More Explosive Devices Found In Fort Washington Park Day After Bomb Squad Sweep (Developing)
New explosive devices were found in Fort Washington Park a day after five were removed from the same area, officials say. On Sunday, March 22, technicians with the Prince George's County Fire Department's Bomb Squad were called to the park after several explosive devices were located, prompting a mass evacuation.
Gunman On The Loose After Two Women Shot In Oxon Hill
Two women were shot Saturday night in Oxon Hill, Prince George’s County, and taken to a hospital, authorities said. The shooter remained at large while officers searched the area and worked the crime scene. According to FOX 5 DC, the station aired a brief report late Saturday saying the...
Man receives 1-year sentence for assaults outside Alexandria Metro stations
A Fairfax County man has been sentenced to one year in the city jail for the assaults of two women near Alexandria Metro stations last year, according to the Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. Alexandria Circuit Court Judge Lisa Kemler sentenced 36-year-old Jeffrey Gary on Friday (March 20) to...
This Washington Drive-In Serves Burgers So Massive, You Can Barely Fit Them In Your...
There’s a place in Buckley where the burgers are so ridiculously oversized that attempting to eat one is less like having lunch and more like accepting a personal challenge from the universe itself. Wally’s Drive-In isn’t trying to be fancy, and thank goodness for that. This is...
Rousing revival of ‘1776’ at Ford’s sings of the Founders who said no to...
One of the most dramatic episodes in Ford’s Theatre’s rousing revival of the Tony Award–winning musical 1776 is also the most unsettling: When South Carolina delegate Edward Rutledge (a terrific Joe Mallon) stands up to demand removal of an anti-slavery passage in Thomas Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration...
A mumps outbreak jolts a private school in powerful ‘Eureka Day’ at Theater J
“No one here is the Arbiter of Absolute Truth. But each of us does hold a truth.” —the school head Don in Eureka Day. Eureka Day, the 2025 Tony Award Winner for Best Revival of a Play by multi-award-winning Jonathan Spector, arrives at Washington’s Theater J with a lens that critiques and satirizes reliance on...
US Park Police officer shot in Southeast DC, airlifted to hospital in critical condition
WASHINGTON (7News) — A U.S. Park Police officer was shot in Southeast Washington, D.C., and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officials confirmed. The shooting happened in the 5100 block of Queens Stroll Place, SE, according to MPD officials. D.C. Fire confirmed the...
Bronze Bison Herd Charges Onto National Mall Outside Smithsonian
Three larger-than-life bronze bison now guard the National Mall side of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, lining the main entrance on raised plinths like an honor guard. The bull, cow and calf were installed the evening of March 18 and opened to public viewing on Thursday, March 19, creating a...
This DC women’s housing organization offers more than somewhere to live
Throughout March, WTOP is celebrating Women’s History Month. Join us on-air and online as we honor the achievements of women in the D.C. region. On a recent trip back to D.C., a woman who once lived at Thompson-Markward Hall returned with her 7-year-old son. She asked Executive Director Jennifer...
America’s Official Mammal, the Bison, Gets a Bronze Tribute for the Country’s 250th Birthday
KEARNEY, Mo. (AP) — The national mammal of the United States is getting in on America's 250th birthday celebration. Three bison statues cast in bronze have taken up a permanent display outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington. The pieces — which are larger than real-life bison — made...
