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Articles by Meredith Somers

District of Columbia Police Chief Cathy Lanier briefs reporters on the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Standing to the right of Lanier is District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray. At least one gunman opened fire inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

12 killed by lone gunman in Navy Yard rampage

Investigators believe Aaron Alexis was the lone gunman who opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard, officials said at a late Monday night press briefing, before identifying seven of the 12 victims fatally shot by Alexis.

September 16, 2013
Family and friends wait to greet staff of the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters as they are bused from the Washington Navy Yard to Nationals Park, in Washington, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. At least one gunman launched an attack inside the Washington Navy Yard, spraying gunfire on office workers in the cafeteria and in the hallways at the heavily secured military installation in the heart of the nation's capital, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

At Navy Yard, hope perseveres but some families near panic

While police helicopters circled overhead and investigators tried to make sense of Monday's mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, family and friends gathered at one of the covered parking lots at Nationals Park, where police had set up a reunion site for Navy Yard workers.

September 16, 2013

Families anxiously await word on Navy Yard loved ones at Nationals Park

While police helicopters circled overhead and investigators tried to make sense of Monday's mass shooting in Southeast, family and friends began to gather at one of the covered parking lots at Nationals Park, where police had set up a reunion site for Navy Yard workers.

September 16, 2013
Texas Gov. Rick Perry will be coming to Maryland next week "to highlight Texas' commitment to keeping taxes low." (associated press)

Perry to pitch Texas in the ‘Fee State’

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday he will visit Maryland next week after his recent television and radio ads that label the Free State the "fee state" and urge businesses to move south for lower taxes.

September 12, 2013
Attendees at a rally once billed as the Million Muslim March were vastly outnumbered Wednesday by a Christian group objecting to their event and a counterprotest consisting of motorcycle riders honoring Sept. 11 victims. (Meredith Somers/The Washington Times)

Muslim rally vastly outnumbered by bikers, counterprotesters

A few dozen demonstrators attending a rally on the Mall once billed as the Million Muslim March were vastly outnumbered Wednesday by a Christian group objecting to their event and a counterprotest consisting of motorcycle riders honoring Sept. 11 victims.

September 11, 2013
Motorcycle riders from across the country ride into the district to honor those who had fallen during the events of 9/11, in Washington, DC., Wednesday, September 11, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

Bikers, Muslims pledge return to D.C. next 9/11

A couple of dozen demonstrators attending a rally on the Mall once billed as the Million Muslim March were vastly outnumbered Wednesday by onlookers who heckled them and a counterprotest consisting of motorcycle riders honoring Sept. 11 victims.

September 11, 2013
**FILE** A child cools off in the fountains at Yards Park on the Southwest waterfront (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Heat wave brings high temperatures to D.C. area

A late-summer heat wave in the D.C. area will keep residents sweating until the end of the week, with high temperatures forecast to be about 10 degrees above average for this time of year.

September 10, 2013
** FILE ** In this Sept. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign warning of the coming assault weapons ban in Maryland is next to AR-15 semi-automatic rifles at the Annapolis Gun Show. "You see people who've bought guns, you see older people. This is not about what everybody thinks it is. This is a plan to disarm America," said Neil Kravitz of Appalachian Promotions. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Privacy lost in processing gun permits: Md. delegate

A Maryland delegate has asked the state attorney general's office whether it was legal for state police to allow up to 200 state employees from five agencies to view confidential information about prospective gun buyers as officials process a massive backlog of gun applications.

September 9, 2013
** FILE ** In this Sept. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign warning of the coming assault weapons ban in Maryland is next to AR-15 semi-automatic rifles at the Annapolis Gun Show. "You see people who've bought guns, you see older people. This is not about what everybody thinks it is. This is a plan to disarm America," said Neil Kravitz of Appalachian Promotions. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Start of Md. gun laws looms; ‘buy now’ urgency hits

A weekend gun show at the Annapolis National Guard Armory saw a steady stream of longtime owners and potential first-time buyers eager to snap up pistols, rifles, scopes and bullets — some of which will be prohibited when new laws take effect next month.

September 8, 2013
This year's flu vaccine cocktail includes an H1N1-like virus and an H3N2-like virus — the former is associated with swine flu, while the latter is a common strain but also the kind that wreaked havoc last season. (The Washington Times)

Flu shot reminders start early this year

The days are still warm, the school year has just begun, and even Congress has yet to return. But hospitals and clinics are gearing up for the flu after epidemic levels and a shortage of vaccines early last season.

September 5, 2013