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Police free 11 guards held hostage in Guatemalan prisons 08/13/2025 11:28am • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) ��� Anti-kidnapping teams freed 11 guards overnight after they were held hostage by gang members for most of a day in two Guatemalan prisons, demanding that authorities move their imprisoned leaders to other facilities. Deputy Security Minister Jos�� Portillo confirmed the guards Analysis: Europe���s diplomatic choreography aims to preempt Alaska summit risks 08/13/2025 10:50am • The diplomatic timetable unfolding in Berlin today is no accident. It is a deliberately staged sequence designed to send a political signal as much as to set policy. It is a clear reminder that the war is between Russia and Ukraine, and Russia can���t reach a ceasefire deal in a meeting with U.S. Sha'Carri Richardson addresses domestic violence arrest and apologizes to Christian Coleman 08/13/2025 06:57am • Sprinter Sha���Carri Richardson addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a video on social media and issued an apology to her boyfriend Christian Coleman. Richardson posted a video on her Instagram account Monday night in which she said she put herself in a ���compromised situation.��� She i From joggers to tourists, DC residents voice alarm over National Guard patrols 08/13/2025 05:10am • Dozens of federal police and, for the first time since President Donald Trump made the announcement, National Guard members were seen on the streets of D.C. on Tuesday night. The new picture of law enforcement in the nation���s capital began taking shape Tuesday as some of the 800 National Guard Montgomery Co. braces for possible homelessness rise after Trump crackdown on DC encampments 08/13/2025 04:43am • Montgomery County, Maryland, leaders are bracing for a possible increase in homeless residents, as President Donald Trump orders law enforcement agencies to crack down on homeless encampments across D.C. During a weekly news briefing, County Executive Marc Elrich said while it's unclear exactly h What newly released videos and records reveal about the Uvalde school shooting 08/13/2025 12:02am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Anguished pleas from parents. Confused police officers. The horrifying scene that emergency crews found when they first got inside the classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Newly released records surrounding the May 2022 massacre, including hundreds of pages o Massive rescue effort led to pulling workers from debris of Pennsylvania steel plant explosion 08/12/2025 09:27pm • CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) ��� Moments after an explosion erupted at a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, company firefighters, local responders and employees raced in to rescue people from the smoldering wreckage. They were able to free one injured worker who was whisked to a hospital. But one more was Trump's takeover of Washington law enforcement begins as National Guard troops arrive 08/12/2025 09:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The new picture of law enforcement in the nation���s capital began taking shape Tuesday as some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by the Trump administration began arriving. The city���s police and federal officials, projecting cooperation, took the first steps in an une The Latest: Mexico expels 26 high-ranking cartel figures to US in deal with Trump administration 08/12/2025 08:20pm • Mexico is expelling 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest major deal with the President Donald Trump ���s administration, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The cartel leaders and other prominent figures were being flown from Mexico to What are your constitutional rights when it comes to police interactions? 08/12/2025 08:02pm • With President Donald Trump announcing a federal takeover of D.C. police, civil rights experts are reminding the public of their rights when it comes to police interactions. "We are encouraging everyone to exercise caution,��� said Alicia Yass, supervising policy counsel for the American Civil Lib WATCH: Jeanine Pirro says 30-year low in DC crime stats 'falls on deaf ears' 08/12/2025 06:09pm • U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said at a news conference Tuesday that her "ears are deaf to" the contradicting crime stats that show a 30-year low in the nation's capital. Pirro said that despite the data showing an improving crime picture, the families of the victims of violent crimes woul 'Trying to avoid problems': DC Attorney General is lying in wait during federal takeover 08/12/2025 05:16pm • D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said Tuesday that his office's first instinct isn't to a file a lawsuit in response to President Donald Trump's federal takeover of the city's police department, instead emphasizing it is watching to see who is running day-to-day operations at the local agency. Analysis: How the DC police takeover is structured to work 08/12/2025 04:47pm • Even though the federal takeover of D.C.'s police department was announced Monday, it actually began Aug. 7, according to federal law enforcement sources. It is being built on a tightly scripted, highly centralized structure designed for rapid coordination across multiple agencies. A senio 3-year-old boy airlifted after falling from 6th story balcony in College Park 08/12/2025 04:41pm • A 3-year-old boy is fighting for his life after falling from a sixth-story balcony in College Park, Maryland, on Tuesday afternoon. Around 2 p.m. Tuesday, Prince George's Fire and EMS Department was called to the 9300 block of Cherry Hill Road for reports of a child falling from a balcony. He Republican lawmakers vow to keep heat on DC in federal crime crackdown 08/12/2025 03:01pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Congressional Republicans are strongly backing President Donald Trump's federal crackdown on crime in D.C. and promising to hold District leaders accountable at an upcomin