D.C. police see no "rhyme nor reason" behind five unrelated slayings over the past four days, a commander said Tuesday.
D.C. police are investigating two separate overnight stabbings that left two men dead.
Tim Day, a GOP candidate for the D.C. Council who by his own admission has worked with federal authorities in the ongoing criminal probes of D.C. officials, has been persistently threatened and his home vandalized since he helped bring down former council member Harry Thomas Jr.
One man was killed and two others injured in separate shootings overnight in the District.
The District took a big step on Tuesday toward bringing its gun laws in line with the rest of America. While an oppressive registration requirement remains in place, the D.C. Council voted unanimously to make the overall process of becoming a handgun owner significantly less expensive and time-consuming for residents.
The father of a 14-year old boy fatally shot by an off-duty Metropolitan Police Department officer in 2007 might have thought his legal battle was over when the District settled rather than fight a multimillion-dollar wrongful death lawsuit last fall.
D.C. police officers fatally shot a man who fired on officers Wednesday afternoon.
If there were ever any doubt that speed cameras are nothing but a dishonest cash grab, look no further than Washington Mayor Vincent C. Gray's "no new taxes" budget, released Friday morning. Boldly titled "Seizing Our Future," Mr. Gray's spending blueprint is more about seizing cash from the wallets of Virginia and Maryland drivers.
He didn't want to be a hero. He didn't want two thieves to make off with his Chrysler Town and Country van either.
