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Wellness trends to watch for in 2024: The Ozempic 'ripple effect' and more 12/28/2023 06:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Eye on America: AI advancements in health care, cosmetics and beyond The new year means new opportunities for wellness trends. After a year dominated by mental health discussions, COVID variants and weight-loss drugs hitting the market, we're looking toward 2024 and what Longtime CBS, WTOP journalist Tom Foty dies at 77 12/27/2023 10:10am • His was a voice familiar to WTOP listeners, often during the late night and overnight hours: longtime CBS News Radio Washington anchor and reporter Tom Foty died Tuesday at 77. Foty was a mainstay for CBS News starting in 1998, covering everything from government affairs to international news WTOP's Book Report: Don't-miss books of 2023 12/27/2023 12:12am • This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series authored by Terik King. Read more of that coverage.  In 2023, WTOP's Book Report series took us many places. We've conversed with a law professor about the complicated history of police lawsuits, chatted with a journalist about t 1 driver seriously injured after 4 crashes along I-295, DC officials say 12/25/2023 01:20pm • D.C. officials responded to a string of Christmas morning accidents along a stretch of Interstate 295. D.C. Fire and EMS and the D.C. Department of Transportation told WTOP that four separate car crashes happened between 11:40 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 1 a.m. on Christmas Day. The first two mi Emergency room doctor unveils the most dangerous toys this season 12/24/2023 06:10am • In less than 24 hours kids everywhere will begin tearing into toys from their wish list. But before that happens, one D.C.-area doctor suggested some ways to play it safe and avoid a Christmas trip to the emergency room. Dr. Sarah Ash Combs, an emergency medicine physician and director of outreac Baltimore’s light rail service resumes after temporary suspension 12/24/2023 01:57am • Light rail service in Baltimore, Maryland, resumed Saturday after being suspended temporarily for emergency inspections of the fleet. The Maryland Transit Administration said they suspended the service on Dec. 8 due to issues revealed during an inspection. MTA added that they completed an acceler What would Virginia need for a future of electric and automated aircraft? 12/23/2023 09:54pm • Virginia Tech developers and aviation leaders are working to bring automated and electric aircraft to Virginia in the future. But before the state dives into investments, it’s waiting on a study and the federal government to determine what it would need to do to get the new industry off the ground 19 residents displaced by apartment fire in Northeast DC 12/23/2023 11:44am • Nineteen people have been displaced after a Northeast D.C. apartment building fire early Saturday morning. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services said it got a call about the apartment fire in the 12-hundred block of Meigs Place in Northeast, near Gallaudet University, and arrived on the scene Man dies after rescue from car submerged in Potomac River, police say 12/22/2023 07:24am • A man is dead after a vehicle was found in the Potomac River early Thursday morning, according to U.S. Park Police. The federal agency said officers arrived at Ohio Drive SW in the area of the Memorial Bridge at about 12 a.m., after a car was found in the Potomac River. D.C. police and DC Fire an Busiest Christmas and New Year's travel period kicks off in DC area 12/21/2023 01:52pm • If you're someone who travels out of the D.C. region for the holidays, one of the busiest winter holiday travel days has arrived. "A lot of folks are getting away early for their holiday. We saw a lot of that yesterday, we're seeing more of it today," said WTOP traffic reporter Bob Immler. Whi Is your car road ready for the holidays? Here's some tips on how to avoid disaster on the highway 12/20/2023 01:16pm • It's the holiday season, which means you may be getting ready for a road trip. Do you have what you need? You should have a checklist before that holiday road trip. If you haven't had the car in the shop for its check up, make sure you're getting that done before pressing that gas pedal. And t Statins: What to know about the medication and why women may be shrugging them off 12/20/2023 01:11pm • This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Statins help millions of people manage their high cholesterol, and are the most common drug class of prescriptions in America. More than 40 million adults take them, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Still, there are many people †‘Smash-and-grab’ robberies fuel new laws, but Virginia critics question the need 12/20/2023 11:24am • Even before Virginia lawmakers passed a tough new law against organized retail crime earlier this year, Bradley Haywood, a public defender in Arlington, Virginia, challenged the rationale. The idea that retailers in the state had lost billions to organized theft was a myth manufactured by retailers Md. climate commission report sets guidelines for aggressive state action 12/20/2023 09:33am • As Maryland officials put the finishing touches on a plan for how the state should hit its aggressive goals for combating climate change, an adjacent report from a longstanding advisory body offers some clues on what the final recommendations might include. The annual report of the Maryland Commi Christmas Day 2023: What's open, what's closed in the DC area? 12/20/2023 06:53am • The last thing anyone wants to realize on Christmas Day is that they forgot to buy a certain gift for a loved one, or they're missing that special ingredient for their holiday meal. If you find yourself in that spot, it's not completely hopeless. While many businesses shut down for the holiday, t