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Maryland chef competes on Food Network show 03/20/2024 07:05pm • Some of the world's greatest chefs are competing in the Food Network's "Tournament of Champions," including Maryland's own Tobias Dorzon. He's in the quarterfinals, or Great 8, and is one step closer to winning $150,000. He says the competition is beyond intense. "Outside of the 100 cameras that' US senators from Virginia, Maryland urge no increase in long-distance flights at Reagan National 03/17/2024 09:57am • The four U.S. senators from Virginia and Maryland are urging Congress to keep the current rules for long distance flights from Reagan National Airport as they are. The senators wrote both House and Senate members who oversee airports not to change the long-distance flight rules at Reagan National Geek flags fly at DC Awesome Con 03/11/2024 07:50am • D.C. was invaded this weekend by superheroes and characters from comic books, video games and movies, thanks to Awesome Con. More than 60,000 people attended the pop culture convention at The Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest, D.C. Stephanie Feama brought her children and gra Celebrate 'Shorty Gras' with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at Hollywood Casino 02/29/2024 04:21am • You don't necessarily have to fly to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras and jam out to jazz. Folks in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area can quickly cross over the border to West Virginia for the "Shorty Gras" tour by Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with the Soul Rebels at Hollywood C Loudoun Co. teachers honored for bringing history to life in their classrooms 02/20/2024 08:53pm • Before leaving Blue Ridge Middle School on Tuesday, eighth grade civics and economics teacher Erik Sassak created a Mario Party-themed review game. The goal, he said, is to help his students prepare for an upcoming unit. It’s part of an effort to reach the students who are currently interested Enjoy the luxury of Paris without flying there at this cereal heiress' DC mansion 02/16/2024 12:33pm • Marjorie Merriweather Post was an heiress, business woman and philanthropist, whose father founded the Post cereal empire in 1895. They traveled to Paris extensively for business, and Post built a collection of French art, fashion and jewelry. “She left all these treasures that you can't re Record six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald joins NSO for 'tsunami of sound' at Kennedy Center 01/25/2024 04:06am • She holds the Broadway record with six competitive Tony Award wins, one ahead of the legendary Angela Lansbury. Next week, Audra McDonald performs live at the Kennedy Center with accompaniment by the National Symphony Orchestra for two concerts on Tuesday, Jan. 30, and Wednesday, Jan 31. "It's 'We're very lucky today': 16 children in DC day care safely evacuated before building explodes 01/18/2024 01:50pm • Sixteen young children in a Southeast D.C. day care facility were safely evacuated by firefighters responding to a gas leak Thursday morning — just moments before a series of explosions rocked the strip of storefronts in historic Anacostia. None of the children were injured, D.C. Fire Chief What happened in local business in 2023? A look at the woes, wins, mergers and more 12/27/2023 01:45am • From restaurants shutting their doors and others opening for the first time, to mergers and acquisitions that made the news, WTOP has a roundup of the biggest D.C.-area business stories of the year. Restaurant woes The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington released a survey of D.C.-are What would Virginia need for a future of electric and automated aircraft? 12/23/2023 09:54pm • Virginia Tech developers and aviation leaders are working to bring automated and electric aircraft to Virginia in the future. But before the state dives into investments, it’s waiting on a study and the federal government to determine what it would need to do to get the new industry off the ground Busiest Christmas and New Year's travel period kicks off in DC area 12/21/2023 01:52pm • If you're someone who travels out of the D.C. region for the holidays, one of the busiest winter holiday travel days has arrived. "A lot of folks are getting away early for their holiday. We saw a lot of that yesterday, we're seeing more of it today," said WTOP traffic reporter Bob Immler. Whi What to expect at the airport and on the roads this holiday season 12/19/2023 05:27pm • Even more people from the D.C. region will be hitting the roads and taking to the skies in the next few weeks than they did last year, according to recent estimates from AAA. "It's a lot of pent-up demand," said Ragina Cooper Ali of AAA Mid-Atlantic. "People are returning back to travel in a big RAK Brewing Co. opens in Frederick hoping to inspire 'Random Acts of Kindness' 12/15/2023 04:10am • Frederick, Maryland, has become a true craft beer destination located just an hour from both D.C. and Baltimore. This weekend, the historic town will be “hopping" even more as RAK Brewing Co. opens this Friday, Dec. 15. "Frederick is a huge destination," co-owner Steve McIntyre told WTOP WATCH: Enchant Christmas turns Nats Park into winter wonderland for holiday home run 12/12/2023 04:01am • It hits a home run every December, magically transforming Nationals Park into a winter wonderland. The annual holiday event "Enchant Christmas" returns to the nation's capital now through Dec. 31. "We started this whole thing in 2016 with one event we're in seven cities this year," vice p 6-time 'Dancing with the Stars' champ Derek Hough brings 'Symphony of Dance' to MGM National Harbor 12/05/2023 04:11am • The most decorated "Dancing with the Stars" champion in the show's history is coming to perform live in the D.C. area. Derek Hough will bring his dazzling stage show "Symphony of Dance" to MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, this Wednesday, Dec. 6. "I love D.C. so much," Hough told WTO