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Local retailer will deliver groceries — and life saving lessons 02/15/2024 10:33pm • Inside an office conference room in a building near the New Carrollton Metro station, a woman quickly opened an AED device and began screaming for someone else to call 911. A woman next to her did the same thing. In this case, it was luckily a drill. Six people, some of them pharmacists at Gia Man accused of shooting 3 officers had 31 dogs in his DC home. Neighbors say he punched and neglected them 02/15/2024 05:18pm • Before allegedly shooting three D.C. police officers, kicking off an hourslong barricade in his home Wednesday, a Southeast resident was facing animal cruelty charges tied to accusations he repeatedly punched one of his dogs and kept dozens of others in unsanitary conditions, according to court reco Eastern Market Metro station evacuated after fire under rail car fills platform with smoke 02/15/2024 03:40pm • A fire under a railcar caused smoke to fill the platform at the Eastern Market Metro station in D.C. Thursday afternoon, sending one person to the hospital and leading to an evacuation of the station. Video from the scene posted on social media showed heavy smoke filling the upper part of the s DC man who police say shot 3 officers in custody after 13-hour standoff 02/15/2024 05:33am • Listen live to WTOP for the latest updates. A suspect is in custody Wednesday night after police said he shot and wounded three D.C. officers who were attempting to serve an arrest warrant and then holed up inside his home. The standoff lasted around 13 hours and started when police approached Short-lived winter weather wraps up — how much snow did the DC region get? 02/13/2024 02:06pm • Stay up to date with our local weather trends with WTOP. A brief burst of wintry weather dusted a few inches of snow on parts of the D.C. region right as commuters hit the roads Tuesday morning. Here's what you need to know. Throughout the morning a mix of rain and snow fell in the D.C. area, ma ‘A slap in the face’: Va. House GOP forced to reject own member’s anti-abortion bill 02/13/2024 08:33am • Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates forced their Republican colleagues to take an up-or-down vote Monday on a sweeping anti-abortion bill one lawmaker called “a slap in the face” to women who have been raped or suffer life-threatening complications from a pregnancy. In a procedural Youngster with server to 'rival the National Security Agency' pleads guilty to Northern Va. swatting incidents 02/11/2024 08:57am • A juvenile has pleaded guilty to "numerous" swatting incidents in Stafford County, Virginia, last year with what the sheriff's office called "a server we imagine would rival the National Security Agency." A "swatting" incident is one in which a person makes a fake call to a 911 center in order to An unused rail corridor in the Shenandoah Valley sparks a fight over what’s next 02/10/2024 07:35am • Two groups in the Shenandoah Valley are at odds over what to do with an unused railway after the General Assembly pledged $35 million toward its conversion into a rail trail. The nearly 50-mile rail corridor, which was first established in the 1850s, runs from Front Royal to the town of Broadway Cliche or classic? Gifting flowers for Valentine's Day remains close to the heart 02/09/2024 01:40pm • For many people, Valentine’s Day conjures images of hearts, romance, boxes of chocolates and, of course, flowers. But is gifting flowers for Valentine’s Day stereotypical or is it a classic? Evidence leans toward classic. “Flowers are very popular for Valentine's Day, and that part is Lunar New Year festivities shut down streets in downtown DC this weekend 02/09/2024 11:39am • The annual Chinese Lunar New Year parade will be taking over D.C.'s Chinatown Sunday, shutting down some major streets downtown. The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) is putting on the event, which will start at 1:45 p.m. Revelers will be celebrating the Year of the Dragon as a r Firefighters keep battling each other in Prince George’s County 02/06/2024 11:40pm • For years, tensions have existed between the volunteer firefighters in Prince George’s County and the career firefighters paid by the Maryland county to provide fire and emergency medical system services. It has led to fist fights at fire scenes, arrests, lawsuits and other forms of complaints. The health crisis facing Black moms and their babies in the DC area 02/06/2024 09:21pm • In the D.C. region, Black mothers are more likely than white moms to deliver their babies prematurely. In fact, according to a 2023 report by the March of Dimes, in Maryland, Virginia and D.C., the preterm birthrate was anywhere from 1.4 to 1.8 times higher for Black moms compared to the rate amo DC Council set to vote on sweeping crime legislation. What's in the bill? 02/05/2024 09:40pm • Aiming to stop the explosion of carjackings and other violent crime in the city, the D.C. Council is expected to take a first vote Tuesday on a bill that would overhaul public safety. The Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 combines proposals seen in a dozen crime bills introduced in 2023 inc 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 South Block will take its smoothies and açai bowls beyond the DC region 02/05/2024 09:33am • Arlington, Virginia's South Block has set its sights on expanding beyond the D.C. region, and now has the financial backing to do it. South Block's first smoothie, pressed juice and açai bowl shop opened in Arlington's Clarendon neighborhood in 2011, and the chain has already grown to 15 locati