Gov. Bob Ferguson made the final call to turn down a higher bid from a local boat builder, selecting a Florida company for three new ferries.

For the first time in more than 50 years, a Washington ferry will be built out of state. Governor Ferguson awarded the contract, worth $714.5 million, to Florida’s Eastern Shipbuilding Group for three new hybrid electric 160-car ferries.

The decision represents a turnabout from plans announced during the Biden administration to move the FBI to a site in Greenbelt, Maryland. The suburban Washington location was selected over nearby Virginia following a sharp competition between the two states.

The FBI is moving its D.C. headquarters to the former office of USAID, which was officially disbanded on July 1.

Congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym died on Tuesday after being among three shot by several assailants on Monday night in northwest Washington, D.C.

A 21-year-old intern at a congressman’s Washington office was fatally shot Monday in the city after gunmen opened fire on a group of people, authorities said

A 21-year-old congressional intern was killed Monday night in what police believe was a targeted shooting that claimed an unintended victim in Northwest Washington, D.C. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, of Granby,