By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
An off-duty Arlington County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot an Alexandria man early Wednesday morning. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
A major downtown intersection will be kept closed through at least Thursday evening as crews work to repair a 15-foot sinkhole, according to city officials. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
A witness who helped convict a man in the 2001 murder of Chandra Levy lied during the trial when he testified he had never previously provided information to law enforcement in other criminal cases, attorneys revealed in court Tuesday. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times
The convergence of two events this week — one by the hand of God, the other man-made — might leave us asking, “What can I do?” and “What should our government do?” Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Ben Nuckols - Associated Press
A few dozen tea party activists and their supporters have gathered outside the IRS headquarters in Washington to protest extra scrutiny of their organizations. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
Memorial Day travelers will have slightly less company on the roads this year because of the effects of sequestration, travel officials said Tuesday. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
The District’s Office of Tax and Revenue failed to collect $6.5 million over a five-year period because it did not charge penalty fees to businesses that owed money — a punitive system now under review because officials said it was too ambiguous to enforce. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Virginia Democrats tried to shift the focus Monday away from their own embattled gubernatorial candidate to newly minted Republican lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson, whose controversial remarks on abortion and gay rights have quickly landed the fiery Chesapeake minister in the national spotlight. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
Authorities have made an agreement not to prosecute a Northwest D.C. man who used his unregistered handgun to shoot and kill a pit bull in order to stop it from mauling a child in his neighborhood. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Luke Rosiak and Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times
Washington, D.C., has failed to remove from its voting rolls as many as 13,000 former residents who years ago moved to Prince George’s County and cast ballots there, making fraud by voting in two jurisdictions as easy as going to the polls in their old neighborhoods, The Washington Times found in a review of records. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Virginia Republicans will put up an unquestionably conservative ticket in the fall elections, a prospect delighting the party’s base and presenting a crystal-clear contrast with Democrats in what is likely to be the marquee election of 2013. Published May 18, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
The U.S. Capitol Black Police Association is staging a protest on Tuesday against what members decry as a hostile and discriminatory work environment. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
You could shell out thousands of dollars for a flight to Spain and a hotel room in the historic city of Pamplona, fight your way through the maze of mid-July crowds and wait hours to sprint along the cobblestones for mere seconds of pounding adrenaline as 12 bulls gallop alongside you. Published May 14, 2013
By Associated Press
Virginia Tech President Charles Steger, who has been criticized by families and others for the way he handled the 2007 mass shooting, announced Tuesday that he is retiring. Published May 14, 2013
By Associated Press
Published May 14, 2013
By Associated Press
A Laurel man fatally shot his wife and his adult step-daughter Monday, Prince George's County police said. Published May 13, 2013
By Michael Felberbaum - Associated Press
Jonnie R. Williams' lavish gifts and his company’s generous political donations are at the center of a growing scandal dogging the state’s two top Republicans — Gov. Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II. Published May 13, 2013
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
A Montgomery County housewife and political activist has revived a stalled referendum effort against Maryland's recently passed gun-control bill, breaking from a plan favored by the National Rifle Association and leaving her the daunting task of producing thousands of signatures in about two weeks. Published May 13, 2013
By Associated Press
A teenage girl charged in her father's death remains in custody along with her boyfriend, who is also accused in the killing. Published May 13, 2013
By Brett Zongker - Associated Press
Washington National Cathedral and George Washington's Mount Vernon estate each won $100,000 grants Monday, among 24 sites around the nation's capital competing for historic preservation funds. Published May 13, 2013
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
A Northeast D.C. nightclub, shuttered after a man was stabbed there last week, has banned a go-go act because of violence at its shows, according to official reports on the incident. Published May 13, 2013
By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times
All right, ladies. Do not get your thongs, boxers or briefs all twisted. Don't think "back-alley" abortions are no more because of Roe v. Wade. Published May 12, 2013
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Ray Thompson came home from Vietnam in 1969 badly wounded, having lost four ribs, a kidney and his spleen. It wouldn't have been in his nature, said widow Patty Thompson, to grapple with the federal government just to see his name etched into the black granite of the memorial wall. But it's most certainly in hers. Published May 12, 2013
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
Two of the Metropolitan Police Departments' key computer systems were down for several hours due to a network issue this week, police confirmed. Published May 9, 2013
By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times
The executive director of the independent board that rules on labor complaints and resolves collective bargaining impasses between unions and the D.C. government is not a resident of the District, as required by law, but of Virginia. Published May 9, 2013
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
The pace at which illegal immigrants are deported from the District under a federal initiative is far lower than in surrounding jurisdictions in Virginia and Maryland, even though illegal immigrants make up similar proportions of their populations. Published May 9, 2013
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
In the four years since Fojol Bros. started to feed the masses gathered for President Obama's first inauguration, the D.C. streets have welcomed close to 200 food trucks. Published May 9, 2013
