Crime
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia Council held a roundtable discussion Monday seeking ideas on how to reduce crime two days after a 13-year-old was shot and killed by a security guard as he tried to steal a car. Washington,... Read More
WASHINGTON — A congressional panel cast doubt on the District of Columbia’s ability to control its own problems Thursday as violent crime surges in the nation’s capital while it drops in most other U.S. cities. The victims have included members... Read More
WASHINGTON — Prosecutors in the District of Columbia are whipping up political controversy over their latest crime-fighting effort that focuses on trying more 16- and 17-year-olds as adults. With juvenile crime at the highest levels in decades, they say they... Read More
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia Council approved a get-tough bill Tuesday intended to put a dent in the city’s surging crime rate. Overall crime in the nation’s capital is up 30% and homicides by 17% so far this year... Read More
WASHINGTON — A change of opinion by the Justice Department this week saved one of its attorneys from a subpoena by a congressional committee investigating crime in Washington, D.C. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating why crime... Read More
WASHINGTON — Commuters who use Union Station to travel to and from the district won’t have the Starbucks on the station’s concourse to satisfy their coffee craving much longer. The multinational chain of coffeehouses announced Monday that it is closing... Read More
WASHINGTON — It began with a simple question: Do the federal government and a state have concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed by non-Native Americans against Native Americans in what the federal government continues to refer to as “Indian country”?... Read More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony involuntary manslaughter charges after a Northern California fire caused by its electrical transmission lines burned 87 square miles of land and killed four residents. Prosecutors acknowledge criminal... Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — The October illegal campaign contribution trial of an associate of Rudy Giuliani — and a guilty plea set to occur this week by a second associate — puts a spotlight on Giuliani as a criminal probe... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate and other city and law enforcement leaders from around the country to talk about reducing crime. Eric Adams, Brooklyn borough president and the likely next mayor... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is announcing new efforts to stem a rising national tide of violent crime as administration officials brace for what could be a turbulent summer, focusing on attacking gun violence, providing money to cities that... Read More
RICHMOND, Va, - Virginia’s General Assembly passed a jury sentencing reform bill this week that is revolutionary for the state but is already being done nearly everywhere else. The bill allows juries to decide whether a criminal defendant is guilty... Read More