2+ hour, 13+ min ago   (448+ words) Friends of a missing D.C. woman gathered inside National Presbyterian Church on Saturday with flowers and candles in hand to pray for her safe return. Antoinette Forbes is a member of the church, and her son, Nathan, regularly participates in programs....

5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (250+ words) Andrew Alvarez pitched seven innings of one-hit ball and the Washington Nationals earned a 6-5, 10-inning victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday when CJ Abrams scored on an error despite another bullpen collapse. Andrés Chaparro's single off Ben Joyce…...

7+ hour, 35+ min ago   (306+ words) Twenty-five years after one of the nation's darkest days, community members gathered to celebrate a milestone. The Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Fund broke ground Saturday on the new $100 million Visitor Education Center, a project that has been in the works for more…...

9+ hour, 21+ min ago   (394+ words) On Saturday, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo hosted a panda party in the District to celebrate Qing Bao’s fifth birthday. And plenty of her fans showed up dressed for the occasion. Six-and-a-half-year-old Abby Shelley wore a panda dress to the celebration....

10+ hour, 8+ min ago   (168+ words) A number of universities in the D.C. region are getting high marks in the new Forbes ranking of the nation’s top colleges. The University of Virginia is the highest-ranked public university in the region on Forbes’ 2027 list. UVA came in at…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (405+ words) Lonnie G. Bunch III said he will step down as head of the Smithsonian Institution by the end of the year. News4’s Dominique Moody reports. President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside…...

13+ hour, 29+ min ago   (200+ words) A former Bowie, Maryland, police sergeant was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a September 2024 shooting along Collington Road. Robert Warrington, 37, will serve all but 18 months of that sentence on home detention, followed by five years of supervised probation, Prince…...

17+ hour, 17+ min ago   (221+ words) A federal judge on Thursday ordered Montgomery County not to enforce its ban on guns in public spaces against Rabbi Menashe Shapiro or the Silver Spring Jewish Center at their houses of worship while their challenge to the law is…...

18+ hour, 25+ min ago   (348+ words) With Lonnie Bunch set to retire at the end of the year, the Smithsonian Institution’s next secretary will face difficult challenges, according to a Georgetown University historian. Bunch, who has led the Smithsonian since 2019, announced this week that he will…...

18+ hour, 9+ min ago   (1065+ words) All of the dozen cases that made it to trial, mostly in Los Angeles, ended in acquittal, mistrial or dismissal. Experts say that’s surprising for a department known for its ability to win at trial. The last three felony assault…...