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Gen. Christopher Donahue will step down as commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa on July 2, with Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie to perform duties amid a Pentagon review.
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The Justice Department seized a cloud account used by subsidiaries of Cambodia’s Huione Group, targeting backend systems tied to a Telegram‑based marketplace for scams.
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A UNSW‑led review published in Carcinogenesis finds e‑cigarettes "likely" carcinogenic; U.S. health agencies and experts are weighing the evidence.
A D.C. judge vacated USDA approval letters for state SNAP waivers that would have banned soda purchases and sent the policy back to the agency for review. The ruling halts several pilot projects while the legal fight continues.
A 37-year-old man was arrested after a fatal shooting at Willow Oaks Apartments in South Boston; detectives are asking residents for video and tips.
A Spotsylvania County chase ended when a driver allegedly rammed two police cruisers. Deputies arrested the driver and say a woman and a dog were unharmed.
Beijing barred dual‑use shipments to 10 U.S. defense firms in a tit‑for‑tat move after the Pentagon expanded its blacklist of Chinese tech companies.
A watchdog group says Interior stalled on FOIA requests about Secretarial Order 3431 and sued in D.C. to force disclosure of who is rewriting park history.
Five people were rescued after a boat fire off Hains Point in Washington, D.C.; crews extinguished the blaze and officials say no one was hurt. Video from the scene circulated online.
A federal judge gave D'marrell Mitchell 224 months after prosecutors tied him to a multi-state crew that robbed pharmacies and cellphone shops across the DMV.
Rights lawyers say asylum seekers flown from the U.S. to Sierra Leone risk being returned to countries they fled, despite earlier U.S. court protections. The transfers and a $1.5M grant to Freetown have prompted urgent legal challenges.
Charles County released photos and new details after identifying a woman found in a 1998 Bel Alton field as LaQuanda “Niecey” Williams. Detectives say the homicide remains unsolved.
A former Voice of America employee was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to a string of violent, anonymous threats against Marjorie Taylor Greene; prosecutors traced calls to VOA studios.
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