Neal Augenstein
@nealaugenstein.bsky.social
Reporter, @WTOP. In 2010 was 1st radio reporter using iPhone as main field production device. [email protected]. Stage 4 #lungcancer survivor since 11/2022.
Challenges, workarounds if husband represents himself in Loudoun County murder trial wtop.com/virginia/202...
Challenges, workarounds if husband represents himself in Loudoun County murder trial – WTOP News
A Virginia attorney explained the potential challenges for a Loudoun County man should he represent himself against a murder charge in the death of his wife.
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October 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Challenges, workarounds if husband represents himself in Loudoun County murder trial wtop.com/virginia/202...
Paul, on the best drummer in the world:
"I love Led Zeppelin, but you watch them playing and you can see them looking back at John Bonham, like, ‘What the hell are you doing? This is the beat. You could turn your back on Ringo and never have to worry."
"I love Led Zeppelin, but you watch them playing and you can see them looking back at John Bonham, like, ‘What the hell are you doing? This is the beat. You could turn your back on Ringo and never have to worry."
Busting the myth that Ringo Starr wasn't a great drummer
We've all heard the quote: “Ringo Starr isn’t even the best drummer in The Beatles” But it's a myth and it's a damaging one for the legacy of rock drumming.
faroutmagazine.co.uk
October 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Paul, on the best drummer in the world:
"I love Led Zeppelin, but you watch them playing and you can see them looking back at John Bonham, like, ‘What the hell are you doing? This is the beat. You could turn your back on Ringo and never have to worry."
"I love Led Zeppelin, but you watch them playing and you can see them looking back at John Bonham, like, ‘What the hell are you doing? This is the beat. You could turn your back on Ringo and never have to worry."
NEW: Roger Paul Bradford plans to represent himself, charged w 2nd deg murder in death of wife Lisa Bradford, in Aldie. He made 1st appearance in Loudoun Co JDR court. Search warrants said wife’s arms were zip-tied behind her when he allegedly shot her.
October 7, 2026 at 1:41 PM
NEW: Roger Paul Bradford plans to represent himself, charged w 2nd deg murder in death of wife Lisa Bradford, in Aldie. He made 1st appearance in Loudoun Co JDR court. Search warrants said wife’s arms were zip-tied behind her when he allegedly shot her.
Robin Bell made the Trump Hotel his canvas. Now his protest art is in a DC gallery wtop.com/local/2026/1...
Robin Bell made the Trump Hotel his canvas. Now his protest art is in a DC gallery – WTOP News
A gallery in Georgetown honors the work of D.C. artist Robin Bell who's known for his protest art projected onto buildings.
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October 5, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Robin Bell made the Trump Hotel his canvas. Now his protest art is in a DC gallery wtop.com/local/2026/1...
Morning Mike and Mochi.
October 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Morning Mike and Mochi.
I’ve got the ‘gift’ of watching and enjoying a movie, and the next time I see it swearing I don’t know what will happen next. Loved an Anthony Hopkins film last night and just asked my wife to remind how it ended. Turns out we paused it, and were supposed to finish it today. 🤷♂️
September 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I’ve got the ‘gift’ of watching and enjoying a movie, and the next time I see it swearing I don’t know what will happen next. Loved an Anthony Hopkins film last night and just asked my wife to remind how it ended. Turns out we paused it, and were supposed to finish it today. 🤷♂️
All’s quiet at Memorial Circle this AM, nothing’s obstructing a lovely view. Trump-led federal preservation agency is ‘terminating’ attempts to discuss minimizing ‘adverse effects’ w Va/DC, provide findings to Interior Secy by Oct 7 — he’ll decide whether to move forward. @wtopnews.bsky.social
September 25, 2026 at 12:59 PM
All’s quiet at Memorial Circle this AM, nothing’s obstructing a lovely view. Trump-led federal preservation agency is ‘terminating’ attempts to discuss minimizing ‘adverse effects’ w Va/DC, provide findings to Interior Secy by Oct 7 — he’ll decide whether to move forward. @wtopnews.bsky.social
Only @wtopnews.bsky.social:
‘I can no longer protect my family in an increasingly violent world’: Motive probed in Loudoun Co. murder
wtop.com/virginia/202...
‘I can no longer protect my family in an increasingly violent world’: Motive probed in Loudoun Co. murder
wtop.com/virginia/202...
