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Climate protester found guilty of smearing paint on sculpture at DC's National Gallery of Art 04/08/2025 05:48pm • A man who smeared paint on a sculpture display at the National Gallery of Art in D.C. in April 2023 was found guilty Monday of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and injury to the gallery's exhibit. According to U.S. Attorney for D.C. Edward Martin's office, 55-year-old Tim 'A fire sale': Federal real estate footprint shrinking in DC 04/08/2025 05:32pm • The chair of the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's administration is moving swiftly to start selling federal office buildings and end hundreds of federal leases, which is having an impact on federal workers in the D.C. area. "Fede Parents arrested after 3rd grader accidentally fired gun in Va. classroom, deputies say 04/08/2025 01:45pm • The parents of a third grade student at Lee Hill Elementary School in Fredericksburg, Virginia, have been arrested and charged after a pistol the boy brought to school went off while inside his backpack, according to the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office. No one was hurt during the incident, which ha 'I saw it on TikTok': DC public health student says to watch out for medical misinformation 04/08/2025 10:05am • Students heading into the field of public health are starting their careers at a time when the scientific establishment is viewed with skepticism. Some of the factors impacting how people view the field include the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Trump administration's mass layoffs in agencies such as 13-year-old overcomes kidney disease, receives the Make-A-Wish experience of a lifetime 04/08/2025 05:00am • Lyndzi Young carries a certain superstar quality — charisma, wit and endless optimism. She has a commanding presence, particularly on camera, and while in the WTOP studios recording her own commercial recently, admitted she could see herself working in broadcasting at some point. For now A wealth manager's advice amid drops in the stock market 04/08/2025 03:12am • The immediate impact of recent tariffs by President Donald Trump's administration on a list of countries has resulted in turbulent times for Wall Street. Big drops have resulted in many people looking at their stock portfolios and retirement accounts and calling their financial planners as a result. No injuries after gun fires inside 3rd grader's backpack at Va. elementary school 04/07/2025 03:38pm • No students or staffers were injured early Monday when a handgun fired inside a third grade student's backpack at an elementary school in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, according to law enforcement. The Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office said deputies are investigating what happened when the weapon di How you can help a Va. nonprofit make prom dreams come true 04/04/2025 08:00pm • A Northern Virginia nonprofit group is holding a pop-up prom dress shop giveaway next Saturday, April 12. Dozens of high school girls getting ready for prom will be able to walk out with a free dress they otherwise couldn’t afford. The pop-up could use some more dresses, though. The event is Data Doctors: 'Pig butchering' and other scams targeting seniors 04/04/2025 05:18pm • Q: I’m trying to protect my parents from scammers. What are some scams targeting older people? A: Older adults are often a prime target for scammers, and it’s not just by chance. They tend to have larger nest eggs, are more trusting, and may be less familiar with technology. Many scams Demand for viral 'torpedo' baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive 04/04/2025 10:35am • KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball's latest fad and see for himself if there really was some wizardry in the wallop Demand for viral 'torpedo' baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive 04/04/2025 10:34am • KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball's latest fad and see for himself if there really was some wizardry in the wallop MASTERS '25: Scottie Scheffler the latest in a long line who learned from Randy Smith 04/04/2025 09:01am • AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — One was a young teenager in Ohio whose family was moving to Texas. Another was a college kid at Kansas looking for help with his swing. And then there was Scottie Scheffler, a 6-year-old in New Jersey whose mother had taken a C-suite job at a Dallas law firm. At different times 10 dead as landslide hits passing cars on Indonesia's Java island 04/04/2025 05:50am • SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies after a landslide struck vehicles on a hilly road on the country’s main island of Java, police said Friday. Torrential rains pushed mud, rocks and trees down the mountainside road on Thursday, burying a van with seven people aboa Living abroad and hungry to see a Chinese movie on the biggest of screens, some took action 04/04/2025 12:06am • COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — A group of Chinese people decided they wanted the nation's biggest movie to be big in the United States, literally. So they made it really big. And therein lies a story. On a recent Saturday afternoon, more than 100 people gathered at an IMAX screening room in a movie theater The Latest: Trump’s new tariffs lead to the biggest Dow wipeout since 2020 04/03/2025 07:35pm • Financial markets around the world were reeling Thursday following President Donald Trump’s latest and most severe volley of tariffs, and the U.S. stock market may be taking the worst of it. Little was spared as fear flared globally about the potentially higher inflation and weakening economic gro