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(Washington, DC) – Today, the Council of the District of Columbia passed, on first vote, the Robert F. Kennedy Campus Redevelopment Act of 2025, the legislation to bring the Commanders home to RFK and activate 180 acres of opportunity on the banks of the Anacostia River. Following the 9-3 vote, Mayor Muriel Bowser...

“Chief of Police Pamela A. Smith has announced the establishment of a Juvenile Curfew Zone in Southwest. The Juvenile Curfew Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 gives the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department the authority to order a Juvenile Curfew Zone in an area where large groups of youths are gathering or...

GREENBELT, Md. – U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby sentenced Sean Franklin Mills, Jr., 21, of Capital Heights, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for carjacking and use, carrying, and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. Kelly...

Officials said a car crashed into an apartment building in Bowie.

Jamaica Fest will be held on Sunday, August 17, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Veterans Plaza (1 Veterans Place) in Silver Spring. The free event is a daylong celebration featuring live reggae and dancehall performances, traditional Jamaican food, artisan vendors, and family-friendly entertainment. Attendees are...

Michael Pittman, a 30-year-old man from the District of Columbia, has been handed a seven-year prison sentence for his role in trafficking over 200 illegal firearms to the DC area, a stance announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. In his guilty plea made back on April 14, 2025, Pittman admitted to the...

Incidents of gun violence in the District have begun to touch even those entities typically held as sacrosanct by the unspoken rules of urban engagement. On Thursday afternoon, a D.C. fire truck, Truck Co. 13, found itself in the crossfire while traversing the intersection of Mount Olivet Road and Montello Avenue NE...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Police are investigating after a Virginia woman was accused in May of financially exploiting an elderly person in Lancaster County. According to the West Lampeter Police Department, Margaret Christel, 34, of Falls Church, VA stole or altered numerous checks worth $50,000 from the elderly...

Washington, DC is witnessing an unprecedented crackdown on unlicensed cannabis shops, as city officials accelerate enforcement efforts and padlock storefronts across the District. Over the past year, at least 50 cannabis businesses—most known as unlicensed “gifting” shops—have been ordered closed, marking a dramatic...

EDGEWOOD, Md. — A potentially fatal tick-borne disease, once largely confined to New England, is now spreading into new territory. Babesiosis, caused by the parasite Babesia microti, has made its way south into the Mid-Atlantic states, including Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Washington D.C., and West Virginia,...