Sticky humidity, flood risk with Tuesday’s showers in DC region

WTOP News 6/17 8:05A Jessica Kronzer

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to drench the D.C. area Tuesday, possibly flooding some parts of the region. After days of wet, humid conditions, the ground is saturated and flooding is a concern. The National Weather Service has put areas...

Minor Threat bassist Steve Hansgen: ‘It’s a good possibility’ he’ll get kidney transplant for Stage...

WTOP News 6/17 7:14A Neal Augenstein

Steve Hansgen, whose thundering bass guitar lines propelled Minor Threat s Out of Step album, tells WTOP he s hopeful he ll soon get a transplant to deal with his Stage 4 kidney disease diagnosis. I...

Helicopters have to fly even farther away from Reagan Airport

WTOP News 6/17 4:19A Luke Lukert

The Federal Aviation Administration is tightening restrictions on how close helicopters can fly around Reagan National Airport in Arlington County, Virginia. The new rules come nearly five months after a deadly crash between an incoming American...

A memorial for the second president could soon be in DC

WTOP News 6/16 8:55A Luke Lukert

The second U.S. president, an influential founding father, is not celebrated quite as much as others in the nation’s capital, but that may eventually change as a group is trying to build a memorial to...

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ could make it more expensive to fly in and out of DC area

WTOP News 6/16 8:19A John Domen

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. Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ could make it more expensive to fly in and out of DC area The Senate continues to work...

DC-area pediatrician on CDC urging summer camp operators to screen for measles immunity

WTOP News 6/16 7:17A Neal Augenstein

As measles cases near record levels in isolated areas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging summer camps to check for documentation of immunity through vaccination or prior infection for all children. I think there has been...

DC roads reopen, cleanup continues after military parade

WTOP News 6/16 4:55A Luke Lukert

The cleanup continued Monday morning in D.C. after the parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army over the weekend. While most roads reopened for the morning commute, parts of Constitution Avenue remain closed. The main stage,...

US seeks more time to show it complied with judge’s orders in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Maryland...

WTOP News 6/16 4:16A Neal Augenstein

Two days after Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges in Tennessee, lawyers for the U.S. government asked a Maryland judge for more time to show they ve complied with orders to facilitate the return of the Salvadoran...

A historic cavalry prepares to trot in the Army’s 250th birthday parade

WTOP News 6/14 1:34A Jose Umana

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 historic cavalry trots in for the Army’s birthday parade One of the featured events of the Army’s 250th birthday...

Hundreds of thousands expected in DC for Army’s 250th anniversary parade

WTOP News 6/13 10:37P Scott Gelman

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather in Downtown D.C. on Saturday for festivities planned to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. Tanks and other military equipment will line city streets as part of a planned...

Capitol Police arrest 60 parade protesters, including vet using a walker

NBC DC (Local) 6/13 8:13P Jackie Bensen, News4 Reporter

The Prince George’s County Board of Education announced Superintendent Millard House will step down less than two years after taking the job. The decision comes after a no confidence vote from the teachers union and as State’s Attorney Aisha...

DC tourists and locals sound off on Army parade security

WTOP News 6/12 11:40P Jimmy Alexander

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. Tourists and locals sound off on Army parade security in DC The military parade celebrating the Army’s 250th...

Women of Valor flight brings 35 female service members to DC

WTOP News 6/12 11:26P Jimmy Alexander

Women Veterans Program group photo(Courtesy Women Veterans Program) Women Veterans Program group photo(Courtesy Women Veterans Program) This week, 77 years ago, President Harry Truman signed the...

DC police arrest man for killing woman, leaving body in dumpster

WTOP News 6/12 8:02A Neal Augenstein

Almost two months after a missing woman s body was discovered in a dumpster in Northeast, D.C., a man she had a relationship with has been charged with second-degree murder while armed in her death. Donella Bryan, 62, had been missing for a few...

1 hurt in shooting with US Marshals deputy near DC convention center

WTOP News 6/12 7:19A Jessica Kronzer

A person is in the hospital Thursday morning after being wounded during what the U.S. Marshals Service say was an exchange of gunfire with a deputy. The shooting happened around 10 a.m. at the corner...