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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.

Two men were shot, one killed, in a Wednesday morning shooting in the District's Northeast Trinidad neighborhood.
The leader of Trinidad's main opposition party is seeking the resignation of former soccer executive Jack Warner, who currently serves as the island's national security minister.

Two men were shot overnight in the District, one in a home invasion in the Trinidad neighborhood and another outside of a school near the Anacostia Metro station, according to police.

A man was stabbed in the head Friday afternoon in the Trinidad area of Northeast D.C.
Football at St. John's University stands out. There's no tackling at practice or lengthy calisthenics. No whistles or wind sprints. No captains either, unless you count the honor shared by the seniors.
Mitt Romney held a campaign event Monday evening at a Miami juice shop owned by a convicted cocaine trafficker.

D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier's urban crime-fighting tactics became the centerpiece of a glowing article published this month in the national Governing magazine.

A judge who presided over the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor refused Friday to release him on bail, saying he would be a danger to any community where he might try to practice medicine.

A 20-year-old D.C. man was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Friday for killing a 17-year-old honor roll student who was walking back to his Northeast home with a friend last year after a brief jaunt for cigarettes.
Haitian President Michel Martelly said Friday he will host Oprah Winfrey when she visits the Caribbean nation.

A 20-year-old District man has been convicted of first-degree murder for the shooting death of a 17-year-old honor roll student who was walking back to his Northeast home with a friend last year after a brief jaunt for cigarettes, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
He introduced wartime Britain to the percussive rhythm of the rumba, so capturing the nation's imagination that its young princess chose his songs for her public dancing debut.
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