1+ hour, 6+ min ago  (1737+ words) LOCAL ALERT: DC explains speed camera placement, releases data on which ones gave the most tickets last year April 9, 2026, 7: 37 AM Semiofficial news agencies in Iran published a chart Thursday suggesting the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard put sea mines into the…...

17+ hour, 27+ min ago  (697+ words) LOCAL ALERT: DC explains speed camera placement, releases data on which ones gave the most tickets last year April 8, 2026, 3: 16 PM In another election held Tuesday, a Democratic-backed candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court won by double-digit margins, growing the liberal…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago  (59+ words) April 9, 2026, 5: 48 AM Two men are dead after a shooting Monday morning in the Friendship Heights area of D. C. Police said officers responded to the area of 44th and Jenifer streets NW, where both victims were pronounced dead at the scene. A gun…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago  (237+ words) April 9, 2026, 4: 45 AM A pay phone in Takoma Park, Maryland, has become locally famous for playing bird songs to anyone who picks up. In today's episode of "Matt About Town," WTOP's Matt Kaufax heads to the Maryland side of this D. C. -area…...

3+ hour, 24+ min ago  (63+ words) WTOP April 9, 2026, 5: 16 AM One year after President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team upended foreign aid, WTOP's Kay Perkins breaks down the impact on public health and disease management across the world and here at home....

3+ hour, 54+ min ago  (876+ words) April 9, 2026, 4: 44 AM It's been like this ever since the Department of Homeland Security bought an 825, 000-square-foot (76, 645-square-meter) building in Washington County as part of a plan to transform warehouses across the U. S. into detention facilities for tens of thousands of immigrants....

4+ hour, 16+ min ago  (384+ words) April 9, 2026, 4: 27 AM An Arlington, Virginia-based nonprofit unveiled a large quilt Wednesday night that was decorated by and dedicated to transgender youth. It was standing room only in the auditorium at the Arlington Central Library for the quilt unveiling and reception…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago  (12+ words) How to connect to feathered friends using a DC-area pay phone'WTOP...

4+ hour, 7+ min ago  (206+ words) April 9, 2026, 4: 36 AM Joyful celebrations in D. C. this weekend may mean pain for some drivers, as the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade and Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival are bringing a slew of road closures to the nation's capital. The parade is…...

23+ min ago  (740+ words) April 9, 2026, 3: 58 AM D. C. traffic cameras issued hundreds of thousands of tickets last year, and city leaders say their presence alone has made streets and neighborhoods safer. A large increase in traffic cameras last came in 2024, and now, there are 215 speed cameras,…...