Alexandria VA

A few years ago, Washingtonian did quite a lot of reporting on a nondescript brick home across the street from the Russian embassy in Glover Park. That house looked almost normal—except for the three tinted skylights that awkwardly faced the street—and yet, for almost a quarter century, the FBI used it to spy on the...

Fairfax High School students and staff were evacuated midday Thursday after a reported bomb threat. "Heavy police presence at Fairfax High School, 3501 Lion Run, for the report of a bomb threat," police said on X around 12:30 p.m. "The students and faculty are being evacuated while we investigate. We will continue...

DC Superior Court Judge Robert Hildum released a defendant accused of a domestic violence related stabbing after she waived her right to a preliminary hearing on Nov. 25. Bianca Osborn, 35, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with significant bodily injury for her alleged involvement in a...

Police closed a road in Seat Pleasant after a fatal crash involving a pedestrian.

Following a November investigation by the News4 I-Team, a growing number of people tell News4 they’re owed thousands of dollars from a Virginia company that held estate sales on their behalf and then failed to hand over the proceeds. The I-Team first reported the complaints of three families who...

The National Weather Service is tracking a system that could bring accumulating snow to the region early Sunday morning, with most of Maryland and Northern Virginia currently forecast to receive around 2 inches. Updated snowfall projections show a wide range of possibilities depending on how quickly temperatures drop...

DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. — A 19-year-old defendant has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and armed robbery, while a second 25-year-old suspect is preparing to face a jury trial in connection with an alleged fatal shooting and robbery over a jacket in Upper Marlboro. Investigators say surveillance footage...

Thanks to G. for sending from the 1300 block of H Street, NE: “Stolen car coming down the alley next to Henceforth between G and H. Hit cars on H Street.”. “MPD reports all travel lanes in the 1300 block of H Street, NE, between 12th and 13th Streets are closed due to a vehicle crash. Please use alternate routes and...

Department of Employment Services Director Unique Morris–Hughes violated several D.C. regulations when she approved tens of thousands of dollars in public funds for food and entertainment for all-staff events, according to findings from the D.C. Office of the Inspector General. In a report dated June 2025, the OIG...

Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia. D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith, the first Black woman to lead the Metropolitan Police Department, is stepping down after two years in the job. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, that Smith’s final day will be Dec. 31. Smith later...