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Family of 1 of the 67 Washington plane crash victims sues the FAA, Army and American Airlines 09/24/2025 07:06pm • The family of one of the 67 people killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., sued the government and the airlines involved on Wednesday, saying they didn't recognize the warning signs after more than 30 documented near misses in the area. Other families are e Hispanic Heritage Month events you won't want to miss in the DC area 09/23/2025 10:25am • Hispanic Heritage Month begins on Sept. 15 and celebrates all the contributions to culture that Latino and Hispanic people have brought to the American melting pot. In the D.C. area, there are some events you won't want to miss! WTOP has rounded up some of our favorites: DC Starting Monday, Sep ‘It’s Zeek. I’ve been shot’: DC firefighter recounts harrowing struggle with armed robber 09/23/2025 04:44am • An off-duty D.C. firefighter, who was shot and seriously wounded Saturday night during an armed robbery on Capitol Hill, tells WTOP that his instinct was to "fight back." Gary “Zeek” Dziekan was walking home from a party at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday near the 200 block of 8th Street in Northe Investigation finds Nebraska is likely under-reporting overdose deaths, costing it prevention money 09/19/2025 02:53pm • Derrek Cocchiarella died slowly, lying in his mother’s bed on a warm afternoon in late June, in a house full of family. He was napping, they thought, sound asleep. Over the course of four hours, they checked on him often. They didn’t recognize his breath gurgling. They didn’t see the bits of f Things to do in the DC area: Hot Air Balloon Festival, H Street Festival … and more! 09/18/2025 09:05am • The Flying Circus is one of the oldest continuous air shows in the nation, starting in 1971. This Saturday and Sunday, on Sept. 20 and 21, the Flying Circus Annual Hot Air Balloon Festival in Bealeton, Virginia, is inviting the public to soar near the clouds with hot air balloon rides. The event Trump threatened Portland with troops to quell protests. The mayor says it's not needed 09/12/2025 11:21am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A gas mask dangled from Deidra Watts's backpack as she joined a couple dozen others outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, just as she has many nights since July. The protesters toed a blue line painted across the building's driveway. “GO The Latest: Pentagon 9/11 ceremony moved inside due to security concerns 09/11/2025 05:27pm • President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump marked 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at a service at the Pentagon on Thursday. While traditionally observed near the building’s memorial outside the Pentagon’s walls, it was moved to the internal courtyard following the “heartbre Wounded veterans remember 9/11 as cycling team finishes 350-mile relay in DC 09/11/2025 11:58am • A team of athletes made up of wounded military personnel and veterans crossed the finish line together on a 350-mile bike ride down the east coast Wednesday in D.C. As the Achilles Freedom Team rode in a weeklong relay across five northeastern cities, memories of the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2 The Latest: Chief Justice Roberts allows Trump’s foreign aid freeze that threatens nearly $5 billion 09/09/2025 10:17pm • Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily kept in place the Trump administration’s decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid. The high court order is temporary, though it suggests that the justices will reverse a lower court's ruling that withholding the funding was likely illega Attorney says detained Korean Hyundai workers had special skills for short-term jobs 09/08/2025 06:31pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A lawyer for several workers detained at a Hyundai factory in Georgia says many of the South Koreans rounded up in the immigration raid are engineers and equipment installers brought in for the highly specialized work of getting an electric battery plant online. Atlanta immigr Louisiana governor pays fine and discloses $13K in unreported free trips in deal to end ethics probe 09/05/2025 01:59pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry agreed Friday to pay a $900 fine for failing to disclose a free plane ride to Hawaii and other free flights, ending a yearslong ethics investigation into his travels. The Republican also revealed he accepted nearly 20 complimentary trips worth mor 2025 NFC Preview 09/02/2025 04:24am • NFC East Washington 13-4 I know this win total will come as a surprise to many, but one factor has me high on these Commanders: Jayden Daniels. No. 5 has made Washington the NFL's most fun team to watch, which is why the Commanders are tied for the most stand-alone games (8) of any NFL team in Flying, sleeping and playing baseball — highlights of the summer around DC 09/01/2025 06:25am • Pools are closing, people are heading home from beaches, lakes and three-day weekend trips which means only one thing: It's Labor Day Monday. The unofficial end of Summer makes a lot of us ask, 'How did it go by so fast?' When you look back at the Summer of 2025 what will stick out? Th Montgomery County watching for ripple effects from DC law enforcement surge 08/28/2025 05:55pm • A law enforcement surge in D.C. has led to the clearing of homeless encampments and an alleged reduction in crime, but it is also raising concerns in neighboring communities, including Montgomery County, Maryland, about possible spikes in crime and homelessness as a result. “All of our district NTSB focused on controllers after B-52 bomber and two planes nearly collided over North Dakota 08/28/2025 03:46pm • Shortly after an airliner made an aggressive maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52 last month over North Dakota, the bomber nearly collided with a small private plane as it flew past the Minot airport, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigators released their preliminary