Alexandria VA

Randy Clarke fixed Metro. Maybe he can fix D.C. next?. The big picture: Clarke arrived in D.C three years ago. He made the trains run faster (addressing an age-old problem), redrew the decades-old bus map (somehow avoiding an uproar from folks hyper-attached to their line's name), and brought in tap-to-pay.

Two Hylton High School students have been arrested in an attempted robbery at knifepoint in a school bathroom. On Oct. 27, the victim, a 16-year-old boy, was followed into a restroom stall at the school at 14051 Spriggs Road in Woodbridge by two fellow students, police said. The two refused to let the victim leave...

D.C. will pick up the tab for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for District residents if the government shutdown continues, Mayor Muriel Bowser's office announced Thursday evening. D.C. will fund SNAP for the month of November if necessary. About 85,000 households and 141,000 residents...

GERMANTOWN, Md. - A Takoma Park man is facing Peeping Tom charges after allegedly disguising himself as a woman to secretly record women in gym locker rooms in Montgomery County. Man disguised as woman. Police say 44-year-old Tshikundi Taty entered the women’s locker room at One Life Fitness in Germantown...

D.C.’s police chief is denying any wrongdoing within her department following accusations police tried to cover up an incident during which a Homeland Security officer fired into a vehicle during a traffic stop. The alleged shooting happened Oct. 17 on Benning Road in Northeast. Officers said they attempted to...

WASHINGTON — The Bowser administration is seeking to permanently implement the stricter youth curfew that was prompted by a series of disruptive mass gatherings of kids and teens across the District. DC Police Chief Pamela Smith and Deputy Mayor of Public Safety and Justice Lindsey Appiah told members of...

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, DC, officers arrested Jorge Armando Melendez-Gonzalez, 27, on Thursday, Oct. 24, in Fairfax, after county officials ignored an immigration detainer filed earlier this year, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Melendez-Gonzalez has a lengthy record...

The historic Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in Northwest will install the Rev. Kevin Lamár Peterman as its new senior pastor, the church announced Thursday. Peterman’s selection follows a nationwide search conducted by the church’s board of deacons. “We are beyond pleased that our search pointed us in...

WJLA - 10/26/2025 04:01:00 PM. On October 25, a driver was ambushed and attacked by a group of youths in Northwest DC. The group allegedly assaulted the driver, stole their car, and crashed it. The incident has sparked a wave of discussion and debate among the public, with many expressing their views on the matter.

A Falls Church “toy library” will let customers borrow some toys free of charge in exchange for donations of leftover candy following Halloween. The Toy Nest is collecting unopened candy as part of its annual candy buyback program, which loans out games, puzzles and more in exchange for sugary treats. The buyback...