Arlington, VA
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Tequila, Ghost Gun, Child In Back Seat: DC Felon's Gas Station Getaway Goes Bust Tequila, Ghost Gun, Child In Back Seat: DC Felon's Gas Station Getaway Goes Bust Tequila, Ghost Gun, Child In Back Seat: DC Felon's Gas Station Getaway Goes Bust
Tequila, Ghost Gun, Child In Back Seat: DC Felon's Gas Station Getaway Goes Bust It was a bad place to try to make a run for it. With a young child in the back seat and federal agents surrounding his car at a crowded DC gas station, Dayvon Darius Marson allegedly hit the gas anyway, dragging an ATF agent before crashing into another vehicle. That decision ultimately helped send the 31-year-old DC felon to federal prison for two years on Friday, Oct. 2. The trouble started months earlier, shortly after 6:15 p.m. on Feb. 26, when Marson pulled into a Citgo in the 3800 block of Minnesota Avenue NE in a Toyota Avalon with heavily tinted windows. Metropolitan Police office…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
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Man Pulled On Car Door Handles Before Gun Handoff, Deadly Chase Through DC: Feds Man Pulled On Car Door Handles Before Gun Handoff, Deadly Chase Through DC: Feds Man Pulled On Car Door Handles Before Gun Handoff, Deadly Chase Through DC: Feds
Man Pulled On Car Door Handles Before Gun Handoff, Deadly Chase Through DC: Feds It started with someone pulling on car door handles at 4:15 in the morning. It ended with a 23-year-old dead, and two men facing murder charges nearly two months later. District residents Henry Buchanan, 48, and Charles Jenkins, 46, were arrested in connection with the Aug. 4 shooting death of Xavier Fogle in Northwest DC, federal authorities announced on Friday, Oct. 2. According to court documents, surveillance cameras captured Fogle pulling on door handles in the 1400 block of Clifton Street NW, including one belonging to Buchanan. Buchanan came out of a nearby building and confronted F…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
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Pair Used Stolen IDs To Land DC Apartments, Then Exploited Eviction Delays: Feds Pair Used Stolen IDs To Land DC Apartments, Then Exploited Eviction Delays: Feds Pair Used Stolen IDs To Land DC Apartments, Then Exploited Eviction Delays: Feds
Pair Used Stolen IDs To Land DC Apartments, Then Exploited Eviction Delays: Feds They found a way to live rent-free. Then prosecutors say they kept doing it. Two DC residents are accused of cycling through stolen and fake identities to land apartments without paying the bills, exploiting an eviction process that could keep them inside for months while losses climbed into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Maliktra Derenorcourt, 27, and Philippe Oliver Gadie, 34, were charged in a seven-count indictment unsealed this week as federal investigators continue digging into what they describe as a multiyear housing and Social Security fraud scheme. The alleged playbook was…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
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DC Man Admits Killing 3-Year-Old Honesty Cheadle After Opening Fire On Family's Car DC Man Admits Killing 3-Year-Old Honesty Cheadle After Opening Fire On Family's Car DC Man Admits Killing 3-Year-Old Honesty Cheadle After Opening Fire On Family's Car
DC Man Admits Killing 3-Year-Old Honesty Cheadle After Opening Fire On Family's Car More than a year after 3-year-old Honesty Cheadle was shot in the head while sitting in a car with her family in DC, the man who pulled the trigger has admitted to killing her. Charles Rucker, 25, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. 1 to first-degree murder while armed and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the July 2025 shooting, according to federal prosecutors. Under the plea agreement, Rucker is expected to spend 35 years behind bars. Honesty had spent the Fourth of July with her family at cookouts and watching fireworks before they returned to Southeast DC…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
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DC Felon Fired 3 Times At Scooter Rider Before Raid Turned Up Loaded Guns, Drugs, Feds Say DC Felon Fired 3 Times At Scooter Rider Before Raid Turned Up Loaded Guns, Drugs, Feds Say DC Felon Fired 3 Times At Scooter Rider Before Raid Turned Up Loaded Guns, Drugs, Feds Say
DC Felon Fired 3 Times At Scooter Rider Before Raid Turned Up Loaded Guns, Drugs, Feds Say A passing scooter rider suddenly had three bullets coming his way in DC. Now, Cornelius Welch, 28, has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for the November 2025 shooting, which unfolded in broad daylight outside the Benning Courts apartment complex. The shooting was reported around 4:15 p.m. on Nov. 22 in the 1700 block of Benning Road NE. Welch at the Benning Courts apartment building in a surveillance photo captured the day of the shooting.   US Attorney's Office Surveillance cameras captured an unidentified person riding a scooter along the sidewalk as Welch …

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by Zak Failla
Hartford, CT
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Starbucks Closes West Hartford, Manchester Cafés Amid Major Overhaul: See Full List Starbucks Closes West Hartford, Manchester Cafés Amid Major Overhaul: See Full List Starbucks Closes West Hartford, Manchester Cafés Amid Major Overhaul: See Full List
Starbucks Closes West Hartford, Manchester Cafés Amid Major Overhaul: See Full List Dozens of Starbucks cafés across the Northeast have closed as the coffee giant moves ahead with a major restructuring plan. StarbucksEverywhere.net, a website tracking the chain's locations, published a list of the roughly 250 locations closing in late September. Starbucks announced plans to shutter the North American cafés on Thursday, Sept. 24. The shutdowns are part of the company's ongoing "Back to Starbucks" plan, which is focused on improving the customer experience. Starbucks is in the middle of a major remodeling push, upgrading more than 1,000 coffeehouses since late 2025…

