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What's known about the victims of the plane, helicopter crash near DC 01/31/2025 08:30am • Two aircraft collided midair near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night in a catastrophic crash that left no survivors, according to authorities. Some of those killed in the collision had roots in the D.C. area, including students who attended school in Fairfax County and their parents, acco More than 40 bodies recovered from DC plane crash wreckage in Potomac River, investigation underway 01/31/2025 06:05am • Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are in the initial stages of what's setting up to be a sprawling and consequential probe into a deadly, midair crash between a regional passenger jet and a military helicopter just outside D.C. and Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virg Retired Black Hawk helicopter pilots speak on navigating DC airspace 01/30/2025 10:33pm • The collision involving an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the frigid waters of the Potomac River on Wednesday night has raised questions about air safety and the mix of civilian and military aircraft in the skies above the nation’s capital. Phillip Brashear is Maryland senator says once cause of crash determined, there's an opportunity to revisit capacity at 'most congested airport in the country' 01/30/2025 06:00pm • In the wake of a deadly collision near Reagan National Airport between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter, two Virginia Congress members said they've been voicing concerns over D.C.'s crowded airspace for "many, many years." Virginia Sen. Mark Warner told WTOP early Thursday that he and fel How the passenger plane crash is impacting DC-area roads and flights 01/30/2025 01:11pm • The ongoing response to the passenger jet crash near Reagan National Airport — where a plane collided with an Army helicopter and plummeted into the Potomac River — resulted in not only the hourslong closure of Reagan National, but also impacted local roads. Here's what you need to know. Roa Everyone aboard American Airlines jet and Army helicopter feared dead after collision near Reagan National 01/30/2025 11:46am • A regional jet from Kansas crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night after colliding midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Virginia's Reagan National Airport, authorities said. John Donnelly, chief of D.C. Fire and EMS, said at a Thursday morning news conference that all 64 pe How Kathy Griffin makes cancer and divorce a laughing matter 01/29/2025 05:30am • For the first time in six years, Kathy Griffin returned to what she loves most — stand-up comedy. “I didn't want to be the pretty girl. I didn't want to be the dramatic actress,” Griffin told WTOP. “I just always wanted to be the one that made people laugh.” Before Griffin’s ne Giant pandas debut at DC's National Zoo 01/24/2025 06:04am • You can finally see the new giant pandas at the National Zoo! Bao Li and Qing Bao made their long-awaited and highly anticipated public debut Friday morning. "Our male is a little bit more gregarious and outgoing. He is really in tune with what the keepers are doing, sort of waiting for that Tax breaks, immigration, education: Youngkin’s priorities for his final year as Virginia governor 01/13/2025 01:34pm • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin launched his priorities in his State of the Commonwealth speech Monday morning. The speech, and the start of the 2025 Virginia General Assembly, was postponed until after the water crisis in Richmond could be resolved. “The state of our commonwealth is strong President-elect Trump, Gov. Youngkin discuss drone response, California wildfires at Mar-a-Lago dinner 01/12/2025 09:42am • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin made his way from a funeral in D.C. honoring the life of former President Jimmy Carter to Palm Beach, Florida, where GOP leaders huddled with President-elect Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago ahead of his inauguration on Jan. 20. Republican governors from 22 of the 27 st Expert weighs in on potential benefits of using drones for DC security 01/10/2025 08:50pm • People walking around in D.C. may hear a buzzing overhead or see a drone flying past them. It's not often that it happens, as the entire District of Columbia is normally a no-fly zone for drones. However, this month has brought three designated National Special Security Events, including Monda Beltway Basketball Beat: Wandering out west 01/09/2025 08:12pm • Dave Preston is an AP Top 25 voter. Read his ballots here. The road to Selection Sunday began in earnest with the resumption of conference play and the first full week of 2025 has the local schools scattered all over the place trying to build worthy resumes for at large consideration (Maryland is 'You're going to feel it': Windy and bone-chilling temperatures consume DC region 01/07/2025 12:13pm • While the first storm of 2025 set the stage for a fun-filled snow day Monday, that same level of excitement hasn't carried into Tuesday as D.C.-area residents endure bone-chilling temperatures and traverse slick roadways. With the snowfall wrapped, it's going to be all about the below-freezin DC police, federal officials on high alert days before electoral vote count, Jimmy Carter's state funeral 01/03/2025 04:20pm • As D.C. prepares to host the certification of the presidential election and the state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter next week, local and federal security officials plan to be on high alert following two attacks across the nation at the start of the new year. David Sundberg of the F Look back on the weirdest stories of 2024 01/01/2025 05:04am • Everyone has a different definition of how something can be considered weird. It may be shocking, surprising, unbelievable, breathtaking or just downright insane. 2024 had multiple stories that fell under these categories, but ultimately left readers wondering, “What the heck did I just read.