Swift water rescue teams from Virginia have been busy following flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Helene - Sunday, September 29, 2024 - Top News from WTOP

TOP NEWS | September 29, 2024 [Web version](   Good morning from the WTOP Newsroom, I hope you can enjoy what's left of this last weekend of September. If you’re already getting [WTOP's news alerts](, then you’re aware of this morning’s developments from the Middle East. 7News First Alert Meteorologist Jordan Evans says clouds and rain [return to the D.C. area today](, with highs between 70 and 76. If you feel like going out, maybe consider heading to the final day of Fiesta DC? My colleague Dick Uliano was there yesterday and filed [this report with video]( of 80 chefs making a record-breaking pupusa - clocking in at 20 feet in diameter. The 2-1 Commanders are on the road today for a 4:05 p.m. game against the 1-2 Cardinals. You can huddle up with my WTOP Sports colleagues Rob Woodfork, George Wallace and Dave Preston as they preview today’s matchup on the [DC Sports Huddle podcast](. -Matt Small, Digital Editor [WATCH: Northern Virginia crews make water rescues in Southwest Virginia flooding caused by Helene]( Dramatic video shows members of a swift water rescue team from Arlington County, Virginia, getting a dozen people to safety as raging floodwaters rapidly overtake a bridge in Southwest Virginia. [READ MORE](   [US airstrikes on Syria kill 37 militants affiliated with extremist groups]( There are some 900 U.S. forces in Syria, along with an undisclosed number of contractors, mostly trying to prevent any comeback by the Islamic State group. 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Their assumption is that we're a mom-and-pop shop and don't have all the rigors that any other corporate enterprise would have.” That's not the case with EagleBank, says Rev. Matthew Watley.   [Baltimore dockworkers, still impacted by Key Bridge collapse, describe emotions about looming strike]( Longshoremen in Baltimore, Maryland, still recovering from the impacts of the Key Bridge collapse, expressed their concerns about a looming strike. [READ MORE](   [Maya Rudolph as Harris and Dana Carvey as Biden open the 50th season of ‘Saturday Night Live']( NEW YORK (AP) - “Saturday Night Live” began its 50th season with a parade of former co-stars, including Maya Rudolph… [READ MORE](   Insight by Industrious [Flexible workspace in DC lets you house your business, work, live and play all within steps of one another]( At City Ridge, Industrious created a large and welcoming coworking workspace that's at the heart of the mixed-use development. 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