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Grief, fear follow fatal shooting of Israeli Embassy staffers in DC 05/22/2025 06:50pm • A bouquet of flowers sits between two yellow roses across the street from the Israeli Embassy in D.C. on Thursday. That's where officials asked community members to place tributes, which honor the young couple who were shot and killed Wednesday night near the Capital Jewish Museum in Northwest. 'Grieving and exhausted': Israeli Embassy couple killed in 'targeted attack' remembered 05/22/2025 06:33pm • People who knew the couple killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in what D.C. police said was a "targeted attack" remembered Yaron Lischinsky as a "smiling guy" and Sarah Milgrim as warm and compassionate. National Council of Jewish Women CEO Sheila Katz said Milgrim was someone she admire 2 Israeli Embassy staff members killed in shooting near Capital Jewish Museum in Northwest DC 05/22/2025 04:20pm • A couple, who were both staff members at the Israeli Embassy, were killed in a shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum in Northwest D.C. on Wednesday night. Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, were leaving an event at the museum when police said a suspect shot and killed the couple. Analysis: Why the DC killing of Israeli Embassy staffers rattles local communities and international officials 05/22/2025 03:47pm • The fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers in the nation’s capital goes far beyond a diplomatic tragedy — it signals a chilling new phase in the intersection of global conflict, domestic extremism and local vulnerability. For residents of D.C. and beyond, the attack represents a potent a What we know about suspect in shooting of 2 Israeli Embassy employees 05/22/2025 01:11pm • â–¶ Watch Video: FBI, police searching Chicago property believed connected to DC shooting suspect The suspect in the fatal shooting of 2 Israeli Embassy employees outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night has been identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez of C Memorial Day 2025: What’s open, what’s closed around DC area 05/22/2025 12:46pm • Memorial Day is a solemn American tradition — a day to pause and honor the men and women who paid the ultimate price in defense of freedom. It’s more than just barbecues and long weekends. It’s a time to remember those who never came home, to reflect on their sacrifice and to keep their sto World leaders condemn shooting of Israeli Embassy staff in DC 05/22/2025 10:23am • â–¶ Watch Video: Two Israeli Embassy staff members killed in shooting outside Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. World leaders reacted Thursday morning to the killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., as the Israeli government blamed the attack on "anti Shooting shuts CIA HQ gate, causes traffic headaches in McLean 05/22/2025 09:39am • The CIA's headquarters in Langley, Virginia, shuttered its front gate Thursday morning after an apparent security incident. A spokesperson from the CIA told WTOP National Security Correspondent JJ Green there was a security incident that law enforcement responded to outside CIA headquarters. I Burglaries are down, but Fairfax Co. police are warning about this organized theft group 05/21/2025 10:22pm • Burglaries are down in Fairfax County, but police officials say a well-known organized theft group is still causing issues in the Northern Virginia suburb and across the D.C. region. During a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, Police Chief Kevin Davis said the so-called South American Theft Gr 3 wounded in shooting near Potomac Mills shopping mall 05/21/2025 07:42pm • Three men were injured in a shooting behind a shopping center in Prince William County, Virginia, on Wednesday afternoon, police say. Prince William County police confirmed to WTOP that around 5:15 p.m., they got the report of a shooting in the 14200 block of Smoketown Road in Woodbridge near the 2nd teen who escaped youth detention caught in DC, police say 05/21/2025 07:23pm • D.C. police have arrested the second of three teens who escaped Sunday from a youth detention facility in Pennsylvania that the District contracts with. Police said they caught 18-year-old Javontay Johnson on Tuesday night in Southeast. Officers took a 17-year-old into custody Sunday night after 'Betrayal': Jan. 6 Capitol officer blasts Trump over Babbitt settlement 05/21/2025 01:15pm • Ashli Babbitt’s family will receive $5 million settlement from President Donald Trump's administration stemming from her death on Jan. 6, 2021. One Capitol police officer is calling that settlement a betrayal. This week, the Trump administration agreed to settle the wrongful death lawsuit filed Prince William supervisors approve training facility agreement with ICE in controversial vote 05/21/2025 11:15am • The Prince William Board of County Supervisors has renewed a contract with federal immigration officials to let federal officers continue using the county’s weapons training facility. During the board’s May 13 meeting, supervisors narrowly voted to extend a contract that allows Immigration and DC runner meets her guardian angels who saved her life after cardiac arrest 05/20/2025 06:53pm • Angel Barr started running as part of her exercise routine to help lose weight. She had never done a running event before, but eagerly registered for the Cherry Blossom 10-miler in April. On her Metro ride to the starting point, the 24-year-old was physically and mentally prepared. She rememb 'Unacceptable': Man killed in shooting near elementary school's track meet in DC 05/20/2025 05:37pm • A man is dead after he was shot Tuesday as an elementary school track meet was underway at a vacant high school in Northeast D.C., police said. Officers are searching for three suspects who police said hopped out of a vehicle and fired at a man walking along a sidewalk near the school's track in