Instead of facing the freezing temperatures, marching bands, dance troops and other clubs performed inside the Entertainment & Sports Arena. Those performing lined up outside and marched a short distance through Southeast D.C. before entering the arena on Oak Dr in Congress Heights.

The move inside seemed to be a hit with those performing in the parade. Webster Phillips with the believes the parade should be permanently moved inside.

鈥淭his is the best. It’s warmer, it accommodates a lot more and we perform better,鈥� Phillips said.

He also said another benefit of the setup came after his team finished 鈥� instead of heading home, members could sit down and watch the other performances.

During the parade, Mayor Muriel Bowser was on stage chair dancing as the marching bands played for and paraded past the crowd. She told 小萝莉影视 that she actually enjoyed the move inside.

“You can see all the participants… We like to go through the community, but I think we are getting to see a lot today, as well,鈥� Bowser said.

Warming up before the parade, a drum major from Phelps High School in Northeast said it meant a lot that he and his friends were able to perform in the parade together.

鈥淚鈥檓 forever blessed to be a part of this parade,鈥� the 11th grader told 小萝莉影视

The event drew people of all ages, including Emma Ward, the Miss Senior DC who attended the original March on Washington in 1963. Ward was only two years out of high school when saw Dr. Martin Luther King Jr deliver his historic 鈥淚 Have a Dream” speech in person.

Since then, Ward has been to every MLK parade in the District and says it鈥檚 like reliving history.

鈥淚t means the present, the past and the future,鈥� said Ward. 鈥淚t encompasses all of it for me.鈥�

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The Montgomery County Police Department told 小萝莉影视 that around 4:30 p.m., the officer was en route to a report of shots fired. As he was driving on Snouffer School Road on his way to the scene, police said another vehicle coming from Flower Hill Way collided with his cruiser, causing the fire.

Another responding officer in the area was able to extinguish the flames well enough to rescue his colleague from the cruiser. According to police, local firefighters arrived later and finished putting out the fire.

Police said the officer involved in the crash was transported with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the other vehicle was also taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue’s Public Information Officer Pete Piringer that several lanes in the area were temporarily closed as police and emergency workers responded to the scene.

小萝莉影视’s Veronica Canales and Mary DePompa contributed to this story.

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A special gift for New Years revelers

If you and your companions are looking to imbibe, or avoid the roads 鈥� WMATA announced fares for both Metrorail and Metrobus will be free on New Year鈥檚 Eve after 8 p.m. until closing at 2 a.m., thanks to a partnership with . No SmarTrip cards are needed during this time.

Metrorail

For Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, trains will be running on a reduced Sunday schedule from 7 a.m. to midnight.

On New Year’s Eve, when the city is all a bustle, Metro will be extending its normal weekday hours to 2 a.m.

As always, the last train home varies by station. You can .

Metrobus

For Christmas and New Year’s Day, bus lines will be running on their respective Sunday schedules.

You can .

MetroAccess

Riders using MetroAccess can still travel during the holidays, but subscription service will be canceled, so you will need to make separate reservations.

If you need MetroAccess on those days, you can make reservations 聽or by calling 301-562-5360 (TTY 301-588-7535).

Construction and delays

For travelers going in and out of town, you will still be able to get to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport and Union Station via Metrorail.

However, construction downtown, running from Dec. 20-30, will be closing a handful of stations on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines.

Metro recommends accounting for extra time to take their free shuttles between the closed stations. You can get more information about construction delays and closures over the holiday here.

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In a , Montgomery County police said 24-year-old Michael Cordones-Lopez and 61-year-old Patricio Cardones-Molina were apprehended Tuesday after officers observed them breaking into two locked grease dumpsters belonging to the Fillmore Silver Spring and Amina Thai restaurant.

Used cooking grease, which can go for upward of $2.38 per gallon, is used in the making of biodiesel fuel and other products. It’s often sold by restaurants as an extra source of revenue.

According to police, the suspects were first observed by officers around 2:20 a.m. driving a gray Ford E-350 on Mayor Lane, which is an alley behind several restaurants. Police said the officers saw the suspects getting out of the van, inspecting several grease dumpsters, then driving away.

