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Metro adds new cashless options for parking payment in 'fare modernization' effort 07/08/2023 09:39pm • Metro has announced an expansion of the way customers can pay for parking, now boasting centralized pay stations and ParkMobile access for all of its short-term parking lots and street parking spaces. All 63 of Metro's "Kiss and Ride" and hourly lots have been outfitted with centralized pay stati Maryland preservationists work to restore 'storage shed' to its place in history 06/10/2023 11:01am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The oldest state government building in Annapolis doesn't look like much these days. In fact, a visitor could be forgiven for not thinking DC-area leaders said stay indoors, avoid unhealthy smog. What should homeless people do? 06/09/2023 01:19pm • A man offers drivers water and cool beverages for change while he stood in the smog in Northwest D.C. (WTOP/Ivy Lyons) During the Wednesday morning commute through haze along Georgia Avenue in Northwest D.C., the region's drivers smelled smoke in the air and kept on moving. Alan stayed put. A Friendship bracelets, Tay-gating: Inside Taylor Swift fans' plans ahead of her closest concert to DC 05/11/2023 05:02am • Many D.C.-area Taylor Swift fans were disappointed when the singer didn’t include any dates in the D.C. region on her new tour, but thousands are "swiftly" heading north to see the next-closest shows this weekend. Swift is playing three-hour-long sets on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights at L Eclectic apartment building in NoMa coins a new neighborhood name: SoNYa 05/09/2023 08:53am • D.C.-based Monument Realty recently completed its latest residential project in D.C., and in addition to its funky look, it also coins a new neighborhood name. SoNYa, as it’s called, is a reference to the “South of New York Avenue District” within the NoMa submarket. The 14-story bui Where's the warmth in DC? Saturday's highs to come at unusual time of day 03/25/2023 09:27am • The warmest part of the day in the D.C. region likely won't be when residents would expect on Saturday. Temperatures will warm into the low 50s on Saturday afternoon but jump up into the 60s during the evening. Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM. Weather Smithsonian 'Afrofuturism' exhibit to include objects from Marvel’s 'Black Panther,' OutKast 03/24/2023 06:55pm • The National Museum of African American History and Culture has opened a new exhibit highlighting and exploring the concept of Afrofuturism. “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures,” which opened Friday, highlights the achievements of Black people who have created bestselling science fictio Long & Foster co-founder Wes Foster dies 03/21/2023 01:50pm • P. Wesley "Wes" Foster, who co-founded real estate empire Long & Foster Real Estate, has died. (Courtesy Long & Foster Real Estate) P. Wesley "Wes" Foster, who co-founded real estate empire Long & Foster Real Estate, has died. He was 89. Long & Foster gave no cause of death. Comedian Bill Bellamy, who coined the phrase 'booty call,' cracks up MGM National Harbor Saturday 03/21/2023 04:06am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” He coined the pop-culture phrase "booty call" on HBO's "Def Comedy Jam" in the 1990s. This Saturday, comedian Bill Bellamy crack ups MGM National Harbor near the nation's capital. More Local News More Entertainme 'An impossible situation': How the pandemic changed public education for DC-area parents, students and leaders 03/20/2023 04:30am • Many second-grade students struggled with reading skills at Brookfield Elementary in Fairfax County, Virginia, last year. As a result, the school appointed two separate teachers to lead sessions to help them get back on track. School leaders were particularly concerned about one student, Justin, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Jacobs collide in new play 'The Storehouse' at Perisphere Theater 03/14/2023 02:35am • Harriet Beecher Stowe coined the phrase "Uncle Tom" in her fictional novel "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" (1852), while Harriet Jacobs chronicled her own escape from slavery in "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" (1861). Now, the two Harriets collide in the world premiere of the new play "The Stor Ball don't lie: Game of 1-on-1 offered to settle Maryland and Virginia's battle for new FBI HQ 03/11/2023 08:50am • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore jokingly challenged Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to a game of basketball Friday to determine which state will get to be the new home of the FBI. The Maryland Democrat tweeted a short video of him making a shot at the Capital One Arena before the Washington Wizards played t Review: 'Not Dead Yet' follows 'Abbott Elementary' to form TGIW, the new TGIF 03/08/2023 02:13am • In the '90s, families waited all week for ABC's sitcom lineup TGIF (Thank God It's Friday). Now, it's TGIW (Thank God It's Wednesday) as ABC airs a block of "The Conners" at 8 p.m., followed by "The Goldbergs" at 8:30 p.m., the award-winning "Abbott Elementary" at 9 p.m. and the new supernatu Bracket Racket 2: Towson, Hofstra meet March sadness in DC, while Hokies try to rekindle last year's magic 03/07/2023 12:50pm • Conference Tournament week is part coronation, part coronary, because schools that dominate January and February in conference play are placed in the same single-elimination world as the rest of their leagues. And it's much tougher being the chased than the chaser. Witness Towson, which, as regul Women's History Month: DC museum advocates for female artists' representation, pay 03/07/2023 05:23am • Walking through the average art gallery in D.C. and beyond, visitors are greeted by a variety of types of art that tend to have one thing in common — they were created by men. Though representation of women artists has improved, 87% of the artists with works in major museums' collections are me