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FAA: Drone owners now outnumber planes and helicopters 05/30/2016 08:12am • WASHINGTON — The number of registered drone owners has surpassed the number of registered airplanes and helicopters, the Federal Aviation Administration says. Almost 460,000 drone owners have registered with the FAA. Drone owners only have to register once, so it's likely there are far more un Nearly 1 million from DC area traveling for Memorial Day 05/27/2016 05:52am • WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of travelers from the D.C. metro area are taking a trip for the holiday weekend to observe Memorial Day and enjoy the start of the summer travel season. About 966,000 area residents will travel at least 50 miles, AAA Mid-Atlantic projects. That figure is a 1.6 Justin Hayward of Moody Blues rocks Birchmere; The Monkees mark 50 years at Warner Theatre 05/24/2016 01:11am • WASHINGTON — It's hard to imagine two bands more different than The Monkees and The Moody Blues, but both had pivotal career years in 1967. That year, The Monkees outsold The Beatles and Rolling Stones combined, using their TV stardom for bubbly radio hits like "Last Train to Clarksvil What Metro's upcoming track work means for drivers 05/23/2016 05:49am • WASHINGTON — As massive service cuts to Metro loom over the next year, D.C.'s Department of Transportation is considering temporary bike lanes and bus-only lanes, and is set to change traffic signal timing for drivers. DDOT Deputy Director Greer Gillis says the department is working to make DC area gets its 1st nonstop flights to Silicon Valley 05/20/2016 12:34pm • WASHINGTON — D.C. area travelers can fly nonstop to San Francisco from all three local airports, but there are no direct flights to San Jose, the heart of Silicon Valley. That will change this fall. Southwest Airlines will start nonstop flights to San Jose from BWI Marshall Airport on Nov. Tips to avoid (or at least endure) long airport security lines 05/18/2016 09:08am • DULLES, Va. — As the Transportation Security Administration apologizes to hundreds of airline passengers who have missed flights this week due to staggeringly long security screening lines, some fliers fear the worst is yet to come. With the summer travel season nearing, the TSA has warned Rockville woman returns home to play Dorothy in National Theatre's 'Wizard of Oz' 05/05/2016 01:27am • WASHINGTON — Judy Garland famously said, "There's no place like home." But for Sarah Lasko of Rockville, Maryland, it's a true homecoming as she plays Dorothy Gale in the U.S. national tour of "The Wizard of Oz," which hits D.C.'s National Theatre from May 3-15. "WTOP, I have a feel 'To infinity and beyond:' Buzz Aldrin book offers life lessons 04/20/2016 01:10am • WASHINGTON — One small step for man. One giant page-turner for mankind? Buzz Aldrin, who walked on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969, is offering advice in the new book  "No Dream is Too High: Life Lessons from a Man Who Walked on the Moon." "We need people who Noisy planes over Fairfax Co. prompt request for changes 04/05/2016 04:16pm • WASHINGTON -- “Unrelenting” noise from jets taking off and landing at Reagan National Airport are prompting a new request from the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for changes to flight paths at the airport. The board agreed Tuesday to send a letter to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Racing Presidents appear at Reagan National Airport 04/04/2016 03:14am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Four of the Washington Nationals' Racing Presidents were at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to greet and help board Delta customers on a flight departing for Atlanta. The presidents' appearance Monday coincided with opening day. In late March, the Nationals and Delta Elevator malfunction closes Washington Monument 2nd time in one week 04/01/2016 02:41pm • WASHINGTON — For the second time in a week, the Washington Monument is closed because of an elevator malfunction. Washington Monument elevator experienced an interruption in service Friday afternoon at the 490 foot level, says National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst. No passengers were 10 Reasons to Visit Iceland This Year 03/29/2016 08:00pm • Why you should plan a trip to the land of fire and ice in 2016.Iceland has become the place to go, mostly because you can't turn a corner without stumbling upon an inspiring landscape or a natural wonder. A few years ago, Iceland was just an under-the-radar gem known only by locals and intrepid visi FAA: Drones being flown too close to local airports 03/28/2016 08:38am • WASHINGTON — As the popularity of drones grows, so does the number of unmanned aircraft sightings near local airports. In the Federal Aviation Administration's most recent list of sightings, from August 2015 through January 2016, more than two dozen incidents took place in Virginia, Maryland a Oh babies! Second bald eagle hatches Sunday (Photos) 03/20/2016 12:21pm • WASHINGTON —There is now a full family inside the Bald Eagle nest perched atop a tulip poplar tree inside the National Arboretum. The second eaglet hatched at approximately 3 a.m. Sunday according to  Julia Cecere, a spokesperson for the American Eagle Foundation, which immediately posted a ne Cherry blossoms are in the no-drone zone, says FAA 03/18/2016 11:30pm • By Allison Keyes, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON-- Thinking of using a drone to capture sweet pictures of the blooms during the National Cherry Blossom Festival? Don't. It's against the law. In a video released on Friday, The Federal Aviation Administration warned people to leave their drones