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Weekend snow? A breakdown of when winter weather will hit again 02/14/2014 11:17am • WASHINGTON -- Friday will bring sunny skies, but more snow is heading toward the region as many people are still working to dig out from the latest snowy mess. While sunshine will break through Friday (hopefully everybody has those sunglasses handy), another chance of snow showers will affect the Snowfall will depend on how storm tracks north 02/11/2014 06:04pm • WASHINGTON -- New information Tuesday afternoon showed the rain-snow line moving further west during the storm, which in turn would cut down snow totals around the region. It is not fair to you for me to produce a snow totals map when my confidence is not high. It is easy to put numbers out the Some airlines relax fees ahead of Northeast snow storm 01/20/2014 07:37pm • WASHINGTON - Airlines are beginning to issue travel advisories for East Coast destinations, including the three airports in the D.C. region, ahead of Tuesday's snow storm. Delta, Virginia America and U.S. Airways are relaxing fees to change or cancel reservations for travelers flying to or from Du Column: What is an Alberta Clipper? 01/16/2014 12:30pm • WASHINGTON -- Have you heard of a Manitoba Mauler? How about a Saskatchewan Screamer? And no, these aren't Vince McMahon's best attempts to incorporate Canada into the WWE. And what about an "Alberta Clipper?" You might have heard the phrase several times over the last week. That is because our Morning Notes 01/14/2014 08:25am • Carderock Rock Climber Charged With Manslaughter — A man who was rock climbing at the Carderock Recreation Area in December has been charged with manslaughter. U.S. Park Police allege he killed a climbing partner with a claw hammer. The man, 31-year-old David DiPaolo, was caught last wee Tips for successful New Year's fitness resolutions 12/30/2013 06:51pm • WTOP TALKBACK: It's New Year's Eve, and many of us will be making resolutions. Tell us your new year's resolution, or tell us what resolutions others, such as the Redskins or Congress, should make. Call us on the WTOP Talkback line at 1-877-222-1035, join the conversation on our Facebook page or UVA student wins a free trip to space 12/21/2013 04:11am • WASHINGTON - A local college student will be heading into space, and it's a free ride. Patrick Carney beat out more than 1 million other contestants for the chance of a lifetime on board the XCOR Aerospace Lynx spacecraft. He says that plans haven't been finalized, but it could happen late next y Tips to prepare for hectic airline season 11/25/2013 11:36am • WASHINGTON - Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel seasons of the year and as wintry weather approaches the region, many people may be worried weather will impede their flights home. " fewer planes and fewer flights and people competing for flights anyway," says CBS Travel Editor Peter Green Travel will drop 1 percent this Thanksgiving, still tops 1 million 11/22/2013 02:00am • WASHINGTON - A new travel forecast predicts a 1.1 percent drop in the number of Washingtonians expected to travel more than 50 miles for Thanksgiving, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. However, AAA Mid-Atlantic reports that 1,058,000 people will still leave town the week of Thanksgiving, creating a A dream come true: A flying car in production 11/19/2013 01:11pm • WASHINGTON - Imagine being miles above traffic. In the D.C. region, driving something more like the DeLorean in "Back to the Future" would definitely improve rush hour. Now, a Massachusetts company is making the dream of flying cars a reality. Terrafugia has already built two prototypes and Will 'zebras' stop U-turns in D.C.? 10/31/2013 10:15pm • WASHINGTON - Safety devices meant to put an end to illegal U-turns on Pennsylvania Avenue have frustrated some of the very people they're meant to protect. The devices, called "zebras" are raised black and white bumps that run along a one block stretch of the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes. But Weekend Events: Punkin Chunkin, FotoWeek and fallFRINGE 10/31/2013 03:30pm • WASHINGTON - With Halloween behind us, it's time to take the spider webs and ghost decorations down and smash the pumpkins. That's right -- it's perfectly OK to smash your pumpkin this weekend at the annual Punkin Chunkin. That, plus a calendar full of arts, crafts, cooking and performance even Two local brewers win gold at Great American Beer Festival 10/15/2013 12:33pm • Two D.C.-area breweries came away from last weekend's Great American Beer Festival in Denver with top honors. Gold medals went to Alexandria-based Port City Brewing Co. for its Optimal Wit in the Belgian-style Witbier category, and to Ashburn-based Lost Rhino Brewing Co. for its Rhinofest in the Ger Fall storms bring snow, tornadoes and hurricanes 10/05/2013 01:30am • By DIRK LAMMERS Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A storm system that buried parts of Wyoming and South Dakota in heavy, wet snow on Friday also brought powerful thunderstorms packing tornadoes to the Great Plains. The storm dumped at least 33 inches of snow in a part of South Dakota's sc Police probe Capitol Hill car chase; 1 woman dead 10/03/2013 06:21pm • By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Law enforcement authorities were investigating why a Connecticut woman tried to breach a barrier at the White House, setting off a high-speed car chase that put the Capitol on lockdown and ended with her being shot dead by police. The harrowin