


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 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 Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times
Here’s another feather for the cap of advocates who want to establish solid lines that link actual teaching to actual learning. Published May 19, 2013 Comments

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Chesapeake Bishop E.W. Jackson, who mounted an unsuccessful run for U.S. Senate last year, emerged the wire-to-wire winner in the race for the GOP nomination for Virginia’s lieutenant governor at the state GOP’s nominating convention Saturday. Published May 19, 2013 Comments

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
A Sterling woman was arrested this weekend on charges related to a shooting death of her husband, a police officer, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
Gun rights activists plan to openly carry weapons as they march across the Arlington Memorial Bridge into the District on July 4 as part of a protest organized by an Internet talk show host — a plan that drew a swift and confrontational response from the city's police chief. Published May 7, 2013
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
Tourists visiting the District spent $6.2 billion last year, up from 2011 and the seventh year in a row the city has surpassed $5.5 billion, officials said. Published May 7, 2013
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
Thieves wielding a stolen backhoe and a pick-up truck tried early Monday to swipe an ATM from a Potomac bank, according to Montgomery County police. Published May 7, 2013
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
A D.C. Council member is proposing legislation to ban plastic guns made with the emerging technology of 3-D printers just days after a group claimed to have successfully test-fired the first functional weapon produced. Published May 7, 2013
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
A D.C. teen was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for beating an 81-year-old woman whose home he burglarized. Published May 7, 2013
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
Instead of serving meals, the colorful food trucks that usually offer lobster rolls, piping-hot slices of pizza or spicy empanadas were closed on Monday — a demonstration of what the lunch hour could be like under new regulations proposed by city officials. Published May 6, 2013
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
A spike in 911 call volume is partially to blame for why a woman was placed on hold for more than a minute while her Northwest D.C. home was broken into and she struggled with the intruder, a spokeswoman for the Office of Unified Communications said Monday. Published May 6, 2013
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
Two men are dead and at least seven others injured in string of separate shootings and stabbings — including one at a nightclub — within a 24-hour span Sunday and early Monday in the District, according to police. Published May 6, 2013
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
A Muslim group's effort to move its campus from College Park to Maryland's rural Howard County is being met with opposition from local residents, who say dense construction plans for the site would spoil the quiet character of the area. Published May 5, 2013
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
Maru Montero left for the United States from her home in Oaxaca, Mexico, with just one pair of dance shoes. It was a sacrifice. But now she has her own dance company and directs the National Cinco de Mayo Festival, which took place on the Mall on Sunday. Published May 5, 2013
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
A series of 10 burglaries in one day are being investigated by Fairfax County police. Published May 5, 2013
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
A man attempting to rob two men in a car in Hillcrest Heights was fatally shot early Sunday after struggling with one of his victims over a gun, Prince George's County police said. Published May 5, 2013
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
A 4-year-old Alexandria boy was killed Saturday when he ran into the street and was hit by a car, police said. Published May 5, 2013
By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times
Three brothers living in the Woodridge area of Northeast are depending on the White House and Congress to do right by all young people. Published May 5, 2013
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
The man arrested for Wednesday's fatal shooting in the District's Trinidad neighborhood was acting in self-defense, and charges against him have been dropped, D.C. police said Thursday. Published May 2, 2013