Search

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 DC graffiti mural meant to promote 'humanity' now at the center of legal fight 08/05/2024 05:50pm • In 1992, artists were given permission to create a first-of-its-kind mural on the side of a building on P Street NW in D.C. Now, the latest version of "The Humanity Wall" is at the center of a legal battle. The original mural had messages on it like, "Education is Action!" and "Before you're Southern Maryland child dead after bounce house went airborne with kids inside 08/04/2024 12:00pm • A 5-year-old boy from La Plata, Maryland, is dead after a bounce house at the Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf was blown into the air while children were playing inside Friday night, officials said. First responders from Charles County were called after 9:20 p.m. while kids were playing in a What you need to know about Netanyahu's DC visit 07/24/2024 09:30am • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit D.C. on Wednesday to address Congress and discuss a hostage and cease-fire deal with U.S. officials as the Israel-Hamas war continues into its ninth month. Netanyahu's three-day visit will lead to some changes to everyday traffic routines i How the global technology outage affected the DC region’s hospitals, transit services 07/20/2024 03:10pm • Listen live to WTOP for the latest traffic updates on the 8s. D.C.-area institutions — including hospitals, courts and transit services — modified operations Friday due to a global technology outage. The three major D.C. area airports saw delays and cancellations Friday morning, with some Charter flight travel at Dulles is coming off its pandemic buzz 07/08/2024 04:02am • With around 29,000 departures and arrivals for private and charter jet travel in 2023, Dulles International Airport remains one of the top 10 airports for general aviation. However, the temporary spike in new charter flights prompted by the pandemic has faded. General aviation, which represents p Celebrating local Pride heroes: A DC man brings health resources to Black LGBTQ communities nationwide 06/28/2024 06:32am • Every week, WTOP is celebrating a Pride Hero who has made a difference in the LGBTQ+ community in the D.C. area as part of our Pride Month coverage. Check back all throughout June as we share these stories on air and online. While administering HIV tests in New York City, Kenya Hutton heard Fire that gutted DC apartment building caused by fireworks, officials say 06/26/2024 02:40pm • Young people shooting off Roman candles on a balcony caused a massive blaze that tore through a D.C. apartment building Tuesday and displaced more than six dozen people, authorities say. Seventy-six people lost their homes in the fire Tuesday afternoon at the Oxford Manor Apartments in the 26 DC launches drone program, new police helicopter 06/24/2024 02:59pm • D.C.’s mayor and police chief believe a key to “driving down crime” involves new airborne technology, which was unveiled Monday morning. The District’s new $6.2 million Airbus H-125 helicopter took a test flight from the D.C. police heliport, a few hundred yards from Audi Field, in So NSO performs a century of Disney at Kennedy Center 06/21/2024 04:32pm • It's time to put on your Mickey Mouse ears and head to the nation's capital this weekend! The renowned National Symphony Orchestra will perform "Disney in Concert: The Sound of Magic" at the prestigious Kennedy Center Concert Hall in D.C. on Saturday, June 22, and Sunday, June 23. The even United Airlines bulks up DC flights ahead of national conventions 06/13/2024 09:40am • United Airlines is bulking up its schedules at some hubs in preparation for a significant increase in demand, including for flights from the D.C. area to Milwaukee and Chicago for this summer's national political conventions. United has penciled in nearly 200 additional flights, increasing its Mi Things to do in the DC area: Museum of Graffiti, Columbia Heights Day … and more! 06/13/2024 05:55am • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. This weekend, a space that appears to be a shoe store will open up, but no DC/DOX Film Festival explores Christopher Reeve, Luther Vandross, psychics and hummingbirds 06/11/2024 01:38pm • Get ready to watch the best documentaries in the world right here in the nation's capital. The DC/DOX Film Festival returns this Thursday, June 13 through Sunday, June 16. "DC/DOX is really filling the void of SILVERDOCS, which evolved into AFI DOCs, returning a major documentary platform NWS confirms 7 tornadoes from Wednesday's storms that blew through DC region 06/06/2024 10:30pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. The National Weather Service has confirmed seven tornadoes touched down during Wednesday's storms in the D.C. area, a handful of which caused damage, toppling trees, yanking down power lines and injuring at least five people. T Tornado rips through Montgomery Co., hurling debris in the air and collapsing homes, injuring 5 06/06/2024 12:01am • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. A sprawling, rotating supercell swept over the D.C. region Wednesday, producing a possible tornado that tore through parts of Montgomery County in Maryland. The twister sent debris flying into the air, knocked down trees, damaged