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WTOP ���s Neal���s Signature Sound: The Augenstein Impression Challenge App Contest Official Rules 01/14/2025 11:53am • Official Rules ��NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. ��BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, EACH ENTRANT (or entrant���s parent/legal guardian if entrant is deemed a minor in their state of residency) AGREES TO THESE OFFICIAL RU Navigating Changes to Medicare Part D in 2025: Advocacy groups offer guidance and resources as new poll shows awareness gap 01/13/2025 09:26am • This content is sponsored by Astellas Pharma. Two major changes to Medicare Part D are in effect for 2025 to help seniors manage their prescription drug expenses. Following action from Congress,��Medicare Part D Plans��now must cap enrollees��� out-of-pocket spending on covered prescription d Inova Loudoun���s new children���s, medical units hope to make families feel at home during hospital stays 01/10/2025 06:31pm • Leaders at Inova Loudoun Hospital cut the ribbon Friday on a 42,000-square-foot space for new children���s and medical units. It's a $30 million project they hope will make hospital stays feel a bit more like home. The initiative has been in the works since 2022, and the new sixth floor inclu Family pleads for answers after rideshare driver dies in New Year's Day shooting 01/10/2025 06:01am • The family of a Hyattsville, Maryland, man who was gunned down earlier this year is pleading for help to solve the case and bury their loved one. On the night of New Year���s Day, 36-year-old Oluwatosin ���Tosin��� Adetula was shot several times along Bladensburg Road in the Cottage City area of Certain training required for board members of DC charter schools under proposed legislation 01/09/2025 07:00pm • Board members at D.C. charter schools would be required to complete legal and financial training as part of their onboarding process under a council bill expected to be reintroduced in the coming weeks. The proposed legislation, which was first introduced at the end of the last council period, wo 'There's no guarantee of being back at that dinner table': California family on evacuating to escape wildfires 01/09/2025 05:02pm • In the Los Angeles area, more than 100,000 people have been told to evacuate as a fury of flames from several wildfires continues to move through the region. Among those leaving their homes behind was David Brown. ���It feels pretty unreal,��� Brown said. As Brown sat in a hotel room with How Montgomery Co. schools make sure kids get meals, even when they���re closed 01/08/2025 06:55pm • When it became clear this week���s snow would cause Montgomery County schools to close for multiple days, the Maryland school district���s Division of Food Nutrition and Services started preparing. Between breakfast and lunch, the state���s largest school system serves about 100,000 meals every d Nearly 50 years after Lyon sisters disappeared, Lloyd Lee Welch begins serving time for their murders 01/08/2025 08:40am • Almost 50 years after 12-year-old Sheila and 10-year-old Katherine Lyon were last seen at Wheaton Plaza, in Wheaton, Maryland, the man convicted of killing them has started serving prison time for their murders. WTOP has learned Lloyd Lee Welch has been transferred to Virginia's Department of Cor ���Best day ever���: Hundreds spend snow day sledding and joining Northwest DC snowball fight 01/06/2025 06:33pm • As he thought about what to bring to Meridian Hill Park in D.C. on Monday, Lewis Wilkins made sure to put a Frisbee on his list. Originally, he thought it would provide him with an activity while others around him played in D.C.���s first major snow of the season. But then, as he approached t Elon Musk���s Starlink to launch on United Airlines flights by spring 01/05/2025 08:01am • (CNN) ��� United Airlines flights will have access to Elon Musk���s Starlink Wi-Fi services as early as this spring, a sign of the widening reach of the tech billionaire. United will begin testing Starlink in February, and its first commercial flight with the service will launch this spring on th 'Be a part of the lifesaving mission': New group in charge of DC���s animal services asks for help 01/01/2025 06:17pm • For the first time in decades, a new group is overseeing the animal shelter program in D.C. The flip of the calendar to 2025 means the Brandywine Valley SPCA is now in charge of animal care and control services in the District, assuming the same roles and responsibilities it handles in several ot Her words helped convict her father of raping her. After recanting, hearing set to decide her credibility 12/31/2024 04:53pm • Virginia's Court of Appeals has ordered an evidentiary hearing to help determine the credibility of a 21-year-old woman who recently recanted testimony that she had been raped as a child by her father, who is currently serving life in prison. As WTOP reported in May 2024, Alfred ���Rick��� Alessi New laws go into effect across DC, Maryland and Virginia on Jan. 1, 2025 12/30/2024 04:30pm • The new year is right around the corner and so are some new laws for our region. Here's what you can expect to take effect in D.C., Maryland and Virginia starting on Jan. 1, 2025. DC laws Right turns at selected intersections The D.C. Council passed a law that would prohibit turning right on a re Human composting is rising in popularity as an earth-friendly life after death 12/29/2024 04:00am • (CNN) ��� The first time Laura Muckenhoupt felt a glimmer of hope after the death of her 22-year-old son Miles was the drive home from the Washington state facility that had turned his body into hundreds of pounds of soil. There was an empty seat in the family pickup truck where Miles should have Endangered pygmy hippo born at Virginia zoo 12/27/2024 12:29pm • (RICHMOND, Va.) -- The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is welcoming a newborn pygmy hippo just before the holidays, the zoo announced in a press release��on Dec 24. The newborn arrived on Dec 9. after a seven-month gestation, the press release said. The pygmy hippo parents, Iris and Corwin, ga