Alexandria VA

WASHINGTON — Two boys, just 13 and 14 years old, are facing serious charges after a late-night robbery near the Southwest Waterfront. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, officers were called to the 200 block of N Street SW just after midnight on Monday. A victim told police he had been attacked by two...

Alexandria, VA – In mid-May the Alexandria City Council passed an ordinance banning the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in the city. The move makes Alexandria the first jurisdiction in Virginia to prohibit them. The ordinance establishes an 18-month phase-out period for residents and businesses, while city government...

Families of D.C. elementary school students are rattled after a deadly shooting outside a recent track-and-field championship. The big picture: That daytime killing of a man in Northeast is a reminder of how violence continues to traumatize the District, even as overall crime trends point downward. Police are beefing...

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in the brazen daytime killing of a man outside a CVS pharmacy in Prince George's County, Maryland, police say. Christian Okubo, of Temple Hills, shot and killed 23-year-old Anthony Bullock Friday morning near the drugstore on Allentown Road in Camp Springs, Prince George's County...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A fourth suspect has been sentenced in connection with the tragic 2020 shooting that claimed the life of 13-year-old Malachi Lukes. On Friday, Aaron Brown, 29, was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to assault with intent to kill while armed. His sentencing comes more than four...

A man is behind bars - accused of attacking two women near area Metro stations.

Police said Monday that they have charged a suspect in connection with a shooting that left a Washington, D.C., man dead last week.

WASHINGTON — A landlord accused of conspiring with other property owners to inflate rents at more than 50,000 apartments across D.C. will have to pay over $1 million and reform its business practices. The payout was announced Monday by Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb, who said William C. Smith...

WASHINGTON – LaPrince Stephens, 46, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 27 months in federal prison for being in illegal possession of a firearm while on court-ordered supervision. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine...

A man was critically injured after a Sunday apartment fire in Southeast D.C.