The officer killed in an attack outside the U.S. Capitol Friday died from multiple head injuries, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Two men have been arrested and charged with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who collapsed after responding to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and died the next day.

A woman was arrested in the attack of two employees of a Maryland ice cream shop.

A shooting in Southeast D.C. early Sunday left a young father dead and 20 others injured, including an off-duty police officer, after multiple people opened gunfire on a large gathering, police say. Police Chief Peter Newsham said in a press conference that “hundreds” of people were gathered at 33rd Street and Dubois Place SE for an unsanctioned block party after…

The Washington Football Team released running back Derrius Guice following his arrest on domestic violence charges. The team said it learned of the allegations Thursday and contacted the NFL. The team said it met with Guice and excused him from all team activities pending a review. On Friday, the team learned of his arrest in Loudoun County, Virginia. “Upon review…

Someone set fire to a Supreme Court police car Wednesday afternoon, according to Supreme Court media relations.

FedEx has asked the Washington Redskins to change the team’s name. “We have communicated to the team in Washington our request that they change the team name,” FedEx confirmed in a statement. FedEx owns the naming rights to the stadium in Landover, Maryland, where the team plays its home games, through 2025, having signed a deal in 1999 reported at…

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that he will propose making Juneteenth — a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. — an official holiday in a state that was once home to the capital of the Confederacy. Musician Pharrell Williams, a Virginia native, joined him at a news conference. “This is our chance to lead, to…

The U.S. Secret Service ordered the White House locked down for about an hour Friday evening due to people outside the gates protesting the death of George Floyd, according to NBC News White House Correspondent Peter Alexander. The estimated 2,000 protesters moved along to the Trump International Hotel and demonstrated there. The protesters gathered at 14th and U streets in…

Michelle Obama joined forces with Ellen DeGeneres to give a Southeast Washington, D.C., elementary school a huge surprise. Randle Highlands Elementary School was brimming with holiday spirit on “Ellen’s Greatest Night of Giveaways” this week. The talk show host enlisted the former first lady to surprise students with a new basketball court, updated computers and iPads for every...