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Fairfax Co. school celebrates small attendance victories to combat chronic absenteeism 09/27/2024 05:20pm • Last spring, the parent of a Dranesville Elementary second grader walked into the Virginia school’s office to share what administrators viewed as an attendance success story. The student had an appointment, and the mom told her that she could stay home the whole day. But, the student pushed DC Council member Trayon White was arrested on bribery charge 08/19/2024 03:30pm • D.C. Council member Trayon White, Sr. has been charged with bribery, after federal authorities say he was caught on video receiving thousands of dollars in kickbacks from a business owner seeking help renewing his companies' violence-interruption contracts with the D.C. government. In a news Debby downgraded to tropical depression as DC region sees damaging winds, heavy rain, isolated flooding 08/08/2024 07:44pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Tropical Storm Debby was downgraded to a tropical depression Thursday afternoon and it's expected to continue weakening as it moves north this week — but not before it rolls through the D.C. area bringing the risk of flooding and th Centreville man indicted on federal child exploitation charges in Minnesota 07/19/2024 04:43pm • A man from Centreville, Virginia, is under arrest after police say he coerced a teenager in Minnesota to send sexually explicit photographs of herself to him and then tried to meet her in person. Raymond Jung Woo Choi, 41, was arrested in Fairfax City on Monday after a grand jury indicted him on Matt About Town: Unearthing hidden fossils from millions of years ago at a popular DC monument 07/11/2024 05:54am • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;width:300px !important;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}.in-article-vertical-video connatix_video_caption {width: 300px !important;}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 1 Barnes & Noble to return to Georgetown in June in a familiar spot 05/02/2024 04:23am • The future site of the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Georgetown. (Courtesy Google Street View) Barnes & Noble will open its new Georgetown location in D.C. on June 19 in the exact same building where it closed in 2011. Barnes & Noble will occupy three floors at 3040 M St., NW, a bui Things to do in the DC area: Independent Bookstore Day, DC Chocolate Festival … and more! 04/25/2024 06:19am • This Saturday, several of the D.C. region's local bookstores are celebrating the 11th annual Independent Bookstore Day with discounts and other deals, plus food and fun, family-friendly activities. For those looking to celebrate their local bookstore, here are over 10 bookstores that are celebrati Review: 'The Big Door Prize' returns for Season 2 on Apple TV+, providing more questions than answers 04/24/2024 04:38pm • Imagine if a magical machine showed up in town promising to reveal your true life potential. Would you change your career to pursue your supposed destiny? Or would you cherish the life that you've already built? That's the fascinating high-concept premise of the existential dramedy "The Big D Americans lost $10B to scammers last year. Here's how to avoid popular scams 04/18/2024 04:04pm • More than two-and-a-half million Americans lost $10 billion to scammers last year — surpassing the total amount lost to scammers in 2022 by a billion dollars. And the tactics used to fool people are only getting savvier and more aggressive — which itself should be a big warning sign. What are 9 red flags that could trigger an audit 04/11/2024 08:00pm • An audit occurs when the IRS chooses to review a taxpayer's accounts and financial information to ensure they reported all required income and followed all tax laws. According to a 2023 report from Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, the IRS audited 3.8 out of every Could catching a historic home run ball this baseball season put you on the IRS's radar? 04/06/2024 04:39am • Imagine heading to the ballpark to see a game this baseball season — and you're lucky enough to catch a historic, record-breaking home run ball. ​ Do you celebrate? Do you keep it? What if the player wants it back? One Maryland tax expert says there may be a lot of unforeseen consequences 1 in 10 homebuyers tap retirement accounts for down payments 03/25/2024 10:43am • One in 10 homebuyers tap retirement accounts to help come up with their down payments, according to a recent survey — and financial planners say that's not necessarily a bad thing. A recent Bankrate survey found that 9% of recent homebuyers used funds from their retirement account toward their Where to get the best pies in the DC area to celebrate Pi Day 03/14/2024 05:40am • Get a slice of some of the best pies in the region this Thursday for Pi Day. The annual holiday on March 14 was created by math enthusiasts to celebrate Ï€, a symbol that represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is approximately 3.14. For those in search of som Rewriting Oscar history with fresh Best Picture nominees and winners for every single year 03/07/2024 03:58am • It’s Oscar week! Every day this week, WTOP examines a different aspect of Oscar history and this year’s race. On Monday, we asked if "Oppenheimer" marks the return of the blockbuster Best Picture. On Tuesday, we tallied the winningest films on the Oscar Mount Rushmore. And Wednesday, we g Back from the dead of a Hollywood strike hiatus, popular CBS sitcom 'Ghosts' returns for Season 3 02/15/2024 03:36pm • Ghosts are pretty darn accustomed to waiting around for all eternity with nothing to do. That's how it felt waiting for our favorite sitcoms to return from last year's Hollywood strikes! Now, the wait is mercifully over as "Ghosts" returns for its Season 3 premiere this Thursday at 8:30 p.m. o