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14-year-old girl accidentally shoots, kills self while filming video 05/23/2025 05:34am • A 14-year-old girl fatally shot herself by accident Wednesday inside a Northeast D.C. apartment while reportedly recording a video for social media, D.C. police said. In a news release, D.C. police said officers were called to the 1700 block of Benning Road for a report of a shooting around 5 p.m 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. 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 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 Arlington Co. aims to tamp effects of federal workforce cuts; Youngkin says 'Virginia is booming' 05/20/2025 01:50pm • One in five residents in Arlington County is directly employed by the federal government. County board members and the local delegation in the Virginia General Assembly are working together to assess the damage of recent federal cuts and develop strategies to weather the storm. "This is going to Md. Gov. Moore vetoes reparations bill, one of a list of measures he will reject 05/16/2025 08:46pm • Gov. Wes Moore (D) announced Friday that he will veto the Reparations Commission bill that called for a study of historic inequality endured by African descendants in Maryland. The veto of a reparations measure by the only sitting Black governor in the nation was included a list of vetoes of bill Montgomery County Council set to approve $7.6B budget with 'unyielding commitment' to education, public safety 05/16/2025 04:56am • The Montgomery County Council held its "straw vote" on a $7.6 billion spending plan Thursday that includes $3.6 billion for education. The unanimous vote comes a week before the formal and final council vote on May 22. In a briefing with reporters, Montgomery County Council President Kate Stewar Analysis: Russia's expanding hybrid warfare in Eastern Europe 05/13/2025 09:50am • Russia’s hybrid warfare strategy poses a sustained and multidimensional threat to Eastern Europe, aiming to destabilize the region and fracture the West’s security architecture. By combining cyberattacks, disinformation, espionage and leveraging political allies within the European Union, Mos Analysis: V-E Day commemorations underscore Europe’s fragile security in the shadow of Russia’s war on Ukraine 05/05/2025 03:03pm • As Europe marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, the solemn remembrances are underscored by a growing anxiety over the continent’s security. The commemorations, centered in London and featuring military parades, aerial displays and appearances by King Charles III and Ukrainian tro Why is that hot restaurant so hard to get into? Could be reservation scalpers 05/05/2025 12:05pm • Restaurants, even the hard-to-get-into trendy ones, will take any reservation for a table they can get. But increasingly, the reservations booked online may be no-shows, because of a growing number of third party black market reservations sites. These reservation scalpers scoop up swaths of reser What the restart of defaulted student loan collection means for borrowers 05/04/2025 12:00pm • (CNN) — The Department of Education restarts collections of loans in default on Monday, putting millions of borrowers at risk of having their benefits and wages garnished. The move arrives as the Trump administration works to dismantle the Education Department and aggressively roll back former Trump draws criticism with AI image of himself as the pope ahead of the papal conclave 05/04/2025 09:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope as the mourning of Pope Francis continues and just days before the conclave to elect his successor is set to begin. Trump's action drew rebukes from a group representing Catholic bis Data Doctors: What to know and do about the 'dark web' 05/02/2025 05:13pm • Q: What's the dark web, and should I be worried about it? A: The term "dark web" can pop up in news stories, especially when there's a big data breach. As ominous as it sounds, it’s helpful to have an understanding of it and what you can do about it. What is the dark web? The best analogy I h Virginia Gold Cup at 100: Still fashionable after all these years 05/02/2025 01:28pm • If you live or work inside or around the Capital Beltway, you've probably heard at least one co-worker over the years mention Virginia Gold Cup — usually with anticipation Friday, and often with a sunburned nose Monday. WTOP's Dave Preston has been a bus captain at the Virginia Gold Cup for ma Police: Student faces charge after stabbing teen at West Potomac High School 04/23/2025 01:08pm • A 16-year-old is in the hospital with serious injuries after a stabbing at West Potomac High School in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County, Virginia, on Wednesday morning. A school resource officer rushed to help the teen who was stabbed just before 10 a.m., police said. Officers with Fairfa