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Caesars Sportsbook Promo Code WTOPDYW: Double Winnings on Pacers-Knicks, MLB, NHL 05/23/2025 05:03pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services New players can take advantage of Caesars Sportsbook promo code WTOPDYW and score profit boosts for the NBA playoffs. This promo comes Silver Spring man admits to 'sextorting' more than 100 young girls 05/21/2025 05:49pm • A Silver Spring, Maryland, man faces up to 60 years in prison after he admitted using ���sextortion��� against as many as 108 young girls online. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office District of Maryland, 28-year-old Chase William Mulligan would target the young girls online to get sexually e 'He was Fairfax': Va. Rep. Gerry Connolly, Democratic political fixture, dies at 75 05/21/2025 05:30pm • Gerry Connolly, who was first elected to Congress in 2008 and represented Virginia���s Congressional District 11, which includes parts of Fairfax County as well as Fairfax City, died Wednesday at 75. In a statement to WTOP, his family said he died "peacefully at his home this morning surrounded b Gasoline prices are falling as millions prepare for Memorial Day travel 05/21/2025 01:31pm • AAA is forecasting a record 45 million-plus people will travel Memorial Day weekend. For those travelers driving to their destination, they'll find much lower gas prices. Nationwide and locally, gas prices are dropping. The price of gasoline is closely tied to the price of oil, and oil is a barga Part of GW Parkway reopens Tuesday evening after storm cleanup concludes 05/20/2025 04:47pm • A section of the George Washington Parkway reopened tuesday evening as crews concluded their clean-up following a deadly storm last Friday. A 2.5-mile section of the parkway, between Belle View Boulevard and Alexandria Avenue, remained closed Monday and Tuesday afternoon after storms toppled tree Car Review: VW's head-turning retro van is just out of reach ��� for now 05/19/2025 05:15am • The microbus-inspired Volkswagen ID. Buzz has been reincarnated as an electric vehicle. (WTOP/John Aaron) Rooftop surfboards and Grateful Dead T-shirts are not included, but retro vibes do abound in the microbus-inspired Volkswagen ID. Buzz ��� reincarnated as an electric vehicle. First off, do not Md. Gov. Moore vetoes reparations bill, one of a list of measures he will reject 05/16/2025 08:46pm • Gov. Wes Moore (D) announced Friday that he will veto the Reparations Commission bill that called for a study of historic inequality endured by African descendants in Maryland. The veto of a reparations measure by the only sitting Black governor in the nation was included a list of vetoes of bill FBI Director Kash Patel says the agency is leaving its DC headquarters 05/16/2025 04:31pm • The FBI headquarters is leaving the J. Edgar Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C., according to the bureau's director, Kash Patel. Patel, who made the announcement in a short clip Friday on Fox's Mornings with Maria, called the building "unsafe for our workforce." The move would Floods and overflowing rivers: The aftermath of DC-area rain 05/15/2025 08:32pm • The D.C. area experienced a ton of rain this week ��� and now residents are seeing the aftereffects. On a normal day, the Fredericksburg City Dock gets you on the water. Thursday, much of it is underwater with the Rappahannock River way over its banks. Minister Victoria Wright with Arm of the 'Etched on our hearts': Prince George's Co. police honor fallen officers during 150-mile run 05/14/2025 03:03pm • As the 29th annual Law Enforcement Memorial Run wound its way toward the finish line downtown, more than 100 people taking part in the 150-mile run that started Monday in Philadelphia stopped at the courthouse in Hyattsville to honor Prince George's County's fallen officers. Wednesday's ceremony Kayaking, water polo and ballet could fill your kids' summer in DC 05/14/2025 11:41am • Looking for the kids to go on some adventures this summer or learn a new skill like swimming or cooking? Registration for D.C. summer programs opens Wednesday. The list of activities available range from DJ classes and piano lessons to introduction to lacrosse and indoor kayaking. There's also Private equity firm launches $10M investment accelerator for family-owned DC-area companies 05/13/2025 05:48pm • Maryland-based private equity firm Mauloa has announced the launch of the Mauloa SMB Accelerator, a new program aimed at supporting mature, family-owned businesses within 100 miles of D.C. The accelerator, which begins Sept. 8, will culminate in a $10 million to $20 million investment offer to o Car Review: A wrong righted, the 2025 Ford Maverick hybrid can now come with AWD 05/13/2025 08:25am • Trucks are a big business, and Ford has the bestselling vehicle in America: the large F-150 light duty pick up. What if you want a truck, but don’t need something so big and pricey? Ford’s smallest truck, the Maverick, has gotten attention for being different. You might think of the Mav Things to do in the DC area: Maryland Craft Beer Festival, Takoma Flea ��� and more! 05/08/2025 05:12am • Bottoms up! The Maryland Craft Beer Festival is back on Saturday with 58 locally owned breweries ��� including a few breweries not yet open to the public. Kelly Dudeck, executive director of the Brewers Association of Maryland, told WTOP that this year's event should be able to please all typ Small earthquake rattles Farmville area, felt as far north as Arlington 05/06/2025 11:17pm • A magnitude 3.0 earthquake rattled the Farmville area Tuesday afternoon, with people as far away as Leesburg, Culpeper and Arlington reporting they felt it, too, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake occurred at 1:08 p.m. in Buckingham County, about 12 miles from Farmville and about