1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (338+ words) WATCH LIVE: President Trump to deliver State of the Union Address starting at 9 p.m. February 24, 2026, 10:28 AM One of D.C.s most well-known arts traditions is moving forward with a new name. Kennedy Center Interim President Richard Grenell told WTOP that the annual…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (470+ words) February 23, 2026, 9:32 PM Officials are searching for a person they say spilled a "toxic substance" on the temporary ice rink outside the Kennedy Center on Friday. The ice skating rink outside the performing arts center was vandalized with a black sludge-like…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (434+ words) February 23, 2026, 6:09 PM The University of the District of Columbia launched the School of Education and Learning Sciences, but teacher preparation is nothing new at the school in Northwest D.C. Anika Spratley Burtin, the interim dean of the new school, said education…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (804+ words) Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters February 23, 2026, 2:59 PM The poultry industry can anticipate yearly outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza, known as bird flu, as pockets of the highly contagious respiratory virus keep showing up on chicken farms on the Eastern Shore…...

2+ day, 5+ min ago  (569+ words) February 23, 2026, 6:37 PM Work to repair the collapsed section of the Potomac Interceptor is moving ahead, and with help from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, D.C. Water crews are working to stay on track toward restoring full flow by mid-March. Sherri Lewis,…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (112+ words) February 23, 2026, 4:58 PM Security cameras captured the fun around 7 a.m. at the aquarium, which described the otters as "rolling, sliding and romping through the snow" on an outside deck near the city's Inner Harbor. While a nor'easter blasted much of the Northeast,…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (131+ words) Brenda Wintrode and Madeleine O'Neill, The Banner February 23, 2026, 3:32 PM Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is suing the Department of Homeland Security to stop the transformation of a Williamsport warehouse into an immigration detention facility, citing environmental and public health concerns....

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (623+ words) LOCAL ALERT: Man allegedly stabs wife and daughter to death, injures son-in-law before Fairfax Co. officer shot him William J. Ford, Maryland Matters February 23, 2026, 12:57 PM Montgomery County schools and a group of parents who objected to their children receiving LGBTQ+-themed…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (600+ words) CLOSINGS & DELAYS: DC-area schools, federal government impacted by winter storm February 23, 2026, 4:49 AM Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating'Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community....

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (476+ words) CLOSINGS & DELAYS: Federal government joins schools in Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg City, Stafford and Fauquier counties in a two-hour delay Monday. Tap for the full list. WEATHER ALERT: Snow arrives in the D.C. region. Get the latest here. February 22, 2026, 10:56 PM Hundreds of D.C.-area…...