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Rory Kennedy screens Netflix doc 'Downfall: The Case Against Boeing' on Capitol Hill 03/16/2022 12:44am • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt-IJkUbAxY Listen to our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” "Two crashes of brand new airplanes within five months of each other. That doesn't happen in modern aviation," says the Netflix film "Downfall: The Case Against Boeing." The Slaughter ready to be 'up all night' at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races 03/14/2022 01:44pm • Listen to our full conversation on my podcast "Beyond the Fame." You heard them all over the radio in 1990 with hard rock anthems like "Up All Night." This Friday, Slaughter rocks Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia. "We just stay right to the nostalgia-based stuff," Ukrainian Catholic leader sounds alarm over Russian attack on Ukraine's churches 03/10/2022 08:54pm • Borys Gudziak, metropolitan archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, which includes the D.C. region, is sounding the alarm over Russia's attack on the Catholic community in Ukraine. “Over the last 250 years, every time there’s been a Russian occupation where the Ukrai In era of segregation, Columbia Air Center gave Black pilots a chance 02/27/2022 03:54pm • This report is part of WTOP’s coverage of Black History Month. Read more stories on WTOP.com. In the 1940s, a farm nestled next to the Patuxent River in Prince George’s County, Maryland, became an airfield that would open new doors for aspiring Black pilots. They were not permitted to lear Flight headed for DC diverted after passenger attempts to open plane doors 02/14/2022 08:20pm • EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been changed to reflect that the plane headed to Ronald Reagan National Airport before diverting to Kansas City.  An American Airlines flight headed for Ronald Reagan National Airport was diverted to Kansas City, Missouri, Sunday night after a passenger allegedly tr DC schools celebrate Black literature with readings by city leaders 02/11/2022 01:51pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser at Charles Houston Elementary School Friday. (WTOP/Luke Lukert) D.C. officials and other guests celebrated The National African American Read-In Friday at a local elementary school named after a historic Black resident of the city. “We are celebrating Black History Montgomery Co. council member suggests renaming library after Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee 02/10/2022 03:03pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, council member wants to rename Silver Spring Library after Brig. Gen. Charles McGee, a former Tuskegee Airman who died in mid-January. Council Member Will Jawando sent his request in a letter to County Executive Marc Elrich on Thursday. The letter states McGee fough Expert: Sentence for DC man who admitted to killing child should be 'much stiffer' 02/10/2022 02:26pm • A D.C. man who is admitting to killing a 2-year-old child, among other charges, is set to stay locked up but could walk free in less than a decade under a plea deal with prosecutors. Antonio Turner, 29, is admitting guilt in multiple counts involving a 2-year-old boy who died, another young child A Maryland man's Super Bowl memories include playing cymbals on a symbolic stage 02/10/2022 04:17am • This report is part of WTOP's coverage of Black History Month. Read more stories on WTOP.com. Have you ever dreamed of being at the Super Bowl? Even better, how about playing on that Sunday? What seems like a ridiculous dream was a reality for 74-year old Freddie Colston of Forest Hills, Maryland Meet Linda, the National Zoo's new ostrich 02/10/2022 12:16am • She's 4 years old and 8 feet tall. Linda is the National Zoo's new ostrich. Linda has been at the Northwest D.C. Smithsonian facility's Cheetah Conservation Station since November. She joins her cheetah, red river hog and sitatunga neighbors. More National Zoo News "It has bee Column: Commanders' name reveal receives lukewarm reception during Landover launch 02/02/2022 08:40pm • "We are the Commanders," uttered Super Bowl MVP Doug Williams on the Today Show Wednesday morning to kick off a new era in Washington football. In July of 2020 the team announced it was moving on from its prior name and in a new direction. Need Washington Commanders merch? Here’s whe DC-area private jet travel is way up. Where are they going? 01/31/2022 09:37am • Private jet travel has always been a lifestyle of the rich and often famous, but the majority of people who can actually afford traveling by private jet typically don’t opt to use it. The pandemic has changed that. “There has been a big increase in interest in private aviation as a solutio D.C.-area's major air carriers navigate pilot shortage worsened by Omicron. United's solution: A new flight school. 01/18/2022 11:38am • Officials from United Airlines and American Airlines say complications of the Covid pandemic, including a recent spike in cases among pilots, have taken a toll on a staff roster that already faced shortages predating 2020 — and air travel out of Greater Washington is feeling the effects. To comba First-ever Project Glow Festival tickets on sale for RFK Stadium grounds this spring 01/17/2022 10:42am • For decades, Glow Events has brought nightlife to Echostage and Soundcheck in D.C. Now the first Project Glow Festival at is coming to RFK Stadium on April 30 and May 1. "I'm a native Washingtonian and it's always been my dream to do a festival in D.C. proper," President & CEO Pete Kalamo Cherry Blossom Festival needs volunteers 01/17/2022 09:22am • The National Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C. runs from March 20 to April 17 — and it could use a hand from volunteers. After going virtual because of COVID-19 for the past few years, people are being invited back to celebrate this spring, and the festival needs helpers for many of the events.