Smoke bomb, fugitive discovered during traffic stop in Northern Virginia

By Joshua Barlow
November 3, 2024 | 8:22 AM

Police in Alexandria, Virginia, said officers discovered both a wanted fugitive and a commercial-grade smoke bomb during a Saturday afternoon traffic stop on King Street.

Alexandria police said officers were conducting a “felony traffic stop of a vehicle” in the 1600 block of King Street around 12:56 p.m., when the bomb was found.

The area of King Street between Commonwealth Ave. and Harvard St. was closed for about 2 hours as the fire department, K-9 unit and county bomb squad investigated.

During the investigation, a passenger in the car, identified as a 30-year-old Alexandria man wanted on felony charges out of Loudoun County, was placed into custody.

The driver of the vehicle, a 29-year-old woman, was charged with driving under a suspended license.

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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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