Sam Kosmas

The Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team shared new images on the Fourth of July showing crews continuing search operations in Venezuela as delayering work progresses following last week’s devastating earthquakes.

Metro is investigating a potential heat‑related track issue after a train derailed late Saturday morning outside College Park, prompting evacuations and service disruptions on the Green and Yellow lines.

One person is dead after a single‑vehicle crash early Saturday in Prince George’s County.

A death investigation is underway after a person was found dead following a report of an early morning Fourth of July shooting in Chantilly.

D.C. police have established a Youth Curfew Zone in the Navy Yard neighborhood beginning Friday, July 3, at 8 p.m. and running through midnight Sunday, July 5.

Fireworks ignited a blaze at a Washington, D.C., rowhome early Thursday, officials said.

Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis on Tuesday called the fire that destroyed the county’s Urban Search and Rescue training facility in Lorton an act of arson, saying the suspects must be identified and charged as the investigation moves forward.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday declared a State of Preparedness ahead of a heat wave expected to bring dangerously hot conditions and extreme heat index values to the state from Wednesday into the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

A gun violence prevention event in northeast Washington was disrupted Monday by a double shooting that left two men injured near a local church.

One person has died after a two‑alarm fire early Tuesday at a 10‑story high‑rise apartment building in southeast Washington.