Andrea Noble

Driver in custody after tossing gun during Beltway car chase

One person suspected of shooting at a motorist from a passing car is in police custody after leading officers on chase around the southern stretch of the Beltway and Interstate 295 on Friday afternoon.

August 7, 2015

Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania attorney general, charged with grand jury leak

Pennsylvania's top prosecutor was charged Thursday with leaking confidential grand jury information and attempting to cover up her actions.

August 6, 2015

El Chapo: U.S. offers $5 million reward for info leading to capture

The U.S. government is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information that leads to the capture and arrest of El Chapo, the Mexican drug kingpin who escaped prison last month through a tunnel burrowed into his cell.

August 5, 2015

Obama admin struggles to justify limits on federal watchdogs

Neither officials from the FBI nor the Office of the Deputy Attorney General who testified before a Senate committee Wednesday could identify any circumstance in which sensitive information disclosed to inspectors general was inappropriately released to the public -- leading lawmakers to question why then the bureaucrats wanted to limit such information to internal watchdogs.

August 5, 2015

Inspectors general push Congress to protect watchdogs from Obama admin

A group of inspectors general say a recent ruling by the Obama administration requiring federal watchdogs to get permission from agencies they monitor for wiretaps and other investigative information is a "serious threat" to their independence and that Congress should pass legislation affirming their oversight authority.

August 4, 2015

Journalists arrested in Ferguson drop suits after settlement reached

Two journalists arrested while covering separate protests in Ferguson, Missouri, last year have reached settlements with St. Louis County officials under which no charges will be filed against them and the arrests are expunged from their records, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri.

August 3, 2015

Virginia can outlaw Confederate license plates, federal judge rules

Virginia can refuse to issue specialty license plates that include images of the Confederate flag under a ruling made Friday by a federal judge.

July 31, 2015

Larry Hogan, Maryland governor, orders immediate closure of Baltimore jail

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he plans to close immediately the Baltimore jail, where corruption was so bad just two years ago that inmates were said to run the facility.

July 30, 2015

Larry Hogan, Maryland governor, will close Baltimore jail, union official says

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan plans to announce Thursday the closure of a Baltimore jail where corruption was so bad just two years ago that inmates ran a drug ring inside the facility, according to a union official briefed on the plan.

July 30, 2015

3-year-old girl killed in D.C., apparently by child playing with gun

A 3-year-old girl was fatally shot inside a Southeast D.C. apartment complex Wednesday night, apparently by another child who was playing with a firearm.

July 30, 2015

Daniel Rosen, former State Dept. employee, admits to secretly videotaping women

A former senior official with the U.S. State Department pleaded guilty Wednesday to voyeurism and stalking charges stemming from incidents over a period of two years during which he secretly videotaped women in their D.C. homes as they showered or undressed.

July 29, 2015

Larry Hogan, Maryland governor, loses his hair in cancer fight

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan remained upbeat as he passed a milestone in his battle with cancer -- the loss of his hair.

July 28, 2015

D.C. police probe homicides near police stations

Police are investigating two separate killings in the District on Monday -- one across the street from the Metropolitan Police Department's headquarters and the other about a block from the department's 1st District, also home to the homicide unit.

July 28, 2015

Northern Virginia man charged with murder in stabbing death at church retreat in Frederick County

A Northern Virginia man accused of fatally stabbing a South Korean missionary and seriously injuring the man's wife at a religious retreat facility in Frederick, Maryland, Sunday night told police he lashed out because he was tired of being treated badly by Koreans.

July 27, 2015

Congress bill would force D.C. officials to detain, report illegals to feds

A Texas Republican congressman has introduced legislation that would force the District of Columbia to share more readily with federal authorities information about illegal immigrants arrested in the city with the goal of increasing deportations.

July 23, 2015

Contractor for Maryland health exchange website to pay $45M

The main contractor responsible for building Maryland's botched online health exchange has agreed to pay $45 million to avoid any legal action over its poor performance, state officials announced Tuesday.

July 21, 2015

Ibiza nightclub items up for auction in D.C. as part of bankruptcy case

In the market for a 3-foot-long chandelier or a rack of subwoofers guaranteed to make it wobble? All this and more could be yours courtesy of the now-closed Ibiza nightclub in Washington, D.C.

July 21, 2015

Darron Wint case: Detective testifies at hearing in Washington mansion deaths

Initially it was a pizza crust that tied Darron Dylon Wint to the scene of a quadruple homicide, but a police detective said Monday that his DNA was also found on a construction vest located inside a burning vehicle that belonged to the victims.

July 20, 2015

Two on-duty security guards shot, one killed in Capitol Heights

Two security guards were shot and one killed Friday morning while on duty at a Capitol Heights apartment complex, according to Prince George's County police.

July 17, 2015

Synthetic marijuana laws shut down first D.C. store

D.C. officials have ordered shut a Northeast convenience store they said was selling synthetic marijuana, marking the first time the city has used new authority to crack down on businesses found selling the drugs.

July 17, 2015