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One person displaced after garage fire in Northwest DC 06/19/2022 07:49am • A fire in Northwest D.C. has left one person displaced Sunday morning, according to D.C. Fire and EMS. The fire started in a garage in the 1800 block of 8th street North West around 2 a.m., about a block away from the Shaw-Howard University Metro Station. Flames damaged the interior of the first What is the debt snowball method? 06/19/2022 04:00am • When you're drowning in a pool of accumulating debts, figuring out how to emerge isn't always straightforward. With varying interest rates and payment terms, some people lose faith that they can become debt-free. But numerous strategies can help you stay on track to pay off your balances. Depending Tysons Corner Center reopens as police continue shooting investigation 06/18/2022 03:36pm • Crowds outside of Tyson's Corner Center as police clear the mall and investigate a shooting that took place Saturday afternoon. (Photo WTOP / Jessica Kronzer) Panicked shoppers and employees fled Tysons Corner Center in Tysons Corner, Virginia, Saturday afternoon, after shots were fired inside t Records falling as DC region experiences hottest day of 2022 06/17/2022 10:40pm • The heat in the D.C. area reached record proportions Friday, as two of the area's three airports reported broken high temperature records for this date, while the third tied theirs. A little after 3 p.m., Storm Team 4 meteorologist Mike Stinneford said Reagan National Airport had hit 99 degrees, Cellphone rules change for Fairfax Co. students this fall 06/17/2022 10:57am • Cellphones will be banned in most places when public school students return to classes at the end of summer break in Fairfax County, Virginia. The Fairfax County School Board voted 8-4 Thursday to ban cellphones during class and in bathrooms and locker rooms, other than for emergencies. High s Virginia salon owner pleads guilty to defrauding government 06/17/2022 10:33am • ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — A federal prosecutor says a Virginia hair and nail salon operator has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a scheme in which she filed for pandemic unemployment assistance despite reopening her shop. U.S. Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh says Mandi Dawn Hammond waived h Weekend Road and Rail: DC event-related closures, I-66 lane work 06/17/2022 07:35am • For yet another weekend, a convergence of events in downtown D.C. — including a music festival and a demonstration — will close some major roadways. Drivers along Interstate 66 in Northern Virginia and Interstate 270 in Maryland's Montgomery County can expect slow travel due to late night and ov Lowering humidity makes way for 'spectacular' cooler-than-average weekend in DC area 06/16/2022 08:55pm • Thunderstorms battered parts of the D.C. area Thursday, but with most of the severe weather gone from the region, the weekend looks to be a beauty. Here's what you need to know. The threat of severe weather for the WTOP listening area has mostly lifted, Storm Team4 meteorologist Steve Prinzivalli Md. sports betting panel responds to Hogan, hints at progress 06/16/2022 01:15pm • Earlier this week, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan made public a letter he wrote to the members of the state's Sports Wagering Application Review Commission, urging them to pick up the pace and start issuing licenses for mobile betting by the time football starts in early September. At their regularly No. 11 forever: Nats past and present reflect on Zimmerman's career 06/16/2022 04:44am • As the Nationals prepare to retire Ryan Zimmerman’s No. 11 at Nationals Park, WTOP reached out to several former teammates, managers and team executives who crossed paths with Zimmerman at different stages of his big-league odyssey. We wanted to know what Zimmerman was like behind the scenes †Fairfax Co. schools may limit cellphone usage beginning next year 06/15/2022 04:34pm • Students in Fairfax County, Virginia, may have fewer opportunities to use their cellphones during the school day starting next year. Under a proposed revision to the "Student Rights and Responsibilities" handbook, cellphone use for most students would be prohibited during all classes as well as v Meet the candidates for DC mayor: James Butler 06/14/2022 05:07am • James Butler — a former lawyer, "proud Washingtonian" and a non-career politician — is seeking to unseat D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in the June 21 Democratic primary. Meet the candidates for DC mayor: Muriel Bowser Meet the candidates for DC mayor: James Butler Meet the ca 2 arrested after robbery sent Arlington middle school into lockdown 06/13/2022 10:54pm • A store robbery in Arlington, Virginia, sent a nearby school into lockdown, and two men have been charged — one for robbery and the other for trying to break into the school, where he had relatives. Police responded to the report of a robbery on Friday before just after 12:20 p.m. on the 200 bl WATCH: Jan. 6 committee 2nd hearing on Capitol riot 06/13/2022 08:38pm • Days after the first prime-time hearing from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, members provided evidence that they believe will be enough for an “unprecedented criminal indictment” of former President Donald Trump. The hearing featured witness testimony from BJay Pak, th Montgomery Co. reports improved COVID metrics 06/13/2022 04:20pm • Community transmission of COVID-19 in D.C., Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax counties in Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland, is in the "medium" range based on case numbers and hospitalizations. But those metrics are improving in Montgomery County, said Sean O’Donnell, the county's health