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All throughout May, WTOP is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with stories about the people and places shaping the D.C. region. Co-founded by friends who grew up watching kung fu movies, a Northern Virginia lion dance team is keeping Chinese and Vietnamese cultural traditions alive — one lo

WASHINGTON - Showers and thunderstorms are likely across the Washington, D.C., region Wednesday, with patchy morning fog and highs near 80 degrees. The most significant threat from any stronger storms will be heavy downpours falling on already saturated ground. FOX 5’s Taylor Grenda says a round of quickly developing s

Correction to earlier announcement clarifies national team will not attend June 6 event

Police in Virginia have arrested two men in connection with a deadly shooting in a Woodbridge parking lot that investigators say began as a drug deal that turned violent. According to the Prince William County Police Department, the shooting left 42-year-old Frances Joseph Douglas dead. Shooting Happened in Parking Lot

Washington broadcasting legend Donnie Simpson is at the center of new questions involving taxpayer funding for his online talk show. According to a report from WJLA, D.C.’s Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment is covering production costs for The Donnie Simpson Show under a three-year agreement. T

Set along the tranquil shoreline just off the scenic George Washington Memorial Parkway, this newly constructed waterfront retreat offers a rare opportunity to embrace a relaxed, resort-like lifestyle only 15 miles from Washington, DC. Positioned on a .60-acre lot with more than 150 feet of water frontage, the 5,100-sq

Police said to look out for a sedan with dark-colored tinted windows.

The Original Pancake House, long known for its cinnamon-glazed apple pancakes, oven-baked ‘Dutch Baby’ pancake coated with powdered sugar, as well as charitable endeavors in the Falls Church area, has closed its doors for good. “After 15 amazing years, our restaurant will be closing,” a notice on the...

WASHINGTON — An Upper Marlboro man pleaded guilty in federal court after prosecutors said he possessed a Glock 19 semiautomatic pistol with an extended magazine, a laser attachment and an obliterated serial number. Rashim Johnson, 30, of Upper Marlboro, pleaded guilty May 18, 2026, in U.S. District Court to...

Timed to the country’s 250th anniversary, the Anacostia Community Museum is reopening on May 30 with a new exhibition, “We Make History,” that explores how communities create and preserve historical records. The museum has been closed since January 5 to install the new exhibit, which will be on view until January 2028.