‘I can no longer protect my family in an increasingly violent world’: Motive probed in Loudoun Co. murder – WTOP News
The husband charged with killing 54-year-old Lisa Bradford in their Aldie, Virginia home said the reality that his "marriage to this incredible woman is likely coming to an end is too much to bear," a...
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September 23, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Only @wtopnews.bsky.social:
‘I can no longer protect my family in an increasingly violent world’: Motive probed in Loudoun Co. murder
wtop.com/virginia/202...
‘I can no longer protect my family in an increasingly violent world’: Motive probed in Loudoun Co. murder
wtop.com/virginia/202...
This morning there’s a 4 way traffic light at this busy intersection of Rts 9 and 289. Tomorrow it will be a roundabout. It affects 28,000 daily commuters from Md, western Loudoun, and WVa. Stay alert as reconfiguration, construction continues. @WTOP
September 16, 2026 at 10:08 AM
This morning there’s a 4 way traffic light at this busy intersection of Rts 9 and 289. Tomorrow it will be a roundabout. It affects 28,000 daily commuters from Md, western Loudoun, and WVa. Stay alert as reconfiguration, construction continues. @WTOP
I'm excited/nervous to describe 'My life with #lungcancer' to open this great conference, in less than a month. I'll be speaking to researchers & leading oncologists (including my own, who've helped keep me cancer-free since 2023, 5 months after being diagnosed w stage 4.)
September 15, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I'm excited/nervous to describe 'My life with #lungcancer' to open this great conference, in less than a month. I'll be speaking to researchers & leading oncologists (including my own, who've helped keep me cancer-free since 2023, 5 months after being diagnosed w stage 4.)
Lawyers for Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano say House committee plans subpoena, expanding inquiry wtop.com/virginia/202...
Lawyers for Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano say House committee plans subpoena, expanding inquiry – WTOP News
Lawyers for Fairfax County, Virginia, prosecutor Steve Descano say a House committee plans to subpoena him and broaden an immigration-related inquiry into his office.
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September 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Lawyers for Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano say House committee plans subpoena, expanding inquiry wtop.com/virginia/202...
‘We’re tired of waiting’: Neighbors push to remove Loudoun County crime scene nearly one year after deadly arson wtop.com/virginia/202...
‘We’re tired of waiting’: Neighbors push to remove Loudoun County crime scene nearly one year after deadly arson – WTOP News
Residents of Loudoun County, Virginia, are pushing the board of supervisors to demolish the scene of the deadly townhome fire in October 2025.
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September 14, 2026 at 11:22 PM
‘We’re tired of waiting’: Neighbors push to remove Loudoun County crime scene nearly one year after deadly arson wtop.com/virginia/202...
Glad Mike the Cat's enjoying being ON rather than IN the new couch.
September 14, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Glad Mike the Cat's enjoying being ON rather than IN the new couch.
WTOP reporters, anchors remember covering 9/11: ‘An unforgettable, terrible day’ wtop.com/local/2026/0...
WTOP reporters remember covering 9/11: ‘An unforgettable, terrible day’ – WTOP News
Friday marks 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001. Some of WTOP's reporters and anchors are reflecting on their experience reporting the news on the deadliest terrorist attack ever carried out on U.S. soil.
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September 11, 2026 at 12:26 PM
WTOP reporters, anchors remember covering 9/11: ‘An unforgettable, terrible day’ wtop.com/local/2026/0...
Defense seeks to mute Mamta Kafle Bhatt’s words in husband’s Virginia murder trial wtop.com/virginia/202...
Defense seeks to mute Mamta Kafle Bhatt’s words in husband’s Virginia murder trial – WTOP News
Court filings obtained by WTOP describe evidence and expert witnesses who will testify in the trial of Naresh Bhatt, charged with murdering his wife, Mamta Kafl
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September 10, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Defense seeks to mute Mamta Kafle Bhatt’s words in husband’s Virginia murder trial wtop.com/virginia/202...
Hmmm. What do you do in this case? I drove someplace and my key fob fell off and shattered. Is there a way to start the car?
September 10, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Hmmm. What do you do in this case? I drove someplace and my key fob fell off and shattered. Is there a way to start the car?
Someone's throwing this out. I feel like I should check it for a cat hidden inside.
September 4, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Someone's throwing this out. I feel like I should check it for a cat hidden inside.
He's been breaking my chops on his radio show for more than 25 years. First time talking w Elliot In The Morning today, about Mike the Cat, and why I say "Neal Augenstein, WTOP News" the way I do. www.iheart.com/podcast/457-...
