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1+ hour, 49+ min ago (364+ words) December 6, 2025, 6:50 PM The nearly $40 million renovation to the Fort Dupont Ice Arena was completed and during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser joined skaters of all ages on the NHL-sized ice rink. "Everybody in the community is having a blast," Bowser said. "It's for people of all ages, league skate, figure skate, learn to skate." While she skated around the rink, Bowser, with a big smile, waved and took pictures with well-wishers. WTOP reporter Jimmy Alexander jokingly asked the mayor, who announced that she was not running for election, if "Mayor Bowser on Ice" is next for her. Bowser chuckled and said: "We'll see about that." During an earlier ceremony, Thennie Freeman, the director of D.C.'s Parks and Recreation Department, said the theme of today was "Ice Ice Baby," and had the crowd chant the song that made…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago (336+ words) A 78-year-old man left his home in Northern Virginia Monday to take his car to a mechanic, but he has not been seen since that afternoon. News4s Jackie Bensen reports he suffers from memory loss and needs blood pressure medication. A family is pleading for help to find a missing 78-year-old man who left his home in Northern Virginia Monday and hasnt been seen since that afternoon. Quang Hang left his Chantilly home about 2:30 p.m. to take his car, a 2007 red Toyota Camry, to a mechanic in Leesburg but never arrived. "He has not taken his medicine since Monday. He is missing five doses. We are incredibly concerned for his safety, for his health," his daughter, Betsy Hang said. Shes the face of a large and desperate effort by friends and family to find her father. Fairfax County police released images of…...

4+ hour, 26+ min ago (667+ words) Joe Yasharoff, WTOP contributor December 6, 2025, 11:13 AM Lea Salonga started singing around the house in her native Philippines when she was three, and for over 50 years, she hasn't stopped using her voice which has been described as "golden," "pristine" and "as sparkling as a Baccarat crystal." Songs like "On My Own" from Les Mis'rables, "A Whole New World" from Aladdin and "Reflection" from Mulan catapulted Salonga to Broadway and Disney royalty and helped her gain a Tony Award and two Grammy nominations. Salonga's "Stage, Screen and Everything in Between Tour" comes to the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda on Saturday night, showcasing those songs and many other familiar favorites " a mix of her songs and covers. Salonga talked with WTOP before her Thursday night show in Amherst, Massachusetts. She said she was looking forward to going back to the…...

4+ hour, 36+ min ago (106+ words) WASHINGTON " DC police have released the identity of a man who was shot to death in a NoMa apartment building Friday night. According to police, "four to five" suspects were seen running away from the building in the 300 block of Morse Street, Northeast after people in the area heard gunfire. When they arrived at the scene, 20-year-old Roy Lee Bennett, Jr. was unconscious with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. Police have not released any information regarding the suspects. If you have any information that might help police in their investigation, call (202) 727-9099, or text 50411....

5+ hour, 24+ min ago (265+ words) Residents at Arrive Wheaton in Montgomery County were able to return to their homes on Saturday." Building management at 360view confirmed to WUSA9 that texts and emails had been sent out to the hundreds who were displaced three days after a burst pipe flooded the complex's sub-basement with 300,000 gallons of water, leading to outages and other issues. "Arrive Wheaton has passed the required county inspection and has been cleared for reoccupancy," Michelle Rodriguez of 360 said Saturday afternoon." Crews responded to the building Wednesday morning. Officials said about five or six feet of water had completely submerged utility closets in the area, so power was shut off to the building and surrounding areas out of an abundance of caution. Utility and fire crews worked to pump the water out of the building, however, a building inspector deemed the apartment complex unsafe to occupy,…...

6+ hour, 26+ min ago (544+ words) LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: WTOP's Bob Immler signs off for the last time, retiring after 40 years in the traffic business. December 6, 2025, 9:13 AM Twenty-five years ago, Michael O'Neil was a graduate student at Georgetown University, engaged to be married and lying in a hospital bed being treated for cancer. Little did O'Neil know that his diagnosis would inspire him to revolutionize the way patients would receive information during their hospital stay by creating a digital health company that provides patients with education tools. During an interview with Dan Simons on the newest episode of WTOP's Founding DC, O'Neil looked back at that time in his life. "I waited eight days for pathology to come back when I was laying in that bed so uncomfortable from the surgery, confused and afraid, like all of us actually are, and truly starving for information," O'Neil said....

7+ hour, 38+ min ago (324+ words) December 6, 2025, 8:01 AM Friday was bittersweet in the WTOP newsroom as our very own traffic reporter Bob Immler celebrated his last day before retiring after over four decades in the traffic business. Immler celebrated the day surrounded by his WTOP colleagues, anchoring traffic reports and with his favorite bribe " pizza! Immler started reporting in 1982 in Baltimore as a mobile unit.This was long before the days of traffic cameras, Google Maps and other digital tools. His work was hands-on, intuitive and deeply rooted in understanding the D.C. region's roadways. WTOP Traffic reporter Dave Dildine called Immler "a world of expertise and an encyclopedia of highway history." When he joined WTOP in 2010, the station had just brought its traffic team in-house. Immler worked alongside another Bob in the form of traffic guru Bob Marbourg. Immler's opening salvo was during the infamous "Carmageddon Snowstorm…...

10+ hour, 11+ min ago (165+ words) The remains of a 14-year-old boy found in College Park have been identified, and on Friday Prince George's County police announced they've launched a homicide investigation, police said. The body of Jefferson Amaya-Ayala, of Washington, D.C., was found during a search of Indian Creek Stream Valley Park on Nov. 3, Prince George's County police said. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and FBI Cross Border Taskforce were helping Prince George's police with a search in a missing person investigation, and investigators found the remains, police said. The remains were sent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, which ruled Amaya-Ayala's death a homicide. "Detectives are working to identify a suspect(s) and a motive," police said. D.C. police released a flyer on Aug. 2 listing Amaya-Ayala as critically missing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Prince George's County Homicide Unit at 301-516-2512 or online…...

10+ hour, 13+ min ago (550+ words) After a blowout loss at Michigan State on Tuesday, the Iowa men's basketball team decided to pull a 180 against the visiting Maryland Terrapins on Saturday afternoon. The Hawkeyes came out strong out of the gates and never looked back, taking home a resounding BLANK-BLANK triumph in its annual Black and Gold Stripe Out game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Offense comes out flying" Iowa finished the first half shooting a sizzling 54.8 percent from the floor and 61.5 percent from three-point range."Bennett Stirtz went just 4 of 10 from the floor against Michigan State, but when Iowa needed a bucket on this day, he delivered. The senior made his first three attempts from beyond the arc, and totaled a team-high 13 points in the period. Stirtz was the lone Hawkeye to reach double figures in the first half, but he wasn't the only one contributing. Forward…...

11+ hour, 39+ min ago (31+ words) German football is largely immune to foreign ownership. The 50+1 rule prevents the majority of clubs from being controlled by anyone other than members, while more general hostility to private equity ......