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DC's temperatures could top 100 degrees this week for 1st time in years 07/20/2022 12:16pm • D.C.'s high temperatures haven't passed the 100-degree mark in nearly six years. That may change this week. Wednesday debuts what could be a five-day streak with heat indexes above 100 degrees. This rise in temperature follows on a heat wave that's been creeping across the interior U.S. catches u DC-area leaders will pool ideas on how to help migrants 07/20/2022 04:35am • Local leaders from across the D.C. region are scheduled to meet this Friday regarding migrants arriving in the area. D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau will chair a meeting of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' Region Forward Coalition as local aid groups struggle with dwindling 'Canada's greatest songwriter' Gordon Lightfoot plays Weinberg, Capital One Hall 07/19/2022 12:38am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” Gordon Lightfoot has been called Canada's greatest songwriter with the songs to prove it. The folk-rock legend will perform at the Weinberg Center in Frederick, Maryland, on Wednesday, July 20, followed by Capital One Hall in Potomac's 'Ghost Fleet,' Md. photographer's work, appear on new stamp 07/18/2022 06:47pm • If you're buying some stamps in the near future, you may notice a local landmark. The "Ghost Fleet" of the Potomac will be featured on one of 16 stamps launched Aug. 5 as part of a special series featuring the National Marine Sanctuaries. Peter Turcik of Edgewater, Maryland, took the photo fea 2 landscapers killed in Alexandria shooting identified 07/18/2022 03:07pm • Alexandria police in Virginia have identified the two men who were killed in a shooting Saturday morning. They’re 48-year-old Adrian Dejesus Rivera Guzman and 24-year-old Juan Carlos Anaya Hernandez. A suspect in the landscapers’ deaths is in custody on unrelated charges. Police have ident 'Barry Farm' documentary preserves DC history amid 'wildfire' of gentrification 07/18/2022 11:15am • If you drive past Nationals Park down South Capitol Street, you'll cross over the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge into Anacostia. There, you'll find a neighborhood that's been transformed by gentrification, erasing rich history and pushing out longtime residents. The history is chronicled More home sales in the DC area are falling through 07/18/2022 09:44am • Nationwide, the share of home sales that fell through accounted for 15% of all transactions, the highest percentage since March and April 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic. There has been a similar increase in contracted sales that don't close in the D.C. metro. More Business News A rise in shark attacks has beachgoers concerned: Here's what to know 07/17/2022 10:21am • Shark interactions from Massachusetts to Florida have beachgoers — and local officials — fearful this summer. From red flags on Long Island to closed beaches in Boston and shark patrols in Miami, the prospect of shark danger is enough to make even the most ardent shore-lover cautious about t How this 14-year-old's life changed after meeting his hero John Lewis 07/17/2022 09:53am • Walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge is a powerful experience for pretty much anyone who knows the history of Bloody Sunday, a 1965 march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama, that was stopped by violent, racist state troopers. The power of Selma is next-level for young Tybre Faw. It's where Studying the effects of long COVID 07/17/2022 09:27am • Since contracting COVID-19 back in January 2021, Ken Todd has never made a full recovery, making him one of the millions who suffer from "long COVID." "In everyday conversation people say, 'Hey, how are you?' Or in emails, 'Hi, hope all is well.' And those conversations and those questions ar Teenager killed, man injured after shooting at Md. fire department carnival 07/16/2022 11:21am • A suspect is in custody after a shooting during a fire department's carnival in St. Mary's County, Maryland, on Friday night that left a teenager dead and a man injured, deputies said. Devron Ny’Quez Murray, 19, of Lexington Park, was arrested and charged with killing a 16-year-old boy and inju Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out COVID's next wave 07/16/2022 08:00am • Gwyneth Paige didn't want to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at first. With her health issues — hypertension, fibromyalgia, asthma — she wanted to see how other people fared after the shots. Then her mother got colon cancer. "At that point, I didn't care if the vaccine killed me," she sai District Fútbol Report: DCU's Levein, Kasper discuss Rooney coaching hire 07/15/2022 05:42pm • Welcome to the District Fútbol Report, WTOP Sports' soccer blog by José Umaña, recapping the week's action from D.C.'s two soccer teams and taking you around the world's game. What was a tabloid rumor became official Tuesday afternoon: English superstar Wayne Rooney is back in the nation's cap At least 105 monkeypox cases have been detected in DC 07/15/2022 02:24pm • An outbreak of monkeypox in D.C. has the health department contact tracing to help control the number of people who are exposed. According to Patrick Ashley, Senior Deputy Director at DC Health's Emergency Preparedness and Response Administration, there have been 105 confirmed cases of the diseas Married teachers from Fairfax Co. on a mission to feed Ukrainian refugees 07/15/2022 09:53am • How far would you go to help refugees of the Russian invasion of Ukraine? For two married Fairfax County Public Schools teachers, the answer is more than 4,600 miles. Lee Hedrick, a government teacher at W.T. Woodson High School, and Meredith Hedrick, chair of the English for Speakers of Other