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'Our nation's capital should be able to do better than this': DC lawmakers on city's 911 outages 08/16/2024 06:20pm • There's been growing frustration with 911 outages at D.C.'s Office of Unified Communications, the agency that handles emergency calls in the city. In the same week OUC director Heather McGaffin announced $800 bonuses for OUC staffers who show up for every shift in August, several D.C. lawmakers h Whooping cough cases more than 3 times higher than last year in return to pre-pandemic levels 08/16/2024 05:37pm • (New York) — Cases of whooping cough are more than three times higher this year than they were at the same time last year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). So far this year, there have been 10,865 recorded cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, compar Netflix documentary 'Daughters' chronicles inspirational daddy-daughter dance at DC Jail 08/16/2024 01:24pm • It won the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary at this year's Sundance Film Festival. This week, "Daughters" premieres on Netflix chronicling an emotional daddy-daughter dance at the D.C. Jail. WTOP caught up with the film's co-directors Natalie Rae and Angela Patton, who created the dance DC Fire crew replicates drunk driving crash amid busy Labor Day travel season 08/15/2024 08:15pm • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;width:300px !important;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}.in-article-vertical-video connatix_video_caption {width: 300px !important;}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 1 'Feared for my life': Jury now has case of DC man who says fatal shooting of 13-year-old was self-defense 08/15/2024 03:30pm • Was it self-defense or murder? A D.C. jury is now weighing the fate of a man who fatally shot a 13-year-old boy after encountering the teen breaking into cars in his neighborhood last year. Jason Lewis, 42, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Karon Bla 'Worse and worse and worse:' Downtown Annapolis now seeing flooding about every 3 days 08/15/2024 09:40am • After the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby soaked the D.C. area, Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley signed a citywide state of emergency declaration. Last Friday, the floodwaters in downtown Annapolis surged to over 4 feet above normal levels at City Dock. The city estimates that the storm cost 19 'If you need 911 — call 911': A lifesaving call and a Montgomery Co. family's joy 08/15/2024 04:29am • A Burtonsville, Maryland, woman and a Montgomery County 911 call taker credit each other with lifesaving actions that led to a joyous family reunion. Both have vivid memories of the evening of May 11. “It was just like any other day,” said Henry Estrada, a 911 call taker and dispatcher at Weapons detectors could come to Montgomery Co. high schools this year 08/14/2024 04:35am • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series “WTOP Goes Back to School” this August and September. Stepped up security is coming to Montgomery Cou DC puts the spotlight on local entrepreneurs for National Black Business Month 08/13/2024 05:00pm • August is National Black Business Month, when Black-owned businesses are celebrated, and leaders in D.C. are marking the occasion by visiting and highlighting entrepreneurs in the area. "We're recognizing Black-owned businesses," said Nina Albert, D.C.'s deputy mayor for planning and economic dev Proposed policy would prohibit student cellphone use at elementary and middle schools in Arlington 08/13/2024 04:14am • High school students in Arlington, Virginia, would only be allowed to use their cellphones between classes and during lunch under a proposed policy that could go into effect this fall. The proposal would prohibit elementary and middle school students from using their cellphones throughout the day Car Review: Want a midsize luxury SUV with a big V6? Better hurry, it's the last year to find it in the Infiniti QX60 08/12/2024 10:52am • The Infiniti QX60’s V6 power moves this big luxury SUV swiftly. (WTOP/Mike Parris) Infiniti has been making large luxury SUVs for some time now, and the QX60 has been the company’s big seller lately. The 2024 boasts the final year for V6 power. Starting with the 2025 model, a smaller four-cy DC-area restaurateurs sound off on the ongoing growth of pop-up restaurants 08/12/2024 09:55am • D.C. restaurateurs got creative during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ghost kitchens gave chefs a chance to cook in another eatery's kitchen and sell their to-go meals with no real restaurant of their own behind it. Pop-up restaurants, though not a new concept — they’ve been around since the supper c Antisemitic phrases found spray-painted at Bethesda school, police say 08/12/2024 06:34am • Graffiti, including "antisemitic phrases," was found spray-painted at a Montgomery County, Maryland, elementary school and a nearby building Sunday morning, police said. Montgomery County police said officers were called to Bethesda Elementary School at 7600 Arlington Road around 7:14 a.m. for a 'As a mother of 4 kids, it’s too much': What a Fairfax Co. mom spends on school supplies — and how she saves 08/12/2024 04:46am • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series “WTOP Goes Back to School” this August and September. Crayons, pencils, notebooks — even headph WTOP Book Report: A widow reveals the hidden life of her 'dead bastard' husband … and her path to healing 08/11/2024 08:12am • Losing a spouse can be one of life’s most profound sorrows. Yet, discovering in the aftermath that they harbored secrets you could never have fathomed adds an entirely new layer of grief and confusion. It can often leave you grappling with how to move forward. This is the story Jessica Waite te