A look at stories making headlines in Washington, Maryland, and Virginia from DC News Now on February 18, 2026.

The Hesston Police Department received seven reports last week of checks being stolen from local mail, washed and cashed.

Four people were hospitalized after a crash involving a tanker truck in Bowie on Sunday, according to the Prince George's County Fire and EMS Department.

Both Democrats and Republicans have called out the Department of Justice for tracking their searches in the Epstein files database.

Vladimir Zakharov explains how DataFrames serve as a vital tool for data-oriented programming in the Java ecosystem. By ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Loyola hosted a basketball double-header against Thomas University Saturday afternoon, and both the men and women’s teams put their win streaks on the line. During the women’s ...

The Internal Revenue Service announced it would be opening up submissions of certain tax returns through its IRS Free File program for 2026. The IRS Free File program began accepting individual tax ...

Even though the tax agency's free pilot program is no longer available, there are other free tax filing options this season. Robin Hartill Robin Hartill is a Florida-based Certified Financial Planner ...

A Jeffrey Epstein survivor who has only ever chosen to identify herself anonymously as “Jane Doe” was startled to learn that her name appeared multiple times in the Justice Department’s release of the ...

The Internal Revenue Service has halted a popular service that once provided a free option for taxpayers to file their taxes directly with the IRS. The program, Direct File, was launched by the U.S.