October entertainment guide 2023

WTOP News 10/1 6:00P Jason Fraley

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley previews October entertainment (Part 1) October is an awesome month for fall festivals and Halloween events. Here s a roundup of fun events around the area for the month of...

DC police: Woman fatally shot in SE home, suspect in custody

WTOP News 10/1 4:23P Joshua Barlow

Police in the District say they have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman in Southeast, D.C., early Sunday morning. In a news release , police said officers responding to reports of a shooting on the 4000 block of 13 th Street...

‘Symbol of our enduring purpose’: African American History Museum celebrates its 10 millionth...

WTOP News 10/1 3:03P Joshua Barlow

NMAAHC Deputy Director Michelle Commander (left) Welcomes the 10th Millionth Visitor, Marcie Williams (right). (Courtesy Robert Stewart/NMAAHC) NMAAHC Deputy Director Michelle Commander (left)...

Former TSA official warns about government shutdown threats

WTOP News 10/1 9:06A Dick Uliano

A Transportation Security Administration supervisor (L) speaks with a person attending a job fair for employment with SoFi Stadium and Los Angeles International Airport employers, at SoFi Stadium on...

PHOTOS: Panda Palooza bids farewell to National Zoo pandas on its last day

WTOP News 10/1 7:19A Valerie Bonk

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Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week. ‘Bring it on,’ McCarthy says

WTOP News 10/1 4:48A wtopstaff

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy , a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a...

Federal workers relieved, for now, as calls grow for a long term solution to government funding

WTOP News 10/1 4:18A Shayna Estulin

Federal workers around the D.C. region are breathing a sigh of relief on Sunday after Congress passed a short term funding bill on Saturday night to keep the government running. But that funding doesn t mean the government is out of the woods....

DC artist’s paintings were stolen, but she refuses to call police

WTOP News 9/30 10:55P Gigi Barnett

D.C. artist AnaYelsi Velasco Sanchez celebrated her first-ever solo exhibition at the Festival Center in Adams Morgan last month. It was an honor, she said, until someone stole her artwork on Sept....

What you need to know about new DC-area laws taking effect on Oct. 1

WTOP News 9/30 9:16A Valerie Bonk

With the new month on Oct. 1 comes a lot of new laws for the D.C. area . Here is what you need to know about what s going into effect and where. Maryland The time that some Marylanders will have to wait to get their criminal records expunged will...

Police identify 2 killed in Northeast DC shooting

WTOP News 9/30 4:19A Ivy Lyons

D.C. police have identified two men that were killed during a shooting in Northeast on Wednesday night . Nathaniel Limes, 41, of Richmond, Virginia, and James Cooper, Jr., 46, of Northeast D.C., were killed after a reported shooting at around...

Indiana woman sentenced to 18 years for fatally shooting DC love interest

WTOP News 9/30 1:34A Emily Venezky

A woman from South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for fatally shooting a D.C. man who she was casually dating and stalking in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Justice . Officials said Nijinsky Dix, 40, pleaded...

How a DC woman went from aspiring film director to award-winning pastry chef

WTOP News 9/29 10:51P Scott Gelman

Georgetown pastry chef Isabel Coss wasn’t expecting to learn of national recognition when Food & Wine recently called her and said they wanted to ask her about Jello. She wanted to ensure she’d be...

How to get unemployment insurance as a furloughed federal worker

WTOP News 9/29 10:31A Luke Lukert

With a shutdown of the federal government on the horizon, government workers and contractors may need to start filing for unemployment insurance. We re anticipating that there s probably a few hundred thousand federal government employees and...

For all their gyrations, DC rents pretty much where they were before pandemic

WTOP News 9/29 6:59A Jeff Clabaugh

D.C.-area rental rates posted double-digit percentage declines in the early months of the COVID pandemic, when out-of-work renters led to a jump in vacancies. Rental rates recovered quickly in 2021...

You may not want to take a dip — Anacostia River gets another failing grade

WTOP News 9/29 6:30A Luke Lukert

While over 100 people were set to swim in the Anacostia River last week before the event was canceled due to weather, a new report said the waterway gets a failing grade for river health. It is the third failing grade the group has given to the...