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Taking Metro or hitting the road around DC this weekend? What to know 08/23/2019 12:00pm • Metro work and road closures may slow you down this weekend around the D.C. area. On the rails, there are still two more full weeks left for the Blue and Yellow Line shutdown south of Reagan National Airport, plus Red Line single tracking is scheduled this and the next two weekends. On the Red Your chance to hit golf balls at Nationals Park, this weekend only 08/23/2019 12:35am • This week, Nationals Park becomes the 10th location to host Topgolf Crush, a mashup of the traditional Topgolf game brought to a professional sports stadium. Through Sunday only, you can rent yourself a pad on the second deck along the left field line and launch golf balls onto the field below, s Today in History: Aug. 19 08/19/2019 12:05am • Today is Monday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On August 19, 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler. On this date: In 1812, the USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere off Nova Scotia Activists demand change in DC during nationwide rally to end gun violence 08/17/2019 06:40pm • (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: 'e5618984-06b6-4b71-ab26-cb7e45b4acc6' }).render("55461536b7d18513");}); Activists wearing red shirts marched the Cause for paws: Help 'clear the shelters' this weekend by adopting a furry friend 08/16/2019 11:29am • Looking to add a four-legged family member? This weekend is a great time to head to the local shelter as local animal shelters are teaming up with WTOP partner NBC4 to find homes for pets in need. The effort is part of a national two-day initiative on Aug. 17 where shelters are partnering with Advanced sleepers with early-rising body clocks more plentiful than previously thought 08/10/2019 08:43pm • There's a body clock quirk that gets folks up bright and early without all the struggle to meet the day, and it turns out there's more of you out there than previously thought. Researchers at the University of California-San Francisco, the University of Utah and the University of Wisconsin calcul How DC Washington became the voice of Washington sports 08/07/2019 03:53am • When most singers perform the national anthem, they linger on one word: “free.” It’s the final high note, the last word of the penultimate line. If you’ve heard the anthem sung by local singer D.C. Washington — and if you’ve been to a Nats, Wizards, ‘Skins or D.C. United game in the Md. Senate GOP leader attacks white supremacists, gun violence on Twitter 08/06/2019 09:28am • The dual mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend prompted predictable outrage and hand-wringing from Maryland politicians. But none of the expressions of outrage were more noteworthy than those that have come over the past two days from the Twitter account of state Se Mass shootings prompt vigil outside NRA headquarters in Fairfax 08/06/2019 01:43am • (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: '4b39bcfc-2277-40c8-846a-f56fbbc01ab0' }).render("128615361ffa72ee");}); Gun control activists held a candlelight Veterans group plans to continue what Rolling Thunder started in DC 08/02/2019 10:06pm • Rolling Thunder's 30-plus-years in D.C. ended last Memorial Day weekend, but efforts are underway to continue the motorcycle ride and demonstration into next year and beyond. American Veterans (AMVETS) has filed applications for permits to hold similar events from May 22-24, 2020. The group in Several major road closures this weekend, plus Metro work 08/01/2019 04:00am • Significant road construction and some Metro track work could slow you down this weekend all across the region. Major road closures U.S. 50 (Arlington Boulevard) is scheduled to be closed in both directions in Seven Corners from Friday night until Monday morning for the demolition and replacement August Entertainment Guide 2019 08/01/2019 01:06am • Don't sweat the dog days of summer. There's plenty of fun events around the D.C. area. Time for your "Top of the Month" Entertainment Guide: August Entertainment Guide Aug. 1: Lyle Lovett at Wolf Trap Aug. 1-4: "The Band's Visit" at Kennedy Center Aug. 1-11: "Ann" at Arena Stag Charlottesville plans 'softer police presence' on 2nd anniversary of white nationalist attack 07/31/2019 12:47pm • Two years after a white nationalist plowed a car into a group of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing Heather Heyer, the city is planning "a softer police presence" for new "Unity Days" events marking the anniversary. The city's response to the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally, ove Woodstock 50 vows 'peaceful enjoyment,' free tickets at Merriweather Post 07/29/2019 05:01am • If Woodstock 50 indeed happens at the Merriweather Post Pavilion, in Columbia, Maryland, concert tickets will be free — and valid for a single day only, WTOP has learned from festival organizers. With a maximum capacity of 32,500 for a weekend concert at Merriweather Post, and Woodstock 50's st Metro shutdown slows traffic on several Alexandria corridors 07/29/2019 04:10am • Metro's summerlong shutdown of Blue and Yellow Line stations south of Reagan National airport has significantly slowed traffic in Alexandria, Virginia. Data from 30 traffic sensors across Route 1, Duke Street, King Street and other corridors in the city show average travel times on the road incre