Officers followed the suspects to the alley behind Fillmore Silver Spring at 8600 Colesville Rd., where suspects exited the vehicle, used a pry bar to break into a locked grease dumpster, and employed a generator-powered siphon to transfer cooking grease into large tanks inside of the van, according to police.

After the suspects finished at the Fillmore, police said they moved up the alley, repeating the process at a grease dumpster behind Amina Thai. They were arrested and taken into custody as they attempted to exit the alley.

Cordones-Lopez and Cardones-Molina have both been charged with fourth-degree burglary and three counts of theft under $100. They were later released on unsecured personal bonds.

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A local nonprofit and emergency responders from Montgomery County, Maryland, are teaming up this Saturday to collect toys for children in North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene.

meant to collect and distribute toys to children through various charities in the D.C. area. This year, because of the ongoing plight of those affected by Hurricane Helene, the focus shifted to aiding the community of Ashe County, North Carolina.

“This year, the list that we received from the folks down in Ashe County, they have over 550 kids that are in need,” said Costa Sardelis, logistics coordinator for , the nonprofit that runs the event.

In partnership with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue and Montgomery County Police, the “Fill the Boat” toy drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Rio Lakefront at 9811 Washingtonian Blvd. in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Aside from the toy drive itself, Sardelis said the event should be a fun day for children of all ages, including the opportunity to interact with a fire truck, as well as a search and rescue boat.

“Montgomery County Fire and Montgomery County Police are going to be bringing out some of their cool apparatus for kids to check out. We’ll have our search and rescue boat. We’ll have our response trailer there,” Sardelis said. “So it’s going to be a family-friendly event.”

Sardelis said in previous years, the record for toys collected in a single drive was 412. He’s hoping they can break that record this year: “My goal for this year is to get exactly 550, or more.”

After the event on Saturday, volunteers will drive the toys down to Ashe County, where they will be distributed by partner charities there.

“We’re going to help them bundle up the toys into Santa bags for the kids, and then we’ll head back to Maryland on Sunday night,” Sardelis said.

If you are interested in donating to this event, Sardelis said they are looking for “new and unwrapped toys for children ages five to 16, for both boys and girls. So everything from LEGOS and Hot Wheels cars, to Barbie dolls, coloring books.”

“And again, the key is new and unwrapped, so that we can sort them easily and get them into the Santa bags when we’re down to North Carolina,” he said.

小萝莉影视’s Ana Golden contributed to this report.

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Affected areas include: River Terrace, Mayfair, Eastland Gardens, Kenilworth, Deanwood, Central Northeast, and Anacostia Park, according to D.C. Water.

The water provider said Tuesday evening it has rerouted water and is slowly increasing the pressure to homes, but the boil water advisory remains in effect pending additional testing. Workers have also isolated a water main they believe is the primary source of the leak and will continue working overnight to make repairs, according to D.C. Water.

Other areas of D.C. not listed above have also received the advisory via public safety text. If you receive the warning, consider it applicable to your area.

On Tuesday morning, D.C. Water began receiving calls from affected areas reporting low, or no water pressure. Pressure loss can cause contaminants to enter the water system, including bacteria, viruses, parasites and other risks.

D.C. Water said “the advisory will be lifted when tests on two consecutive days show no bacteria are present,” which they say will be “Thursday, Dec. 5 at the earliest.”

D.C. Water says customers in the impacted areas should:

• Discard any beverages and ice made after midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.
• Run cold water until clear (if discolored) prior to boiling.
• Run cold water for 2 minutes if known sources of lead are present prior to boiling.
• Bring water to a rolling boil for one minute and let it cool.
• Store cooled water in a clean, covered container.

Boiled and bottled water can be used for brushing teeth, preparing food and drinking.

Water customers with questions are advised to call D.C. Water Customer Service at 202-354-3600 (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or the 24-Hour Command Center at 202-612-3400.

Information is also available at

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Thankfully this afternoon featured some sunshine and drier conditions ahead of a cold front bringing gusty winds into the region, according to 小萝莉影视 Meteorologist Mike Stinneford.

Winds will diminish after sunset, leading to a colder night with all of us in the 30s by sunrise on Friday.

“Cinch that robe extra tight before you head out to get the paper off the driveway in the morning,” 7小萝莉影视 First Alert Chief Meteorologist Veronica Johnson said in her evening forecast.

