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A man is dead after he was shot during an attempted robbery on the Howard University campus Thursday morning, D.C. police said. There is no active threat to the university or its students, Cmdr. James Boteler said during a news conference. It happened near the intersection of 6th and Bryant streets NW, just outside of Howard…

WASHINGTON (AP) — No fingerprints or DNA turned up on the baggie of cocaine found in a lobby at the White House last week despite a sophisticated FBI crime lab analysis, and surveillance footage of the area didn’t identify a suspect, according to a summary of the Secret Service investigation obtained by The Associated Press.…

A D.C. police officer accused of sexually abusing a young girl, beginning when she was 9-years-old, was found guilty Tuesday of multiple counts of child abuse. Charles Johnson, 29, of D.C. was convicted Tuesday after prosecutors found sexually abused a young girl who he lived with who was nine and 10 years old at the…

An occupied train derailed in D.C. on Tuesday morning, causing significant delays for travelers and commuters along Virginia Railway Express and Amtrak’s Northeast Regional service. A spokesperson for Amtrak told WTOP that Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 86 derailed while traveling at low speed inside of a tunnel south of Union Station around 8:47 a.m. Tuesday.…

A Maryland man has been found guilty, but not criminally responsible, in the fatal stabbing of his stepfather in March 2022. Sergio Koyangbo, 21, of Bethesda, was found guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Monday for the stabbing death of his stepfather, 46-year-old David Beasley. He is charged with first-degree murder. Being found not…

The region’s U.S. Senate delegation is standing united in opposition to a Congressional proposal to add dozens of daily flights to Reagan National Airport. Democratic Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine of Virginia, along with Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, made a joint appearance at the airport’s Terminal 2, where they criticized…

A Rockville, Maryland, man has been arrested and charged for knowingly receiving two stolen French bulldogs that were taken at gunpoint in D.C. D.C. police say Enrico Brown, 51, has been charged with receiving stolen property in the incident that happened on Monday morning. In the first case, an owner of a dog was approached…

The commonwealth’s executive lauded the more than 100 national guardsmen that would be making their way from Fort Barfoot near Blackstone, Virginia, to Texas’ border with praise. Their goal? To support the Lone Star state’s border control mission. “On behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for…

An additional left turn lane has been put in place for drivers at a busy Fairfax, Virginia, intersection — in hopes of helping motorists avoid potential collisions. The City of Fairfax announced Saturday that the second left turn lane at the Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place intersection is now accessible. These left turns are…

A father and daughter are lucky to be alive after they were hit by a car in Southeast D.C. Around 1 p.m. on Saturday, D.C. police were called to the 3200 block of 4th Street Southeast, where a car lost control, jumping a curb and crashing into a house. D.C. police say the car struck…

Be aware! Most of the D.C. area will be under a Flood Watch as a moderate risk for excessive rainfall moves in on Sunday. Here’s what you need you know. Flood Watch is in effect from Noon to 10 p.m. Sunday. Severe Weather Alert with potential for large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes. The Flood…

A dream vacation turned deadly for a Maryland teen on vacation in Puerto Rico. Tommy Grays III, 17, of Olney, was with his uncle and stepfather on the Isla Verde Beach in Puerto Rico for their Fourth of July vacation when one of his family members got into an argument with another man. The argument…

Fairfax County, Virginia, police have charged a 58-year-old school system employee after allegedly hitting a middle school student. Mohammad Abid of Lorton, Virginia, was charged with misdemeanor assault after striking a Walt Whitman Middle School student just days before the school year ended. According to county police, the incident began when an unidentified student started…

The Washington Wizards are calling on dancers across genres and ages to audition for their entertainment teams at Trinity Washington University. Open call auditions will begin Saturday, July 15 and run through Sunday, July 16 at the Trinity Center for Women and Girls in Sports. The teams are in search of dancers who are outgoing,…

A Maryland state prison inmate has been charged with first-degree murder, along with related charges, in the death of his cellmate in May. On May 27, the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit began an investigation into the death of 27-year-old inmate Nicholas Joseph Delfosse, who had been found in his cell at the Jessup Correctional…

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Manassas city officials are looking ahead to what’s next for the city’s airport, with lots still to be done before commercial airlines can take flight. A recently proposed commercial flight agreement between the airport…

The Northern Virginia commercial real estate market saw 1.6 million square feet of office space occupancy gains in the second quarter, but Amazon’s HQ2, which opened in June to employees, accounted for 2.1 million square feet as employees moved into its Met Park campus in National Landing. Excluding Amazon’s contribution, the Northern Virginia region would…

A Thursday night shooting at a Fairfax County, Virginia, parking garage left a 37-year-old man dead, and police believe that the man who shot him might be his brother. According to Fairfax County police, officers responded to the top floor of a parking garage along Launders Street in the Arrowbrook Centre in Herndon just after…

Cannabis sales in Maryland exploded during the Fourth of July weekend, passing the $10 million mark, as the state entered its first weekend of legal recreational marijuana sales. Marijuana became legal for adult recreational use across Maryland on Saturday, July 1. Between Friday, June 30 and Sunday, July 2, the Maryland Cannabis Administration said total…