Silver Spring MD

According to a new analysis by SmartAsset, Bethesda and Rockville are among the safest suburbs in the United States, ranking #2 and #4 respectively. The study evaluated 360 U.S. suburbs within 45 minutes of a major city, using data on violent crime, property crime, drug overdoses, traffic deaths, and excessive...

FAIR OAKS, Va. - A surveillance video released by police shows the moment a toddler was allegedly abducted at Fair Oaks Shopping Center. Fairfax County Police say the girl wandered away from an indoor play area just before 11:45 a.m. on July 18, when she was picked up by a man identified as 26-year-old Andres Caceres...

A 65-year-old Maryland man will spend decades in prison after admitting to repeatedly raping a member of his household over a two-year period, prosecutors said. James Thompson, 65, was sentenced to life in prison, with all but 25 years suspended, a judge in Wicomico County Circuit Court, according to the State's...

Chief Antonio DeVaul of the Takoma Park Police Department has announced the arrests of 18-year-old Mario Collins and a 16-year-old male juvenile, both from Washington DC. The arrests are in connection with a stolen vehicle, the possession of a stolen handgun, and the assault on police officers. According to police,...

A man is recovering in the hospital after he was shot in Southeast D.C. on Thursday, police said.

The D.C. Council removed a provision allowing families experiencing homelessness to be housed in communal shelters from the city’s fiscal year 2026 budget ahead of the council’s final budget vote on July 28, temporarily settling fears from advocates who worried a return to congregate housing would set back progress...

"Be prepared for a serious storm," New York's mayor warned.

In Maryland, nonprofits helping those with physical and intellectual disabilities are worried about their future.

What was once a 72-unit garden-style apartment complex built in the 1950s is now a five-story, 189-unit affordable housing community on Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring’s Forest Glen neighborhood, thanks to a partnership between a local nonprofit housing developer and county and state officials. On Tuesday afternoon,...

It took place inside the D.C. jail’s Correctional Treatment Facility in Southeast. Fifteen young men, who completed their high school education through the Maya Angelou Academy, were being awarded Wednesday with their diplomas after qualifying for and then completing the program. The graduates, with the cuffs of...