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by Chris Spiker
Silver Spring, MD
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Silver Spring Peace Sentenced After Working Second Federal Job While On The Clock: DOJ Silver Spring Peace Sentenced After Working Second Federal Job While On The Clock: DOJ Silver Spring Peace Sentenced After Working Second Federal Job While On The Clock: DOJ
Silver Spring Peace Sentenced After Working Second Federal Job While On The Clock: DOJ Getting paid for one federal job while doing another has caught up with a former Peace Corps official from Maryland. Evester Edd, 64, of Silver Spring, was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 28, to two years of probation, including three months of home confinement, after admitting he falsified Peace Corps timecards while simultaneously working as a federal contractor. And sometimes he didn't even leave the office to do it. On nine days in 2024, investigators found Edd logged into the Nuclear Regulatory Commission network and performed work for the agency while sitting at his desk inside Peace Corp…

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by Zak Failla
Hartford, CT
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Tropical Smoothie Cafe Unveils Major Changes Amid Rapid Expansion: See What's New Tropical Smoothie Cafe Unveils Major Changes Amid Rapid Expansion: See What's New Tropical Smoothie Cafe Unveils Major Changes Amid Rapid Expansion: See What's New
Tropical Smoothie Cafe Unveils Major Changes Amid Rapid Expansion: See What's New A tropical fast-casual restaurant chain is getting a fresh new look as it prepares for thousands more locations. Tropical Smoothie Cafe announced "a full-scale brand transformation" in a news release on Wednesday, Sept. 16. The makeover includes a redesigned logo, brighter colors, new packaging, and an updated digital experience. The new logo uses brighter colors and a more uniform font. Tropical Smoothie Cafe is also introducing a "Palm T" icon shaped like a palm frond that can be used as a shorthand version of the brand. The chain said the refresh is meant to create a consisten…

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by Chris Spiker
National Interest
Maria Bartiromo's Attorney Challenges Fox News Account Of Her Exit: 'We Have Receipts' Maria Bartiromo's Attorney Challenges Fox News Account Of Her Exit: 'We Have Receipts' Maria Bartiromo's Attorney Challenges Fox News Account Of Her Exit: 'We Have Receipts'
Maria Bartiromo's Attorney Challenges Fox News Account Of Her Exit: 'We Have Receipts' An already jarring media breakup has taken another dramatic turn. Click here for a new, updated story: Maria Bartiromo Hints At Next Move Following Fox News Departure Maria Bartiromo and her attorney disputed reports that she left Fox News on Friday, Sept. 4, one day after the network publicly announced she was no longer employed there, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bartiromo, 58, has retained prominent attorney Bryan Freedman. He issued a sweeping denial while signaling that the dispute could be headed to court. “The irresponsible reports that have been published stating th…

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by Joe Lombardi
Arlington, VA
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21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal DC Quadruple Shooting 21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal DC Quadruple Shooting 21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal DC Quadruple Shooting
21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal DC Quadruple Shooting A burst of Friday afternoon gunfire has left a 21-year-old DC man dead and police searching for answers. Cortes Lilly, of Northeast DC, has been identified as the man killed in the quadruple shooting that broke out at approximately 1:42 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, in the 6200 block of Dix Street NE, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Saturday. Four men were found shot when officers reached the scene. Lilly was unconscious and not breathing. The other three men were conscious and breathing, police said. Three were taken by ambulance to area hospitals, while Lilly was airlifted by fi…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
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DC Man Exposed Himself To Four UMD Students Near Campus, University Police Say DC Man Exposed Himself To Four UMD Students Near Campus, University Police Say DC Man Exposed Himself To Four UMD Students Near Campus, University Police Say
DC Man Exposed Himself To Four UMD Students Near Campus, University Police Say Four University of Maryland students got an unwanted introduction to a stranger Wednesday night, police say. University of Maryland Police were called at approximately 8:19 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, after a man allegedly exposed himself in the area of Norwich Road in College Park, according to the department. And police say it wasn't just one student who encountered him. There were four victims. All four UMD students, according to investigators. Officers responding to the report began searching the area and soon located a suspect nearby in the 4500 block of College Avenue. Police ident…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
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DC, Virginia Schools Go Back-To-Back In Top 10 Of New National Rankings DC, Virginia Schools Go Back-To-Back In Top 10 Of New National Rankings DC, Virginia Schools Go Back-To-Back In Top 10 Of New National Rankings
DC, Virginia Schools Go Back-To-Back In Top 10 Of New National Rankings Maryland and its DMV neighbors just aced their latest report card. U.S. News & World Report released its 2026-27 Best High Schools rankings on Tuesday, Aug. 18, and schools across Maryland, DC, and Virginia made plenty of noise, including two that landed back-to-back among the six best public high schools in America. School Without Walls High School in DC made the biggest splash, soaring from No. 69 nationally last year all the way to No. 5. That 64-spot surge was the largest among the four newcomers to crack the national top 10 this year, according to U.S. News. Right behind it was a…

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by Zak Failla