'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
An off-duty Metropolitan Police Department officer fired shots at a man attempting to steal the officer's car from outside his Clinton home Friday morning, according to police.
One Prince George's County strip club was ordered closed and another faces possible sanctions after a shooting and double stabbing at the two businesses, according to police.
Police are searching for the men who shot an armored truck guard and stole something from the parking lot of an Oxon Hill Save-A-Lot on Tuesday afternoon.
Barely known in a literary field dominated by brand names like "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games," William Alexander scored the National Book Award for Young People's Literature by tapping into his burning love for books when he was 11 years old.
The National Book Awards honored both longtime writers and new authors, from Louise Erdrich for "The Round House" to Katherine Boo for her debut work, "Beyond the Beautiful Forevers."
The National Book Awards on Wednesday honored both longtime writers and new authors, from Louise Erdrich for "The Round House" to Katherine Boo for her debut work, "Beyond the Beautiful Forevers."
The National Book Awards on Wednesday honored both longtime writers and new authors, from Louise Erdrich for "The Round House" to Katherine Boo for her debut work, "Beyond the Beautiful Forevers."
An attorney for the parents of two Virginia Tech students killed in a 2007 massacre argues that the state's request to throw out a jury's negligence verdict is "fatally flawed."
A jury found Virginia Tech negligent on Wednesday for waiting to warn students about a gunman during a 2007 campus massacre that left 33 dead.
Jury selection began Monday in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of two Virginia Tech students killed during a campus rampage nearly five years ago.
In Prince George's County, police took a more proactive stance when they approached a group of club owners in the county in 2009 and asked them to stop booking TCB, police spokesman Lt. William Alexander said.
"It was not an edict. If they have played, it's not like they have violated something. It was more like a gentlemen's agreement," Lt. Alexander said. "Everyone seemed to realize that TCB seemed to be a magnet for violence."
