A UT Austin professor petitioned the Supreme Court to decide whether employer threats that silence faculty count as unconstitutional retaliation. The filing asks the justices to resolve a circuit split.

An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Seattle returned to Wichita after a passenger's phone and power bank overheated midflight; crews contained the devices and one person was hospitalized.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit St. Kitts for a one‑day CARICOM summit to press security, trade and stability after the U.S. operation in Venezuela. The trip is meant to reassure Caribbean leaders and lock in cooperation on drug interdiction and economic ties.

State troopers and partner agencies broke up illegal car meets across four Maryland counties Saturday night; two people were arrested and face firearm charges.

Light snow may linger this morning with icy refreeze risk; northwest gusts could reach 35–36 mph this afternoon.

A man was found shot and killed Saturday night on the 4400 block of 3rd Street SE in Southeast D.C.; police say homicide detectives are investigating.

A person was shot and hospitalized after allegedly firing at a Border Patrol agent near Pittsburg’s Canadian border. The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office are investigating.

A crash at Kenilworth Avenue and Cherrywood Lane on Sunday left one person dead and three hospitalized, officials said.

Two people were killed Sunday when a tree fell onto a vehicle on Route 2 in Sunderland during a winter storm; crews extricated a third occupant and investigators remain on scene.

Census figures show D.C.'s Black population held roughly steady while the city's total topped 700,000, pushing the Black share below 50%.

A woman adopted from Iran in the 1970s has been ordered into immigration court after DHS says she was never naturalized; advocates say the case exposes a law-based gap affecting thousands of adoptees.

Sen. Adam Schiff’s legal defense fund raised about $1.2 million through Dec. 31, 2025, and filings show hundreds of thousands already paid to outside counsel.

Wushiland Boba's coming‑soon signs are up at Federal Plaza in Rockville, where the Taiwan‑born chain will take over the former Tiger Sugar unit.