit Watch: Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring on Groundhog Day 2024 02/02/2024 06:36am • Check out the weather forecast for Groundhog Day and what a meteorologist thinks of the tradition. PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (CBS) -- Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow on Groundhog Day 2024, meaning an early spring is on the way. Like most Feb. 2s in the past 137 years, crowds gathe What's the difference between a rock and a boulder? Explore this obscure DC monument to find out 02/01/2024 08:26am • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 20px 10px;background: #D30000;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;border-r Things to do in the DC area: Ways to celebrate Black History Month … and more! 02/01/2024 06:14am • 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. 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 w Unclaimed Property Day: Do you have money sitting in an account somewhere? 02/01/2024 12:01am • There's billions of dollars worth of unclaimed property sitting in accounts across the country, and since Thursday is "National Unclaimed Property Day," states are encouraging people to check to see if they have some long-lost treasure languishing in a forgotten account. In Maryland, State Comptr Homicide suspect fatally shot by New Carrollton police after stealing multiple vehicles and shooting at least 2 victims, officials say 01/31/2024 05:22am • The suspect in a string of shootings and carjackings that stretched from D.C. into Prince George's County, Maryland, over 12 hours and left one person dead and another wounded was fatally shot by two New Carrollton police officers early Tuesday, authorities said. The man, who was armed, was shot Fighting fraud at the mailbox: Maryland bill goes after postal thieves 01/30/2024 11:40pm • They target the U.S. Post Office's "blue boxes" on street corners where people drop in their checks and letters. They break into mailboxes at town houses and apartment complexes. And they'll pluck mail out of mailboxes at the end of driveways. A new bill proposed in Maryland would go after the th Man wounded in shooting in Dupont Circle 01/30/2024 07:36pm • A man is in the hospital following a shooting during rush hour in the Northwest D.C. neighborhood of Dupont Circle. It happened around 4 p.m. in the 1900 block of Q Street Northwest near the north entrance of the Dupont Circle Metro station. Police found a man who had been shot inside a vehicl WTOP's Neal Augenstein: Liquid biopsy can provide clues to future lung cancer treatment, prognosis 01/30/2024 01:56pm • By now you know that WTOP's Neal Augenstein has been keeping us up-to-date on his lung cancer journey. Just over a year ago -- in November 2022 -- Neal was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. After  one-pill-a-day targeted therapy and a lobectomy, he's been cancer-free since April 2023. Now, Embrace your inner codebreaker at Maryland's National Cryptologic Museum 01/30/2024 12:50pm • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 20px 10px;background: #D30000;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;border-r Wolf Trap reveals summer concert lineup 01/30/2024 06:19am • Wolf Trap just announced its summer concert lineup, bringing a ton of major music acts to Vienna, Virginia. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, Feb. 16 at 10 a.m. "Wolf Trap serves as a welcoming haven for all, where our thoughtfully curated roster of award-winning artists guarant