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11/09/2025

LOCAL UPDATE: The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Run for Sunday has been canceled.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Run for Sunday has been canceled.

11/09/2025

SUNDAY'S FORECAST: Cloudy, spotty showers. Highs between 64 and 70. A cold front slides through the D.C. area tonight, with winds increasing and lows in the 40s. Listen to WTOP every 10 minutes on the 8s for the latest traffic and weather updates.

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11/09/2025

They’ve been friends for years, and now that they’re also business neighbors, Soung Wiser, who owns The Little Grand, and Robb Duncan, who owns Dolcezza, had been trying to figure out how to team up for a promotion together. After all, it’s hard to argue against pizza and ice cream.

But the world turning upside down in D.C. initially made it hard, and then made it easy.

“Just everything that's going on right now in this city in particular, and then specifically, with the cutting of SNAP and all that,” Duncan said. “We were like, ‘You know what? Let's do this, and let's give all the proceeds to the Capital Area Food Bank.’”

Learn more on how they're helping the food bank on WTOP.com or our app. Link in bio.

(🎥: WTOP/John Domen)

11/09/2025

With the increase in food insecurity as a result of the ongoing government shutdown, two Arlington, Virginia, churches joined forces to feed the hungry.

11/09/2025

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision not to seek reelection next year could open the floodgates on the race to replace her.

11/09/2025

Thousands of people working at overseas U.S military bases in Europe have had their salaries interrupted since the government shutdown began almost six weeks ago.

MADRID (AP) — The longest U.S. government shutdown on record is doing more than grind activities to a halt at home; an ocean away in Europe, local workers at U.S. military bases have started to feel…

11/09/2025

UPS and FedEx said they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes “out of an abundance of caution” following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky, which killed 14 people Tuesday.

UPS and FedEx said they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes “out of an abundance of caution” following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky.

11/09/2025

The Capital Area Food Bank, which serves 400 pantries and aid organizations in D.C., northern Virginia and two Maryland counties, is providing 8 million more meals than it had prepared to this budget year.

The Capital Area Food Bank, which serves 400 pantries and aid organizations in D.C., Virginia and Maryland, is providing 8 million more meals than it had prepared to this budget year.

11/08/2025

Pfizer signed a deal to purchase obesity drugmaker Metsera Inc., winning a bidding war against Novo Nordisk, the Danish drugmaker behind Ozempic and Wegovy.

Metsera has no products on the market, but it is developing oral and injectable treatments.

Pfizer signed a deal to purchase development-stage obesity drugmaker Metsera Inc., winning a bidding war against Novo Nordisk, the drugmaker behind weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy.

11/08/2025

When Sam Mencimer was 10 years old, he took the 54 bus from Takoma to L’Enfant Plaza daily. Every day, he would have a whole host of questions for bus driver Joy Kenley.

And every day, Kenley would answer him as best as she could. Then, one day, she had an idea: “How about a tour of the bus garage?”

Fast forward 11 years, and Mencimer is now all grown up with a college degree and working in Metro’s signal engineering division. Kenley, now a station manager, realized she and Mencimer had the same employer now.

Learn more about Mencimer and Kenley on WTOP.com or our app. Link in bio.

(🎥: WTOP/John Domen)

11/08/2025

Two Montgomery County firefighters were acquitted of charges Friday related to a July incident in which the Montgomery Blair High School baseball field in Silver Spring was soaked with water from a fire apparatus hose at an adjacent fire station.

Two Montgomery County firefighters were acquitted of charges related to a July incident in which the Montgomery Blair High School baseball field was soaked with water from a fire apparatus hose.

11/08/2025

WTOP brings you “Saturday Steals,” featuring great deals and discounts from radio personality Kim Komando.

This week's highlights include sales on yard upgrades and holiday gifts, like noise-cancelling headphones and skin care items.

On the heels of “Friday Freebies,” WTOP launches “Saturday Steals,” bringing you great deals and discounts from radio personality Kim Komando.