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City-sponsored events through Halloween night in DC offer family-friendly, safe fun 10/27/2022 04:17pm • Halloween weekend is coming up, and D.C. sponsored family-friendly events are planned citywide through Monday, including at police stations. "Each district is doing something a little bit different," said D.C. Police Assistant Chief Morgan Kane while greeting children at the 3-D station's Haunted Annapolis artists to carve six giant pumpkins for Halloween weekend 10/27/2022 01:07am • Charlie Brown and Linus may be looking for the Great Pumpkin again this year, but you won't have to look very hard to spot giant pumpkins on the streets of Annapolis, Maryland. Six half-ton pumpkins will be carved on Friday outside of Graduate Hotel, Visit Annapolis Visitors Center, St. Anne Winning is said to cure everything, but that may not be true for the Commanders 10/25/2022 06:00am • Winning is said to cure all, but is that true for the Commanders? originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonWashington's first touchdown in the team's Week 7 win over Green Bay required nifty body control from Antonio Gibson, who had to snare Taylor Heinicke's pass and keep himself inbounds in the One week until Halloween: DC officials on leaf collection, pumpkin composting 10/24/2022 05:00pm • With a week until Halloween, trees in the D.C. area are turning all kinds of magnificent colors -- but we all know what happens next. The nation's capital is getting ready for the autumn-into-winter cleanup traditions -- leaf collection, pumpkin composting and, in some years, a dusting of snow. Column: By any name, Washington football is still an embarrassment -- even on its best day 10/24/2022 03:30pm • However you feel about Washington's Alumni Homecoming Weekend, Sunday was supposed to be a special occasion to commemorate the franchise's 90th anniversary, and to honor the three Super Bowl teams 40 years after the franchise's first Joe Gibbs-led title. Hell, the team even matched the best stat fro Essential questions to ask a nursing home 10/23/2022 04:00am • Choosing the right nursing home is challenging. And COVID-19 has added another dimension when making long-term care decisions. Although we now have vaccines and know the most effective preventative measures, the pandemic left a mark in terms of staffing, supplies, visitation and infection control po Adoption fees temporarily waived at DC animal shelter this weekend 10/21/2022 12:22pm • With Halloween coming up, you may need a playmate to protect you from scares or a friendly face to keep you company during horror flicks — consider adopting while fees are temporarily waived at a D.C. animal shelter this weekend. The Humane Rescue Alliance is waiving adoption fees for cats and Weekend Road and Rail: 495 Next Project ramps up; I-295 transformation; Red Line shutdown 10/21/2022 05:49am • The Beltway expansion work, known as the 495 Next Project, continues to ramp up on the Virginia side of the American Legion Bridge. The ever-changing transformation of Interstate 66 will see more new ramp configurations come to fruition. The Interstate 295/DC-295 Corridor Project is expected to What's being done to keep pedestrians safe around schools? 10/21/2022 05:28am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP’s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. How are D.C.-area jurisdictions keeping pedestrians safe around schools? What it is: October is Pedestrian Safety month, which comes at the time of year when law enforcement Washington International Horse Show to return to Prince George's Co. 10/20/2022 02:50pm • After more than 20 years, the Washington International Horse Show, one of the biggest horse shows in North America, is set to return to Upper Marlboro, Maryland. There are centuries worth of equestrian tradition in Prince George's County, and even if there's not as much farmland as there once was Sunfest festival shines in Ocean City 10/20/2022 10:30am • The four-day Sunfest festival returns to Maryland's Ocean City through Sunday. The outdoor festival features arts, crafts, music and food from more than 200 artisans across the area and the U.S. at the south end of Ocean City's boardwalk. It comes after the three-day Oceans Calling Festival, s Kings Dominion will be open year-round in 2023 10/18/2022 02:21pm • Can't wait for spring to ride the roller coasters? Popular theme park Kings Dominion has announced that, beginning in 2023, it will be open all year round. (Courtesy Kings Dominion) In a news release, the Richmond-area destination said it will be adding weekends to its calendar for January, F Celebrate spooky season with DC-area haunted houses 10/17/2022 12:39pm • As spooky season arrives, haunted houses in the D.C. area will help get you into the Halloween spirit. Here's where residents can find frights in the D.C. region: More Local News More Halloween News PHOTOS: 10 spooky places in DC for Halloween Read More: The spookiest cities i Military Women's Memorial honors its groundbreaking founder on 25th anniversary 10/16/2022 03:11pm • Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught salutes after the Military Women's Memorial 25th anniversary celebration, in Arlington National Cemetery. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) The Military Women's Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery celebrated 25 years with a weekend of events and a new fac Tickets available for reopened Air and Space Museum 10/14/2022 12:03pm • The Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum officially reopened Friday. Visitors can now reserve free timed entry passes to the newly renovated west wing. However, people should move fast to get tickets — the next two weekends are sold out, and the weekdays are filling up too. More inclus