Andrea Noble

Charles Severance of Virginia found guilty of three murders

A Fairfax County Circuit Court jury on Monday convicted Charles Severance, a Virginia man, of fatally shooting three prominent Alexandria residents in their homes over the course of a decade.

November 2, 2015

IRS use of secret cellphone tracking systems has Chuck Grassley, Patrick Leahy demanding answers

Two top senators are probing use by the Internal Revenue Service of secret cellphone tracking systems that are more often utilized by federal or local law enforcement agencies.

October 29, 2015

Federal court won’t halt phone-snooping program during transition

A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a request to halt the government's collection of Americans' phone records as its current phone-snooping program enters its final weeks.

October 29, 2015

Dennis Hastert, former House speaker, pleads guilty to lying to FBI

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to the FBI about $3.5 million in hush-money that he secretly tried to pay to a person to cover up past "misconduct."

October 28, 2015

Texas police prepare for open carry of handguns in January 2016

Texans have long carried rifles and shotguns openly in public. But with the Lone Star State poised to allow residents to openly carry handguns beginning in January, law enforcement agencies are hurrying to train their officers on the intricacies of the law and to devise protocol for inquiring about a gun owner's open-carry permit.

October 27, 2015

Police fear ‘YouTube effect’ affecting work, contributing to rise in violent crime

Law enforcement officers from around the country say they are increasingly concerned that video recordings of their interactions with the public are being used to show them in a negative light, creating a "YouTube effect" that is affecting how they do their jobs and, according to the FBI's director, could be behind a recent rise in violent crime.

October 25, 2015

Ardit Ferizi to be charged with sharing U.S. military member info with Islamic State

The man blamed for stealing personal information of approximately 1,400 military members and federal employees and providing the information to members of the Islamic State has been arrested in Malaysia, according the Justice Department.

October 15, 2015

Wayne Shelby Simmons, Fox News commentator, indicted for fraud against United States

Claiming to have worked for the CIA for nearly three decades won Wayne Shelby Simmons guest commentator slots on Fox News as a terrorism analyst, work as a defense contractor, and a shot at getting security clearance.

October 15, 2015

Terry McAuliffe to ban guns in some state buildings, tighten enforcement

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe will ban the carrying of firearms in some state government buildings and also provide law enforcement broader authority to prosecute gun crimes.

October 15, 2015

Richard Leon, judge in Cornell Jones tax case, outraged at ex-drug kingpin’s plea deal

A federal judge expressed such dismay over what he considered a lenient plea agreement offered to a one-time legendary D.C. gangster that the former drug kingpin's attorney pushed to have the judge recuse himself from the case.

October 14, 2015

Illegal immigrant inmates will go from prison to deportation under federal cooperation

Nearly a third of the 6,000 inmates whom the Obama administration plans to release early from federal prisons across the United States this month are noncitizens, officials say.

October 11, 2015

Drone lands at park near White House; man issued federal citation

Police issued a ticket to a D.C. man who was illegally flying a drone that crash-landed at a park near the White House early Friday.

October 9, 2015

Judge Richard Leon worries about NSA phone snooping violations of Constitution

A federal judge in the District of Columbia hearing arguments Thursday on a revived motion to block NSA phone snooping acknowledged his own concern that the program is continuing to violate millions of Americans' constitutional rights.

October 8, 2015

House bill would reduce prison time for some offenders

Bipartisan leadership from the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday introduced "companion" legislation meant to match the Senate's recent efforts to overhaul the criminal justice system.

October 8, 2015

California paparazzi no longer can use drones over private property under new law

The paparazzi will no longer be allowed to operate drones over private property in California to photograph celebrities under a new law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

October 7, 2015

Police: No “armed subject” found on Virginia Commonwealth campus

Police on the Monroe Park campus of Virginia Commonwealth University were called Friday morning to investigate multiple reports of a "possible armed subject" near the Richmond campus but quickly walked back campus-wide alerts after officers searched the area and found nothing.

October 2, 2015

Shooter at Oregon college kills 13; gunman dead

A gunman opened fire Thursday morning inside a classroom at a community college in rural Roseburg, Oregon, killing at least nine people and injuring seven more after reportedly asking people to state their religion.

October 1, 2015

Senators craft prison reform bill to handle drug offenders, help judges in sentencing

A proposal put forth Thursday by a bipartisan group of senators to reform the U.S. criminal justice system would reduce mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders, provide judges more flexibility in sentencing, and create more opportunities for recidivism-reduction programs in prisons.

October 1, 2015

Jason Chaffetz’s file leaked by Secret Service agents amid probe

At 10 a.m. on March 24, Rep. Jason Chaffetz convened a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to look into scandals involving the Secret Service. Eighteen minutes later, a Secret Service agent improperly accessed the agency's restricted database to unearth unflattering information about the Utah Republican -- namely, that he had once unsuccessfully applied for a job with the agency.

September 30, 2015

Despite Pope Francis, states prepare for series of executions

Less than a week after Pope Francis pushed to abolish the death penalty during his historic address to Congress, lawmakers in the states have shown little willingness to heed his pleas.

September 30, 2015