EITM: Neal Augenstein & Lauryn Ricketts 9/3/26 - Elliot In The Morning | iHeart
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September 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
He's been breaking my chops on his radio show for more than 25 years. First time talking w Elliot In The Morning today, about Mike the Cat, and why I say "Neal Augenstein, WTOP News" the way I do. www.iheart.com/podcast/457-...
He's been breaking my chops on his radio show for more than 25 years. First time talking w Elliot In The Morning today, about Mike the Cat, and why I say "Neal Augenstein, WTOP News" the way I do.
www.iheart.com/podcast/457-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/457-...
EITM: Neal Augenstein & Lauryn Ricketts 9/3/26 - Elliot In The Morning | iHeart
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September 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
He's been breaking my chops on his radio show for more than 25 years. First time talking w Elliot In The Morning today, about Mike the Cat, and why I say "Neal Augenstein, WTOP News" the way I do.
www.iheart.com/podcast/457-...
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I’m so relieved 🐈⬛ And thankful for @fairfaxcounty.gov I-66 Transfer Station and Animal Services wtop.com/virginia/202...
A quest to track down a cat accidentally carted away with old furniture – WTOP News
WTOP's Neal Augenstein tells the story of what happened when his family tossed an old couch — and later realized Mike the Cat was hiding inside.
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August 27, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I’m so relieved 🐈⬛ And thankful for @fairfaxcounty.gov I-66 Transfer Station and Animal Services wtop.com/virginia/202...
First @wtopnews.bsky.social: In the 'data center capital of the world,' Loudoun County Algonkian District Supervisor Juli Briskman will today announce her candidacy to replace Chair At Large Phyllis Randall, who has held that position almost 11 years.
August 25, 2026 at 9:02 AM
First @wtopnews.bsky.social: In the 'data center capital of the world,' Loudoun County Algonkian District Supervisor Juli Briskman will today announce her candidacy to replace Chair At Large Phyllis Randall, who has held that position almost 11 years.
This morning I was grieving a loss. And was coming to terms with the fact that a love was gone, and wasn’t coming back. I tried to realize it was for the best, and I’d survive. As the day went on, I was thinking about it less and realized the 7 steps take time and I was coping…
August 24, 2026 at 11:35 PM
This morning I was grieving a loss. And was coming to terms with the fact that a love was gone, and wasn’t coming back. I tried to realize it was for the best, and I’d survive. As the day went on, I was thinking about it less and realized the 7 steps take time and I was coping…
About four years after his Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis, reporter Neal Augenstein took a highly sensitive blood test and shared his results with WTOP's morning anchors Wednesday. wtop.com/inside-wtop/...
New test searches for tiniest remnants of Neal Augenstein’s lung cancer in his blood - WTOP News
About four years after his Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis, reporter Neal Augenstein took a highly sensitive blood test and shared his results with WTOP’s morning anchors Wednesday.
wtop.com
August 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
About four years after his Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis, reporter Neal Augenstein took a highly sensitive blood test and shared his results with WTOP's morning anchors Wednesday. wtop.com/inside-wtop/...
New tool (for me) in aggressive surveillance for #lungcancer. Dx w Stage 4 in 2022, started one-pill-a-day targeted therapy. 5 mos. later, after lobectomy, I was NED (no evidence of disease). I have 3 CTs yearly, 2 brain MRIs, & two ctDNA blood biopsies. This MRD test (minimal residual disease) is..
August 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
New tool (for me) in aggressive surveillance for #lungcancer. Dx w Stage 4 in 2022, started one-pill-a-day targeted therapy. 5 mos. later, after lobectomy, I was NED (no evidence of disease). I have 3 CTs yearly, 2 brain MRIs, & two ctDNA blood biopsies. This MRD test (minimal residual disease) is..
NEW: Bus driver Jing Sheng Dong has been released on bond until Oct. 6 trial in Stafford County. Dong is charged w 5 counts of involuntary manslaughter. He was driving the bus that crashed on I-95 near Quantico on May 29. Def atty Thomas Walsh says Dong is in residence in N. Va.
August 6, 2026 at 12:42 AM
NEW: Bus driver Jing Sheng Dong has been released on bond until Oct. 6 trial in Stafford County. Dong is charged w 5 counts of involuntary manslaughter. He was driving the bus that crashed on I-95 near Quantico on May 29. Def atty Thomas Walsh says Dong is in residence in N. Va.