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Distraction, or complacency? Metro safety findings aim to address both after crash 11/25/2019 05:45pm • The crash of two out-of-service Metro trains early Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, was so forceful it knocked one train apart, crumpled the front of the train that was moving, and bent the pole at the front of that train. (Courtesy Washington Metrorail Safety Commission) A Metro train operator involved in Worried firefighters could show up for Thanksgiving dinner? How to avoid holiday disaster 11/21/2019 04:30pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'e6d6a104-682a-435e-9e2b-ae04c96fd7d5' }).render("79261536b8caa677");}); Some unwanted Thanksgiving guests are una Dentophobia: Managing a child's fear of the dentist 11/20/2019 12:30pm • One in five children have a real fear of the dentist, making routine checkups a stressful encounter for dentists, patients, and parents alike. (Courtesy Getty Images/iStockphoto/Zinkevych) Children can have many different fears. Depending on their age, they may have a fear of strangers, monsters 10 kinds of annoying co-workers and how to deal with them 11/07/2019 07:00pm • Work is stressful enough without the daily encounter of personalities who seem placed at your organization specifically to drive you crazy. These people vary from simply amusing to the truly maddening. Most can be dismissed with a smile and an eye-roll, but others can drive the heartiest of emplo DC Dem Party chair 'deeply disappointed' in Evans; asks councilman 'to take a step back' 11/06/2019 04:00pm • There's a choir of calls for scandal-plagued D.C. Council member Jack Evans to resign from his post, and now the D.C. Democratic Party has asked Evans to step down as a national committeeman. On the heels of a report by the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers made public Tuesday, which cites near Fall back: Tips to combat drowsy driving 11/03/2019 01:49am • Daylight Saving Time is likely changing the way you drive. Whether you realize it or not, you’re probably doing a bit of drowsy driving. “Most of us have a routine where we go to bed a certain time and we wake up a certain time, and all of the sudden those time periods aren’t going to al Today in History: Oct. 21 10/21/2019 12:00am • Today is Monday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2019. There are 71 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 21, 1892, schoolchildren across the U.S. observed Columbus Day (according to the Gregorian date) by reciting, for the first time, the original version of ``The Pledge of Movie Review: Will Smith battles himself in Ang Lee's 'Gemini Man' 10/11/2019 03:26am • Ang Lee remains one of our most visionary filmmakers, winning the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for his wire-fu in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000), the Best Director Oscar for his socially progressive "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) and his second Best Director Oscar for his wondrous 3D i Metrorail exploring factors that led to collision near DC station 10/08/2019 04:07pm • The train that struck another train stopped outside the Farragut West Metro station in D.C. early Monday was under a "zero-speed command," according to preliminary findings of the investigation. The two out-of-service trains were returning to their respective rail yards when they collided just be Tips for DC-area drivers during deer-breeding season 10/08/2019 01:00pm • It's that time of year when D.C.-area drivers can expect to see more deer on the road. Here are a few things to remember so drivers can avoid accidents. In Fairfax County, Virginia, alone, from 2015 to 2018, a total of 244 accidents involving deer occurred, with more than half of those crashes ha How VDOT hopes to remedy 'crash-prone' stretch of I-66 09/20/2019 04:00pm • The crash that closed a portion of Interstate 66 for four hours Wednesday in Centreville, Virginia, happened along a stretch where wrecks seem to be a regular occurrence, and a transportation official told WTOP it's a problem they're aware of and are working to rectify. "A current effort underway 'Fill the Boot' fundraising to continue as Fairfax County discourages panhandling 09/19/2019 06:03am • Fairfax County firefighters collected the most money nationally in this year's Fill The Boot campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. (Courtesy Facebook/Fairfax Co. Professional Firefighters & Paramedics) One day after Fairfax County's Board of Supervisors announced plans to put sign Fairfax Co. eyes signs to discourage panhandling at intersections 09/18/2019 08:44am • Fairfax County, Virginia, is moving toward becoming the first local community to post signs near intersections to discourage drivers from giving money to panhandlers. "It is a distraction to have someone standing in the street, when you're looking to make a turn or go through an intersection, and The Hunt: Significance of the timing in release of ISIS leader's video 09/17/2019 05:59pm • While the world was distracted this week by the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities that disrupted the global economy, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released a video. In this week's edition of The Hunt with WTOP national correspondent J.J. Green, Bruce Alexander, president of Security One 21K citations issued so far this year along deadly stretch of Indian Head Highway 09/17/2019 04:05am • Traffic enforcement is up sharply and speeds have apparently been reduced on Indian Head Highway, Maryland Route 210 in Prince George's County, Maryland — one of the D.C. area's deadliest highways. A combination of stepped-up police activity and speed cameras have produced nearly 21,000 violati