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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 DC's newest free tour offers a historic glimpse into its canal waterways you can't find anywhere else 09/24/2024 07:51am • A brand-new fall tour allows you to explore a different side of D.C.: its canals. You know ��� those little waterways you sometimes pass by around town. In today���s episode of ���Matt About Town,��� WTOP���s Matt Kaufax uncovered the wonder of LocktoberfestDC and consumed the quintessential D Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist 09/22/2024 12:01am • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) ��� On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside their home saw ��� well, did they see it? They were pretty sure they saw it. A rat. The purported sighting would not have gotten attention in many plac Ukrainian President Zelenskyy will visit a Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers 09/21/2024 06:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday will visit the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that is producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country's fight to fend off Russian ground forces. He is expected to go to the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant DC-area residents could be living near buried treasure. Hundreds are already searching for it 09/20/2024 02:30pm • Did you ever draw your own treasure map and pretend to go searching for it as a kid? Well, in a forest somewhere in the northeast, potentially here in the D.C. area, a real life treasure hunt is going on. It's called Project Skydrop, a creation of video game designer Jason Rohrer, and it launched Used EV prices in the DC market are down 27%, bargains, but beware 09/20/2024 10:13am • Used vehicle prices in the D.C. market have fallen dramatically over the past year. Vehicle search site iSeeCars.com says the average price of a used 1- to 5-year-old EV has dropped 27.4% over the past 12 months, or the average equivalent of $9,728. That compares to a drop of just 5.3% for simila Meet one of coolest tattoo artists in the DC area��� who is also an underwater photographer 09/19/2024 07:55am • You can���t talk about tattoos in the D.C. area without mentioning his name. In today���s episode of ���Matt About Town,��� WTOP���s Matt Kaufax went to Prince William County, Virginia, where he caught up with a Manassas man who has become nationally famous for his creative work. Greg Pipe After medical waste washed ashore, some Maryland beaches 'hope to reopen' oceanfront access within days 09/18/2024 06:15pm • State and local officials from Delaware to Virginia are hopeful their beaches could reopen to the public "in the next few days" after they had to close due to medical waste washing ashore. The Town of Ocean City in Maryland posted a message from Ocean City Emergency Services director Joe Theobald Has your child seen an Instagram post warning of a school shooting? It could have been created hundreds of miles away 09/18/2024 05:30pm • If your kid is on Instagram, they may have already seen threats made online about their school or one nearby. On Wednesday, Keisha Taylor���s son took a picture of one such post that was on his friend���s phone. It included a close-up image of a handgun and warned that three schools: Central High Swimming, surfing off-limits at many Md., Va. beaches while probe, cleanup of medical waste occurs 09/16/2024 06:02pm • A number of beaches along the Maryland and Virginia coastlines remain closed to swimmers, waders and surfers as state, local and federal agencies investigate how medical waste and other trash washed up along shorelines stretching from Delaware to Virginia. Hugh Hawthorne, the superintendent of As When walking for health, why not 'walk with a doc?' 09/16/2024 11:30am • If you enjoy walking with a group, wouldn't it be great to have a doctor walking with you? Dr. Asha Subramanian, a family physician, leads the nonprofit Walk With A Doc program in Wheaton, Maryland. The group meets the third Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. during warmer months, and 10 a.m. durin Car Review: Nissan turns up the sports car to 11 with the Z NISMO 09/16/2024 07:20am • The Nissan Z NISMO is hardcore track ready sports car with more power and improved handling to make a better driving experience. (WTOP/Mike Parris) With the return of the Nissan Z a few years ago, the company gave buyers a sporty alternative to muscle cars and higher dollar coupes from Germany. For One man���s journey raising money for veterans just came to an end on the National Mall 09/15/2024 06:11pm • Joe Nail, 28, saw all 50 states this summer ��� because he ran a marathon in each one. Project 1310, named for the amount of miles Nail ran, came to a close Sunday in D.C. In addition to running, Nail challenged himself to do 1,000 push ups in each state: a total of 50,000 push ups. ���Every s Detour ahead: Weekend road closures for DC events 09/13/2024 08:58am • This weekend, there are multiple events that will significantly impact how you get around D.C. On Saturday, the Celebrate Petworth Festival ��� a free neighborhood festival in Northwest D.C. with music and activities for the whole family ��� will be shutting down the following streets from 7 a.m.