DC toddler was not hurt by gunshot

By Chantalle Edmunds
May 13, 2018 | 5:40 PM

WASHINGTON — A 2-year-old boy who was rushed to the hospital after his parents said he was struck by a stray bullet, was not injured by gunshot after all, NBC Washington reported.

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It happened in a residential neighborhood in the 1100 block of K Street Southeast on Sunday, Mother’s Day, around 4 p.m. D.C. police said the child was initially believed to have been shot, but they found that the boy had not been hurt by gunshot. The toddler’s life is not at risk, but information on the child’s injury has not been released. Police are still investigating the incident. [google_map latitude=”38.878895″ longitude=”-76.991415″ zoom=”13″ height=”300px” location_label=””] WTOP’s Abigail Constantino contributed to this report.

National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

By Neal Augenstein
September 1, 2026 | 10:36 AM

The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.

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