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Articles by Meredith Somers

Md. teen charged as adult in death of baby sister

The Montgomery County teenager charged with killing his baby sister over the weekend also was watching his 3-year-old brother alone in their bug-infested apartment, prosecutors said Monday during a bond review.

February 11, 2013
Geraldine Joyce McIntyre

Neighbors mourn the killing of kind, quiet woman

Neighbors of a 71-year-old Capitol Heights woman on Sunday were coming to terms with her sudden death, as Prince George's County investigators continued to search for a person who killed the handicapped senior in her apartment.

February 10, 2013

Panelists at Indian museum forum team up against Redskins name

Hundreds of people gathered Thursday at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian for a discussion of sports teams' use of racially insensitive imagery that, as such discussions often do, turned into an ongoing complaint against a certain Washington football team's continued use of a certain Indian-inspired nickname.

February 8, 2013
Floyd Lee Corkins

Plea is first under D.C. terrorism act of ‘02

The man who shot an unarmed security guard at the Family Research Council in the District pleaded guilty Wednesday and admitted to investigators that he planned to kill employees at the conservative organization and smother their faces with chicken sandwiches.

February 6, 2013
Wounded warrior Charles Eggleston (left), Wes Armstrong with Full Swing Golf and Kathleen Causey watch as her husband, Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Causey tries out a golf simulator in the sports lounge at the USO center at Fort Belvoir on Monday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

USO builds ‘a safe environment’

The country's largest USO center — 20,000 square feet, painted, polished and primed for active-duty soldiers and their families — is set to open Tuesday at Fort Belvoir.

February 4, 2013
The gull-winged Mercedes-Benz 2012 SLS AMG Coupe starts at more than $200,000, but viewing it costs a lot less at the annual Washington Auto Show. Over the years, while the cars have gotten fancier, auto shows have slimmed down. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

New car exhibits a mirror of trends in culture

What ever happened to the cars of tomorrow? Many years and many miles ago, cavernous exhibit halls would be packed with thousands of gawking spectators jostling around the newest machine from Henry Ford, or sneaking a glimpse at the stunning female models who were on display as much as the cars.

February 3, 2013
Light snow falls during morning rush hour at Union Station, Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 24, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Snow predicted for D.C. area Friday

The first significant snowfall for the D.C. area complicated the morning commute Thursday, but weather officials said another system moving in to the mid-Atlantic on Friday could wreak havoc during the end of the work week.

January 24, 2013
Chloe Elms, visiting D.C. from San Diego, holds her hands close to her face to try to stay warm in Chinatown on Wednesday. D.C. area residents have been bundled up since Tuesday after weekend temperatures in the 50s. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Deep freeze to keep folks bundled up, chilling out

The D.C. area is looking at the prospect of five consecutive days with high temperatures below freezing for the first time since 1996, even as the morning temperature of 15 degrees Wednesday was the lowest recorded since 2009.

January 23, 2013
Mel Lorton practices how to properly run a game during training for those seeking jobs as casino dealers at Maryland Live Casino. The training school is in a store at the Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie, Md. The school is just one step in the selection process. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Would-be dealers see Md. casino job as jackpot

William Godwin practices his chip handling under the watchful eyes of his children. Shannon Dadds gets card tips from her son. When Claudia Harbourt has downtime during her nursing shift, she hones her blackjack skills with her patients.

January 23, 2013
Khongorzul Battsengel (left) and Ariunbolor Davaatsogt from Mongolia snapped pictures of themselves at the uniquely American event. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Packed with people, energy, optimism fills D.C.

The crowds weren't as big as they were four years ago, but hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic spectators flocked to Washington for Monday's inauguration, where they braved chilly temperatures and heavy security to witness the ceremonial start of President Obama's second term.

January 21, 2013
For President Obama's first inauguration four years ago, a steam vent on the Mall keeps people warm in the early morning of Jan. 20, hours before the ceremony. The forecast for Monday's swearing-in is temperatures in the mid- to upper 30s. (Associated Press)

Inauguration Day has a chilly history

President Obama's second inauguration likely will play out against better weather than his first one did, escaping some of the historically bad D.C. conditions that have plagued past presidential swearings-in.

January 17, 2013
The newly reopened Hawk N' Dove has been remodeled and updated with modern interior design and is home to many original pieces of artwork, located on Pennsylvania Ave SE, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 17, 2013. Opened during the Vietnam era by a 25-year-old law clerk named Stuart Long, it became the favored watering hole for young congressional staffers, war protestors as well as þÄúhawks,þÄù rising political stars. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Iconic Capitol Hill bar returns with a whole new look

The Hawk 'n' Dove, a Capitol Hill mainstay where congressmen and clerks, lawyers and foremen, college students and pensioners rubbed elbows over beers and burgers, reopened Thursday as a sleek, sophisticated version of its former self after a 15-month renovation that came with a change in ownership.

January 17, 2013
A pedestrian's red umbrella contrasts vividly with the wintery scene in the District on Monday morning. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)

D.C. area expected to dodge snowstorm

National Weather Service officials said Thursday that the D.C. area is likely going to dodge a storm that forecasters suggested might deliver the first substantial snowfall of the season and snarl evening commutes.

January 17, 2013
The Answer Coalition case stems from ongoing litigation that has challenged the appropriation of demonstration space for protesters during presidential inaugurations since 2005. (The Washington Times/File)

Protesters to share Obama’s big day

Abortion, drone strikes, guns, military spending, unemployment — demonstrators highlighting these issues and more are expected for President Obama's inaugural parade, though perhaps the most visible of the planned protests will be made by D.C. government officials outside city hall.

January 16, 2013
Rochelle Claitt, visiting from Hopkinsville, Ky., looks none too happy while getting a free flu shot Tuesday from nurse Gloria Oniha at Laurel Regional Hospital. Supplies of the vaccine are running low in some particularly hard-hit areas. (Associated Press)

A flu that just won’t go away

A New York youth sports club is discouraging high fives for fear of spreading germs. Catholic churches in Rhode Island and Texas are telling congregants celebrating Mass not to shake hands or drink wine from a shared chalice. A Northern Virginia hospital system is advising visitors that they might be screened for flulike symptoms.

January 15, 2013