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'Canada's greatest songwriter' Gordon Lightfoot plays Weinberg, Capital One Hall 07/19/2022 12:38am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� Gordon Lightfoot has been called Canada's greatest songwriter with the songs to prove it. The folk-rock legend will perform at the Weinberg Center in Frederick, Maryland, on Wednesday, July 20, followed by Capital One Hall in WTOP Top Kid premiers her first musical at Capital Fringe Festival 07/17/2022 09:50pm • A high school junior (and WTOP Top Kid emeritus) is taking her talent to the big stage this week with the premier of her play, "Static: Noise of a New Musical" at the Capital Fringe Festival. ���This is the first musical I���ve worked on and it���s also really exciting because it���s the world pr Studying the effects of long COVID 07/17/2022 09:27am • Since contracting COVID-19 back in January 2021, Ken Todd has never made a full recovery, making him one of the millions who suffer from "long COVID." "In everyday conversation people say, 'Hey, how are you?' Or in emails, 'Hi, hope all is well.' And those conversations and those questions ar Why Tide Pods look like candy 07/16/2022 05:00am • In 2004, Procter & Gamble was looking for a hit. It had been two decades since the consumer products conglomerate introduced Tide liquid detergent, revolutionizing the way people washed their clothes. Cheaper rivals and in-house store brands were chipping away at Tide's dominance. P&G Don���t let summer slip by without making sure kids have routine vaccinations required to start school 07/15/2022 07:27pm • Whether families are as busy as ever, or sliding into the lazy dog days of summer ��� a D.C. pediatrician is reminding parents to make sure their kids get required immunizations before school begins this fall. ���As the parent of two boys, I can certainly understand how busy parents are juggling Fairfax Co. police release body cam footage of gun-pointing incident 07/15/2022 06:06pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Friday released body camera footage of last weekend's incident in which officers ordered a juvenile holding a phone to the ground at gunpoint. At a news conference Friday, Police Chief Kevin Davis provided more details surrounding the video, which went vir District F��tbol Report: DCU's Levein, Kasper discuss Rooney coaching hire 07/15/2022 05:42pm • Welcome to the District F��tbol Report, WTOP Sports' soccer blog by Jos�� Uma��a, recapping the week's action from D.C.'s two soccer teams and taking you around the world's game. What was a tabloid rumor became official Tuesday afternoon: English superstar Wayne Rooney is back in the nation's cap Married teachers from Fairfax Co. on a mission to feed Ukrainian refugees 07/15/2022 09:53am • How far would you go to help refugees of the Russian invasion of Ukraine? For two married Fairfax County Public Schools teachers, the answer is more than 4,600 miles. Lee Hedrick, a government teacher at W.T. Woodson High School, and Meredith Hedrick, chair of the English for Speakers of Other A Midsummer Immigrant's Dream: Synetic Theater family stages Silent Shakespeare 07/15/2022 02:35am • His parents fled the collapsing Soviet Union to found Synetic Theater in Virginia. Vato Tsikurishvili performs in��"A Midsummer Night's Dream" now through July 24. "I'm inviting you to come see 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,'" Tsikurishvili told WTOP. "We run Thursday through Sunday in Crysta George Washington University exhibit celebrates Black fatherhood 07/14/2022 06:34pm • An exhibit exploring Black fatherhood is celebrating another weekend in the District. The ���Framing Fatherhood��� exhibit, inside the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at The George Washington University, runs through July 31. This photo by Michael A. McCoy is part of the "Framing Fathe Ashanti pens children's book 'My Name is a Story' to encourage kids with unique names 07/14/2022 11:25am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� Ashanti dominated the radio with R&B, pop and hip-hop hits throughout the 2000s. Now, she is publishing a semi-autobiographical children's book "My Name is a Story." "Growing up with a different name, sometimes I fe Teen girl charged in school shooting threat at Takoma Park Middle School 07/13/2022 12:07pm • A 13-year-old girl from Takoma Park, Maryland, has been charged in connection with a threatening voicemail directed at Takoma Park Middle School. The girl left the voicemail, which referenced a school shooting,�� just after 10 a.m. on July 6, according to Chief Antonio DeVaul of the Takoma Park P 5 Summertime Tips For A Pet Safe Season 07/13/2022 11:43am • This content is sponsored by Rocky Gorge Animal Hospital. As summer approaches and the weather gets hotter, why not take the opportunity to get your pets (and yourself) outside. More activity is great for your furry friend, but there are some precautions and things to be aware of during the warmer Why did Fairfax Co. police draw guns on a juvenile recording on smartphone? 07/12/2022 03:31am • A picture may be worth a thousand words but police in Fairfax County, Virginia, said there's more to tell about a social media video showing officers pointing guns at someone using a smartphone camera. The voice of the person holding the phone can be heard on the video as officers ordered him to Loudoun Co. judge won't halt Miyares special grand jury investigating schools 07/12/2022 01:50am • A circuit judge said Monday that he will not halt a special grand jury investigation of Loudoun County Public Schools despite a lawsuit seeking to stop it. Judge James Plowman ��� who previously served as the county's elected Republican commonwealth's attorney ��� denied the motion for temporary