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FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say 09/27/2025 11:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three people familiar with the matter said Friday. The bureau last spring had reassigned Friday's Scores 09/26/2025 11:33pm • PREP FOOTBALL= Alexandria City 23, C. G. Woodson 21 Amherst County 24, Brookville 21, OT Appomattox 62, Dan River 14 Atlantic Shores Christian 50, Smith Mountain Lake Christian Academy 22 Bassett 28, Mecklenburg County 16 Bath County 42, Hancock, Md. 0 Battlefield 40, Independence 7 Bayside 48, Land The Latest: Supreme Court keeps Trump’s $5 billion foreign aid funding freeze in place 09/26/2025 09:54pm • The Supreme Court on Friday extended an order that allows President Donald Trump ’s administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid, handing him another victory in a dispute over presidential power. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court’s conservative majority gran Man found guilty of murder in 2020 killing of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in Atlanta 09/26/2025 05:39pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A jury in Atlanta on Friday found a man guilty of murder and other charges and was sentenced to life in prison in the July 2020 shooting death of an 8-year-old girl who was riding in an SUV near a weekslong protest at the site where police had fatally shot a Black man. Julian Conley Train stabbing spurs outcry over Black-on-white violence, but data shows such occurrences are rare 09/26/2025 01:48pm • After a Ukrainian woman who fled war in her home country was stabbed to death on a commuter train in North Carolina, the alarming act of violence ignited bitter racial and political rhetoric about crime victims and perpetrators in America. The fatal attack last month, in which the alleged perpetrato Grappling with your clients is not only allowed — it's the point at this business 09/26/2025 05:02am • This story is part of WTOP’s Small Business September coverage. Each week, WTOP will be highlighting small businesses across the D.C. region, along with financial, government and other organizations that help our small business community thrive. A day at the office for these folks means rol What to know after Trump classifies decentralized antifa movement as a domestic terror organization 09/22/2025 08:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an order designating a decentralized movement known as antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, though whether he can actually do that remained unclear. Trump blames antifa for political violence. The Republican president said on socia Ukrainian refugee's train stabbing death becomes early flashpoint in 2026 North Carolina Senate race 09/22/2025 09:03am • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republicans in North Carolina and beyond are making a concerted effort to turn the stabbing death of a Ukrainian woman on a Charlotte commuter train into a political liability for Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper in his bid to win a key U.S. Senate race that is still more tha Zohran Mamdani's been called a communist who'll defund the police. Here's where he actually stands 09/20/2025 08:17am • President Donald Trump calls him a “communist." His critics say he wants to defund the police. Zohran Mamdani insists he's just a guy trying to make New York City more affordable. Mamdani 's meteoritic rise to become the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor has put his past and present polic Friday's Scores 09/19/2025 11:56pm • PREP FOOTBALL= Alexandria City 71, John R. Lewis 0 Alleghany 22, Staunton 21 Amelia County 41, Nandua 10 Auburn 54, Castlewood 16 Bassett 44, William Byrd 35 Bath County 53, Tygarts Valley, W.Va. 22 Battlefield 35, Gar-Field 14 Bayside 34, Salem-Va. Beach 21 Bethel 54, Denbigh 15 Briar Woods 20, Her Trump says he’ll designate antifa as a terrorist group but offers few details 09/17/2025 09:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said early Thursday that he plans to designate antifa as a “major terrorist organization.” Antifa, short for “anti-fascists,” is an umbrella term for far-left-leaning militant groups and is not a singular entity. They consist of groups that resist f Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic VP candidate, says he’ll seek a third term as Minnesota’s governor 09/16/2025 10:27am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday he will seek a third term in the 2026 elections, hoping to beat the odds to become the longest-serving governor in a state where voters have usually said two terms were plenty. In a campaign video posted on YouTube, Walz said he’s running b Friday's Scores 09/12/2025 11:53pm • PREP FOOTBALL= Alleghany 36, Greenbrier East, W.Va. 26 Amherst County 19, Mecklenburg County 0 Atlee 23, Mills Godwin 21 Auburn 29, Fort Chiswell 13 Bassett 52, Dan River 14 Battlefield 20, South Lakes 16 Bland County 42, Twin Valley 28 Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot 40, Greenbrier Christian 22 Brooke P Trial set to begin for man accused of killing 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in Atlanta 09/12/2025 01:53pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A trial is set to begin Monday for a man charged with murder in the July 2020 shooting death of an 8-year-old girl who was riding in an SUV near a weekslong protest at the site where police had fatally shot a Black man weeks earlier. Julian Conley is charged with murder, as well as Trump threatened Portland with troops to quell protests. The mayor says it's not needed 09/12/2025 11:21am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A gas mask dangled from Deidra Watts's backpack as she joined a couple dozen others outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, just as she has many nights since July. The protesters toed a blue line painted across the building's driveway. “GO