And if you plan to shuffle about the different sales on Black Friday, bundle up and bring some hot cocoa along in a travel mug. Johnson is expecting chilling winds from the northwest that could make our 50-degree high temperature feel much colder.

This weekend “brisk breezes will make it feel like the 20s and 30s 鈥� so bundle up as you head out to shop or look for the perfect tree,” Johnson said.

Cold weather is sticking around through this weekend with highs struggling to get above 40 on Saturday. Next week will feel like January with highs staying in the 40s.

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小萝莉影视’s Ivy Lyons and Will Vitka contributed to this report.

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To give you a head start, here’s what will be open and what will be closed in the D.C. area for the holiday.

• What department and grocery stores are open on Thanksgiving Day?

Metro said that the transit system will run on a Sunday schedule for Thanksgiving Day and return to its normal service on Friday.

D.C.-area school systems are closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, and many other services 鈥� such as banks and the Postal Service 鈥� are observing the holiday as well.

Most county and city government offices are closed on Thursday and Friday. And several jurisdictions will be shifting trash and recycling pickups a day, or into the following week, in observance of the holiday.

Here’s the operating status where you live.

• Local public transit
• Parking services
• Trash and recycling
• Libraries and recreation centers

Local public transit

DC

As the DC Circulator is winding down its services 鈥� permanently 鈥� by the end of the year, the remaining routes will operate on a normal schedule except for the National Mall route on Thursday, which will run a detour in the morning due to the SOME Turkey Trot 5K.

DC Streetcar runs on a Sunday schedule Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. It will operate on a normal schedule Friday.

Maryland

罢丑别听 won’t have service on Thanksgiving. For Black Friday, trains will operate on a Saturday schedule for the Penn Line only. No Brunswick or Camden line service.

will operate on a Sunday/holiday schedule on Thursday. The Commuter Bus will not operate on Thursday and Friday, except for Route 201, which will operate on a weekend/holiday schedule on both days.

The Light Rail will operate on a Sunday/holiday schedule on Thursday.

Anne Arundel County

On Thanksgiving, there will be no service on the Anne Arundel bus lines. For Friday, only : 201, 202 and Gold.

Montgomery County

, including Ride On extra (pink and lime), will operate on a Sunday schedule for Thanksgiving.

will operate on weekend and holiday service for the Orange Route on Thursday, and the Blue Route won’t be in service. Both Blue and Orange routes will operate on a regular weekday service on Friday.

Prince George’s County

will not operate on Thursday, regular operations will resume on Friday.

The Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services will not operate on Thursday or Friday.

Virginia

does not have service on Thanksgiving Day. On Friday, it will have a .

City of Alexandria

are on a Sunday service schedule on Thursday. It will operate regular weekday service on Friday.

The King Street Trolley service will run its regular schedule from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Thursday.

Arlington

41, 42, 45, 51, 55 and 87 operate on Sunday schedule on Thursday. All other routes are not operating.

On Friday, ART 41, 42, 45, 51, 55, 77 and 87 will operate on Saturday schedules on Friday. All other routes aren’t operating.

Fairfax County

will operate on a Sunday service schedule on Thursday and a holiday weekday schedule on Friday.

City of Fairfax’s聽 will not have service on Thursday. It will have a modified weekday service on Friday.

Loudoun County

There won’t be any Loudoun County Transit bus service Thursday.

There will be a significantly reduced schedule Friday.

for more information on the Friday schedule.

Prince William County

There won’t be any OmniRide bus service Thursday.

OmniRide Metro Express, OmniRide Local and OmniRide East-West Express .

Parking services and traffic

DC

All parking enforcement will be suspended Thursday and Friday. .

Maryland

Anne Arundel County

Free parking in downtown Annapolis at metered spaces between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. .

Parking fees won’t be enforced Thursday.

Montgomery County

County-owned lots, garages and on-street spaces are free Thursday.

Parking restrictions are not enforced on county holidays.

Virginia

Parking enforcement will be suspended Thursday at metered space and residential permit parking districts. Enforcement resumes on Friday.

Permit parking is always in effect unless it’s specifically noted on the sign. Meters aren’t enforced on holidays.

