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Panda party: Qing Bao celebrates 5th birthday at National Zoo – WTOP News
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (394+ words) On Saturday, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo hosted a panda party in the District to celebrate Qing Bao’s fifth birthday. And plenty of her fans showed up dressed for the occasion. Six-and-a-half-year-old Abby Shelley wore a panda dress to the celebration....
Trump's plan for a fence at Lafayette Park near White House gets review by federal panel
1+ week, 3+ day ago (405+ words) A President Trump-appointed review panel indicated support for a permanent fence around Lafayette Square, with some tweaks to the design. News4’s Aimee Cho reports officials have refused to say how much the fence will cost and who’s paying for it....
Trump’s plan for a fence at Lafayette Park near White House gets review by federal panel – WTOP News
1+ week, 4+ day ago (365+ words) The latest pieces of President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging Washington makeover are set for an airing Thursday in front of a federal panel that already has blessed other big-ticket plans from the designer-in-chief. The National Capital Planning Commission, which this spring…...
Crossing guards to return to Fairfax County high schools
1+ week, 4+ day ago (240+ words) Crossing guards will return to certain Fairfax County high schools as the county evaluates the issue, according to a release from Board of Supervisors Chair Jeff McKay. The crossing guards will stay in place "while evaluations are completed," McKay said....
Children’s National’s new ‘conveyor belt’ technology looks to provide lab results faster – WTOP News
2+ week, 2+ day ago (581+ words) Children’s National in D.C. is home to a new type of technology that officials say will deliver lab results within hours for children and families and help doctors provide more timely diagnoses and treatments. The hospital launched a new, fully…...
IndyCar drivers amazed at downtown DC course:???It???s stuff that you dream of???
3+ week, 2+ day ago (624+ words) August 21, 2026, 6:29 PM “We get to race at a lot of cool cities, but this one is by far the best that we’ve ever had, and I can say that very truthfully,” Kyle Kirkwood said Friday. “Going by the Capitol building,…...
‘Pure adrenaline’: What 136 mph feels like on D.C.’s Grand Prix course
3+ week, 2+ day ago (123+ words) Dozens of Washington bigwigs gathered Friday morning near the National Gallery of Art and the U.S. Capitol, for the chance to whiz around the 1.66-mile, 7-turn Grand Prix racetrack with a professional driver behind the wheel. Joe Manchin III, Laura Ingraham,…...
Not all DC residents are enthused about Trump's Freedom 250 race
3+ week, 3+ day ago (933+ words) As Washington, D.C., gears up for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix this weekend, residents and visitors are still figuring out the giant racetrack in the heart of the city and how to navigate it. Jason Michaud, a Trump supporter from Las Vegas,…...
???We learned a lot from our from last year???: Prince George???s schools focus on smoother bus rides
3+ week, 5+ day ago (481+ words) August 18, 2026, 2:59 PM This story is part of WTOP’s 2026 Back to School coverage. Officials with Prince George’s County Public Schools said this school year won’t be a repeat of the start of last year, when school buses arrived late for some…...
Why over 200 manholes were welded down for the Grand Prix race in D.C.
3+ week, 5+ day ago (115+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. “These things would fire up like ballistic shells into the car,” a…...