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Drivers will be detoured to Duke Street as crews replace aging spans over King Street and Commonwealth Avenue

WASHINGTON — A new baby elephant was able to greet fans at the National Zoo on Wednesday morning. The 2-month-old calf named Linh Mai was born on Feb. 2. She is the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute's (SNZCBI) first elephant calf born in almost 25 years, according to officials.

Police in Alexandria have shut down King Street after a person was struck by a vehicle overnight.

The closure came three days after a fatal pedestrian crash at a different Alexandria intersection. Police said the adult male victim was in stable condition and that the driver, who initially left the scene, returned.

Six people have been arrested and charged with plotting to steal at least 20 cars from the D.C. area and sell them to buyers in the U.S. and Ghana in West Africa, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday. Jacob Hernandez, 29, of Los Angeles; Khobe David, 24, of Upper...

WASHINGTON — Hilda Farmer is thankful her two-year-old grandson is safe after he was reported missing in Northwest DC Wednesday morning. "My grandson was knocking on the window crying. That's how they realized it was him," said Farmer. WUSA9 cameras were rolling when he was found by police at...

ALEXANDRIA, VA. - Families on the brink of eviction in Alexandria, Virginia, are getting a fresh start after a $1 million donation from a local church wiped out back rent for hundreds of households. The gift from Alfred Street Baptist Church was directed to the City of Alexandria and ultimately...

Road rage turns into gun threat on DC street before

In 1967, the Smithsonian Institution’s Secretary S. Dillon Ripley planned a series of festivities to make the National Mall more welcoming to all who visited Washington, DC and the Institution’s museums. A carousel was installed in front of the Arts & Industries Building to kick off the events. That summer, visitors to the National Mall attended concerts featuring the Institution’s antique instruments and the first...

Detectives with the Montgomery County Department of Police are continuing an active investigation into a video recorded inside a school changing room during a 2018 play at Walter Johnson High School, authorities said. According to police, investigators with the department’s Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) have determined that James Mulhern...