Trash and recycling

DC

The鈥� D.C. Department of Public Works (DPW)鈥痺ill not collect household trash and recycling on Thursday. Trash and recycling collections will 鈥渟lide鈥濃�痜or the remainder of the week into Saturday. Leaf collection will operate on schedule.

The Fort Totten Transfer Station will be closed to the public on Thursday and Friday.

Maryland

Thursday collection will be on Friday. In , there is no trash collection Thursday. Services will slide to the next day.

Howard County

No trash collection Thursday. A .

Thursday collection moves to Friday. Friday collection moves to Saturday.

No collection on Thanksgiving Day. Collection for the remainder of the week will slide one day, with the final collection on Saturday.

Virginia

Trash and recycling collections follow the normal collection schedule. Curbside food waste collection moves to Friday.

No collection Thursday. Thursday routes run on Friday and Friday routes run on Saturday.

No change in the trash and recycling collection schedule for Thanksgiving Day. If you have private collection, please contact your hauler. The Recycling and Disposal Centers at the I-66 Transfer Station and the I-95 Landfill Complex will both be closed on Thursday.

Libraries and recreation centers

DC

D.C. Public Library will open the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Neighborhood Library will be open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Colocated libraries (Rosedale, Northwest One and Deadwood) will operate from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

On Thanksgiving Day, all libraries will be closed.

Recreation centers, community centers and indoor aquatic centers will be closed on Thursday and Friday.

Maryland

Anne Arundel County

will be closing at 5 p.m. on Wednesday and will remain closed on Thursday and Friday and reopen on Saturday.

Libraries will be closed on Thursday and reopen on Friday.

Park facilities and buildings are closed on Thursday (parks and trails are always open daily from sunrise to sunset).

Community recreation centers are closed on Thursday and Friday.

Howard County

Libraries are closing at 5 p.m. on Wednesday and will be closed on Thursday and Friday, reopening on Saturday.

Community and athletic centers are closed Thursday and Friday to the general public.

Prince George’s County

Libraries close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Branches are closed on Thursday and will reopen on Friday. Community centers are closed on Thursday.

Virginia

City of Alexandria

Libraries are closed on Thursday and Friday.

All recreation centers are closed on Thursday. On Friday, Chinquapin Park Recreation Center and Aquatics Facility, Charles Houston Recreation Center, and Patrick Henry Recreation Center will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All other facilities will be closed.

Arlington

Libraries are closing at 5 p.m. on Wednesday and the shop is closed all day on Wednesday. Libraries are closed on Thursday and Friday. All community centers are closed Thursday and Friday.

Fairfax County

Recreation centers are closed on Thursday, but they are open on Friday. The Lake Fairfax Center and Frying Pan Farm are open on Friday.

Libraries are closed on Thursday and Friday.

Prince William County

Libraries are closing at 5 p.m. on Wednesday and will be closed on Thursday and Friday.

小萝莉影视’s Valerie Bonk and Will Vitka contributed to this report.

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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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Police said that the video, which showed a Tesla Cybertruck and a Lamborghini illegally racing near Westwood Center Drive earlier in the month, came to their attention on Oct. 29.

After an investigation, police were able to identify the Cybertruck’s driver as Christian Camacho, 48, of Vienna, and the Lamborghini driver as Carlos Montero, 37, of Sterling.

Police said that Camacho turned himself in on Nov. 1. He was charged with Racing and Stopping on the Highway. Montero, the driver of the Lamborghini, was arrested on Friday as well and charged with Racing, Stopping on the Highway, and two counts of Improper Lane Change.

Both men were released on unsecured bond.

Police said they are still seeking information on the “flagger” featured in the race video. Those with information are asked to call Fairfax County police at 703-280-0543.

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Even while measures were taken over the last several years to preserve Kamala’s health and quality of life, her physical condition had irreversibly declined, the Smithsonian said in a .

“Given Kamala’s declining quality of life and poor long-term prognosis, animal care staff made the decision to humanely euthanize her,” the zoo said in a statement.

Kamala, who was born in the wild, was estimated to be about 50 years old.

After she was put to sleep, the zoo said other members of the elephant herd, Maharani, Swarna, Spike, Bozie, Trong NHI and NHI Linh, were given an opportunity “to spend some time with their deceased herd mate.”

