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2 months ago | 
wtop.com | Shayna Estulin
Modern romance fiction has been around since the Harlequin paperbacks of the 1970s and the Fabio bodice rippers of the ’80s and ’90s, but, lately, there’s been a renewed surge in interest in a subgenre called romantasy — a portmanteau of romance and fantasy.
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2 months ago | 
wtop.com | Shayna Estulin
As the number of flu cases in the U.S. rises, one local pediatrician told WTOP, “the best treatment is prevention.” Dr. Jessica Lazerov, a general pediatrician at Children’s National Hospital, said even if a child has had the flu, she still recommends getting the flu shot after they’ve recovered. “We’ve seen a lot of influenza A in our region, and I think we’re starting to see some influenza B.
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2 months ago | 
wtop.com | Shayna Estulin
With the monuments as a backdrop, D.C. can be a beautiful place to get married. But apparently, it can’t compete with Orlando. The Floridian city was ranked No. 1 on the list of best places to get married in the U.S. in a new report from WalletHub. Chip Lupo, a writer and analyst at WalletHub, pointed to Orlando’s proximity to Disney World. Still, D.C. has its attractions, and it came in at “a pretty solid” No. 29 out of 182 U.S. cities.
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2 months ago | 
wtop.com | Shayna Estulin
There’s something about waking up when it’s still dark outside that can feel like a monumental struggle. But a local physician told WTOP that there are ways to make your wintertime mornings a little bit easier. “Our body uses light to help regulate and control our circadian rhythm,” explained Dr. Keisha Sullivan, a sleep medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
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2 months ago | 
wtop.com | Shayna Estulin
Several businesses in the D.C. area are shutdown Monday as immigrants across the nation are protesting President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration by not going to work Monday. The initiative, called “A Day Without Immigrants,” is meant to highlight the importance of immigrants to the nation’s economy and society.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
wtop.com | Shayna Estulin
Among the flurry of President Donald Trump’s executive orders is one that impacts hundreds of thousands of people in our area — an order to return to in-person work. What will that mean for local residents’ commutes?
“I think obviously, traffic’s an issue in this region,” said Clark Mercer, executive director of the Metropolitan Council of Governments, an organization of elected leaders in the D.C. area.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
wtop.com | Thomas Robertson |Shayna Estulin
During the pandemic, many people ditched their gym memberships and invested in personal exercising equipment, helping companies such as Peloton and NordicTrack take off. But Consumer Reports is out with a warning that those companies, and others like them, are harvesting sensitive data.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
wtop.com | Shayna Estulin
More than 50 years after Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to states for ratification, President Joe Biden said the amendment should be part of the U.S. Constitution. In a statement released Friday, President Biden said the ERA has “cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added to the Constitution as the 28th Amendment.”“It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
wtop.com | Shayna Estulin
The D.C. area is bracing for a stretch of winter weather starting this weekend. The first notable snow of the season is expected on Sunday night after chances for a wintry mix on Friday afternoon; and meteorologists forecast that frigid temperatures to settle in through Jan. 15. Chuck McDade, a spokesperson for Pepco, told WTOP that now is the time for customers to prepare.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
wtop.com | Shayna Estulin
Like Adam Sandler sang, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah lasts “8 crazy nights.” So how can you spend those nights? There are plenty of options in our area. DCIf you are 21 and over, Northwest D.C. bar Ivy and Coney is celebrating with what it calls a “Shotnorah” — you and seven of your closest friends line up and do shots off a 12-foot menorah shotski. The bar’s annual Hanukkah pop-up “Chai-vy & Cohen-y” also offers crispy golden latkes and boozy jelly doughnut shots.
