Matt Delaney

Couple convicted of causing 2022 Hamptons house fire that killed Maryland sisters

A New York couple pleaded guilty this week to causing the deaths of two Maryland sisters when the couple's ritzy Hamptons rental home went up in flames two years ago due to shoddy construction work.

August 28, 2024

Deadly crashes in District on track to match last year despite fleet of traffic cameras

Traffic deaths in the District are on pace to match last year's spike, despite a growing web of enforcement cameras at intersections and along busy roads.

August 27, 2024

Naresh Bhatt, husband of missing woman, ordered to remain in jail in Northern Virginia

A judge in Northern Virginia on Monday ordered the husband charged in the disappearance of his wife to remain behind bars as the case proceeds.

August 26, 2024

Brother kills siblings, niece in Long Island home dispute before taking own life

Police in New York said Monday that the live-in adult son of a recently deceased matriarch shot and killed his three siblings and his niece before turning the gun on himself outside the late mother's Long Island home.

August 26, 2024

Two elderly women from Arizona found shot dead in Mexican state of Sonora

The FBI said Saturday it is helping Mexican authorities investigate the fatal shooting of two Arizona women in the Mexican state of Sonora.

August 25, 2024

Arizona police search for ex-con who made threats on Trump’s life

A manhunt was underway in Arizona on Thursday for a convicted sex offender who authorities said threatened to kill Donald Trump during the former president's campaign stop at the southern border.

August 22, 2024

Husband charged in case of missing Virginia woman

Police arrested and charged the husband of a missing Virginia woman Thursday after the young mother vanished last month.

August 22, 2024

Teen pleads guilty in deadly beatdown of disabled D.C. man; four other girls to go to trial

A teen girl pleaded guilty Tuesday for her role in last year's fatal beating of a disabled man in Northwest, while the other teen girls charged in the case will head to trial next month.

August 21, 2024

White’s case latest black eye for D.C. City Hall; Mayor Barry’s drug raid tops all

The bribery case unfolding around D.C. Council member Trayon White is the latest in a long line of scandals featuring D.C. politicians accused of lying, stealing and flouting the law in a city they swore to serve.

August 21, 2024

Council staff to keep ‘serving the public’ despite boss’s felony bribery charge

The office for D.C. Council member Trayon White released a statement Monday saying the Ward 8 Democrat's staff will keep working even as the elected official deals with his bribery case in federal court.

August 20, 2024

D.C. Council member Trayon White charged with bribery in federal court

D.C. Council member Trayon White was charged Monday with bribery in federal court following his arrest in Southeast the day before.

August 19, 2024

Man disappears in California river while trying to save son

Police in Northern California said a father dove into a river Sunday to save his son, and then never resurfaced.

August 19, 2024

D.C. Council member arrested by FBI

Federal authorities on Sunday arrested D.C. Council member Trayon White in the Navy Yard neighborhood.

August 18, 2024

Death threats against ‘White Women for Kamala Harris’ social media influencer invite FBI probe

A social media influencer who spoke during the "White Women for Kamala Harris" Zoom call will seek a restraining order Monday after a flurry of death threats led to an FBI investigation into the woman's harassment.

August 18, 2024

D.C. gun owner found guilty in fatal shooting of teen breaking into cars

A D.C. jury on Friday found legal gun owner Jason Lewis guilty of manslaughter in the shooting that killed 13-year-old Karon Blake when the teen was breaking into cars last year.

August 16, 2024

Missouri woman charged with trying to steal Graceland from Elvis’ family

Federal prosecutors said a Missouri woman was arrested and charged Friday with orchestrating a scheme to swipe Graceland from the descendants of music legend Elvis Presley.

August 16, 2024

Jury to decide fate of D.C. gun owner who shot teen breaking into cars

Jury deliberations began Thursday in the trial of Jason Lewis, a D.C. resident and legal gun owner charged with murder in the death of Karon Blake, a 13-year-old who was fatally shot while he and others were breaking into cars in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, 2023.

August 15, 2024

Flight attendants plead guilty to smuggling drug money to Dominican Republic

Federal prosecutors said the last of four flight attendants pleaded guilty this week to smuggling roughly $7 million in drug money to the Dominican Republic over an eight-year period.

August 15, 2024

D.C. gun owner testifies an assailant fired first in car-theft confrontation that left teen dead

An unknown thief fired the first shot, D.C. resident Jason Lewis testified Wednesday as he took the stand in the murder trial of 13-year-old Karon Blake.

August 14, 2024

Neighborhoods left in dark amid surge of thieves stripping copper wire from street lights

Neighborhoods across the country are falling dangerously dark at sunset -- and staying that way overnight -- as cities from Philadelphia to Los Angeles struggle to deal with a staggering increase in the theft of copper wire from utility poles and street lights.