The National Weather Service is surveying storm damage in Fairfax County, Virginia, to determine whether a tornado caused it. This page contains a video which is being blocked…
Read more Fairfax County storm damage caused by microburst wind event, NWS finds – WTOP NewsAn employee at a Montgomery County, Maryland, senior living facility is charged with first-degree murder in the death of an 87-year-old man who was found dead in his…
Read more Employee of senior living facility charged in death of 87-year-old man, attempted murder of Maryland trooper – WTOP NewsPreliminary analysis from the National Safety Council shows a 12% decrease in the number of U.S. traffic deaths in 2025, compared to the previous year, and that the…
Read more National Safety Council estimates 12% fewer traffic deaths in 2025, larger reductions in DC and Maryland – WTOP NewsNine days after a house explosion in Centreville, Virginia, Washington Gas says it has found and repaired the source of the leak. This page contains a video which…
Read more Utility company finds, repairs gas leak following Centreville house explosion – WTOP NewsLater this week, DC Water expects to begin excavating near the collapsed section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line to assess the damage to the pipe and remove…
Read more DC Water looks toward long-term cleanup of C&O Canal, Potomac River – WTOP NewsIn the month since a major section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line collapsed near the Clara Barton Parkway, spilling hundreds of millions of untreated into the Potomac…
Read more Watch: See what’s keeping sewage spill away from the Potomac River – WTOP NewsA new, permanent memorial in downtown Fredericksburg at the site of the city’s historic slave auction block will provide historical context to what happened there 175 years ago.…
Read more Memorial planned for site of now-removed Fredericksburg slave auction block – WTOP NewsQuestions are being raised about whether D.C. is downplaying the health risks and ongoing environmental damage caused by a sewage pipe that ruptured, sending millions of gallons of…
Read more Massive sewage spill into Potomac River: What’s in the water, what are the risks rise as ice melts? – WTOP NewsWomen-based companies only get a sliver of funding that men’s companies get — approximately 2% — but a new panel series about angel investing aims to help lower…
Read more Panels aim to demystify angel investing for women – WTOP NewsA 16-year-old boy is due in court Wednesday for a bond hearing after the Wootton High School shooting in Rockville, Maryland. A Montgomery Police officer blocks the road…
Read more Teen charged in Wootton High School shooting to remain in jail after bond hearing – WTOP NewsKey areas of concern include “snowcrete” piles on Wisconsin Avenue and Connecticut Avenue inside the Beltway, which have gridlock and choke-points. This page contains a video which is…
Read more Snow, ice continue to cause major headaches for Montgomery Co. commuters – WTOP NewsAfter an inspection and the publication of leasing advertisements for the proposed detention center in Elkridge, Howard County determined that the building would be used by U.S. Immigration…
Read more Howard Co. revokes building permit, introduces legislation to block proposed ICE detention center – WTOP NewsDuring the two week trial, Fairfax County prosecutors have argued that Brendan Banfield had an affair with the family’s Brazilian au pair and staged an elaborate scheme to…
Read more ‘Whose story does the evidence support?’: Jury resumes deliberations in ‘au pair affair’ murders trial – WTOP NewsPassengers at the D.C. region’s three airports are optimistic their flights will fly Monday, after the weekend’s snow, sleet and ongoing brutal cold temperatures. This page contains a…
Read more Passengers at DC-area airports hopeful flights will take off after snowy travel nightmares – WTOP NewsIf you drive Interstate 95, you’ve probably seen the colorful waterslides on the Kalahari resort being built in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Kalahari is now accepting bookings for stays…
Read more Largest indoor waterpark in Virginia to open this year – WTOP NewsThe number of law enforcement professionals nationwide who died in 2025 is the lowest in 80 years, according to Bill Alexander, CEO of the National Law Enforcement Officers…
Read more Report shows 80-year low in law enforcement deaths – WTOP NewsAlmost a year after the midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, the congested airspace around Reagan National Airport continues…
Read more How the 2025 passenger jet, chopper crash near Reagan National has changed DC’s airspace – WTOP NewsA popular local kabob restaurant is offering to parlay your hankering for kabobs, hummus and fresh pita into a meal to help needy families this holiday season. This…
Read more Moby Dick House of Kabob offers ‘Catering for a Cause’ to help needy families during holidays – WTOP NewsClasses are canceled Friday after a malfunctioning sprinkler caused flooding and damaged at least a dozen classrooms, according to Montgomery County Public Schools. Classes are canceled Friday at…
Read more Flooding closes Montgomery County’s Sherwood High School in latest water damage – WTOP NewsGrieving is a painful part of life, and loss and grief often makes a surprise reappearance during the holiday season. Grieving is a painful part of life, and…
Read more ‘It can sneak up on you’: Navigating grief during the holidays – WTOP News
