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PHOTO COLLECTION: A look at AP’s top photos in December
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (16+ words) This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors. January 1, 2026, 12:15 AM...
Things to do in the DC area: Elvis’ Birthday Fight Club, Bluegrass Festival … and more!
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (611+ words) January 1, 2026, 5:05 AM The celebrity death match-inspired, part-battle-part-burlesque extravaganza, known as Elvis" Birthday Fight Club, is back this week at the GALA Hispanic Theatre in D.C. Don"t expect actual boxing at this fight club. Instead, the choreographed fights tend more to…...
Viral ‘6-7’ tops 2025 list of overused words and phrases
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (639+ words) January 1, 2026, 12:04 AM Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say " 6-7 " is "cooked" and should come to a massive full-stop heading into the new year. Those are among the top 10 words on the 50th annual…...
2025 in film: WTOP hears top 5 movie picks for the year
6+ hour, 58+ min ago (286+ words) Michelle Basch | [email protected] December 31, 2025, 7:01 PM What were the best movies of 2025? Kuya P of Nerds Rule the World, whose movie, TV and streaming reviews you hear regularly on WTOP, shared his favorite films of the year with us. At No....
Holiday family drama on full display in ‘Rules for Living’ at Bethesda’s Round House Theatre
11+ hour, 38+ min ago (555+ words) Joe Yasharoff, WTOP contributor December 31, 2025, 2:21 PM It's Christmas Day. A family get together is about to go down. Two adult brothers bring their significant others over to mom and dad's house " sounds lovely. What could go wrong? As it turns…...
Gospel singer Richard Smallwood dies at 77, leaving a legacy that inspired many in music
13+ hour, 47+ min ago (461+ words) December 31, 2025, 12:13 PM Richard Smallwood, a gospel singer and recording artist nominated eight times for Grammy Awards, has died. He was 77. Smallwood died Tuesday of complications of kidney failure at a rehabilitation and nursing center in Sandy Spring, Maryland, his representative…...
WATCH LIVE: New Year’s Eve fireworks and National Monument light show
20+ hour, 9+ min ago (111+ words) December 31, 2025, 5:50 AM It's almost time to ring in 2026 " and D.C. is celebrating on the National Mall. The fireworks will begin at midnight to celebrate the new year. To commemorate America's 250th birthday in 2026, the Washington Monument will have a projection show and…...
WATCH LIVE: Ball drops in Times Square to celebrate the New Year
22+ hour, 9+ min ago (116+ words) With the transition from 2025 to 2026, hundreds take to the streets of New York City to watch the ball drop in Times Square to signify the new year. December 31, 2025, 8:50 AM With the transition from 2025 to 2026, hundreds will be taking to the…...
See the world in vertical: Top photos by AP photojournalists
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (27+ words) Dec. 24-30, 2025. AP mobile scroll: a selection of standout vertical images published by The Associated Press in the past" December 31, 2025, 3:17 AM...
A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn around
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (842+ words) December 31, 2025, 1:14 AM It's likely to be the deadliest year on record for journalists and media workers. The number of assaults on reporters in the U.S. nearly equals the last three years combined. The president of the United States berates many who…...