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Maryland police sergeant charged with rape of 16-year-old girl
31-year veteran of Anne Arundel County police accused of giving the victim alcohol when he had her sleep over.
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California man arrested with guillotine near U.S. Capitol
U.S. Capitol Police arrested a California man with a guillotine in the bed of his pickup truck Tuesday afternoon.
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6 members of MPD charged in $400K overtime fraud scheme, AG says
Six members of the Metropolitan Police Department falsified overtime claims and received hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay they didn’t earn, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said.
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Magnolia — stolen kitten used in attempted bank robbery — finds a forever family
A man grabbed a kitten from the adoption area of a Maryland pet store, then allegedly tried to use her to rob a nearby bank.
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Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool charge against Olympian, faults contractor
The Trump administration dropped a felony charge against the U.S. Olympic canoeist accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Maryland offers unenrolled Howard students expedited admissions at state schools
Maryland has offered expedited admissions at state schools to would-be Howard University freshmen who were unenrolled because of tuition problems. More than 500 students learned last week they no longer had spots at Howard, one of about 100 historically Black colleges and universities in the United States. The university’s interim president, Wayne A.I. Frederick, told the Associated Press students who…
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Woman, 61, killed in crosswalk in DC hit-and-run
A 61-year-old woman was struck and killed while crossing the street in a crosswalk in Northwest D.C. Saturday morning. A 2026 Jeep Wrangler driven south on 23rd Street passed two cars waiting in a turn lane to turn left on L Street and made the left turn from the middle lane about 11:10 a.m., police said. Dawn Ciccone of Northwest…
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National Guard recruited to help clear DC snow and ice
The D.C. National Guard joined the effort to remove dangerous snow and ice after the District reached out for help. Responding to a formal request made by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, guard members will chip away at the frozen snow making walking difficult at schools and their surrounding neighborhoods. D.C. students returned to school Thursday, but many walkways remain...
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DOGE staffer attacked in DC, Trump says in threat to federalize city
President Donald Trump once again threatened a federal takeover of D.C., calling crime “totally out of control” and saying a DOGE member was beaten.
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Recap: Suspect charged with murder after 2 killed at Capital Jewish Museum
Two Israeli Embassy staff, couple Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were killed at the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. See live updates here.
