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WTOP’s Wedding Week: A little sweat equity can help make your wedding a little more affordable 05/28/2024 06:17pm • If you are dreaming of that big wedding and hope to make it a little more affordable, there are plenty of ways to save you a little money, whether it is avoiding some common wedding money pits, or going to friends and family to help make the big day happen. WTOP's Luke Lukert and his wife, Lesli Bush, Daughtry, Dashboard Confessional headline 'Let's Go!' Music Festival in Annapolis this weekend 05/28/2024 03:21pm • The Let's Go! Music Festival is returning to Annapolis, Maryland, at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds. The fourth annual event features three straight days of music with Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional and Motion City Soundtrack on Friday, May 31; The Revivalists, Coin and The B Storms wallop DC region with hail and heavy winds to end Memorial Day 05/27/2024 10:01pm • Listen to WTOP for the latest weather updates on the 8s. Rounds of severe thunderstorms rolled through the D.C. area Monday night bringing heavy rain, hail, flash flooding and possibly a tornado. Here's what you need to know. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch until 11 p.m. WTOP’s Wedding Week: How to start planning your big day 05/27/2024 01:31pm • If you're recently engaged, you may have been banging your head against the wall, procrastinating the planning. But launching those plans can be easy. You do not have to conform to the traditional tropes of the hourlong ceremony and tossing of the bouquet. Couples these days are ditching the Thunderstorms, heavy winds continue during dreary Memorial Day weekend 05/27/2024 12:00am • Listen to WTOP for the latest weather updates on the 8s. Memorial Day weekend has brought increased rain and wind chances to D.C., Maryland and Virginia ahead of what looks to be a wet and windy unofficial start to summer. Monday morning drivers can expect a stray shower or thunderstorm ahead Stan Wawrinka, who is 39, beats Andy Murray, who is 37, at the French Open. Alcaraz and Osaka win 05/26/2024 06:26pm • PARIS (AP) — After Stan Wawrinka ended Andy Murray's stay at the French Open yet again — and this time, it was perhaps Murray's last singles appearance at Roland Garros — the two long-time opponents, both in their late 30s, met at the net for a handshake, an embrace and a lengthy chat. Wawrin PHOTOS: Rolling to Remember brings thousands to DC ahead of Memorial Day 05/26/2024 04:42pm • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;width:300px !important;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}.in-article-vertical-video connatix_video_caption {width: 300px !important;}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 1 Fort Belvoir honors Memorial Day with annual wreath-laying event 05/25/2024 11:38pm • Fort Belvoir kicked off the holiday weekend early Thursday with a wreath-laying ceremony followed by a multi-part festival. The celebration began in the morning outside the Cold War Memorial on the Long Parade Field. Chaplain Chad Davis delivered the invocation followed by a performance of the Davis Riley leads Scottie Scheffler by 4 at somber Colonial after the news of player's death 05/25/2024 09:50pm • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Davis Riley was finishing a 4-under 66 for a four-shot lead over surging Scottie Scheffler at Colonial while PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan conducted interviews about the death of two-time tour winner Grayson Murray. Another week, another dose of unsettling news off the South Africa's 4 big political parties begin final weekend of campaigning ahead of election 05/25/2024 03:58pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's four main political parties began the final weekend of campaigning Saturday before a possibly pivotal election that could bring the country's most important change in three decades. Supporters of the African National Congress, which has been in the government eve What you need to know about road closures in DC this Memorial Day weekend 05/25/2024 01:00am • Listen live to WTOP for the latest traffic updates on the 8s. D.C. and its host of National Park facilities are gearing up for Memorial Day with a series of events, and with them come road closures. A series of traffic restrictions will be in place Sunday and Monday, as many drivers no doubt w Events in the DC area that commemorate Memorial Day holiday 05/25/2024 12:01am • A solemn holiday to honor those who died fighting for the U.S. armed forces, Memorial Day weekend brings events and parades around the D.C. area. Here's what you need to know. Memorial Day is also the unofficial start of summer, which means many area swimming pools are starting to open. DC See Travelers cope with crowds and high prices on the busiest day of Memorial Day weekend 05/24/2024 06:40pm • Travelers contended with big crowds and flight delays Friday, which was expected to be the busiest day of the Memorial Day weekend. More than 6,000 U.S. flights were delayed by early evening on the East Coast, continuing a trend that has tested the patience of travelers all week. Cancellations were Pacers put unbeaten home playoff record on the line vs. Celtics road success in Game 3 05/24/2024 06:13pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers can read the numbers. They're down 2-0 in another best-of-seven series and are heading home, where they are a perfect 6-0 during this season's playoff run. They need a win in Saturday's pivotal Game 3 to get back in this series, just as they did last week aga Trump holds a rally in the South Bronx as he tries to woo his hometown 05/24/2024 03:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has campaigned in one of the most Democratic counties in the nation, holding a rally in the South Bronx as he tries to woo minority voters days before a Manhattan jury will begin deliberations on whether to convict him of felony charges in his criminal