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'A quiet hero:' Detective who helped solve high-profile Virginia murders dies 04/17/2024 01:51pm • Michael Boone, the detective who helped solved high-profile cases in Northern Virginia, has died. (Courtesy City of Fairfax police) Michael Boone, a Northern Virginia detective who helped solve the Hannah Graham and Morgan Harrington murders in Charlottesville, and the murder of Bethany Decker i What caused the grueling morning traffic delays on the Beltway — and how it could happen again 04/17/2024 01:09pm • Listen to WTOP for traffic updates on the 8s. Traffic was at a near standstill throughout the D.C. region Wednesday morning after construction work closed lanes on the Capital Beltway. Commuters clogged alternatives routes and backups stretched for miles. The construction Wednesday morning was Pack your ear protection — Pennsylvania Avenue to turn into a speedway for race car drivers Saturday 04/17/2024 11:19am • Motorsport fans will pack the National Mall on Saturday to watch a Formula 1 race car drive through the heart of the nation's capital. Here's what you need to know. Red Bull Racing is hosting its first-ever showrun event in D.C., where its RB7 racing car will be on display, driving in front of th Ghost guns are already illegal in Maryland. Sharing the tech and instructions behind them isn’t — for now 04/16/2024 11:02pm • Ghost guns — untraceable firearms usually put together by someone using unassembled or homemade components — are already illegal in Maryland. Nonetheless, they’ve been used in some high profile crimes in Prince George’s County in recent years, including several that involve juveniles. Divers face risk and dangers in Baltimore Key Bridge response 04/16/2024 10:30am • The workplace is dark, dangerous and unforgiving — divers beneath the surface of the Patapsco River, at the site of the March 26 Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, are facing a variety of life-threatening challenges, in underwater operations. On Monday, the fourth construction worke Sudden cardiac arrest and sports: How you can save an athlete’s life 04/16/2024 10:01am • This content is provided by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Playing sports can help athletes of all ages learn lifelong skills such as setting goals and time management while getting in some exercise. Despite these benefits, there is a degree of risk involved with physical activity, such as b IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings prompting road closures and parking restrictions 04/16/2024 09:48am • The International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings are back in D.C., running from Sunday, April 14 through Saturday, April 20, resulting in several road closures and temporary parking restrictions across the District. D.C. police is encouraging motorists to plan alternate routes where ‘Fought for his life’: How a construction worker was able to survive Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse 04/16/2024 06:33am • As the Dali cargo vessel approached Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, construction workers on it were repairing potholes. In the seconds before the ship struck the bridge, its pilot made a mayday call that enabled local law enforcement to help stop any additional traffic from dri MedStar Health teams with DispatchHealth for in-home hospital stay follow-ups 04/15/2024 10:20am • MedStar Health has partnered with DispatchHealth, a company that provides same-day at-home urgent care and other medical services, to allow patients recently discharged from a hospital stay to receive in-home follow-ups. The patient’s hospital-based medical team coordinates the DispatchHealth t Car Review: Range Rover LWB has more space for people and cargo with loads of luxury at a big price 04/15/2024 12:49am • The front-end style of the Range Rover is modern without being too much or shouty. (WTOP/Mike Parris) It was just two weeks ago that I had to make do with a Range Rover Sport. Now, it’s time to up the luxury a few degrees with the Range Rover LWB — long wheel base — the head of the Land Ro Herndon police officer shoots man armed with knife after he stabbed wife and family's dog, authorities say 04/14/2024 04:50pm • A man armed with a knife was shot by an officer in Herndon, Virginia, Sunday morning after police say he stabbed his wife and the family's dog. Both the woman and her husband were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, Herndon police said in a post on social media. The canine was taken to a What’s open, closed in the District on DC Emancipation Day? 04/13/2024 09:00pm • On Tuesday, the D.C. government will observe DC Emancipation Day in commemoration of the 1862 act that ended slavery in Washington and freed over 3,000 individuals. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Friday that, while some services may be affected Tuesday, “many District employees will continue serving District's Emancipation Day celebration means road closures Sunday 04/13/2024 11:47am • Each year D.C. recognizes April 16 as Emancipation Day, since on that day 162 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District. But this year, the festivities come two days early. D.C.'s Emancipation Day celebration will take place Sunday, with a full day of even Utility bills assistance program isn’t reaching enough low-income Virginians, state report says 04/13/2024 11:30am • A recent state report shows that federal help for people struggling to pay utility bills is decreasing, reaching only a fraction of the Virginians who need it and covering only a fraction of the costs they face. Dana Wiggins, director of a Consumer Advocacy at the Virginia Poverty Law Center, sai 'It's not a hope — it's a plan': Exclusive interview with Army Corps of Engineers official on front line of Baltimore Key Bridge recovery 04/12/2024 02:43pm • It's been two weeks since a giant container ship slammed into Baltimore's Key Bridge sending most of the bridge plunging into the Patapsco River. Crews from federal and state agencies are trying to get everything cleaned up and moved out of the shipping channel to try and get it reopened so large