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Former Army service member pleads guilty in 1994 cold-case killing of Fairfax Co. mother 10/04/2024 01:50pm • Almost 30 years since a mother was killed inside her Fairfax County, Virginia, home while her toddler was in the next room, a former Army service member pleaded guilty Friday in her stabbing death. Robin Lawrence's body was discovered inside her home on the leafy cul-de-sac of Reseca Lane in the Open Streets shuts down a mile of downtown DC this Saturday 10/04/2024 06:10am • This Saturday is the 11th Open Streets DC, closing a mile of 7th Street NW to cars and opening up the roadway for people to safely walk, run, bike and play. The shutdown spans from Rhode Island Avenue to E Street, cutting through Shaw, Mount Vernon Triangle and Chinatown. The event runs fr Emergency repairs on Bay Bridge lead to major delays in Anne Arundel Co. 10/03/2024 05:51pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. The eastbound right lane of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge was closed Thursday evening for emergency repairs, causing eastbound traffic to be bumper-to-bumper for 12 miles until around 9:30 p.m. The emergency roadwork was picked up late Global Innovation, Local Impact: ST Engineering North America's Diverse Operations 10/03/2024 10:51am • This content is sponsored by ST Engineering. Washington is home to the federal government, but the region also has a vast array of cutting-edge businesses, including those with a national and international scope. One of them is ST Engineering North America, which has headquarters in Alexan Forget the Met. Forget the Louvre. The world's most unique museum is right here in DC at the USDA building 10/03/2024 05:34am • At first glance, D.C.'s U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters, with its vast corridors (measuring 7 miles in total) and looming facade, give off the same vibes as many other massive government buildings in the heart of downtown: imposing, impossibly large and mysterious. At one time, th Car Review: Genesis offers a stylish luxury SUV that blurs the lines with a coupe 09/30/2024 05:22am • The Genesis GV80 Coupe offers impressive styling. (Courtesy Genesis) By Brian Armstead, guest contributor The roads outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the state with 10,000 lakes, served as the road test bed for the new Genesis GV80 Coupe, the latest addition to the Korean automaker’s impressive l A weakening Tropical Depression Helene brings deadly storms to southern Virginia, soaking rain to DC area 09/27/2024 07:30pm • Tropical Depression Helene made landfall as a deadly Category 4 hurricane devastating Florida's Big Bend as it travelled north Friday. Now the weakening storm has blown through the southern and eastern U.S., bringing tropical rain and potential flooding to the D.C. region. 7News First Alert Chief One dead, five Va. communities under voluntary evacuation order from Helene 09/27/2024 05:51pm • One person is reported dead in Virginia and five localities in the southwest region of the state are under a voluntary evacuation order as a result of Tropical Depression Helene, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in a Facebook live update around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon. The one fatality in Crai Tired of searching for halal meat, this Afghan refugee opened his own store in Howard Co. 09/27/2024 05:00am • This story is part of WTOP’s Small Business September series, sponsored by EagleBank. When Mohammad Sultani, a refugee from Afghanistan, first relocated with his family to Maryland in 2013, he struggled to find halal meat and other culturally significant ingredients. Halal meat is prep Why these oysters going in a Chesapeake Bay tributary won't be destined for your dinner plate 09/26/2024 08:20pm • Improving the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay is often tied to efforts to boost the population of crabs, oysters and other native species that also help the region’s seafood industry stay afloat. More oysters and crabs in the water mean more can be harvested by watermen and the seafood hous Hurricane Helene to bring pockets of heavy rain to DC region this weekend 09/26/2024 06:22pm • The D.C. area will stay mostly dry Thursday afternoon as southeastern states prepare for Hurricane Helene's arrival. The tropical storm will also impact the D.C. region, bringing tropical rain and potential flooding Friday. Here's what you need to know. 7News First Alert Senior Meteorologist Bria Third house collapses in four days on North Carolina coast 09/25/2024 10:47am • (NEW YORK) -- A third house has collapsed in four days on the North Carolina coast as officials closed off the beach due to dangerous debris on the shore and in the water, officials said. Cape Hatteras National Seashore law enforcement rangers responded to a Dare County dispatch call at approxima Italian pizza judges rank this DC pizzeria among best in the world 09/25/2024 10:40am • Tucked into a corner on 14th Street at Florida Avenue in Northwest D.C., pizza master Giulio Adriani is serving up the second best pizza slice in the U.S. at Slice & Pie, according to the latest annual ranking by 50 Top Pizza. "50 Top Pizza is the biggest award that pizzerias look for," A Firefighters contain flames at vacant Montgomery Co. elementary school 09/25/2024 10:07am • A fire is contained after flames broke out at a vacant elementary school in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Tuesday night, according to fire officials. Montgomery County firefighters battled flames and smoke into Wednesday morning at JoAnn Leleck Elementary School, which is vacant and scheduled to be Metro to begin transition to self-driving trains in December 09/24/2024 04:22pm • Metro's Red Line trains will drive themselves starting in December, and the self-driving trains will be used across the rail system by spring 2025, according to a Metro document released ahead of Thursday's board meeting. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority used to use automation