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Two men indicted for $86,000 fraud scheme in Prince George’s Co. 07/05/2025 07:53am • Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Tara Jackson announced indictments Thursday of two men charged with defrauding a 59-year-old county resident out of $86,000. Jackson and county police said Zheng Hui Xie, 30, of Flushing, New York, and Jianwei Wang, 27, of Monterey Park, California, imp Not a golden idea: NYC man pleads guilty in Montgomery Co. gold bar scam 06/25/2025 01:27pm • A 24-year-old Brooklyn man pleaded guilty Monday to trying to scam an older Bethesda, Maryland, couple out of their gold bars. According to the Maryland State's Attorney's Office, Yongxian Huang picked up a box from the Montgomery County couple that had around $400 of replica gold bars inside bac More Arlington high schoolers will lock cellphones in pouches this fall 06/25/2025 05:33am • Before Wakefield High School adopted stricter cellphone rules, Ashley Rickman told students to put their devices away dozens of times every class period. As a teacher, she was really strict about it, but it didn’t prevent students from trying to defy her rule anyway. But last year, as the Arlin Analysis: Weaponizing chaos. Inside Russia’s hybrid war on the West 06/11/2025 03:36pm • Over the past 24 hours, Russia has escalated a campaign that stretches far beyond the conventional battlefield. From Kharkiv to Berlin, Bamako to Brussels — and now Los Angeles — the Kremlin is executing a global hybrid strategy that combines cyberwarfare, sabotage, covert military operations Where do text spammers get your number? You probably gave it to them 06/09/2025 12:52pm • There has been an 86% year-over-year surge in U.S. adults targeted by phone, email and text scams, and text scams have flourished. A CNET report says 82% of Americans now get at least one scam text per week, over half report say they get at least three per week, and 13% report getting 10 or more DC teacher arrested for soliciting child sexual abuse media 06/02/2025 07:02pm • A former D.C. teacher was arrested Monday and accused of possessing child sexual abuse material. Devonne Keith Brown, 56, worked at IDEA Public Charter School in Northeast D.C. as a health teacher and with the school's track club. The school confirmed to WTOP that Brown does not work there any FBI, Apple Federal Credit Union warn parents: Gen Z faces rising threat of online scams 05/27/2025 06:51am • This content is sponsored by Apple Federal Credit Union. In today's digital age, raising financially responsible kids means equipping them not only with money management skills but also with the knowledge to navigate and avoid online scams. Apple Federal Credit Union and the FBI are joining f As Trump calls for reopening Alcatraz, its most famous escape is still a mystery 05/11/2025 09:06am • (CNN) — Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin, all in their 30s – shimmied with a homemade raft through hidden holes in the Cinco de Mayo celebrates resilience and culture of Mexican people 05/05/2025 06:09am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Cinco de Mayo festivities are taking place across the U.S. with music, tacos, tequila and colorful displays of Mexican culture — even if they're not always the most authentic. The day falls on a Monday this year, meaning the bulk of the celebrations took place over the we DC Mayor Bowser responds to praise and pushback on Commanders stadium deal 04/29/2025 11:52am • The Washington Commanders and D.C. announced a deal Monday that would bring the football team back to the capital to play in a new stadium at the RFK Stadium site. The new 65,000-seat stadium would open in 2030, according to officials. The D.C. Council still needs to approve the agreement Nearly $4 billion deal reached for Washington Commanders to return to DC 04/28/2025 11:58am • The Washington Commanders and D.C. have reached a nearly $4 billion deal to build a 65,000-seat stadium at the RFK Stadium site, with plans to open the venue in 2030, according to officials with the city and the team. The D.C. Council still needs to approve the agreement for it to move forward. 'How did you get suckered?': Investing in cryptocurrency has opportunities and risks 04/28/2025 05:08am • A Virginia woman nearing retirement said she connected with an influencer on TikTok who advised her to try out cryptocurrency trading. He connected her with a “trade coach” who recommended a website for the investments. “I asked a million questions. He was able to answer them," said the Data Doctors: Understanding random 'smishing' text messages 04/25/2025 03:28pm • Q: Why am I suddenly getting lots of weird, random texts from strangers asking if they know me? A: If you're receiving vague text messages from numbers you don’t recognize saying something like, “Hi, do I know you?” or “I found your number in my address book,” you’re not alone, and it Trump claims '200' tariff deals, phone call with Chinese President Xi in wide-ranging interview 04/25/2025 10:20am • (WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump, in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine published Friday, claimed he's already "made 200 deals" on tariffs and said he's spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping. In the cover story, in which Trump's discussed his first 100 days in office, the presid 'Margarita-gate': Sen. Chris Van Hollen slams efforts to stage optics of meeting with Abrego Garcia 04/19/2025 07:55pm • (WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., set out to El Salvador this week to find Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man at the center of an erroneous deportation, and get answers about his condition. While he was relieved to get a chance to meet the Abrego Garcia face to face on Thursday, the senato