Polymarket plans a D.C. "situation monitoring" bar with live market screens, flight tracking and financial displays. The location hasn’t been revealed and regulators are watching.

Prince George's County police identified 28-year-old Edwin Castillo-Jiminez as the moped rider who died March 17 after a crash near Bladensburg Road in Brentwood.

Consumer Reports and federal data uncovered PFAS, coal‑tar dyes and hidden phthalates in everyday cosmetics. Here’s what St. Louis shoppers should check now.

Two bills in the Louisiana Legislature would limit climate lawsuits and ban state spending on net‑zero programs. Critics warn the measures could block parish claims used to fund coastal restoration.

The World Happiness Report 2026 names Finland happiest again and warns heavy social media use is linked to falling wellbeing among young people, especially teen girls.

As Manassas prepares for commercial flights, council will weigh renaming the airport to "Washington Manassas," a move the commission and Avports back while the city attorney urges caution.

Sen. Rick Scott introduced two bills that would tie UASI and event‑security grants to local cooperation with ICE, potentially rerouting withheld funds to ICE and setting up court fights.

A claimed breach of a national tip platform may have exposed roughly 93GB and more than 8 million hotline reports; a leak archive says it has a copy. Authorities have not confirmed the scope.

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez replaced Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López with Gen. Gustavo González López on March 18, reshaping Venezuela’s security leadership amid U.S. legal pressure.

A 327,000‑SF Penn Quarter office building at 600 E St NW is back on the market after an under‑contract sale collapsed and plans for a Sprouts anchor fell through.

Surveillance photos of three suspects were released after a March 7 convenience store stabbing on Allentown Road. Detectives say one employee was critically injured.

A Johns Hopkins analysis of Healthy Minds data shows large long‑term increases in depression and suicidal ideation among college students even as some short‑term measures improve.

BLM seeks to revise western Oregon plans to expand logging on roughly 2.5 million acres; public comments close March 23, 2026.