5 DC-area teens, basketball coach facing charges over junk food stolen from Florida 7-Eleven

WTOP News 7/26 9:48A Valerie Bonk

Five teen basketball players from the D.C. area and their coach were arrested in Florida for conspiring to steal merchandise from a 7-Eleven, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. The teens traveled to Davenport, Florida, as members of...

DC community believes traffic safety should be reexamined after 5-year-old injured in hit-and-run

WTOP News 7/26 7:57A Bryan Albin

The search continues for a suspect in a hit-and-run case involving a 5-year-old boy in Southeast Washington. D.C. police said the child was riding a scooter on Ridgecrest Court, near 22nd Street in...

DC public safety agencies spent nearly $220M on overtime, auditor finds

WTOP News 7/26 4:00A Kyle Cooper

A new report from the Office of the D.C. Auditor found the District s public safety agencies spent nearly $220 million on overtime during the last fiscal year, driven by staffing shortages high rates...

Another National Mall water feature needs repairs

WTOP News 7/25 7:05A Jimmy Alexander

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool , the seawall around the Tidal Basin , and Constitution Gardens have all recently undergone repairs. Now, another water feature on the National Mall is being repaired after it was damaged. A contractor s...

Trump speaks at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, in redo after April attack

WTOP News 7/25 3:00A WTOP Staff

Watch Video: WHCA President Weijia Jiang speaks at rescheduled dinner 3 months after shooting Washington — President Donald Trump cracked jokes at reporters and politicians during take two of the White House Correspondents Dinner on Friday night,...

Kaepernick, Springsteen receive new ACLU award for activism in arts, business, science and sports

WTOP News 7/25 1:26A WTOP Staff

Colin Kaepernick speaks at the ACLU's 2026 Biennial Leadership Conference, Friday, July 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) Colin Kaepernick speaks at the ACLU's 2026 Biennial Leadership...

New murals are going up around DC to continue celebrating America’s 250th anniversary

WTOP News 7/24 11:53P Anna-Lysa Gayle

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. Each DC ward is getting a brand-new mural You may soon notice new murals in D.C., as part of the District’s DC250...

Rescheduled White House correspondents’ dinner brings road, traffic closures

WTOP News 7/24 12:36A Tadiwos Abedje

The rescheduled White House correspondents dinner will be taking place Friday night at the Waldorf Astoria in the District. Related stories Secret Service warns of high threat levels before White House Correspondents Dinner Man accused of...

DoorDash spurs boycott calls for backing a GOP effort to block DC tax changes

WTOP News 7/23 11:09P Kyle Cooper

A group organizing to protect D.C. home rule is calling for a boycott of DoorDash after the food delivery company backed a Republican bill that would require congressional approval for future D.C. tax and fee changes. Free D.C. is urging D.C....

A member of Vance's Secret Service detail is being investigated over a suspected news leak

NBC DC (Local) 7/23 9:39A

A member of Vice President JD Vance ’s security detail is being investigated over allegations tied to a suspected news leak, the U.S. Secret Service said Thursday. Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesperson, said the security-team member...

Homicide rates in DC likely dropping to historic lows not seen since 1900, report says

WTOP News 7/22 11:07P Anna-Lysa Gayle

Homicide rates in major U.S. cities have likely fallen to lows last seen at the turn of the last century, with a D.C. decline said to be steeper than in other parts of the U.S., according to new research. There is no single or easy explanation...

Things to do in the DC area: Lavender Con, Craft2Wear … and more!

WTOP News 7/22 10:10P Michelle Goldchain

Frames by artist Laurie Olefson are included in the Smithson's Craft2Wear show July 24-26 at the Arts and Industries Building. ((Courtesy Smiithsonian Institution)) Frames by artist Laurie Olefson are...

Metro’s Red Line shuttle buses can be difficult to board for riders with mobility issues

WTOP News 7/22 9:49P Mike Murillo

One of the motor coaches being used to shuttle Red Line passengers between the Friendship Heights and North Bethesda stations during Metro's summer construction project.(WTOP/Mike Murillo) One of the...

New GOP bill that would block DC from raising taxes taken up by House panel

WTOP News 7/22 8:30A Neal Augenstein

House lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a Republican bill that would block D.C. from raising taxes or fees without approval from Congress. The bill is sponsored by Rep. James Comer, a Kentucky Republican who chairs the House Committee on Oversight...

6-year-old pulled from UDC pool after being found unresponsive; no lifeguard was on duty

WTOP News 7/22 6:47A Will Vitka

A 6-year-old boy is in the hospital after being found unresponsive at the bottom of a swimming pool at the University of the District of Columbia, according to a campus police report. UDC police were called to the pool at the E.B. Henderson...