Jury selection opened Tuesday in the retrial of Dion Thompson, accused in the 2017 killing of off‑duty D.C. Sgt. Tony Mason Jr. The case returns after a prior mistrial.

Federal marshals returned a former Charleston officer from Shanghai this week to face murder and criminal sexual conduct charges tied to his wife's 2005 death.

Three operators of Kentucky Addiction Centers were sentenced after a federal jury found they billed Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid for millions in bogus services.

Howard County detectives have an arrest warrant for a man accused of killing his girlfriend in a Columbia home; police say the victim was strangled and tips are being sought.

Mia Bieniemy was shot at the family's Ashburn home and hospitalized, police and media reports say. Authorities have released few details as investigators work the scene.

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.

A teenage boy was fatally shot Sunday night in northwest D.C.; police are asking witnesses to call 202-727-9099 or text 50411 with tips.

MPD released images after a daytime spree on the 600 block of 7th Street NE where a suspect smashed windows of three cars and stole items from two. Police are asking for tips and are offering a reward.

Police arrested a man after a woman was found stabbed early Saturday on the 1300 block of North Capitol Street NW; the suspect faces assault-with-intent-to-kill charges.

A man was killed and two others were hospitalized after separate overnight shootings in Southeast D.C. MPD's Homicide Branch is investigating both scenes.

A Heritage Foundation government-relations director was detained after an X‑ray at the Russell Senate Office Building flagged a loaded 9mm magazine and pills that field-tested presumptive for cocaine and fentanyl.

A South Florida woman accused of stealing more than $32 million in pandemic relief was captured in Jamaica and returned to the U.S., the FBI says.

A 5-year-old boy was struck and killed by a speeding hit-and-run driver Friday evening on Ridgecrest Court SE in Southeast D.C.; police are searching for a dark blue Nissan (VA TAK‑9548).