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Sonya Massey shooting prompts Illinois law requiring disclosure of police recruits' backgrounds 08/12/2025 07:08pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois law now requires that prospective police officers approve the release of personal background records in response to last summer's shooting of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman, in her home by a sheriff's deputy who had responded to her call for help. Gov. JB Pr 3 firefighters hurt as fire burns century-old buildings in Salt Lake City's nightlife hub 08/12/2025 06:57pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A blaze that started in a restaurant kitchen injured three firefighters and scorched century-old buildings in Salt Lake City’s nightlife hub, officials said Tuesday. Firefighters were dispatched to a cooking fire at the London Belle Supper Club on Monday night and found smo 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 Law enforcement experts say DC needs more judges to fight crime 08/12/2025 01:21pm • President Donald Trump is directing the federal government to take over the operations of D.C.'s police department for up to 30 days, under the D.C. Home Rule Act, and sending in hundreds of National Guard Troops. If that means more arrests, is the D.C. court system equipped to handle it? Judici Terry Cole named interim federal administrator for DC police 08/12/2025 01:09pm • Terry Cole has been selected by President Donald Trump to be the interim federal administrator for D.C.'s police department. Cole has a long history in both federal and Virginia law enforcement circles, but it's still not clear how extensive his role as leader will be. His appointment come National Guard members report to DC Armory under Trump's emergency declaration 08/12/2025 11:31am • Dozens of men and women in camo Army fatigues, carrying large duffel bags, some even with pillows and blankets, filed into the D.C. Armory Tuesday morning. It is all part of the mobilization of 800 D.C. National Guard members that was ordered by President Donald Trump as he declared a public sa One person killed in four-vehicle crash in Prince George's Co., Suitland Parkway roads diverted 08/12/2025 09:11am • One person was killed Tuesday morning following a four-vehicle crash in Prince George's County, Maryland. U.S. Park Police said officials responded to the scene around 7 a.m., heading inbound on Suitland Parkway near Suitland Road. One person, described as an adult, was pronounced dead at the Manager of DC store trashed by teens says Trump gives him hope 08/12/2025 05:22am • Not long after nearly 40 teenagers trashed the convenience store Ibrahin Hossain manages in the Hechinger Mall in Northeast D.C. on Friday night, he told the owner of 24/7 Best Tobacco & Wireless that he no longer wants to work there because he doesn't feel safe. Almost everyone could und This DC community activist anticipated federal control of the city’s police department 08/12/2025 04:37am • Years ago, when Robert Contee was the chief of D.C. police, community activist Ronald Moten sounded the alarm. He felt young people in the city would commit a crime and get released without receiving the proper services and help that they needed. It was clear to him that they could be helped, but What DC leaders, residents say about Trump's federal control of police, National Guard deployment 08/11/2025 05:30pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said President Donald Trump's announcement that he is placing the police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard in the nation's capital is an effort to use his authority to "intrude on our autonomy." Bowser said that while she disagrees that t Could Trump move to federalize DC Monday? There's local pushback on that 08/10/2025 08:57pm • Last week, President Donald Trump warned he might "exert" his presidential powers to place the District under federal control. And with his announcement of a press conference today on District matters, that has led to speculation that he is about to make good on that assertion. Trump has previ