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Villari, Bellamy help Syracuse snap skid with 28-13 win over Pitt at Yankee Stadium 11/11/2023 08:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Villari rushed for a career-high 154 yards, including a 27-yard touchdown on a direct snap early in the fourth quarter, Jayden Bellamy had a 23-yard interception return for a score as Syracuse pulled away in the second half and broke a five-game losing streak with a 28-13 victo Washington Gas: Lighting the way to the future 11/07/2023 01:45pm • This content is provided by Washington Gas. This past July, you might have read the WTOP article observing the official 175th anniversary of Washington Gas. Our celebrations have continued throughout the summer and fall as we look toward an exciting future of serving our many communities. Bob Knight, Indiana’s combustible coaching giant, dies at age 83 11/02/2023 12:10am • BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball, has died. He was 83. Knight's family made the announcement on social media on Wednesday night. He was hospitalized with an illnes FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts 10/30/2023 01:34pm • In the days since Hamas militants stormed into Israel early Oct. 7, a flood of videos and photos purporting to show the conflict have filled social media, making it difficult for onlookers from around the world to sort fact from fiction. While plenty of real imagery and accounts of the ensuing carna Republicans and Democrats agree that the Afghanistan war wasn't worth it, an AP-NORC poll shows 10/18/2023 07:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time when Americans are deeply divided along party lines, a new poll shows considerable agreement on at least one issue: The United States' two-decade-long war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting. The poll from the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global C Joe Boyle gets his first win, Esteury Ruiz homers as Athletics top Tigers 4-1 09/23/2023 07:43pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Joe Boyle had five strikeouts in six innings for his first career win, Esteury Ruiz hit a two-run home run, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Saturday. A fifth-round draft pick by Cincinnati in 2020 who was acquired from the Reds at the trade deadline, Cody Bellinger hits tiebreaking sacrifice fly as Chicago Cubs beat Colorado Rockies 6-3 09/23/2023 06:35pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs are pushing for an NL wild card, and Javier Assad just wants to help in whatever way he can. Same goes for Miles Mastrobuoni. Assad and Mastrobuoni — two of the team's most anonymous players — both delivered in a 6-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday Jackson says we must own hardest chapters of US history during 1963 church bombing remembrance 09/15/2023 06:09pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Standing at the pulpit of the Birmingham, Alabama, church where four little girls were killed by a Ku Klux Klan bomb in 1963, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the nation must remember and own the uncomfortable moments of its past in order to move forward. Ja Events celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in the DC region 09/15/2023 02:22pm • WTOP is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. All this month, discover stories from the diverse Latino communities in the D.C. region, here at WTOP.com and on air at 103.5 FM. Every year, the D.C. region comes together to celebrate the traditions and customs of its Hispani AP Week in Pictures: Global | Sept. 8-14, 2023 09/14/2023 09:39pm • A model runs backstage during a Spanish designer Claro Couture fashion show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid. Bavarian herdsmen prepare their clothes before they drive their beasts during the return of the cattle from the summer pastures in the mountains near Oberstdorf, Germany. Ligh On 60th anniversary of church bombing, victim's sister, suspect's daughter urge people to stop hate 09/14/2023 08:49pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Sixty years ago, a bomb planted by Ku Klux Klan members ripped through a Birmingham church, killing four little girls as they prepared for Sunday services. Lisa McNair's sister Denise was one of the girls who lost their lives. Tammie Fields’ father was questioned as a po Sweden's figurehead king celebrates 50 years on the throne 09/14/2023 02:06am • STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden this week marks the 50th anniversary of King Carl XVI Gustaf’s accession to the throne with four days of celebrations that culminate with a military parade through the capital. The scale of the golden jubilee may not reach the levels of royal anniversaries in Britain, but Aaron Rodgers injures his left Achilles tendon in his first series for the Jets 09/12/2023 02:45am • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers' debut with the New York Jets lasted just four snaps. And now the four-time MVP and a shell-shocked fanbase will have to see how long he might be sidelined. Coach Robert Saleh said the team believes Rodgers injured his left Achilles tendon when he w Jets commemorate Sept. 11 attacks, honor victims before Monday night game vs. Bills 09/11/2023 10:17pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York City police officer Brianna Fernandez smiled broadly when the most of the sellout crowd at MetLife Stadium joined in as she sang the national anthem before the New York Jets faced the Buffalo Bills. A few miles from the site of the World Trade Center, the Jets 'Reclaim that spirit of unity': DC area remembers 22nd anniversary of 9/11 with memorials, days of service 09/11/2023 09:02pm • On Sept. 11, 2001, the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil shook the nation to its core. On the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, many in the D.C. area honored and remembered those who lost their lives in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania. A single bugle scattered the sound of Taps throughout t