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Man arrested for threatening to bomb ‘Saturday Night Live’ studio in New York

A man was arrested recently for saying he would bomb the New York studio of NBC's "Saturday Night Live."

April 9, 2025

Parents charged after handgun in Virginia third grader’s backpack fires in classroom

A handgun inside the backpack of a third grader in Fredericksburg, Virginia, accidentally fired on Monday, prompting authorities to charge the student's parents.

April 8, 2025

Illegal immigrant soccer coach accused of killing one teen boy, sexually assaulting another

A soccer coach believed to be an illegal immigrant has been arrested in Los Angeles County and charged with killing a 13-year-old boy found last week and the 2024 sexual assault of a 16-year-old boy.

April 8, 2025

Mural honoring Alex Ovechkin unveiled on side of Adams Morgan building

A mural honoring Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin was unveiled Tuesday in D.C., just two days after he broke Wayne Gretzky's all-time regular season NHL goals record with 895 goals.

April 8, 2025

Harriet Tubman info on Underground Railroad web page was erased in error, NPS officials say

Information about the abolitionist Harriet Tubman was wrongly removed from a National Park Service web page about the Underground Railroad that helped escaped slaves, the agency said.

April 8, 2025

Magnolia tree on White House grounds cut down, thought to be planted by Andrew Jackson

A magnolia tree thought to have been planted on the White House grounds by President Andrew Jackson in honor of his late wife was cut down Monday so it wouldn't fall on anyone.

April 8, 2025

Plane door detaches mid-flight, prompts search effort in northern Virginia

The cockpit door of a single-engine two-seater plane came off mid-flight as the pilot was flying over Loudoun County Saturday, and local law enforcement are now looking for the door.

April 5, 2025

Texas measles outbreak grows to over 480 cases, 59 confirmed in just three days

The ongoing outbreak of measles in the South Plains region of Texas has continued to grow. There were 481 confirmed cases as of Friday, an increase of 59 from the count on Tuesday.

April 5, 2025

9-year-old boy drowns in Kentucky flood after walking toward bus stop

A 9-year-old boy walking to his bus stop on the way to school in Frankfort, Kentucky, died Friday morning after he was swept away by floodwaters.

April 5, 2025

Cabin fire diverts United Airlines jet to Dulles airport

A United Airlines flight from the Florida Keys to New Jersey was forced to land at Washington Dulles International Airport Thursday after a fire broke out in the cabin.

April 5, 2025

Bull rider dies after being trampled at rodeo in Texas

A 24-year-old bull rider from Wyoming died Thursday from injuries he suffered after being trampled by the bull at a rodeo event in Wharton, Texas.

April 5, 2025

Michigan couple returns to U.S. after month in Mexican prison

A Michigan couple that had been locked in a maximum security prison in Mexico on allegations that they had defrauded a timeshare returned to the U.S. on Thursday.

April 4, 2025

Planned protests spur White House to reschedule garden tours

The White House is moving tours of its gardens to Sunday from Saturday because of protests planned in Washington on Saturday.

April 4, 2025

Virginia man gets 10 days in prison for spray painting ‘HAMAS IS COMIN’ on statue near Union Station

A Virginia man was sentenced to 10 days in prison for spray painting pro-Hamas graffiti on the Christopher Columbus monument in front of Union Station during anti-Israel protests last summer.

April 4, 2025

Three family members struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Pennsylvania

A Bristol, Pennsylvania, man and his two adult children were killed Thursday when they were hit by an Amtrak train while walking on the tracks.

April 4, 2025

Ex-Yankee Brett Gardner’s son died from carbon monoxide poisoning

Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, was confirmed this week to have died by carbon monoxide poisoning while vacationing in Costa Rica.

April 4, 2025

Meta head Mark Zuckerberg buys $23 million mansion in District

Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg now has a mansion in the District of Columbia, having purchased a roughly $23 million property.

April 3, 2025

Price of a dozen eggs continues to drop, with some as cheap as $3 wholesale

Egg prices are going down, with one type measured by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, loose large white shell eggs, now costing just $3 per dozen.

April 3, 2025

North Dakota mayor resigns after sending lewd video to city attorney

The mayor of Minot, North Dakota, resigned this week over an incident in which he sent a video of himself performing a lewd act to the city's attorney.

April 3, 2025

FAA to increase supervision of, support for air traffic controllers at Reagan National

The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing the amount of air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and hiring more supervisors.

April 3, 2025