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UCLA coach Cori Close uses lessons learned from time with UConn's Geno Auriemma over a decade ago 04/03/2025 04:51pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — When Cori Close was starting out at UCLA 14 years ago, she called Geno Auriemma and asked if she could fly across the country to watch his UConn team practice during the NCAA Tournament because her team wasn't playing in March Madness. It was Close's first head coaching job, the Things to do in the DC area: 'Fake It Until You Make It,' Capital Art Book Fair … and more! 04/03/2025 05:04am • A new comedy has made its way to Arena Stage, and it's all about mistaken identities and stolen cats within a nonprofit office. Michael John Garcés, director of "Fake It Until You Make It," told WTOP the show is a "farce about identity, about the ways in which we try to be authentic and sort of United flight from Houston appeared to hit a kite near Reagan National Airport 03/30/2025 06:19am • A United Airlines flight from Houston appeared to have struck a kite while landing at Reagan National Airport Saturday. The pilots reported the kite flying over Gravelly Point, a park just off the runway along the banks of the Potomac River on the Virginia side, according to Air Traffic Control a It's one of DC's coolest jobs: Uncovering fossils at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum 03/25/2025 04:30am • As Diana Boudreau shaves bits of rock off a large, prehistoric skull, exposing rows of sharp, fossilized teeth, a giant blue dust collector tube dispatched from the ceiling sucks up bits of debris flying about the fluorescent-lit room. “You can actually see along the edges here, there's a bunch An age-old Japanese tradition comes to DC schools in time for this weekend’s Cherry Blossom Kite Festival 03/24/2025 08:38pm • The cafeteria at Powell Elementary in Northwest D.C. buzzed with chatter on Monday afternoon. Markers and thin bamboo sticks covered the tables as students drew cartoon characters, silly animals and bright, red hearts on small pentagon-shaped pieces of paper with red ribbon flowing from the bott 'I'm not going': Va. psychiatrist offers tips to help kids conquer fear of flying before spring break 03/12/2025 02:06pm • As spring break approaches for students in Virginia, Maryland and D.C., some children are expressing fears of flying — a psychiatrist is offering suggestions to help family vacations get off the ground. "I've been having parents come with plane tickets, ready to head off for spring break and co Former Gallaudet U. star becomes teacher, coach and NCAA award winner 03/10/2025 04:13am • Over the years, a long list of Hall of Famers and Olympic gold medalists — huge names from years past in college sports — have been honored with an NCAA Silver Anniversary Award. It goes to former student-athletes who go on to achieve big success both in college and life in the 25 years afte 'It must be modernized': Aviation experts sound alarm on air traffic safety on Capitol Hill 03/06/2025 03:28pm • Following a midair collision that killed 67 people near D.C., aviation officials are raising concerns to Congress about not only the busy airspace around Reagan National Airport, but the state of the nation's aviation system. At a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday before the House Transportation Dozens gather on Capitol Hill to rally for US support for Ukraine 03/04/2025 08:13pm • A rally to get Congress' attention on the plight of Ukraine was held on the sidewalk of the Russell Senate Office Building Tuesday, coming a day after the U.S. announced it is withholding military aid as Ukraine continues to stave off Russian invasion. Flying yellow and blue Ukrainian flags a Is it more cost effective to raise your own egg-laying chickens? 03/03/2025 09:20pm • Consumers frustrated with high egg prices may either decide to give up their favorite breakfast food, cut out the baking or take the plunge into raising their own laying hens. But experts on raising chickens say there's a lot to consider before planning on putting up a coop in your backyard and h 'I just wanted a hat and a horse': Retired ranger recalls breaking barriers in the National Park Service 03/03/2025 05:28am • Throughout the month of March, WTOP is celebrating Women’s History Month. Join us on-air and online as we honor the achievements of women in our community.       It was 1958 and Tina Short was a little girl in a summer camp at Fort Dupont Park in D.C. One day at camp, a mounted officer a Aviation incidents are making headlines — But is there actually an uptick in plane crashes? 02/20/2025 03:35pm • In the three weeks that have followed a catastrophic midair collision near D.C. that killed 67 people, a series of other high-profile aviation incidents have unfolded in North America. Most recently, two people were killed when two small planes collided in Arizona on Wednesday. A Delta jet fli NTSB briefing gives new clues to cause of midair collision near Reagan National Airport 02/16/2025 10:05am • Independent aviation accident investigators are breaking down the latest clues from the deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people on Jan. 29.  The National Transportation Safety Board said Friday that the pilots flying American Airlines Flight 5342, from Wichita, Aviation experts liken flying near Reagan National to 'very large ballet' where every move must be precise 02/13/2025 07:02pm • In the 10 years before the Jan. 29 midair collision near Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people, an analysis by The Washington Post concluded there were troubling signs of potentially serious safety issues in the airspace around the crowded airport. Many pilots and aviation professionals h Mayor Bowser speaks to report of Trump executive order targeting DC homeless encampments, local crime 02/12/2025 11:16pm • An executive order targeting D.C. that could be handed down by the Trump administration in the coming days was met with a mostly supportive tone from Mayor Muriel Bowser, as she addressed some of the items that may be included in the order Wednesday. "We have had a briefing that I would call at t