Search

Man dies after being rescued from car in Anacostia River 12/25/2023 04:49pm • A man died after rescue divers pulled him from a car inside the Anacostia River on Monday, according to DC Fire and EMS. Officials responded to a car in the water in the area of the Anacostia River and the 11th Street Bridge at around 1:30 p.m. DC Fire and EMS deployed its dive team shortly af DC police identify man struck, killed by car in Northeast 12/25/2023 08:48am • Police have identified a Northeast D.C. resident who was struck and killed after being hit by a vehicle Friday. Samuel Thorton, 34, was struck just after 10 p.m. on Dec. 22 while walking through an alley in the 1100 block of 5th Street Northeast, according to a news release. An investigation i 2023 data shows rise in violent crime in Fairfax Co. 12/24/2023 10:25pm • Violent crime increased this year in Fairfax County, Virginia, according to a newly released report. The new report, released by Fairfax County Police in coordination with the Major Cities Chiefs Association, tracked violent crimes such as homicide, rape and robbery in 2023. Fairfax County ran Police: 2 students brought loaded guns to 2 separate Prince George's Co. high schools over 2 days 12/23/2023 02:23pm • Two students who attend different high schools in Prince George's County, Maryland, are facing charges after police said they each brought a loaded gun to school. A 17-year-old male student at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School in Upper Marlboro was found with a loaded gun by Prince George’s Cou 2 French bulldogs stolen days apart in DC, police say 12/23/2023 09:07am • In a continuing trend, two more French bulldogs were stolen this week in the District, according to D.C. police. Mocha was stolen from her owner at gunpoint Friday afternoon in the 3300 block of 14th Place in Southeast, as she was attempting to sell the dog, authorities said. The victim told poli DC Council chairman introduces bill aimed at reducing violent crime 12/22/2023 07:18pm • As shootings continue to plague the District, city lawmakers are looking for ways to keep its residents safe — and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson wants to lead the charge against violent crime in the city. Mendelson introduced legislation this week called "Evidence-Based Gun Violence Redu Police: 2 victims identified in quadruple Southwest DC shooting 12/22/2023 04:04pm • D.C. police have identified the two people killed in Thursday morning's shooting in Southwest, which officials continue to investigate. Patricia Harris, 35, and Tyrone Jacobs, 24, were both killed in the shooting in the 1300 block of Half Street Southwest. Harris died at the scene, while Jacobs d 'This dog is fast': Loose pup caught after shutting down I-95 lanes in Va. 12/22/2023 02:16pm • It was a "doggone" scary scene on Interstate 95 in Virginia on Friday morning. A small white dog took to the northbound lanes of I-95 before "ruffing" its way to Route 3 in Fredericksburg. Animal control, police and a man in a flatbed truck tried to get the little dog to come their way. 'It's Columbine all over again': WTOP's Lauryn Ricketts describes Prague after university shooting 12/22/2023 08:55am • A student opened fire at a university in the Czech capital, Prague, shooting dead 14 people before killing himself, authorities said Friday. It was the worst mass shooting in Czech history. Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said police in Prague all the 14 who died in Thursday’s attack have been id Man dies after rescue from car submerged in Potomac River, police say 12/22/2023 07:24am • A man is dead after a vehicle was found in the Potomac River early Thursday morning, according to U.S. Park Police. The federal agency said officers arrived at Ohio Drive SW in the area of the Memorial Bridge at about 12 a.m., after a car was found in the Potomac River. D.C. police and DC Fire an A weekly food distribution event gets a festive touch — and a visit from Santa 12/21/2023 11:13pm • Trucks with hams, vegetables and other groceries rolled up one after the other to the offices of The Upcounty Hub on Thursday morning. The nonprofit provides weekly food distributions to families in need in Germantown, Gaithersburg, and other locations in northern Montgomery County, Maryland, Jeep Cherokee believed to be linked to quadruple DC shooting found burned in Prince George's Co. 12/21/2023 11:13pm • The white Jeep Cherokee believed to be the same one used in a shooting in D.C. Thursday morning was found burned in Suitland, Maryland, according to officials. D.C. police said they could not confirm this was the same car used in the shooting but they do believe it may be, officials told WTOP Thu Man charged in fatal stabbing of DC woman arrested in Indiana 12/21/2023 01:42pm • A man wanted in the deadly attack on a woman in Northwest D.C. Tuesday has been apprehended in Indiana. Alberto Valle-Carranza, 54, of Northwest D.C. was located and arrested in Michigan City, Indiana, Wednesday on charges of second-degree murder while armed, a D.C. police news release said. The Man indicted in tourist stabbing death at DC hotel 12/21/2023 11:19am • A D.C. man was indicted Wednesday on five counts stemming from the March 2023 stabbing murder of a 31-year-old Virginia woman in Northeast D.C. George Sydnor Jr., a 44-year-old from D.C., was indicted by a D.C. Superior Court on charges of first-degree murder while armed, burglary, kidnapping an Lincoln Memorial steps vandalized with red paint, messages reading 'Free Gaza' 12/21/2023 09:20am • U.S. Park Police are investigating after vandalism was found near the Lincoln Memorial in D.C. Wednesday afternoon. Messages and red paint were splattered on the steps between the Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool. Among the painted messages were "Free Gaza." The Lincoln Memorial it