Catching Pidgeys, Bellsprouts or superpowered Pokemon on parts of the Mall is encouraged, but some players are trying to nab the …
Taylor Krauss, Prince George’s police officer, won’t be charged in friendly-fire death
A Prince George’s County police officer will not be charged in the March death of a fellow officer during a shootout at the District 3 station in Palmer Park.
Officer Taylor Krauss shot and killed Jacai Colson, a 28-year-old undercover narcotics officer in plainclothes at the time, after a man …
Man with ‘AR-15-style’ rifle killed after exchanging gunfire with Baltimore police officers
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police officers responding to the sound of gunshots near an apartment building fatally shot a man who fired at them with an “AR-15-style” rifle, authorities said early Friday.
No officers were wounded nor anyone else in the shooting Thursday night in a neighborhood on the city’s …
(Wo)man your flank against ‘Day of Rage’
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Bill Maher usually cracks me up. This week, though, when the host of “Real Time” told the host of “Hardball” that, without police, America “would look like that movie ‘The Purge,'” my brows furrowed for so long I thought perhaps Mr. Maher was losing his edginess.
Then I checked …
Federal commissions approve Kennedy Center pedestrian bridge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal commissions have approved plans for a pedestrian bridge linking the Kennedy Center to the Potomac River.
The Kennedy Center is in the midst of a $175 million expansion that’s meant, in part, to improve pedestrian access to the waterfront building and bring it closer to …
Hannah Weigand, Virginia teen, leads fundraiser to help single mothers
Many seventh-graders are content to play sports, hang out with friends and do some homework — maybe.
But 13-year-old Hannah Weigand, who attends Lorien Wood School in Vienna, Virginia, did more texting and scoring soccer goals this year. She planned and executed a drive to help single mothers in the …
Brian Rice, Freddie Gray arrest officer, feared for safety: attorney
BALTIMORE | Defense attorneys for Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice reiterated Thursday that he feared for his safety when he decided not to get into a transport van and secure Freddie Gray in a seat belt because of Gray’s combative nature and an unruly crowd that had gathered at the …
November Project camaraderie makes fitness a walk, or run, in the park
Sweat poured off 76-year-old Dick Bissell’s face as he trudged up the hills of Northwest Washington early Monday. But like his 100 or so fellow exercisers scrambling around Meridian Hill Park, nothing could dampen his attitude.
“There’s such positive reinforcement that even an old fart like me can hang in,” …
DC’s other 1600 Pennsylvania is source of humor, headaches
WASHINGTON (AP) – Presidential candidates work for years to move into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. For 24-year-old Nicole Berns, moving in was much easier, requiring filling out a three-page form and paying $500 in fees.
Berns’ keys aren’t for the White House. They’re for 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, a 77-unit apartment …
‘Pokemon Go’ players robbed on University of Maryland campus
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — University of Maryland campus police say three of four recent robbery victims on the College Park campus had been playing “Pokemon Go.”
Campus police said in a statement that three robberies occurred Tuesday night outside Tydings, Tawes, Queen Anne’s halls. Three of the victims were …
5 shot at candlelight vigil for Baltimore shooting victim
A gunman opened fire in Baltimore Monday night, shooting four women and one man who were attending a candlelight vigil for another shooting victim, police said.
Baltimore Police Detective Donny Moses said someone “maliciously and foolishly walked into the crowd and opened fire,” a local CBS News affiliate
Washington, D.C., bill allows cyclists to get full damages if hit by car
The Motor Vehicle Collision Recovery Act, which was unanimously approved at a legislative meeting Tuesday, would …
SodexoMagic wins contract to provide D.C. school meals despite past concerns
A France-based food services company has won a $35 million contract to provide lunches for D.C. schools, despite its history of lawsuits and mismanagement, and just a year after the District severed ties with a different vendor over similar issues.
The D.C. Council approved the school lunch contract with SodexoMagic …
3 shot in Virginia; shooter sought by police
CLINTWOOD, Va. (AP) — An official says law enforcement officers are searching for a person who shot three people in Virginia.
Dickenson County Emergency Management Coordinator Richard Thacker said the shooting took place Tuesday morning in Clintwood, in the southwestern part of the state. Thacker says sheriff’s deputies are patrolling …
Police in D.C. arrest 5 people suspected of firing shots at officers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Washington have arrested five people they say opened fire on police.
No injuries were reported early Tuesday.
The latest incident follows protests over police killings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota and the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas last week.
Police …
DC Youth Slam Team betting on thoughts and struggles to win competiton
Like the lead character in the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” four local young poets are clamoring for their “shot” at an international competition this week in the District.
Eliamani Ismail, Zahra Wardrick, Gaelyn Smith and Bobbi Johnson — each 18 years old — make up the DC Youth Slam Team, …
D.C. 12-week paid family leave, employee scheduling bills make some council members uneasy
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said Monday that some lawmakers are uneasy about the details of legislation that would give city workers 12 weeks of paid family leave and require local businesses to set their employees’ schedules three weeks in advance, explaining why both bills have been removed from the …
2 dead, 1 hospitalized after car plunges into Potomac River
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two people have been found dead inside a car that plunged into the Potomac River.
The car was found in the water near the Roosevelt Bridge early Sunday. The U.S. Park Police says the car was traveling on Ohio Drive near Parkway Drive when it left the …
D.C. Council sidesteps work-schedule bill
The D.C. Council has once again punted a controversial bill that would direct large retailers and restaurants in the city to give workers their schedules two weeks in advance so they can better plan for personal matters and other jobs.
Under the bill which was approved by the Council’s Business, …
Developing: U.S. Capitol on lockdown
The U.S. Capitol Building has been placed on lockdown Friday morning after the Senate seargant at arms said police activity was reported.
People are currently barred from entering the building and the visitors center. The House and Senate office building remain open.
Capitol police offer little detail other than that …
Tenley Market liquor store in Tenleytown luckiest lottery retailer in D.C. area
If luck be a lady tonight in the $540 million Mega Millions lottery, she very well could appear at the Tenley Market on Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest Washington.
Lottery officials cite the tiny liquor store in Tenleytown as the luckiest retailer in the D.C. area, with more than a dozen …
Freddie Gray case police attorneys say suspect was too dangerous to secure in seat belt
BALTIMORE | As an increasingly disgruntled crowd gathered around the police van, Freddie Gray became combative, and the top police officer at the scene thought it unsafe to crawl into the van with the prisoner to secure him with a seat belt, defense attorneys told a judge Thursday.
During a …
United Through Reading allows deployed parents to read to their children via videos
When Justice Harth was 4 years old, she got her first surprise in the mail — a copy of Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham.” It wasn’t until her mother had finished reading the message inside, signed “Love, Daddy,” that she realized it was a gift from her father.
Her …
Emil de Cou to conduct Indiana Jones movie concert at Wolf Trap
Growing up in Southern California, it’s only natural that Emil de Cou would gravitate toward movies. And while his career turned to music rather than the silver screen, the National Symphony Orchestra’s summer conductor found a way to marry his two passions.
Mr. de Cou in 2000 started the NSO’s …
Selection of school lunch vendor has some alarmed
Parents and some D.C. Council members chided school officials Wednesday for offering a school lunch contract to a vendor with a history of lawsuits and rotting food, only a year after having parted ways with a different food service company for the same issues.
One of those parents — Gerald …
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