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This Maryland clinic is helping Ukrainian veterans who lost limbs during the war 03/06/2024 04:51pm • A Maryland prosthetic clinic has been helping Ukrainian veterans who have been severely wounded in the war between Russia and Ukraine. It's been more than two years since Russia invaded Ukraine and during that time Medical Center Orthotics and Prosthetics in Silver Spring has been helping war Things to do in the DC area: Holiday markets, drag Santa afternoon tea … and more! 11/30/2023 06:27am • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. The 11th annual Christmas Markt will host approximately 50 vendors. (Phot Before Oppenheimer: How DC became the unlikely birthplace of the atomic age 07/26/2023 08:19am • Years before Robert Oppenheimer led the Los Alamos lab that developed the first nuclear weapons, physicists in D.C. thrust the world into the atomic age — inside a narrow, zigzagging tunnel running underneath Chevy Chase. "Totally by coincidence," said Shaun Hardy, a librarian at the Carneg Cause of fatal Silver Spring apartment fire still 'undetermined' 05/02/2023 09:09pm • In a newly released report put together by the Montgomery County Fire and Explosive Investigations Unit, the cause of a fire last February at a Maryland apartment complex was classified as "undetermined." The early morning fire on Feb. 18 claimed the life of Melanie Diaz, 25, a former Georgetown 'Razz (The) Documentary': Revered DC band, from 'explosive' to fizzle 04/28/2023 08:06am • Any fan of D.C.'s 1980s punk and new wave music scene has likely heard of Razz — the explosive and original band destined to be the next big thing. Yet, many of those entertained and fascinated by Razz — including me — never got the chance to see them, between their start in 1971 and br Report details 'staggering' church sex abuse in Maryland 04/05/2023 05:56pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused over 600 children over the past 80 years, according to a state report released Wednesday that accused church officials of decades of cover-ups. The report paints a damning Maryland Gov. Moore’s controversial nominee for the Public Service Commission withdraws 02/28/2023 12:23pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Juan Alvarado, the gas industry official that Gov. Wes Moore (D) picked last week to serve on the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC), After the blast: 3 families devastated by Montgomery Co. condo blast share struggle to pick up the pieces 01/18/2023 07:15am • Sarah St. Jour and her husband Marc as well as the couple's 8-month-old daughter stand with Sequoia Royster and her son Zyir Cooper (from left to right). (WTOP/Mike Murillo) On Nov. 16, an explosion and fire ripped through the Potomac Oaks Condominium in Gaithersburg, Maryland, destroying two bu Bars, watch parties and more: Where to watch the World Cup in the DC area 11/19/2022 10:37am • Starting Sunday, the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup begins. While the 28-day soccer tournament takes place over 6,800 miles away in Qatar, fans in the D.C. region will have a plethora of options available to watch matches and root for their national teams. Due to the tournament's popularity and adjust Gaithersburg condo blast: Body found among rubble; police investigating possible 'criminal act' 11/17/2022 06:58pm • A day after an explosion and fire tore through the Potomac Oaks Condominium building in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Wednesday morning, officials have recovered a body from the rubble. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service and Montgomery County police held a news conference Thursday afternoon and 12 injured, 2 critically, in explosion, fire at Gaithersburg condo building 11/16/2022 05:52pm • Twelve people were injured, including two critically, in an explosion and fire that ripped through a condo building in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Wednesday morning. The blast was reported at the Potomac Oaks Condominium, a row of garden-style condos in the 800 block of Quince Orchard Boulevard, near Comedian Lewis Black ready to rant that we've gone 'Off the Rails' at Warner Theatre 05/03/2022 12:31am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” His comedy rants are perfectly suited to help us all vent about the past few years. Lewis Black explodes with hilarious anger at Warner Theatre on Friday and Saturday. "I was in solitary confinement for almost 12 weeks and Montgomery Co. executive hails COVID resilience, cites new goals in annual address 04/15/2022 05:20am • Last year, Montgomery County, Maryland, Executive Marc Elrich offered a state of the county address in an online video presentation. This year, Elrich held his annual assessment of the county's outlook in person at the Silver Spring Civic Building. More Montgomery County News Donations help Silver Spring apartment explosion victims find new housing 03/28/2022 04:47pm • It's been more than three weeks since over 150 residents were displaced by the massive blast and fire at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Maryland. Now the next steps are finding affordable housing for many of them. It's been more than three weeks since over 150 residents were di Fund started for 80-year-old woman displaced by Friendly Garden explosion 03/09/2022 05:30pm • Blanche Hall is one of the people who survived the explosion that destroyed part of the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Maryland, and left 41 families without homes. The 80-year-old Hall said she can't forget the sound of the blast from her second floor apartment. It blew her door of