Hundreds bid farewell to woman who died in Texas jail cell
LISLE, Ill. (AP) -- Family and friends of an Illinois woman found dead in a Texas jail remembered her Saturday as a "courageous voice" for social justice and promised to keep fighting for clarity on...
View ArticleShots fired near KOMO news crew in Seattle
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - Shots were fired near a Seattle news crew on Saturday at around 5 p.m. Reporter Kara Kostanich and her photographer were standing along S. 27th Street, covering a story about a...
View ArticlePresident Obama: Kenya at 'crossroads' between peril and promise
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Declaring Kenya at a "crossroads" between promise and peril, President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the nation of his father's birth to root out corruption, treat women and...
View ArticleSenior Republicans rebuke Cruz over his attacks on McConnell
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior Senate Republicans lined up Sunday to rebuke Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz for harshly criticizing Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, an extraordinary display of intraparty...
View Article3 motorcycles involved in crash near Beltway Inner-loop
MARYLAND (WJLA) - Three motorcycles were involved in a crash Sunday afternoon. Two people were transported to a Trauma Center but their injuries are not life threatening, according to Prince George's...
View ArticleParking space dispute leads to violent baseball bat clobbering
SILVER SPRING, Md. (WJLA) - One driver beaten and bloodied, another facing decades in prison following a road rage meltdown over a coveted parking spot. Around 9 p.m. on Monday, June 22, Montgomery...
View ArticleVehicle strikes apartment building, injuring one
HOWARD COUNTY, M.d. (WJLA) - Howard County Police Department is investigating a collision involving a vehicle that crashed into an apartment, leaving one woman injured. At 9:30 a.m., police were called...
View ArticleHouse fire in District Heights
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, M.d. (WJLA) - Prince George's County Fire Department has put out a house fire in the 6500 block of Walters Place in District Heights, M.d. It appears the home was vacant at the time...
View ArticleSmithsonian increases goal for spacesuit crowdfunding effort
WASHINGTON (AP/ WJLA) - The National Air and Space Museum has increased its goal for a crowdfunding campaign to conserve the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon and now hopes to raise $700,000....
View ArticleMissing 71-year-old D.C. woman found
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJLA) - The Metropolitan Police Department say they have found 71-year-old Joan Bowie-Brockenberry of Washington, D.C. She is reportedly in good health. Brockenberry was last seen in...
View ArticlePool fire at Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas said to be accidental
LAS VEGAS, N.V. (ABC NEWS) - Fire investigators were at The Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas today, looking to determine what caused Saturday's blaze at the hotel's Bamboo Pool. While officials believe...
View ArticlePossibly related indecent exposure cases in Loudoun County being investigated
LOUDOUN COUNTY, V.a. (WJLA) - The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating a series of potentially related indecent exposure cases in the Ashburn area. Of the cases, the most recent one was...
View ArticleBB gun vandalism in Loudoun County, Va.
ASHBURN, V.a. (WJLA) - "I woke up this morning and my whole back window was shattered, and I'm like what is going on?" Then Ahsan Zulfiqar discovered that his brother's car had been hit too. "There...
View ArticleJoe Jackson, patriarch of musical Jackson family, hospitalized in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A Brazilian hospital says Joe Jackson - the father of the late Michael Jackson and the patriarch of the musical family - suffered a stroke while visiting the South American...
View ArticleFlowers and candles placed at Costa Brava restaurant for two missing Calvert...
WASHINGTON (WJLA) - Flowers and candles have been placed outside Costa Brava, a tapas restaurant and bar in the Bloomingdale area of Northwest Washington, in memory of brothers 37-year-old Dan Brown,...
View ArticleBobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, dies at 22
ATLANTA (ABC NEWS) - Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, died on Sunday, more than five months after being found unresponsive in her Roswell, Georgia home. She was 22...
View ArticleHuckabee criticizes Iran deal as being similar to Holocaust
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is likening the agreement on an Iranian nuclear deal to "marching the Israelis to the door of the oven," a reference to the Holocaust....
View ArticleOhio man jumps fence to pet cougars; Zoo presses charges
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio zoo officials say they are pressing charges against a man who jumped a fence to pet cougars, then posted his video on YouTube. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium says the Delaware...
View ArticleOne dead, one in critical condition after church stabbing in Maryland
FREDERICK COUNTY, M.d. (WJLA) - Frederick County Sheriff's Office has an individual in custody they believe is responsible for an alleged stabbing of a married couple at a church in Urbana. At 7:45...
View ArticleLocal officials to discuss success of 1-year-old Metro Silver Line
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - Elected officials, Metro representatives and business leaders are getting together to talk about how Metro's silver line has changed northern Virginia. Monday's summit is being held...
View ArticleWashington, D.C. Weather Forecast: Scattered showers and storms today
Monday:Scattered showers and storms. Highs: 85-90° Precipitation: 60% Tonight:Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows: 67-75° Wind: S 5 mph Tuesday:Partly cloudy. Isolated storm Highs: 88-93° Wind: SE 5-10...
View ArticleObama chides 2016 candidates for 'ridiculous,' 'sad' remarks
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Insisting that Americans deserve better, President Barack Obama chided Republicans Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on Monday for a series of campaign-trail attacks...
View ArticleWater main break closes part of King St. in Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WJLA) - A water main break has closed the westbound lanes of King Street in Alexandria, Virginia early Monday morning. Westbound King Street is closed from Menokin Drive to Park Center...
View Article"Black Lives Matter" spray painted on statue of Confederate soldier in Rockville
ROCKVILLE, Md. (WJLA) -- "Black Lives Matter" has been spray painted on a statue of a Confederate soldier in downtown Rockville. BREAKING: "Black Lives Matter" spray painted onto statue of Confederate...
View ArticleLocal Maryland officials to host domestic violence roundtable
SUITLAND, Md. (WJLA) – Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards will host a roundtable Monday morning to discuss domestic violence and sexual assault in Maryland and beyond. Edwards will be joined by local...
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