According to the zoo, Kamala was born in Sri Lanka around 1975 and first lived at an elephant orphanage in Pinnawalla, before being moved with her longtime herd mate, Swarna, to the Calgary Zoo in Alberta, Canada. Kamala gave birth to two offspring while in Canada.

Kamala, her daughter Maharani, and Swarna were all transferred to the National Zoo in D.C. in 2014. It was around then animal care staff at the zoo began noticing and treating the symptoms that would eventually develop into severe osteoarthritis.

Her longtime elephant companions, Maharani and Swarna, were the last to visit with Kamala after her passing Saturday afternoon.

“Swarna and Maharani were the last to visit. Maharani spent quite a long time investigating the body, blowing into her mouth and trunk and nudging Kamala鈥檚 head,” according to the zoo.

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In a news release, Maryland State Police said officers responded to the area of westbound U.S. Route 50 near the Capital Beltway in Lanham around 2 a.m. for reports of a single car crash.

At the scene, officers found a silver Nissan Altima that had been involved with the crash.

The vehicle’s only occupant, 38-year-old Jason Jamal Harris of Temple Hills, died at the scene.

After preliminary investigation, police say the Nissan had been traveling westbound, lost control and struck a concrete traffic barrier on the left shoulder.

It is not known how Harris lost control of the vehicle.

The left lane of westbound Route 50 was closed for over an hour on Sunday morning as officers investigated the crash area. Police say they are still investigating the accident.

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Montgomery County police said officers were called to Bethesda Elementary School at 7600 Arlington Road around 7:14 a.m. for a report of vandalism that happened “during the overnight hours.” It said similar graffiti was also found at a nearby building at 4900 Del Ray Avenue.

Neighbors and Jewish community members wasted no time in responding.

Montgomery County Council President聽Andrew Friedson told 小萝莉影视 he saw “disturbing photos” of the graffiti left outside of the school. The school is also the site for a weekly farmer’s market he often attends on Sunday mornings.

Friedson said he immediately notified the police and Montgomery County Public Schools, as well as Bethesda Urban Partnership, who began leading the cleanup efforts early.

“I will say, there were a large number of residents, including children, who were helping and supporting the efforts from the Bethesda Urban Partnership team and others who are cleaning the graffiti,” he added.

The police department’s second district commander posted about the incident on social media.

Huge thank you to our friends . Several sites in the downtown area were marred by hate speech in the early morning hours. BUP cleaned as quickly as possible. If you have information about this event-please contact:

鈥� 2D Commander (@2dCommander)

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich lambasted the vandalism and implored anyone with information to come forward.

“I was disgusted by the hate-filled vandalism that we saw in Bethesda yesterday. While individuals may have strong opinions and feelings about events in the Middle East, hate speech and vandalism are not acceptable outlets for any type of political concerns or comments,” Elrich said in a statement, adding, “I encourage anyone with information about the perpetrators to contact the Police Department at the non-emergency number at 301-279-8000. Hate has no place in Montgomery County.”

Montgomery County has seen a number of antisemitic and other forms of hate speech in recent years, including high-profile incidents at Magruder High School and Westbrook Elementary School, both in Bethesda.

“As we are only two weeks away from the start of the school year, it is imperative that we recognize the emotional harm actions like this have on everyone. I understand that this incident may have caused fear or concern, and I ask us all to have the necessary discussions to bring us together, to foster unity rather than division,” said Bethesda Elementary School Principal Lisa Seymour in a statement.

“This action is not only offensive but is divisive and goes against our school district and community values in every sense. Our schools must remain a safe place for all students, families, and staff,” she said.

Police said they have “no suspect descriptions” at this time and they are actively investigating the incident.

In addition to police and the school system, Friedson said the Anti-Defamation League of Greater Washington and Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) were also involved in the response.

鈥淚t is appalling that so many families simply trying to enjoy the Bethesda Central Farm Market instead had to be subject to 鈥� and then voluntarily step in to help clean 鈥� hateful and antisemitic messages accusing Israel of raping women and children,” Guila Franklin Siegel, chief operating officer of the JCRC, said of the graffiti.

