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Car collision in Montgomery Co. leaves 1 dead, another injured 04/01/2023 11:30pm • One person has died and another was hospitalized, after a head on car crash left a car dangling over an overpass in the Montgomery County, Maryland, Saturday night. Just after 7:30 p.m., Montgomery County Fire and EMS reported to Norbeck Road on Route 28 between Norwood Road and New Hampshire Ave DC-based 'gifting' dispensaries will be able to get medical cannabis licenses 04/01/2023 10:58am • The legal purgatory that many D.C.-based marijuana “gifting” dispensaries live in will likely end thanks to a new law that took effect last week. The aim is to make it easier to get medical cannabis from a legal business that sells regulated products. More D.C. News More Loc High Wind Warning: Potentially damaging winds expected in DC area Saturday 03/31/2023 04:38pm • A powerful storm system is heading to the D.C. area, bringing strong winds Saturday with the possibility of some gusts over 60 mph. The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Warning for most of the D.C. area starting at noon and lasting until midnight. Listen to WTOP online  Weekend road closures for DC's Credit Union Cherry Blossom runs 03/31/2023 02:30pm • This first weekend in April will be one of the biggest for D.C.'s National Cherry Blossom Festival, with thousands of runners expected to hit the streets around the National Mall to see the flower-filled trees and participate in the races. The Credit Union Cherry Blossom includes a 5K and Kids Ru DC to close COVID centers permanently Friday 03/30/2023 04:44pm • D.C. Health is reminding residents that all eight COVID-19 centers throughout the city will close permanently Friday. According to the organization, the decision to close the COVID centers comes after the District has experienced a significant drop in confirmed cases, along with an uptick in vacc DC Mayor Bowser plays pickleball, outlines plans for new courts 03/30/2023 03:57pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser grabbed a pickleball racket and learned the basics of the game Thursday at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in Northeast. It was part of her effort to draw more attention to the game, which has skyrocketed in popularity locally and around the country. "This yea State approves plan for new Inova hospital in Franconia-Springfield 03/29/2023 10:50pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Inova Health System has received state approval to build a new hospital in the Franconia area of southern Fairfax County. Inova anno With over-the-counter Narcan approved, concerns rise over affordability 03/29/2023 07:46pm • The decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to allow over-the-counter sales of Narcan — the leading opioid-overdose antidote — is great news to harm-reduction and health advocates in Maryland. But it has raised some concerns about affordability. Laura Mitchell, co-founder of Montgom Republican lawmakers seek to block DC police reform 03/29/2023 04:28pm • Republicans sharply criticized the D.C. Council during a House hearing Wednesday, charging that the nation's capital is in the midst of a "crime crisis," while pledging to block a police reform measure. The chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer, said the hearing was necessar OTC approval for Narcan could be a boon for a Gaithersburg company 03/29/2023 01:06pm • Investors ran up stock in Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions Wednesday, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved opioid overdose treatment Narcan for over-the-counter sales. While it is unclear how much demand there will be for the nasal spray version of naloxone, and Sea levels are rising. Here's how some communities are adapting. 03/28/2023 09:31am • ▶ Watch Video: Communities adapt to rising seas Our sea levels will remain elevated for thousands of years. Scientists around the world agreed on that in last week's U.N. report about climate change, which found it is "unavoidable for centuries to millennia due to continuing deep oc Amid higher risk, Fairfax Co. firefighters receive early cancer screenings 03/27/2023 06:43am • As if trying to extinguish a raging inferno wasn’t dangerous enough, firefighters face life-threatening risks even after the blaze is knocked down. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department Capt. Barry Maham is living proof, two years after he was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. Fire COVID's education crisis: A lost generation? 03/26/2023 09:21am • It may look like the pandemic is over; stadiums are open again, crowds are everywhere, and hardly a mask in sight. But COVID hurt a lot of things you can't easily see, especially in schools. "I feel like I just need to stand on a mountaintop and just yell, 'Take this seriously! Everything is at Pedestrian struck and killed on the Capital Beltway, temporarily stops all traffic 03/26/2023 06:26am • A pedestrian is dead after being struck on the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway during the predawn hours on Sunday, according to Maryland State Police. It happened near New Hampshire Avenue in Prince George's County around 2:45 a.m. and the crash led police to close both directions of Interstate Md. lawmakers rush emergency bill to increase oversight of troubled veterans home 03/24/2023 08:38pm • Gov. Wes Moore on the steps of Government House with members of the Veterans Caucus following a breakfast meeting that included a discussion of the troubled Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. Photo by Bryan P. Sears. This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland