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Airlines say they found loose parts in door panels during inspections of Boeing Max 9 jets 01/09/2024 05:49am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal investigators say a door panel slid up before flying off an Alaska Airlines jetliner last week, and they are looking at whether four bolts that were supposed to help hold the panel in place might have been missing when the plane took off. The comments Monday from the The US sees a drop in illegal border crossings after Mexico increases enforcement 01/07/2024 01:10pm • EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Daniel Bermudez's family had fled Venezuela and was headed to the U.S. to seek asylum when the freight train they were riding through Mexico was stopped by immigration officials. His wife tried to explain that her family had permission to go to the U.S. Instead, they flew 24 things to look forward to in 2024 12/31/2023 06:00am • (CNN) — Hope springs eternal, and for many of us, 2024 is a new dawn. We may have limited time before the bloom of the new year fades and we’re left to confront our untended bad habits and the horrors of the world, so let’s make the most of this fleeting moment of optimism. There are plenty 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 Alaska Air to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal that may attract regulator scrutiny 12/04/2023 08:01am • SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal announced Sunday, potentially putting it on track for a clash with a Biden administration wary of higher airfares. The combined company would maintain both airlines' brands, an unusual move in an industry where Frances Sternhagen, Tony Award-winning actor who was familiar maternal face on TV, dies at 93 11/29/2023 05:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Sternhagen, the veteran character actor who won two Tony Awards and became a familiar maternal face to TV viewers later in life in such shows as “Cheers,” “ER,” “Sex and the City” and “The Closer,” has died. She was 93. Sternhagen died peacefully of natural The 'Oppenheimer' creative team take you behind the scenes of the film's key moments 11/22/2023 01:41pm • Impossible is often just a starting point on a Christopher Nolan film and “Oppenheimer,”about the father of the atomic bomb, was no exception. In fact, it's often where inspiration was born. During one especially stressful stretch, filmmakers lost their White House set five days before they had Slick roads, heavy holiday traffic: Big backups leading to airports ahead of Thanksgiving 11/21/2023 05:40pm • Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for traffic and weather news on the 8s. Halloween has passed, but it looks like Thanksgiving is going to be the new nightmare — at least as far as getting around the D.C.-area is concerned. Heavy rain all day Tuesday has slickened ar Near-record Thanksgiving travel projected for DC region as gas prices continue to drop 11/20/2023 10:20am • More than 1.25 million people in the D.C. region will be hitting the roads over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, making it the second-highest number since AAA began tracking holiday travel in 2000. And, gassing up for the travel will be considerably cheaper this year. Overall, the travel group p