WTOP has curated a list of D.C.-area events organized in celebration of Juneteenth 2026. The U.S. will observe Juneteenth on Friday. Officially recognized as a federal holiday in…
Read more Juneteenth 2026: Your guide to celebrating in the DC areaAdvocates for developmentally and intellectually delayed individuals voiced concerns about changes that will affect caring for those individuals during a public hearing in Annapolis Advocates for developmentally and…
Read more ‘291 pages of changes’: Advocates for developmentally, intellectually delayed individuals speak out in Annapolis – WTOP NewsThe Kennedy Center Honors will continue during a two-year renovation under a new name: “The Trump Kennedy Center Honors.” One of D.C.’s most well-known arts traditions is moving…
Read more Kennedy Center Honors to be renamed as Trump-era changes continue – WTOP NewsAuthorities are searching for a suspect who poured a toxic black substance onto the Trump Kennedy Center’s outdoor ice rink, causing major damage and canceling a scheduled performance.…
Read more ‘Seek help’: Kennedy Center ice rink vandalized with ‘toxic substance’ – WTOP NewsThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia hosts an adaptive baseball clinic for young athletes with disabilities. This page contains a video which is being…
Read more ‘My brother is my superhero’: Fairfax Co. student starts baseball clinic for athletes with disabilities – WTOP NewsSupporters and fellow skaters who’ve watched Malinin train since childhood were stunned by the rare mistakes, but rallied around him with pride and encouragement, insisting: “This isn’t the…
Read more ‘Horrible, just horrible’: Reaction from watch party at Ilia Malinin’s home rink in Reston – WTOP NewsA snow pile 20 feet tall and as big as two football fields has created a “snowcrete” glacier at RFK Stadium parking lot six. This page contains a…
Read more ‘That’s crazy’: Mountain of ‘snowcrete’ built at RFK parking lot – WTOP NewsAs the Milan Cortina Games get underway, locals are getting together across the D.C. region to celebrate what The Games have in store. This page contains a video…
Read more DC-area sports fans gather to watch Winter Olympics at local bars – WTOP NewsA quarter of a billion dollars in grants has been awarded to two different nonprofits by the D.C. Office of Planning for the care and preservation of historically…
Read more DC awards $250K to preserve historic Black cemeteries – WTOP NewsIt’s been a week since snow and ice pummeled D.C. While many residents spent days shoveling paths back to a normal life, others also looked after their neighbors.…
Read more A week after the snowstorm, neighbors help neighbors in DC – WTOP NewsAfter making history as Broadway’s youngest Tony-winning leading actor, Silver Spring native Myles Frost takes the stage closer to home in “Chez Joey,” blending classic musical theater with…
Read more Tony Award-winning Myles Frost proves you can go home again in DC showing – WTOP NewsIt’s been a decade since the D.C. region received the amount of snow forecast to fall over the next 24 to 36 hours. WTOP hit the streets to…
Read more ‘We’re gonna make so many snowmen’: What DC-area residents love about snow days – WTOP NewsEven though the Trump administration terminated the National Links Trust’s lease overseeing D.C.’s public golf courses, Langston Golf Course’s annual MLK Day of Service event went on. This…
Read more ‘An incredible place’: Volunteers help spruce up Langston Golf Course on MLK Day – WTOP NewsFor the last 40 years, the third Monday in January has been a national holiday honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For the last 40…
Read more Ways to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. across DC on Monday – WTOP NewsIn the D.C. region on Saturday, drivers honked supportively to the more than 100 protesters that lined both sides of Rockville Pike in Montgomery County, Maryland. The deadly…
Read more ‘Eventually we will all be targeted’: ICE protests in Montgomery Co. remember Renee Good – WTOP NewsFor a quarter of a century, the house at 2619 Wisconsin Avenue was the most infamous private dwelling in D.C.’s Glover Park neighborhood. The FBI went to the…
Read more This isn’t the FBI’s ‘spy house’ anymore, but it could be yours – WTOP NewsElla Murray has epidermolysis bullosa and received a trip to Italy from the Make-A-Wish foundation. This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad blocker.In…
Read more Make-A-Wish sends miracle kid from Centreville to Italy – WTOP NewsHundreds gathered outside the White House after the U.S. military removed President Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela. This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad…
Read more Maduro removal triggers White House protest – WTOP NewsThousands of runners and walkers in the District started their New Year’s Day early and took part in the FITDC Fresh Start 5K. This page contains a video…
Read more ‘Got to get the new year started off right’: Thousands participate in District’s Fresh Start 5K – WTOP News2026 is only hours away and before it arrives, a lot of people will look in the rearview mirror and ask the question, “What was my favorite part…
Read more ‘Just getting through it’: What was your highlight of 2025? – WTOP News
