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Fairfax County favors another year of free Metrobus rides for some students 05/14/2019 04:05am • Some high school students in Virginia's Fairfax County will get to ride Metrobus for free again next school year, under a county recommendation. Students at Justice High School have been eligible this school year for free rides on Metrobus routes in addition to the free Fairfax Connector trips th As climate changes, frequent flooding on Md. 450 will only get worse 05/13/2019 04:00am • The motto "turn around, don't drown" is used to dissuade drivers from dangerously forging through floodwaters. Drivers on a highway in Maryland have been doing a lot of turning around in recent years. Maryland Route 450, or Defense Highway, courses through a low-lying, marshy area between Crofton Sharks in the making: Local kids run the pool table 05/10/2019 04:05am • (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: 'a7cd5c57-cbd7-47df-bb46-a96933a4d40c' }).render("645615367341d6d2");}); For most people, playing a game of pool 30 cheap weekend getaways in the USA 05/10/2019 01:00am • You can enjoy a weekend trip without breaking the bank. Sometimes you need to get out of town but aren't able to spend too much doing so. These weekend trip ideas will help you relax, unwind and get away from it all without draining your bank account or requiring you to trek too far from home. World's largest bounce house returns to DC area this weekend 05/09/2019 08:42am • The world's largest bounce house is returning to the D.C. metro area this weekend, offering entertainment for the whole family at Maryland's Rosecroft Raceway from Friday through Sunday. The event is part of The Big Bounce America's 2019 tour, and will not only feature the record-breaking bounce DC's International Spy Museum reboot set to thrill, educate visitors 05/07/2019 07:14pm • Centuries of espionage, including its cloistered history, images and tradecraft, are set to go on display in D.C. on May 12. The International Spy Museum complex, housed in an eye-catching glass and steel building in Southwest D.C., is a labyrinth of virtual and real sights and sounds that do Rock Creek Parkway shutdown for Kennedy Center work to affect rush hours 05/07/2019 11:19am • Part of Rock Creek Parkway will be closed for all of Friday and Monday’s rush hours, as well as the weekend. Work to place a pedestrian bridge connecting the Kennedy Center expansion to the riverfront trail will shut down the parkway and trail there from 8 p.m. Thursday to as late as 5:30 a.m. 6 Metro stations closing this weekend 05/02/2019 04:45am • In a dry run for the major 24/7 shutdown that begins in just three weeks, Metro is closing all six Blue and Yellow Line stations south of Reagan National Airport this Saturday and Sunday. The closures coincide with major roadwork on Interstate 395, ongoing construction on the Arlington Memorial B Here's where to watch the Kentucky Derby in DC 05/01/2019 12:33pm • You may not be able to make it to Churchill Downs for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, but you can sip mint juleps, wear a seersucker suit, and watch the "Run for the Roses" with others at a number of District bars and restaurants celebrating the first leg of the Triple Crown. Some venues use the occas ‘A wonderful opportunity’: Dozens of embassies open their doors for Passport DC's embassy walk 05/01/2019 04:32am • One of the great things about D.C. is its status as an international city, with people speaking a panoply of languages, eating various foods and listening to different kinds of music. And this weekend, people will have the chance to sample a lot of cultures in one day. The 12th annual Passport DC Buzzes and blooms: What to expect at 2019 National Cathedral Flower Mart 05/01/2019 12:11am • The Washington National Cathedral in D.C. buzzes with activity on Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4, with its annual Flower Mart — this year focusing on the power of the pollinator. The event, now in its 80th year, is from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday. M Strolling Thunder rally on Capitol Hill calls for paid leave, affordable child care 04/30/2019 05:18pm • Parents with babbling babies and tireless toddlers pushed strollers onto Capitol Hill on Tuesday, bringing a playful atmosphere outside and a serious message to Congress about rising child care costs. Unlike "Rolling Thunder" — which will bring motorcycles rumbling through the nation’s capita ‘Craving for Chocolate’ Pop-up coming to Tysons Galleria this weekend 04/30/2019 02:15pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, TysonsReporter.com, and republished with permission. Local chocolatier Craving for Chocolate is planning a pop-up shop in Tysons Galleria to offer a less-healthy alternative to the adjacent Sweetgreen. The pop-up is scheduled to run from Frida 'Fight hate with love': Jewish community, DC leaders show support, defiance after Calif. synagogue shooting 04/30/2019 04:19am • Her eyes fill with tears, every time Rochelle Behrens thinks about Saturday's shooting at the Chabad synagogue in Poway, California that left one woman dead, and three injured. Behrens attended the Poway temple when she was growing up. "We actually had tentative plans to be in California a 2 Whitman HS students posted photo in blackface, school says 04/29/2019 08:45pm • Two students at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, posted a picture of themselves to social media wearing blackface, school officials said. The N-word was also used in the photo description. The incident was reported to the Montgomery County Police Department, Principal Robert Dod