A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday after drifting off course for the past year, scientists reported. Although no one observed the actual 5,400-mph (8,700-kph) collision, a telescope in Chile spotted what astronomers have identified as the debris plume resulting from the crash. Space ...

Big breaking news in Commanders Land: Washington just signed veteran wide receiver Stefon Diggs. Diggs comes with a well-deserved lot of acclaim from his time in Minnesota, in Buffalo and last year in New England, in kind of a different role, as this veteran went over 1,000 yards for a team that went to the Super Bowl. Reporters and people on staff in ...

A 13-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a stolen Kia packed full of kids when he crashed into another car before dawn Tuesday, killing the other driver, police say. The violent crash happened before sunrise Tuesday at Clopper Road and Great Seneca Highway in Germantown, Maryland, authorities say. First responders arrived about 5:25 a.m. and found a ...

These are harrowing days for the Word of Life Center, a church that has long been a vibrant hub of the Haitian community on Marylands Eastern Shore. A bridal shower and yard-sale barbeque were canceled. So were English-language classes. Roosevelt Toussaint, the senior pastor of the nondenominational congregation in Salisbury, said attendance at Sundays ...

Maryland is wondering what comes next after the Preakness Stakes was left out of a new six-race thoroughbred championship series. Gov. Wes Moore is set to hold a press conference Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. on the future of horse racing in the state. There has been a lot of talk about the future of the Preakness this week. It is the second race in the ...

A Northern Virginia resident diagnosed with the dengue virus in the states first locally acquired case of the illness transmitted by mosquitoes, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) said. Most cases of dengue in the United States are linked to international travel to areas with high risk of dengue, which is spread by the bites of infected Aedes ...

Virginia voters on Tuesday picked establishment Democrats a prosecutor and a former congresswoman as their nominees to take on Republican incumbents in two congressional districts the party hopes to flip in November as part of a broader fight for control of the U.S. House. Shannon Taylor, the elected top prosecutor in a suburban Richmond county, will ...

4 things to know about the weather: Mostly cloudy, warm, and very humid Thunderstorms possible through the afternoon Warmer on Thursday More heat and humidity Friday A flood watch is in effect for much of the D.C. metro area, including D.C., portions of suburban Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Rounds of heavy rain may lead to localized ...

Editor’s Note: This story contains a description of sexual assault. A man leaving an early morning showing of the new Spider-Man movie at the AMC Georgetown sprang into action to help a woman yelling for help from the bushes in the nearby waterfront park. He told News4 he encountered what appeared to be a sexual assault. I heard a cry for help ...

A magistrate judge found probable cause Tuesday to move forward with a case against an FBI counterintelligence agent accused of stealing almost $1 million in cryptocurrency. According to a federal complaint, Patrick Yaroch told investigators he became frustrated with the FBI and had been in possession of the cryptocurrency since last year. Last week, ...

Its less than three months away from the county executive general election in Prince George’s County and an entrepreneur and community advocate is working to make sure her name gets on the ballot. Tonya Sweat said this week, she submitted a petition along with the required 6,000 signatures needed to be on the ballot as an independent. Current County ...

For the second year in a row, Metro officials are touting reductions in crime on Metrorail, Metrobuses and at Metro parking lots. “We are the safest Metro has ever been. We believe we are the safest transit agency in the country, said Randy Clarke, general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Crime still occurs in ...

Virginia voters picked their nominees Tuesday for the congressional midterms in a primary season marked by upheaval after Democrats failed redistricting initiative. Polls closed at 7 p.m. in Virginia. Virginia Primary Results The commonwealth typically holds its primaries in June but this year moved them to August to accommodate a push approved ...

The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress. The figure offers a glimpse of how much taxpayer money will be spent on a deployment that has been criticized by local officials as an infringement of their city’s ...

A 6-year-old boy who almost drowned while at a summer camp in D.C. was discharged from a pediatric intensive care unit and is back home with his family, their attorney says. Adonis Jackson spent two weeks in the hospital, including 10 days in the ICU, attorney Dominique Calhoun said in a statement Tuesday. Coming home is a milestone, not a finish ...

Maryland lawmakers are getting closer to asking the state’s voters to decide in November whether to clear the way for a new congressional map that would favor Democrats in all eight of the states U.S. House districts. On Tuesday, lawmakers in the Democratic-dominated House approved putting an amendment on the ballot to allow the change. The Senate was ...

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday advanced Todd Blanches attorney general nomination after it had been delayed over concerns from two GOP members on the panel. Blanches path to confirmation had been on hold after Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina both of whom are leaving Congress in January raised ...

Virginia voters will pick their nominees Tuesday for this years congressional midterm elections, capping a primary season marked by upheaval thanks to Democrats failed redistricting initiative. The commonwealth typically holds its primaries in June but this year moved them to August to accommodate a push approved by voters but squashed by the courts to ...

One person is dead, and several people are seriously hurt after two cars crashed early Tuesday in Montgomery County, according to fire officials. Two people were trapped inside a vehicle and rescued. Dozens of first responders went to the crash scene at the intersection of Clopper Road and Great Seneca Highway in Germantown, Maryland, officials said. ...

4 things to know about the weather: Humidity on the low side Tuesday morning but will increase by Tuesday night We are dry during the daylight hours for your Tuesday Rain chances return for each day Wednesday through early next week Heat indicies around 100 beginning on Thursday and lasting through the weekend A rather refreshing Tuesday ...

Every seat in the House of Representatives and one Senate seat is on Virginias primary ballot as the fight for control over Congress shifts from the fight to redistrict to the will of the voters. The primary is Tuesday, Aug. 4. Here’s how to cast your ballot to choose the candidates who will go on to this fall’s general election. 2026 Virginia ...

A Virginia law enforcement officer was fired after the FBI arrested him and charged him with receiving child sex abuse material. In court Monday, Justin Forman who had been with the Stafford County Sheriffs Office for about a decade asked for his release, but a U.S. District Court judge said the risk to the community is too great to release the former ...

Three Virginia teenagers are hailed as heroes after helping save the lives of three people who capsized while kayaking last week. Gavin Cain was on the second green during his high school golf tryout last week when he and his friends heard it. I had a birdie putt, and all of a sudden all I heard was this little kid screaming,” Gavin said. ...

Churchill Downs Incorporated and the New York Racing Association on Monday announced a six-race championship series over a span of five months that includes the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes and a $5 million prize pool, set to begin next year. The first and third legs of the Triple Crown are scheduled next year for the traditional five weeks apart ...

It was an emotional scene in D.C. Superior Court Monday that even left the judge taking a moment to compose herself. The husband of a woman killed in a hit-and-run was able to speak to the judge in the case. Dawn Ciccone, 61, and her husband, Stephen Ciccone, had been out for a long walk the morning of April 18 where they talked about how much they ...