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There’s a new indoor playground for infants to eight-year-olds in Del Ray. Bluemont Local opened Sunday at 376A Calvert Avenue. From 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., parents and kids are asked to take off their shoes and have fun in the “soft play” landscape crafted with Scottish pine from UK-based Tigerplay.

WASHINGTON — An officer was injured at U.S. Park Police headquarters just before 9 a.m. on Friday. They were medically evacuated by Eagle 1, the Park Police helicopter, police confirmed. WUSA9 tracked the helicopter to Medstar Hospital. Officials have not said the officer's condition or said what happened. There...

A defendant accused of carjacking was found not guilty on all charges before DC Superior Court Judge Andrea Hertzfeld on Nov. 6. Marcus Tucker, 30, was originally charged with armed carjacking, assault with a dangerous weapon, three counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and robbery while armed...

The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Demitrius Johnson, 27, of Southeast D.C., for an armed carjacking on November 4, 2025. The incident occurred in the 3800 block of Hayes Street, Northeast. Police say Johnson used pepper spray on the victim before taking the vehicle.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A dispute over how closely the Alexandria Sheriff's Office should work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is fueling tension between city leaders and law enforcement. The Alexandria City Council has asked the sheriff's office to stop cooperating with ICE, though both sides say the...

Richard Dyson, 57, pleaded guilty to the murder of Donnella Bryan, 62, who was reported missing and later found in a Hechinger Mall dumpster in Northeast DC earlier this year. Bryan was last seen around 12 p.m. on April 17 in the 300 block of N Street NE, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. She was the...

Montgomery County Councilmember Kristin Mink said after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents started patrolling her district and areas near it, she started her own patrolling.

The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Dominic Lewis Hansberry, 40, of Northeast, DC. The arrest is related to a shooting on September 26, 2025, in the 500 block of 60th Street, Northeast. Officers responded to reports of gunfire and found that a vehicle had been hit. The victim was not injured.

A second person has been arrested in connection with a shooting in Northwest D.C. that left a man dead more than two years ago.

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has arrested 17-year-old Andre Whitfield of Southeast, DC. He is accused of involvement in six carjackings and one armed robbery. The arrest occurred on November 12, 2025, based on a DC Superior Court warrant. Whitfield is being charged as an adult under Title 16.