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'Never stop dreaming': Advice from a Make-A-Wish kid 12/24/2025 01:00pm • Throughout December, WTOP is bringing you ���Wish Wednesday,��� where we spotlight what Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic does for families in D.C., Virginia and Maryland. If you would like to help make a wish kid���s dream come true, please visit the foundation���s��website. The holiday season is known a Teen suspect in stepsister's cruise ship death says he doesn't remember anything, documents say 12/24/2025 11:44am • VIERA, Fla. (AP) ��� A 16-year-old boy being investigated in the death of his stepsister on a Carnival cruise ship last month has no recollection about what happened, according to text message exchanges between his parents filed in a custody court case in Florida. The boy's mother told her ex-husban NORAD tracks Santa in Christmas tradition. See the live map. 12/24/2025 11:10am • ��� Watch Video: U.S. Armed Forces bracing for busy Christmas Eve tracking Santa and his reindeer It's a Christmas Eve tradition that has delighted parents and children across the U.S. for 70 years now: tracking Santa Claus as he circles the globe, with the help of the North American Aerospac Suspect in national guard shooting faces new federal charges that allow death penalty discussions 12/24/2025 10:52am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House has been charged in a complaint with federal firearms charges in connection with the ambush on November 26 that fatally wounded one of the West Virginia National Guard members and seriously injured the secon Former JMU student sentenced for selling fentanyl that killed Fairfax Co. teen in 2023 12/23/2025 09:49pm • Sean and Afrodita Foster���s living room doesn���t have a Christmas tree. Instead, it���s lined with a growing stack of sympathy cards, framed posters and signed sports equipment. The end of January will mark three years since their son, Cayden, didn���t wake up on a morning he should have bee Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says he supports suspended wide receiver DK Metcalf after fan incident 12/23/2025 07:51pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin doesn't condone the actions that led to wide receiver DK Metcalf's two-game suspension by the NFL following an in-game altercation with a fan, but he added that Metcalf has his full support. The league punished the two-time Pro Bowler by forc Student loan borrowers in default may see wages garnished in 2026 12/23/2025 07:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it will begin garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers who are in default early next year. The department said it will send notices to approximately 1,000 borrowers the week of January 7, with more notices to come at an incre DOJ sues Illinois' governor over laws protecting immigrants at courthouses and hospitals 12/23/2025 04:58pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday fired back against a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit over state protections of immigrants from federal arrest at courthouses, hospitals and day cares. Justice officials filed suit on Monday, claiming new Illinois measures prohibiting detention S&P 500 closes at another record, beating the high it set earlier this month 12/23/2025 04:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks closed at another record on Wall Street Tuesday following a surprisingly strong report on economic growth over the summer. The U.S. government's first assessment of economic growth during the third quarter also showed that inflation remains high. A separate report showed th Proper gun storage could prevent tragedy during holiday gatherings, group says 12/23/2025 04:52pm • The holiday season can bring plenty of joy among family, but one advocacy group is warning about the danger of "family fire," and it's much more serious than just a heated argument with a relative. Brady United, a group promoting gun safety, said the term refers to shootings that result from some A daring scene on Broadway this season has audiences talking, in more ways than one 12/23/2025 04:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� On any given evening as the lights come up on Act 2 of ���Liberation,��� Bess Wohl's intergenerational Broadway play about a women���s consciousness-raising group, you can hear supportive cheers of ���Whoo!��� and ���Yeah!��� ��� and sometimes, a round of applause. All before a sin Movie Review: The Korean satire 'No Other Choice' is a masterful thriller from Park Chan-wook 12/23/2025 04:19pm • Leaves and bodies fall in ���No Other Choice,��� Park Chan-wook���s masterfully devilish satire with a chilling autumnal wind blowing through it. ���Come on, fall,��� urges You Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) as he grills an eel for dinner for his family in the opening moments of Park's film. He's eager for Movie Review: In Jim Jarmusch���s starry ���Father Mother Sister Brother��� families struggle to connect 12/23/2025 02:09pm • Jim Jarmusch invites audiences into three family gatherings of adult children in his gentle tryptic ���Father Mother Sister Brother.��� Don���t worry, you won���t be resentful you���re not part of any of them, not even the one where Tom Waits plays Adam Driver���s dad. To be fair, all the groupings A look at aging baby boomers in the United States 12/23/2025 01:57pm • The oldest baby boomers ��� once the vanguard of an American youth that revolutionized U.S. culture and politics ��� turn 80 in 2026. The generation that twirled the first plastic hula hoops and dressed up the first Barbie dolls, embraced the TV age, blissed out at Woodstock and protested and fou Camp Mystic's reopening plans in Texas has drawn outrage, but some families want to return 12/23/2025 01:40pm • Patrick Hotze���s three daughters made it home safe from Camp Mystic after July���s catastrophic floods that killed 25 campers and two teenage counselors. He attended some of the funerals and says he understands the outrage over the Texas camp���s plan to partially reopen next year. He also intends