“Unfortunately, these messages 鈥� like the recent arson attack on the Jewish Museum in Baltimore 鈥� are a stark reminder that antisemitism as an ideology is still pervasive and not so easily erased,” she added. “We hope the perpetrators of this outrageous desecration of school property are apprehended and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

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Fawzan Hassan had last been seen at an Ethiopian community picnic held at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg around 3 p.m. Saturday, .

At a news conference Sunday evening, Montgomery County police confirmed the body of Hassan surfaced in a pond near Bohrer Park at approximately 5:25 p.m. Sunday, where a local group of volunteers had sighted him and alerted police.

The pond had previously been searched by authorities, but diving efforts were ruled out due to the presence of snapping turtles in the water, according to police.

Hassan’s reported death sent shockwaves through the community for more than a day.

“With the recovery of a body from the pond near Bohrer Park this afternoon, we have reached a tragic end to the search for 6-year-old Fawzan Hassan. My heart goes out to Fawzan鈥檚 family in their time of grief,” County Executive Marc Elrich said in a Sunday.

小萝莉影视’s Dick Uliano, reporting live from the scene, said Montgomery County police pulled a body from the small pond, which was less than 50 yards away from the playground where Hassan was last seen. Numerous people gathered at the site were “weeping” as the body was recovered, Uliano said.

“A really sad ending to this search. Thoughts are and will remain with the Hassan family,” Earl Stoddard, the county’s assistant chief administrator, said in . “I cannot imagine their anguish.”

Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman thanked the families and community members who assisted in the search after “an unspeakable tragedy for the Hassan family and the community.”

“We will carry Fawzan in our hearts,” Ashman said.

Lt. Kristina Hedgepeth of the Montgomery County Police Department’s Special Victims Bureau said the case will be transferred to the Major Crimes Division. There is no indication of foul play at this time.

“We are grateful for the tireless efforts of our search teams 鈥� and the many volunteers and community members who assisted in the search. Their commitment to helping locate Hassan has been invaluable,” said Hedgepeth. “We ask that the community respect the family’s privacy as they mourn the loss of their child.”

The body of the young boy has been transferred to the Office of the County Medical Examiner, who will determine cause of death in the next few days, according to police spokesperson Shiera聽Goff.

Community spends hours searching for Hassan

After more than 24 hours searching the area, police asked the community during a 3:30 p.m. news conference on Sunday for help in finding Hassan.

Hassan had last been seen wearing blue and white sneakers.

Among other requests, police asked residents keep an eye out for Hassan in public areas, as well as checking their backyards and other places he may have sought shelter around their properties.

Ousman Seid, a leader with the Ethiopian Silt’e community group hosting the picnic, said the group had been helping in the search for the child and had offered their own $10,000 reward.

“This was our event. We think we are responsible, and we didn’t have any sleep,” Seid said. “We felt we have to do this, and the money really didn’t matter.”

Search teams worked overnight Saturday into Sunday searching for Hassan, using drones with the assistance of Maryland National Capital Police in Montgomery County, as well as canines from the Mid-Atlantic DOGS search and rescue teams.

Before the end of the evening news conference, Hedgepeth addressed the parents in the community, many of whom had been a part of the search.

“As a parent myself, your head’s got to be on a swivel. You have to constantly be watching. And it’s even harder when you have a child with special needs,” said Hedgepeth. “Keep watching those children, keep your eyes and focus on them as much as you can. But unfortunately, you know things like this do happen. Tragedies do happen.”

小萝莉影视’s Dick Uliano contributed to this report.

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Following his announcement, Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take over the Democratic nomination.

Some supporters of the president in downtown Bethesda, Maryland, found sympathy and supported his decision to step aside. Some told 小萝莉影视 they were聽sad about Biden’s decision to withdraw but were proud of his patriotism in doing so.

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Many said Biden made the right decision. Some said history would remember him well and Democrats will become more competitive against Republican former president Donald Trump.

One voter, who preferred to remain anonymous, was pleased that Biden had immediately endorsed Harris to take his place and was optimistic on what she would bring to the presidency.

Some said the last minute nature of Biden’s withdrawal may force the Democrats to unite in a way they haven’t before. Or not.

Others lamented Biden’s departure, feeling he had unfairly been forced out of the race.

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