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Sorry, Barbie 鈥� you're not making the cut at this DC-area costume shop 10/23/2023 06:30pm • When it comes to dressing up for Halloween, is D.C. more of a Barbie or Bridgerton kind of town? WTOP got the answer at Gene鈥檚 Costumes in Kensington, Maryland. "We thought Barbie would be really popular this year, but quite honestly, it鈥檚 not," owner Ginger Ager said, referring to this summe 'Extremely disturbing': Prince George's Co. looking for driver in fatal hit-and-run who went 2 miles with man's body lodged in windshield 10/23/2023 05:59pm • Prince George's County police are asking for the public's help finding a driver they say hit a man in Lanham, Maryland, over the weekend who kept driving for 2 miles with the man's body "lodged" in the car's windshield. Police are also asking auto body shops to be on the lookout for any vehicles Release of two more hostages gives some hope to families of others abducted in the attack on Israel 10/23/2023 05:57pm • The release Monday of two more hostages is offering some hope to the families of the more than 200 people the Israeli military says were seized by Hamas militants. The two Israeli women, 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz and 79-year-old Nurit Cooper, were snatched from their homes in Nir Oz, a kibbutz n Column: F1 bosses say Andretti snub isn't personal even though it feels like and looks like a grudge 10/23/2023 04:00pm • Andretti Global is so committed to joining Formula One that it spent millions of dollars building a car to test this week at a wind tunnel in Germany. Waste of money? 鈥淲e had to roll the dice," shrugged Michael Andretti, who shared photographs with The Associated Press of the F1 test car built t Judge orders release of man who was accused of plotting IS-inspired truck attacks near Washington 10/23/2023 03:34pm • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) 鈥� A federal judge on Monday ordered the release of a Maryland man who has been imprisoned for more than four years on charges that he plotted Islamic State group-inspired attacks at an airport and at a shopping and entertainment complex in the Washington, D.C., area. Rondell Pat Riley lays out vision for Heat season, says it could dictate Miami's future 10/23/2023 03:15pm • MIAMI (AP) 鈥� Pat Riley tends to look at things in five-year increments, and that might make this a very important season for the Miami Heat. With the current Miami core 鈥� Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro 鈥� about to start its fifth season together, the Heat president said he still beli Milwaukee comic shop looking to sell copy of first appearance of Spider-Man, book could go for $35K 10/23/2023 10:45am • MILWAUKEE (AP) 鈥� A Milwaukee comic book shop is looking to sell a rare copy of the first appearance of Spider-Man. Collector's Edge has acquired a copy of Amazing Fantasy No. 15, the Journal Sentinel reported. The comic book, written by Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee and published in 1962, tells the UAW's confrontational leader makes gains in strike talks, but some wonder: Has he reached too far? 10/23/2023 10:13am • WAYNE, Mich. (AP) 鈥� Throughout its 5-week-old strikes against Detroit鈥檚 automakers, the United Auto Workers union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the style of its pugnacious leader, Shawn Fain. Armed with a list of what even Fain has called 鈥渁udacious鈥� pay and benefit d UAW's confrontational leader makes gains in strike talks, but some wonder: Has he reached too far? 10/23/2023 09:52am • WAYNE, Mich. (AP) 鈥� Throughout its 5-week-old strikes against Detroit鈥檚 automakers, the United Auto Workers union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the style of its pugnacious leader, Shawn Fain. Armed with a list of what even Fain has called 鈥渁udacious鈥� demands for bette Things to do in the DC area: Halloween, fall festivals, pumpkin patches 鈥� and more! 10/22/2023 07:21am • This weekend and beyond, the calendar is chock-full of spooky fun, including fall festivals, haunted trails, corn mazes, pumpkin picking and other spooktacular things to do. Every Thursday WTOP brings you a roundup of聽Things to do in the DC area. This week, we focus on some of the uncanny events Egypt's border crossing opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza 10/22/2023 12:24am • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) 鈥� The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off and began pounding it with airstrikes following Hamas' bloody rampage two weeks ago. Hurricane Norma makes landfall near Mexico's Los Cabos and Tammy hits tiny Barbuda in the Caribbean 10/21/2023 11:56pm • CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) 鈥� Hurricane Norma came ashore near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico鈥檚 Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon, and hours later Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of Barbuda. Both storms were Category 1 hurricanes when t Businesses are the biggest targets of financial crimes. Help is being offered in Prince George's Co. 10/21/2023 04:40am • October isn鈥檛 even over yet and already fraud and scams have cost Prince George鈥檚 County, Maryland, residents and businesses more than $10 million. With the holiday shopping season almost upon us, there鈥檚 concern that the number will go up even more. 鈥淏ecause of their large balance she Houston's next mayor has big city problems to fix. Familiar faces want the job 10/21/2023 12:00am • HOUSTON (AP) 鈥� The challenges facing Houston鈥檚 next mayor are familiar to many big cities: crime, crumbling infrastructure, budget shortfalls and a lack of affordable housing. But in November鈥檚 marquee mayoral election in the U.S., the top candidates promising to turn Houston around are two De Data Doctors: Google Maps vs. Waze 10/20/2023 05:26pm • Q: What's the difference between Google Maps and Waze for navigation? A: One of the most important smartphone apps we all use on a regular basis is a mapping app, but it鈥檚 become much more than getting from point A to point B. Google owns both mapping apps as they acquired Waze in 2013 but k