DC carjackings and homicides see dramatic drop in 2024

WTOP News 1/1 4:30A Luke Lukert

After years of surging violent crime in the District, updated crime data from D.C. police shows both carjackings and homicide rates dropped dramatically from 2023. For the first time since 2020, the District saw fewer than 200 homicides. In 2024,...

Chef of Wharf’s Kirwan’s pub collapses, dies of apparent heart attack at 33

WTOP News 12/31 10:45P Alan Etter

Mark Kirwan, owner of Kirwan's on the Wharf and a reserve D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer, leaves his restaurant to donate free meals to firefighters in Southwest, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in...

Where to Drink Great Nonalcoholic Cocktails This Dry January

Washingtonian Things To Do 12/30 5:25A Madeline Weinfield

Photo courtesy Binge Bar. New year, new you? Maybe you’re jumpstarting 2025 with a healthier version of your old self or are interested in changing up your drinking routine. Regardless, joining the...

28 Things to Do in the DC Area This Week and Weekend

Washingtonian Things To Do 12/30 4:48A Briana Thomas

Yards Park’s Noon Yards Eve event. Photograph by Kaz Sasahara. Hello, 2025! Bid farewell to 2024 at a New Year s Eve dance party or family-friendly fireworks show. Then, catch local musicals and light...

3 Must-Play Machines at DC’s New Pinball Hall

Washingtonian Things To Do 12/30 12:00A Tatyana Masters

Pinball at the Chevy Chase Pavillion MOM’s Organic Market founder and CEO Scott Nash recently embarked on a new venture: opening a pinball arcade. VÜK, in Friendship Heights, houses about 40 machines...

Top Space Story of 2024 — OUR STAR

WTOP News 12/29 11:23P Greg Redfern

2024 brought multiple astronomical events across the D.C. area, but one story rose (daily in the east) above all the rest — our star, the sun. Here s a look back at the sun s influence this year....

New laws going into effect across DC, Maryland and Virginia on Jan. 1, 2025

WTOP News 12/29 10:41P Ana Golden

The new year is right around the corner, and so are some new laws for our region. Here s what you can expect to take effect in D.C., Maryland and Virginia starting on Jan. 1, 2025. DC laws Banning right turns at red lights D.C. drivers will no...

Dreary Saturday precedes heavy rain, gusty winds in DC region

WTOP News 12/28 6:45A Ana Golden

After a dreary Saturday, you can expect even more rain over the next few days in the D.C. region. Here s what you need to know. On and off rain showers are making for a damp Saturday with temperatures close to 50 degrees. The wet weather and fog...

Getting rid of this year’s Christmas tree? You’ve got a few options, depending on where you live

WTOP News 12/26 9:59P Ivy Lyons

Mariah Carey is returning to her ice cube , Beyoncé left no cookie crumbs for Santa with a Christmas Day performance on Netflix and Last Christmas by Wham! is playing softly in the distance. That could only mean one thing: Christmas Day has...

New video of pandas at National Zoo released

WTOP News 12/26 5:49A WTOP Staff

The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C, caused panda-monium on Christmas Day when it released a video of its newest celebrities, Bao Li and Qing Bao. In the video, the giant pandas are seen rolling in grass, climbing trees and being...

Woman seriously hurt after vehicle crashes into building in Northeast DC

WTOP News 12/26 4:00A Will Vitka

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1 dead after Christmas Eve fire in DC’s Columbia Heights neighborhood

WTOP News 12/24 8:03A Thomas Robertson

A man was killed early Christmas Eve morning after a fire erupted inside a house in Northwest D.C., according to the city s fire department. D.C. Fire and EMS received reports of smoke and fire just before 1 a.m. Tuesday on Ogden Street in...

A true toy story at DC’s Children’s National Hospital

WTOP News 12/24 2:32A Steve Dresner

This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad blocker. In order to view the video you must disable your ad blocker. A true toy story at DC’s Children’s National Hospital Plenty of...

‘We want the team to come home’: DC mayor celebrates passage of RFK Stadium land transfer

WTOP News 12/23 9:50A Alan Etter

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Joy Evans Therapeutic Recreation Center in Southeast D.C. on Tuesday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Congress surprising addition to its temporary spending bill to transfer control of the RFK Stadium site...

‘Not something that anybody expected or wanted’: DC row house collapse kills trapped worker,...

WTOP News 12/23 9:00A Ivy Lyons

D.C. officials say the construction worker trapped under a two-story row home that collapsed in Northwest on Monday has died. According to D.C. Fire and EMS, emergency crews were dispatched just after 9:30 a.m. to a 2-story row home undergoing...