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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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The Answer Coalition case stems from ongoing litigation that has challenged the appropriation of demonstration space for protesters during presidential inaugurations since 2005. (The Washington Times/File)

Protesters to share Obama’s big day

Abortion, drone strikes, guns, military spending, unemployment — demonstrators highlighting these issues and more are expected for President Obama's inaugural parade, though perhaps the most visible of the planned protests will be made by D.C. government officials outside city hall.

January 16, 2013
**FILE** Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (The Washington Times)

O’Malley calls for death penalty repeal

Gov. Martin O'Malley will throw his support behind legislation to repeal the death penalty in Maryland this year, he announced at an event Tuesday while flanked by civil rights activists and legislators.

January 15, 2013

Man held in double-fatal P.G. fire

A man facing murder charges after two people died in a fire set in his New Carrollton apartment was affiliated with a nonprofit group that served the mentally ill, Prince George's County police said Monday.

January 14, 2013
Richmond Diallo Binns Phillips

Prosecutor: D.C. cop killed woman, baby to avoid child support

A D.C. police officer killed a 20-year-old aspiring sheriff's deputy and left their baby to die in a sweltering car because he did not want to have to pay her for child support, Prince George's County prosecutors said Monday as the officer's double-murder trial began.

January 14, 2013

D.C. cop sentenced for shooting involving transgenders

An off-duty D.C. police officer convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon and solicitation of prostitution will spend three years on probation for an incident that ended with him drunkenly firing a gun into a car full of people.

January 10, 2013

Prosecutors: D.C. man fatally shot over missing PCP

A drug deal and confrontation over missing vials of PCP led to the District's last homicide of 2012, according to court documents filed Wednesday for the 18-year-old suspect in the case.

January 9, 2013

P.G. police forming new investigative division

The Prince George's County Police Department is forming a new investigative division this year in a bid to streamline casework and boost case closures, according to police officials.

January 3, 2013

D.C. police ID body as missing Clarksburg man

A man found dead in a Northwest D.C. apartment building's ventilation shaft Wednesday night was identified as a 23-year-old Clarksburg man who went missing on New Year's Day, according to D.C. police.

January 3, 2013

Robbers hold up UPS truck in D.C.

Holiday gifts may have already been delivered to their destinations, but that didn’t stop a pair of robbers from holding up a UPS driver in Southeast D.C. on Wednesday and hoisting packages from the back of the driver’s van.

January 2, 2013
Reducing the number of homicides is a struggle that persists in cities across the nation. The number of killings “is the thing that is most damaging in terms of driving businesses and people out of a city,” says Jens Ludwig of the University of Chicago. The District is set to see the number drop below its goal of 100 for 2012. (Associated Press)

By the number, D.C. homicides fall

After two decades of generally declining homicide levels, the District recorded fewer than 100 killings in 2012 for the first time since the Kennedy administration.

December 31, 2012
“Meet the Press” host David Gregory displays an unloaded high-capacity gun magazine during the talk show’s broadcast Sunday. (NBC)

Police investigate ‘Meet the Press’ incident

NBC talk show "Meet the Press" apparently received conflicting information from law enforcement about whether it is legal to possess a high-capacity gun magazine, leading to a highly publicized televised incident now under investigation by D.C. police.

December 26, 2012