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Child dead after falling from DC apartment window 08/31/2025 07:26am • A young boy is dead after falling from an apartment building in Northwest D.C. Saturday. D.C. police said officers found the unconscious child at 4th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, around 2 p.m. Police said the boy was pronounced dead at the scene after apparently falling from an apartment w Today in History: August 31, Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in Paris crash 08/31/2025 04:10am • Today is Sunday, Aug. 31, the 243rd day of 2025. There are 122 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed after the car she was riding in crashed in Paris; her partner Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul (who was found to have been intoxicated at t Gun, drugs seized from student’s backpack at Ballou High School, police say 08/30/2025 11:01pm • A Ballou High School student is facing multiple charges after school security intercepted a handgun and drugs during a weapons screening Friday morning, according to police. Around 9:40 a.m., security staff flagged down a patrol officer in Southeast D.C. after spotting a 9 mm handgun inside a stu What to know in the case against former Memphis police officers in the death of Tyre Nichols 08/30/2025 10:03pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The federal criminal case against former Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has taken a shocking, unusual twist: Three of them are getting a new trial because a judge made comments after their convictions that raised questions of bias. On Thu Photos of violent clashes between riot police and protesters in Indonesia 08/30/2025 05:41pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Protests erupted in multiple cities and tensions soared across Indonesia on Friday, a day after a delivery rider was allegedly run over by a police armored vehicle during clashes between riot police and students protesting against lawmakers’ allowances. This is a photo 15 arrested as part of Arlington's targeted enforcement effort to stop retail theft 08/30/2025 04:07pm • Authorities in Arlington County, Virginia, are stepping up efforts to address a rise in retail theft in the area. On Aug. 22, a targeted enforcement effort in Pentagon City resulted in the arrests of 15 suspects, who were charged with a total of 15 felony and 30 misdemeanor offenses. Charges r Trump taps federal agents to tackle local policing. That's not always helpful, critics say 08/30/2025 02:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a scene that has played out on the streets of Washington and Los Angeles since President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital and ramped up deportations nationwide: Federal agents, some in masks, grabbing someone off the street, bundling the pers At least 3 dead after mob sets fire to Indonesian regional parliament building 08/30/2025 02:32pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An angry mob set fire to a local parliament building in an Indonesian provincial capital, leaving at least three people dead and five others hospitalized, officials said. The blaze in Makassar, the capital city of South Sulawesi province, began late Friday. Television rep Weekly breakdown: Where does Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case stand now? 08/30/2025 01:14pm • Since March, President Donald Trump's administration has made an example of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who lived in Maryland with his family. The now-30-year-old was deported to an infamous maximum security prison in El Salvador, has since been transferred to Tennessee and then bac 'Take off your masks!': DC-based group launches campaign to combat law enforcement surge 08/30/2025 11:19am • A new D.C.-based group is plastering the District with flyers that call on federal agents to take off their masks. Masked law enforcement officials have been at the center of growing debate as critics cite a lack of accountability and use of increasing fear tactics in the D.C. region. In fact, D. A quick look back at this week’s biggest stories 08/30/2025 11:07am • Here’s a look back at the top stories of the week, if you’re looking for a quick recap — as well as our best photo galleries and some stories away from the headlines. Minneapolis shooting A shooter opened fire at the church of a Catholic school, killing two children and injuring 18 others, mos Utah Supreme Court blocks execution of prisoner with dementia who chose to die by firing squad 08/29/2025 10:17pm • The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state’s Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia. Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, was set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsake City council member in Connecticut faces additional charges in absentee ballot investigation 08/29/2025 09:36pm • BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A city councilor in Connecticut was arrested Friday on 10 additional counts in connection with an investigation into absentee ballot tampering in the state's largest city, officials said. Bridgeport City Council member Alfredo Castillo was among five Democratic politicians The Latest: Trump blocks $4.9 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress 08/29/2025 09:34pm • In a letter sent Thursday to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump said he would not be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid — effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch. The letter was posted Friday morning on the X New Trump executive order relaxes chase policies for US Park Police 08/29/2025 09:31pm • The U.S. Park Police now has a less restrictive policy when it comes to police pursuits. Officials in President Donald Trump's administration are framing the change as part of its stepped-up crime effort in D.C. The new police pursuit rules are part of an Aug. 25 White House executive order, whi