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 A man is in police custody after the shooting of a 7-year-old in Southeast D.C. over the weekend. At a Monday afternoon news conference, police announced 27-year-old Michael Wiggins, a Southwest D.C. resident, was arrested and charged in the shooting that injured a 7-year-old girl Friday night. An altercation involving a small group of people lead […]

Washington’s Football Team running back Silas Redd has been suspended indefinitely by the NFL for violating the league’s policy for substances of abuse. The punishment was announced Tuesday. Redd was suspended for four games in November while on injured reserve for a violation of the same policy.  He missed his entire second season in the […]

About 39,000 Verizon landline and cable workers on the East Coast walked off the job Wednesday morning after little progress in negotiations since their contract expired nearly eight months ago.  The workers, members of two unions — the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers — represent installers, customer service employees, […]

Donald Trump has a big lead in polling in his home state of New York, but he won’t be getting the votes of two of his biggest advocates there: His kids. Trump conceded Monday that two of his children — Eric and Ivanka Trump — failed to register as Republicans in the state in time […]

D.C. police have arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal stabbing of a teenager Monday morning at the Deanwood Metro station.  A police spokesman confirmed the arrested to WTOP, only saying the suspect is an 18-year old man from Northeast. The investigation is ongoing and more details are expected to be released Tuesday. John Evans, […]

Source: Iulia Natrapei / EyeEm / Getty D.C. police have asked for the public’s help finding a man who slipped into the Five Guys in Columbia Heights and helped himself to an after-hours meal. An award of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to man’s arrest and indictment. He faces a charge of burglary for […]

Anne Arundel County Sheriff Ronald Bateman was arrested Sunday night.  Anne Arundel County police are not currently releasing the details of the arrest but a spokesman with the department says it is domestic related. Online court records show Bateman was charged with second degree assault — a misdemeanor.  No further information is available at this […]

BETHESDA, Md. — A mobile sign a mile up the road urged drivers to “park their phone,” but despite the warning, many wound up with tickets for handling their cellphone while behind the wheel during the morning rush Wednesday.  The enforcement effort on River Road in Bethesda, Maryland, at the intersection with Goldsboro Road, coincides […]

D.C.’s police chief says that the search for Relisha Rudd, a girl who has been missing since March 2014, will continue at the National Arboretum.  Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier said on Wednesday that the search for Relisha Rudd, who has been missing since March 2014, will continue at the National Arboretum.  The search […]

With just three weeks before the Maryland Senate primary, Rep. Donna Edwards used her first campaign television ad to attack her main rival, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, over his record in office.  In the ad, which started airing Tuesday, Edwards poses the same charges used during the last Senate debate with Van Hollen on March 29. […]