DC students’ recovery from learning loss during the pandemic leads the nation

WTOP News 5/14 10:21P Kyle Cooper

D.C. schools just received their report card, and it shows students are making significant gains since the end of the pandemic. According to the Education Scorecard, a research project by Harvard, Dartmouth and Stanford Universities, D.C. leads...

DC road closures, parking restrictions in effect for festival, America 250 event, graduation

WTOP News 5/14 6:27A Ciara Wells

Three special events in the District will cause interruptions when driving downtown this weekend. On Saturday, the 21st annual National Asian Heritage Festival, also known as Fiesta Asia , will shut down most of Pennsylvania Avenue NW with dragon...

Inside Southeast Sourdough, Anacostia’s fresh-milled bakery on the rise

WTOP News 5/13 11:08P Michelle Goldchain

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. Inside Southeast Sourdough, Anacostia’s fresh-milled bakery on the rise “Everyone needs and deserves fresh bread,...

How to find DC’s ‘hidden’ statue of an American Revolutionary War spy

WTOP News 5/13 10:30P Matt Kaufax

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. The 'secret' Revolutionary War statue next to the DOJ building He allegedly dropped one of the most epic quotes in...

Judge orders former DC nonprofit chief to return over $1M

WTOP News 5/13 10:19P Jimmy Alexander

A D.C. Superior Court Judge has ordered the former executive director of the nonprofit H Street Community Development Corporation to repay more than $1 million that authorities say was misused. The D.C. Attorney General s Office lawsuit against...

Some DC-area high schools let students order food to the school. But is it safe?

WTOP News 5/12 10:09P Scott Gelman

Sometimes, when Dawn Iannaco-Hahn tried to pick her kids up early from Blake High School so they can attend a doctor’s appointment, she’d strategically try to plan it around lunch time. Related stories Police identify 19-year-old charged after...

Nonprofit helps police officers with injuries that aren’t life-threatening, but are life-changing

WTOP News 5/12 9:58P John Domen

While Police Week in D.C. honors officers killed in the line of duty, one nonprofit is shining a light on a different group — officers who survive serious injuries but feel left behind by the very...

A retired lieutenant helps police officers with injuries that aren’t life-threatening, but are...

WTOP News 5/12 9:58P John Domen

While Police Week in D.C. honors officers killed in the line of duty, one nonprofit is shining a light on a different group — officers who survive serious injuries but feel left behind by the very...

Survey work begins for contested Trump Triumphal Arch project in Washington

WTOP News 5/11 11:54P WTOP Staff

WASHINGTON (AP) — Workers began preliminary surveys and testing Monday of the proposed site of a Triumphal Arch sought by President Donald Trump, the latest step in plans for the contentious project in the nation s capital. Workers were seen...

Accused White House correspondents’ dinner attacker pleads not guilty

WTOP News 5/11 4:54A Neal Augenstein

A man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday. Related stories Man charged in White House correspondents’ dinner attack is...

‘DC has changed’: Restaurant owners weigh city’s recent wave of closures

WTOP News 5/11 12:31A Michelle Goldchain

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. Restaurant owners weigh city’s recent wave of closures A wave of high-profile restaurant closures in D.C.’s...

As the weather warms up, the bugs that bite you are ramping up

WTOP News 5/11 12:09A Mike Murillo

Despite the very cold weather earlier this year, don’t expect relief from mosquitoes in the D.C. area. University of Maryland professor emeritus and entomologist Mike Raupp, known as the Bug Guy, said the cold and snow didn’t make a difference....

‘Younger voters tend to be a bit more receptive’: DC to use ranked choice voting for the first time

WTOP News 5/10 10:20P Kate Ryan

Voters in the District s June 16 primary and D.C. Council special election will have more ways to fill in their ballots, as they ll be taking part in ranked choice voting for the first time. Instead of choosing a single candidate in any given...

DC teen dies after Tenleytown shooting

WTOP News 5/10 7:53A Valerie Bonk

A teenager who suffered a gunshot wound in a D.C. alley earlier this week has died, police confirmed Saturday. More stories 3 fatal crashes in 3 days: 1 dead after another accident in Montgomery County Child dies after falling 10 floors from...

Martin’s Tavern in Georgetown featured on ‘Saturday Night Live’

WTOP News 5/10 3:51A Valerie Bonk

If you caught the latest Saturday Night Live episode on NBC, you may have seen a familiar D.C. restaurant featured as the show began. The show s cold open from New York was set in what was identified in the sketch as Martin’s Tavern in...