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Andrea Noble

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Andrea Noble was a crime and public safety reporter for The Washington Times.

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Thieves steal elephant tusks from D.C. city hall

D.C. police are searching for a thief who swiped a pair of ivory elephant tusks presented to the city in 1954 by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie from the District's city hall.

January 8, 2014
FILE - The proposal that is expected to be submitted to the D.C. Board of Elections would allow residents to legally grow up to six marijuana plants per household. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

D.C. proposal would allow ounce of weed, 6 plants per household

Activists in Washington, D.C., plan to submit an initiative by week's end that would put marijuana legalization on the ballot in the nation's capital in November — making the city one of a handful of jurisdictions poised to ask voters to consider the issue this year.

January 7, 2014
D.C. police union Chairman Kristopher Baumann says he is skeptical of crime statistics, given problems including suspension of the daily crime report. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

D.C. police union chairman will not seek re-election

The head of the D.C. police department’s union will not run for re-election this year. Kristopher Baumann, who has served as union chairman for eight years, made the announcement Monday in a letter to members.

January 7, 2014
The Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday began its gun re-registration process with owners getting fingerprinted and submitting to background checks. (andrew harnik/the Washington Times)

D.C. police begin gun re-registration process

The Metropolitan Police Department began its gun re-registration process with five people getting fingerprinted and submitting to background checks by Thursday afternoon.

January 2, 2014
Fire Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe says the D.C. fire department will buy new ambulances and hire single-role paramedics to bolster response capabilities. A news conference with Mayor Vincent C. Gray at the Chinatown fire station Tuesday got testy as the paramedic plan runs counter to recommendations made years ago. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Fire department’s social media policy bans photos, videos

The D.C. fire department unveiled a new highly restrictive social media policy Monday that bans department employees from taking photos or video of fire or accident scenes while on the job and from transmitting such images to the media or other organizations.

December 30, 2013

Woman found dead in D.C. apartment fire

Authorities said a woman was found dead inside an Adams Morgan apartment after D.C. firefighters extinguished a blaze in the basement floor unit.

December 26, 2013

In Southeast D.C. lurks the Grinch who shot Santa

In the ultimate "bah, humbug" moment, a man dressed in a Santa Claus suit was apparently shot in the back with a pellet gun during a toy giveaway to children in Southeast D.C. on Christmas Eve.

December 24, 2013
The gurney in the death chamber is shown in this May 27, 2008, file photo from Huntsville, Texas. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File) ** FILE **

Virginia leads national trend in decline of death penalty

Once entrenched as second only to Texas in its use of the death penalty, Virginia has dramatically scaled back the number of executions it has performed in recent years — a trend that seems unlikely to change amid a national downturn in the use of capital punishment.

December 18, 2013