Matt Delaney

D.C. teen arrested in Dunbar High shooting to be in court Monday

D.C. Superior Court officials said a teen boy is expected to go before a judge Monday after police tied him to Friday's shooting near Dunbar High School that wounded a student inside the school.

May 5, 2024

Man killed in crash along White House perimeter

Law enforcement agencies in the District said a man died late Saturday night after his car crashed into one of the barricades surrounding the White House.

May 5, 2024

Toddler killed in crossfire of Southeast D.C. shootout

Metropolitan Police Seventh District Commander LaShay Makal said gunfire broke out around 9:10 p.m. Friday in the 2400 block of Irving Street Southeast just as the car Ty'ah Settles was riding in passed through.

May 5, 2024

Republicans blame Philadelphia’s liberal D.A. for crime spike; Democrats say surge is over

Congressional Republicans paint Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner as the anti-cop, pro-criminal architect of the city's crime crisis, while Democrats say the city is now experiencing some of its lowest levels of violence in years.

May 3, 2024

Police begin removing anti-Israel protesters from occupied Portland State University library

Police in Portland, Oregon, said they started Thursday to clear dozens of anti-Israel protesters who took over the main library at Portland State University.

May 2, 2024

Recall election date targeting soft-on-crime Bay Area prosecutor to be set this month

Lawmakers in Alameda County, California, on Tuesday said they will decide this month when to hold the recall election against District Attorney Pamela Price.

May 1, 2024

Portland State University stays closed after anti-Israel protesters seize library

Portland State University closed its campus for the second day in a row Wednesday as anti-Israel protesters occupied the college's main library.

May 1, 2024

State charges reform-minded L.A. prosecutor’s deputy with 11 felonies

A prosecutor who works as the "ethics chief" in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has been charged with illegally using confidential data on sheriff's deputies.

April 30, 2024

George Washington University students ready to sacrifice grades, career prospects for pro-Gaza camp

Student leaders said Monday they're planning to stay indefinitely at George Washington University's encampment protesting the Israel-Hamas war -- even if it costs them good grades in school and job opportunities off campus.

April 29, 2024

Houston Texans receiver Tank Dell wounded in shooting near Florida nightclub

The Houston Texans said wide receiver Tank Dell was shot and wounded early Sunday when gunfire broke out near a Central Florida nightclub.

April 29, 2024

Vagrant cold cocks elderly man, attacks California police chief in wild sequence

Police in Northern California said they arrested and charged a homeless man Friday after he knocked out an elderly man and went on to attack the local police chief and tried to steal his squad car.

April 28, 2024

Transgender woman punches New York subway rider in face: police

New York City police said a transgender woman punched a man Saturday seemingly at random on a subway platform in Manhattan.

April 28, 2024

Las Vegas substitute teacher released from jail after fight with student

A Las Vegas judge let a substitute teacher out of jail Friday after the educator was booked on assault charges over a fistfight that allegedly started because a student used a racial slur.

April 28, 2024

Violent weekend in D.C. sees two killed, six wounded

Two shootings, one of them deadly, erupted in the District's nightlife centers and a fatal stabbing took place outside Audi Field during a bloody weekend in the nation's capital.

April 28, 2024

Ex-employee used AI to frame Baltimore-area principal as bigot in audio clip

Baltimore County police arrested and charged a former high school athletic director Thursday on charges of using artificial intelligence to simulate a school principal making racist and antisemitic comments, according to a report.

April 25, 2024

D.C. locals dismiss officials’ claims of crime decline, fear summer spike is coming

D.C. residents say they're still wary after the rampant and often brazen violence that plagued the city in 2023, despite assurances from local officials and police leaders that every major crime category is down so far this year.

April 24, 2024

WATCH: Massive cleanup effort underway at Baltimore’s Key Bridge

In the sun-dappled water below where the Francis Scott Key Bridge once stood, signs of disaster are impossible to miss.

April 23, 2024

Man arrested after stabbing stranger to death inside Washington casino

Police in Washington state said they arrested a man early Sunday after he fatally stabbed a stranger in the middle of a casino.

April 22, 2024

Chicago police officer shot and killed while driving home from duty

Chicago police on Sunday said an officer was gunned down in the Southwest Side overnight while heading home from his shift.

April 21, 2024

Drunk driver kills 2 children, injures several people plowing into Michigan birthday party: police

Police in Michigan said a suspected drunk driver killed an eight-year-old girl and her five-year-old brother Saturday after crashing into a kid's birthday party.

April 21, 2024