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Articles by Meredith Somers

This NOAA satellite image taken October 25, 2012 at 10:45 AM EDT shows Hurricane Sandy over the Bahamas with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and moving toward the north. Farther north, a cold front moves into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley with showers and thunderstorms. (Associated Press/Weather Underground)

‘Frankenstorm’ could haunt East Coast’s Halloween

The collision of two severe storms this weekend could wreak unprecedented havoc along the entire East Coast through Halloween, bringing hurricane-force winds, flooding and even a layer of snowfall to some parts of the mid-Atlantic region.

October 25, 2012
Police officers stand in front of the house where Vindalee Smith lived in New York, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Smith, 38, who was eight months pregnant, was found stabbed to death Saturday in her apartment, the day before her wedding, police said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Profilers suspect killer’s Malvo note a ruse

A note promising a series of murders until D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo is released from prison was found beneath the body of a slain pregnant woman in her Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment over the weekend. But criminal profilers say they are skeptical of the killer's professed identification with the series of shootings that terrorized the D.C. area 10 years ago.

October 23, 2012

P.G. adds patrols after two drag-racing crashes

Back-to-back street racing crashes in Prince George's County over the weekend left one man dead and another critically injured, as county safety officials ramped up surveillance in a county with a history of deaths resulting from illegal drag-racing.

October 22, 2012
Marc Bacani and Julia D’Ambrosi use a new escalator at the re-opened south entrance of the Dupont Circle Metro station Sunday. The stop was closed for 8 1/2 months as three new escalators were installed. “These were among the most unreliable escalators in the system,” said Metro General Manager and CEO Richard Sarles. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Dupont Metro’s escalator face-lift comes full circle

For the first time in 8 1/2 months, it was business as usual at Metro's Dupont Circle south entrance, with no construction equipment or maintenance crews to be seen as officials opened three new escalators at the busy subway station.

October 21, 2012
The funeral for Prince George's County police officer Adrian Morris begins at Woodstream Church in Mitchellville, MD, on August 28, 2012. Morris died in the line of duty on August 20, 2012. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

P.G. officer killed in car crash

An off-duty Prince George’s County police officer died Thursday after his cruiser collided with another vehicle and hit a utility pole, marking the second time in two months that a county police officer has been killed in a car crash.

October 18, 2012
People in the District’s Chinatown area rush into the street after last year’s magnitude-5.9 earthquake. A Great ShakeOut drill Thursday is planned to help people know how to react to an earthquake, which includes staying indoors. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Ready for next time an earthquake hits the region

Hundreds of thousands of New Englanders learned with a jolt Tuesday night the same lesson D.C. area residents realized during last August's magnitude-5.8 earthquake: Quakes are not always destructive, but they are unpredictable, and it's in everybody's interest to learn the correct reaction to one.

October 17, 2012
Amanda Fitzgerald of Baltimore (second from right) and other pit bull owners attend a August rally in Annapolis organized by Maryland Votes for Animals. They spoke out against a recent Maryland court ruling against pit bulls they called “breed discrimination.” (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Maryland task force poised to renew pit bull debate

Maryland lawmakers tasked with reviewing a court ruling on the danger of pit bulls are scheduled to meet next week to continue the complicated debate on the rights of dog owners, the safety of residents and the protection of the breed.

October 14, 2012
Louis Wolf, 71, Tenleytown (Meredith Sommers/The Washington Times)

Nationals fans revved up for decisive Game 5

Maybe it was the brisk weather, perhaps it was the sense of decisiveness, or it could have been the "Natitude," but Nationals Park on Friday rippled with unprecedented energy for the final game of the Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals match up.

October 12, 2012
Albrecht Muth (Sandy Schaeffer-Hopkins/MAI)

Prosecutors must turn over Muth evidence

A D.C. Superior Court judge Tuesday ordered prosecutors to turn over any remaining evidence against a Georgetown socialite charged with murder in the death of his 91-year-old wife.

October 9, 2012