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Weekend Road and Rail: I-66 transforms at Beltway and US-50, Open Streets DC, Metro preps for fall project 08/26/2022 04:00am • The Express Lanes expansion project that Transforms I-66 Outside the Beltway will have closures at Interstate 495 and U.S. Route 50 in Virginia. Roadwork and bridge maintenance is on the agenda in parts of Maryland. And Metro prepares for upcoming shutdowns. Here's what you need to know to get ar Washington Spirit: Incident with player forces another coaching change 08/25/2022 08:10pm • Washington Spirit head coach Kris Ward, center left, stands pitch side during the second half of the NWSL Championship soccer match against Chicago Red Stars Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, in Louisville, Kentucky. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean) Welcome to the District Fútbol Report, WTOP Sports’ soccer blog Trump’s long shadow keeps 2024 hopefuls from Iowa State Fair 08/21/2022 08:38am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz raised the roasted turkey leg like a sword in his Iowa State Fair debut in 2014, the up-and-coming conservative joining a half-dozen other Republican presidential prospects in strolling the Grand Concourse. Four years later, almost as many Democrats m Weekend Road and Rail: I-66 has multiple stops and changes; I-495 closures, 2 Metro shutdowns 08/19/2022 04:48am • This weekend, there are planned stops and an extended lane closure along Interstate 66. The 495 Next Project also has stops and detours. There is more paving in Maryland, events in the District, and Metro adds a Yellow Line shutdown to the mix. Roadwork Virginia There will be an extended lane clo 2022's Maryland State Fair shifts to weekends only 08/17/2022 07:51am • One of Maryland's most popular traditions is back for another installment this August, but its schedule will play out differently in 2022 than Marylanders are used to. The 141st edition of the Maryland State Fair will be spread out across three four-day weekends from late August to mid-September, What do we know about consumer habits during back-to-school shopping season? 08/12/2022 04:09am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP’s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. School supplies. (WTOP/Anne Kramer) What to know about back-to-school shopping trends What it is: The first day of school is quickly approaching in the D.C. region, with Reverend recalls aftermath of Charlottesville attack 5 years ago 08/11/2022 09:29pm • Reverend Seth Wispelwey in Charlottesville. Virginia, on Aug. 11, 2017 to protest against the "Unite the Right" rally. (Courtesy Heather Wilson) It has been five years since a deadly car attack during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, but the trauma from what took place con Perseid meteor shower will still put on a show despite supermoon 08/11/2022 05:48am • The bright moonlight of the full sturgeon supermoon will affect the visibility of the Perseid meteor shower, but you should still be able to get a look at the annual meteor shower, starting at 11 p.m. Thursday. The Perseids will peak Friday night and Saturday morning. A bright Perseid meteor Strathmore's UkeFest returns in person this weekend after two years of virtual events 08/10/2022 10:40am • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpR4tdJoVs0&feature=emb_imp_woyt After two years of virtual events due to the pandemic, Strathmore's annual UkeFest returns in person to North Bethesda, Maryland, for five days from Saturday through Tuesday. "UkeFest is all about the mighty ukulele, tha Celebrate 50 years of Fort Dupont Park Summer Event Series in Southeast DC 08/10/2022 02:13am • For 50 years, it's become a summer tradition in Southeast D.C. This weekend, you can once again enjoy the Fort Dupont Park Summer Event Series free and open to the public. "We are celebrating the 50th anniversary," Kym Elder of the National Park Service told WTOP. "We're extremely excited to National Faith & Blue Weekend aims to bridge trust gaps between police and community 08/09/2022 02:05pm • In 2020, relationships between police departments and many communities were at a low point. That prompted a one-time critic of police departments in his home state of Georgia to launch National Faith & Blue Weekend, a national effort to bridge trust gaps. October will mark the third National Dessert shop wants to 'make life sweeter' for DC region 08/08/2022 05:30am • This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. A Prince George's County baker said her mission is to “make life sweeter one dessert at a time” for residents of D.C., Maryland an A few scattered storms, but humid weather dominated DC region on Saturday 08/06/2022 07:55pm • The pattern of hot days and dramatic, stormy evenings in the D.C. area mostly wound down this weekend. But for how long? Here's what you need to know. Strong thunderstorms started to move up Interstate 95 from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, early Saturday evening, but worries they would bring the DC releases bodycam footage of police shooting; man's sister confronts mayor at news conference 08/05/2022 04:01pm • Officials in D.C. on Friday released body-worn camera footage showing the moment an officer fatally shot a man last weekend, saying the video doesn't answer all the questions about the shooting but that an investigation is ongoing. The footage was released by D.C. police Friday morning, and is al Weekend Road and Rail: Metro single-tracking, I-66 ramp closures 08/05/2022 07:57am • Metro riders will see another weekend of single-tracking for repairs projects, work continues in the overnights along Virginia's Interstate 66 and a ramp closure will impact traffic from the Capital Beltway to Maryland's Clara Barton Parkway. Here’s what to expect this weekend on the region's road