A D.C. music venue is asking for help finding employee Madeline Avillion, who was last seen in Adams Morgan early Friday.

The American Black Film Festival is bringing three days of films, panels and industry programming to Union Market this September. The D.C. stop opens with the festival’s 2026 Grand Jury Prize winner.

An 18-year-old was sentenced to five years after a masked East Capitol Street carjacking ended in a police chase and gun seizure.

Zelenskyy wants Trump to persuade Elon Musk to let Ukraine use Starlink for strikes inside Russia, raising fresh questions about private power in wartime.

A 12-year-old Fairfax County boy was last seen in Chantilly, and police believe he may be in Baltimore.

Darron Venable, 18, was found fatally shot near New York Avenue and North Capitol Street. Police have made no arrests and are offering up to $25,000 for information.

Rope barriers and police are pushing unhoused residents away from the MLK Library loggia, with trespassing arrests possible next week.

A missing-child story allegedly got a man inside a Northwest D.C. home before a burglary and chase ended with a shooting threat.

The Senate unanimously opposed clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, but the nonbinding vote cannot stop President Trump from acting.

A 16-year-old boy is recovering after police say two people assaulted and stabbed him in Southeast D.C. Investigators are asking for tips.

Mayor Muriel Bowser returned the District’s FY27 budget bills on July 24, warning the Council’s restorations create an $837M fiscal cliff that the next administration will inherit.

The Washington Commanders parted ways with tight ends coach Ben Steele on Monday after he disclosed a June DWI arrest in Loudoun County.

A man was shot early Sunday on Vermont Avenue NW and taken to an area hospital; police say he is expected to survive and are investigating.