Andrea Swalec

An area of the Pentagon is under a shelter-in-place order because of an “air quality issue” that a system detected, authorities say.

An area of the Pentagon is under a shelter-in-place order because of an “air quality issue” that a system detected, authorities say.

Hazmat crews responded to the Pentagon because a system detected an “air quality issue” on Thursday morning, spurring a partial shelter-in-place order, authorities said. Testing later found there was no hazard.

Scaffolding is up outside the Kennedy Center Friday afternoon as crews are expected to remove President Donald Trump's name from the exterior of the building.

One woman was hit and killed by a falling tree in a Prince George’s County neighborhood during storms Thursday night as another woman was killed by a tree in a park in Montgomery County, authorities say.

Elevated levels were found in a small stream and a stormwater pond near Great Seneca Highway and Key West Avenue, the county said.

Angel Guzman, of Silver Spring, was the teen killed, Prince George's County police said in an update Monday.

An Army staff sergeant convicted of killing his wife and a rookie police officer in 2016 was formally sentenced Thursday to seven consecutive life sentences.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted a ceremony in D.C.’s Malcolm X Park, also known as Meridian Hill Park, to recognize National Guard members and celebrate the restoration of the park’s fountains – and was met by protests.

A woman using a “mobility wheelchair” was hit and killed on Richmond Highway (Route 1) in Fairfax County on Thursday, authorities said.