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DC residents hear from police on federal partnerships during virtual town hall 08/26/2025 06:02pm • D.C. Council member Robert White hosted a virtual town hall Monday night, shedding new light on how federal officers and National Guard troops are being deployed in the District. A D.C. police officer at the meeting talked about how the officers and guard members are being used. "We very much Trump's law enforcement surge is alienating DC residents, senior officers say 08/26/2025 05:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A pair of senior Washington, D.C., police commanders acknowledged Tuesday that the ongoing federal law enforcement surge in the nation���s capital is alienating the population and damaging community relationships that will have to be mended in the future. ���What relationships Daily life on a remote Amazon island goes on despite diplomatic dispute 08/26/2025 05:52pm • SANTA ROSA, Peru (AP) ��� Rain or shine, every weekday from March to December, boat owner Salvador Mitidieri ferries students from the shore of the Amazon River in Brazil to the only primary school in miles on Santa Rosa ��� a remote island that is now the subject of a territorial dispute between Pe The Latest: Fed governor to sue Trump, saying he can't legally fire her 08/26/2025 05:49pm • Financial markets worldwide have been rattled by President Donald Trump's announcement that he's firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented move and sharp escalation in his effort to exert greater control over what has long been considered an institution independent from day-to-day Minnesota woman charged for using racial slur against Black child as her fundraising tops $800,000 08/26/2025 05:43pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Minnesota prosecutors filed misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges Tuesday against a woman accused of using a racist slur against a Black child at a playground ��� an incident the woman has since used to raise more than $800,000 after she appealed for help with relocating. ���De Analysis: College campuses nationwide rocked by dangerous 'swatting' incidents 08/26/2025 05:18pm • The University of Kentucky joined a growing list of American campuses targeted by false ���active shooter��� calls on Tuesday, when it was confirmed that a report of gunfire near William T. Young Library was a hoax. UK officials said police from the campus and Lexington responded within two minut Tropical storms Juliette and Fernand churn over open waters in different oceans 08/26/2025 05:06pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Tropical storms Juliette and Fernand churned Tuesday over open waters, one in the Pacific Ocean and one in the Atlantic, at the same time as some officials continued to deal with the aftermath of the massive Hurricane Erin which neared the northern Caribbean and U.S. last week. No coa Lil Nas X says arrest and jail time were 'terrifying' 08/26/2025 04:52pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Lil Nas X said Tuesday that his arrest and jail time were ���terrifying��� in his first public comments since he was charged with attacking Los Angeles police officers. The 26-year-old rapper and singer whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill pleaded not guilty to four felony cou Rhode Island prosecutor put on unpaid leave after warning ���You���re gonna regret this��� during arrest 08/26/2025 04:49pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ��� A Rhode Island state prosecutor was put on unpaid leave for six months after she was captured on police body camera footage warning one of the officers who were arresting her on a trespassing charge that he was ���gonna regret it.��� Special Assistant Attorney General Devon A Kansas City, Kansas, police officer has died after being struck by a fleeing driver 08/26/2025 04:41pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) ��� A police officer died early Tuesday after a fleeing driver hit tire-deflating devices and veered into him, authorities said. His police chief said the death was ���an intentional act of homicide.��� Officer Hunter Simoncic, 26, was the second law enforcement officer in Ka Texans' Jimmie Ward placed on exempt list amid felony domestic violence charge 08/26/2025 04:17pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Houston Texans safety Jimmie Ward was placed on the commissioner exempt list Tuesday as he faces a felony domestic violence charge. Ward may not practice or attend games while on the list. He had been on the physically unable to perform list because of a foot injury since before cam Democratic governors look to derail Trump's plan to send National Guard to Chicago and other cities 08/26/2025 03:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� JB Pritzker took a water taxi along the Chicago Riverwalk, past one of Donald Trump���s famous downtown towers. The gleaming and heavily trafficked tourist district was a deliberate backdrop on the day the Illinois governor directed a defiant message toward the White House: ���Mr DC records first homicide in nearly two weeks 08/26/2025 03:26pm • D.C.'s nearly two-week stretch without a homicide during the federal law enforcement surge came to an end early Tuesday, when a man was fatally shot. The District had not recorded a homicide since Aug. 13, a few days after President Donald Trump declared a federal crime emergency on Aug. 11. D Pirro doubles down on crime stats, while DC leaders want 'false narrative' to end 08/26/2025 02:29pm • As President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement surge in D.C. continues, new numbers show more than 1,000 arrests have been made in the first two weeks. More than 300 people have been arrested on immigration-related charges. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who is D.C.'s top prosecutor, is Prince George's superintendent says parents should expect transportation delays 08/26/2025 02:16pm • From saving on school supplies to the impact of federal cuts, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series,�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. Prince George's County Public Schools is war