Brad Matthews

Metro Transit Police officer stabbed in the face at Navy Yard station

A Metro Transit Police Department officer was stabbed in the face when attempting to enforce fares at the Navy Yard Metrorail station, which serves the Washington Nationals' stadium.

April 16, 2025

Keystone pipeline reopens at reduced pressure following North Dakota oil spill

The Keystone oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. has reopened at reduced pressure, after being closed for six days following an oil spill in North Dakota.

April 16, 2025

Kennedy Center lighting up nightly in red, white and blue

The Kennedy Center in the District of Columbia will be cloaked in red, white and blue lights each night as a patriotic tribute to the nation, the performing arts institution announced Tuesday.

April 16, 2025

Spain’s Sagrada Familia designer advances toward Catholic sainthood

Antoni Gaudi, architect of Barcelona's still-unfinished Sagrada Familia basilica, was declared "Venerable" Monday, close to Catholic sainthood.

April 16, 2025

Person with measles visited Five Guys location in Northwest D.C., health officials say

A person confirmed to have measles visited the Five Guys restaurant at 1400 I Street Northwest this month while they were contagious, D.C. Health announced Monday.

April 15, 2025

Florida women arrested, accused of selling human remains on Facebook

Two Florida women were arrested last week over accusations they bought human bones and sold them on Facebook Marketplace.

April 15, 2025

WATCH: Oh, deer! Police help wandering animal hoof it out of Louisville YMCA

A deer possibly displaced by recent flooding wandered into a Louisville, Kentucky, YMCA recently, with police escorting it off the property.

April 15, 2025

Montgomery County’s Sandy Spring Friends School to close after 64 years

Sandy Spring Friends School, a Quaker establishment in Maryland serving students from preschool through 12th grade, is closing after more than six decades due to financial difficulties.

April 15, 2025

Bomb explodes outside Athens office of Greek train company Hellenic Train, none injured

A bomb exploded outside the Athens office of Greek privately owned railway Hellenic Train Friday. No injuries were reported in the incident and caused light material damage.

April 12, 2025

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers: Justice Department directive to seek death penalty is a social media stunt

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, filed Friday to prevent federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty.

April 12, 2025

Maryland driver’s licenses will now have option for ‘nonapparent disability’ title

A new bill passed in the Maryland General Assembly would, once signed into law, allow for driver's license applicants to ask for a nonapparent disability designation.

April 12, 2025

Four arrested in D.C. for using fire extinguisher as distraction while trying to rob Chanel store

Four men were arrested at a Chanel store in the District of Columbia on Friday after they used a fire extinguisher as a diversion in an attempted robbery, police say.

April 12, 2025

South Carolina man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 to get free rides to the hospital

A Sumter, South Carolina, man was arrested earlier this week after he repeatedly called 911 to get rides to a local hospital for free even though he did not need medical treatment.

April 12, 2025

Woman arrested for posing as a man to bilk elderly victims out of $1.5 million in romance con

A Pawnee, Oklahoma, woman was arrested this week, accused of posing as a man under multiple aliases and scamming four out-of-state elderly women out of $1.5 million.

April 11, 2025

Chicago community groups cancel Cinco de Mayo parade, citing fear of ICE raids

A Cinco de Mayo parade in Chicago has been canceled over fears of federal raids against illegal immigrants.

April 11, 2025

Bird lands on head of Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy

Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy had an encounter of the avian variety Friday when a bird landed on his head while he was appearing on air live.

April 11, 2025

Metrorail to expand weekend hours this summer

Metrorail will be opening earlier and closing later on weekends this summer as part of service improvements built into the new Metro budget approved Thursday.

April 11, 2025

Handgun in 9-year-old’s backpack goes off in Maryland classroom

A 9-year-old student in Waldorf, Maryland, reaching into a backpack to get a sheet of paper, set off a .357-caliber revolver in the classroom Thursday.

April 11, 2025

Anthrax poisoning fells 50 hippos at national park in Democratic Republic of the Congo

A group of at least 50 hippos at Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo were found dead from anthrax poisoning recently.

April 10, 2025

Wing of American Airlines jet hits another plane on Reagan National taxiway

The wing of an American Airlines plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport struck another American aircraft's wing on Thursday as it took several members of Congress back to their New York-area districts.

April 10, 2025