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So long and farewell: WTOP says goodbye to longtime DC home 02/02/2019 11:12pm • 3400 IDAHO AVE. NW — A newsroom is unlike anything in the modern working world. There aren't many two-hour meetings, for example, or mandatory webinars. There aren't many "team-building" functions either. Nor should there be: Camaraderie is inherent in a good newsroom. The result is a tenacious How to Raise Well-Behaved Kids 01/21/2019 07:00pm • Many parents struggle to figure out the best ways to discipline a child. They are unsure how much punishment is too much, too little or just enough. They often become frustrated because a punishment doesn't work: The child continues to exhibit the "bad" behavior -- not even slightly deterred by hav Subzero wind chills make for sunny, blustery MLK Day 01/21/2019 09:40am • WASHINGTON — Those attending Martin Luther King Jr. Day events around the Tidal Basin Monday should prepare to bundle up. Although plenty of sun is in store for Monday, high temperatures probably won't break out of the teens until Tuesday. It'll feel even colder, though, with wind chills in the MLK weekend food drive helps Montgomery Co. residents, furloughed feds 01/20/2019 06:17pm • Silver Spring, Md. — Over 200 volunteers, including students and elected officials, joined Manna Food Center on Sunday for it's annual MLK Jr. Service Weekend Food Drive. Volunteers collected donated goods at 18 Giant Supermarkets throughout Montgomery County, including locations in Wheaton, Ol Women's March brings thousands to Freedom Plaza 01/19/2019 02:28pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '3cbf2a08-2456-4c38-a7a6-e90d9424e6f1' }).render("246615360f5a3e42");}); WASHINGTON — Thousands arrived Saturday Best sales for MLK Day weekend 2019 01/18/2019 08:40am • If you've recovered from the holidays and are starting to crawl out of shopping hibernation, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a good opportunity to ease back into deal hunting. While MLK Day weekend is the first major sales weekend of the year, it's become a less major shopping event over the years, Wintry mix prompts more schools to open late 01/18/2019 07:43am • WASHINGTON — Some rain and snow showers Thursday night have prompted a number of D.C.-area school systems to announce delays or closings for Friday, with the morning commute expected to be messy. Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM. Current traffic conditio After the 'yes': Advice for the newly engaged 01/17/2019 05:06am • WASHINGTON — "To everything there is a season," the Bible tells us, and that includes engagements. While some of you have been stressing about baking pies, shopping for gifts and then exercising off all that pie, others have been dropping to a knee, Putting a Ring on It and making big plans. What to expect on Metro, area transit with long weekend, marches 01/17/2019 04:37am • WASHINGTON — The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend and two separate marches in downtown D.C. mean traffic and transit changes for the region from Friday through Monday. Friday The annual March for Life leads to parking restrictions and road closures Friday around Capital One Arena and betwe Broccoli City Festival unveils 2019 lineup with Childish Gambino, Lil Wayne 01/16/2019 06:03pm • WASHINGTON — Broccoli City Festival revealed this year's musical lineup Wednesday, featuring big names in hip-hop and R&B to play in the D.C. area. Multihyphenate Childish Gambino and rap trailblazer Lil Wayne take top billing, with R&B visionary Teyana Taylor, "Boo'd Up" singer Ella M Women's March gets a location change amid shutdown 01/16/2019 02:32pm • WASHINGTON — The Women's March is no longer happening on the National Mall this weekend. Organizers say the event is being required to move because of the partial federal government shutdown and because of the possibility of bad weather. UPDATE: They can't shutdown the #WomensWave...but Watch for icy patches on sidewalks and roads 01/15/2019 07:20am • WASHINGTON — Even though the D.C. area saw itself thaw out Monday after the weekend snowstorm, subfreezing temperatures overnight froze everything that melted, making for patches of black ice and some mass transit delays. Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM. Shopping holidays: Best days to shop in 2019 01/08/2019 10:00am • If saving money is on your list of New Year's resolutions, but you love to shop, here's some good news: You don't have to cut shopping out of your life. Timing is everything in the retail world. And knowing when seasonal items are likely to go on sale and when major sales take place allows you to Blue, Yellow Line single-tracking, end of Saturday Metro parking fees this weekend 01/04/2019 09:45am • WASHINGTON — Blue and Yellow Line trains are cut back to every 20 minutes each this weekend, but the biggest change for Metro may be the elimination of short-lived Saturday parking fees. Blue and Yellow Line trains are scheduled to single-track between Pentagon City and Reagan National Airport. Metro eliminates Saturday parking fees 01/04/2019 05:12am • WASHINGTON — Starting this weekend, Metro will no longer have parking fees on Saturdays. A $2 fee for weekend parking at Metro facilities had been implemented a year ago as part of a pilot program, but it is now being scrapped. "Riders who use Metrorail will park for free on Saturday, with t