Tom Howell Jr.

Tom Howell Jr. covers politics and the White House for The Washington Times. He can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Tom Howell Jr.

D.C. man sentenced in fatal crash

A 35-year-old District man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for crashing head-on into a sedan on Alabama Avenue, killing a mother of four and injuring her children, while under the influence of PCP last year, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

March 25, 2011

Infant killed as car drifts backward in driveway

An infant was killed Friday morning in Laurel when a mother tried to protect her other child from a car drifting backward in a driveway, Prince George's County police said.

March 25, 2011

Construction worker dies at D.C. work site

A construction worker was killed Thursday after a large amount of clay-like dirt fell on him at a work site on Evarts Street in Northeast, a D.C. fire official said.

March 25, 2011

Queries OK’d on personal drivers

D.C. Council member Tommy Wells wants to use hearings on Mayor Vincent C. Gray's personnel practices to ask agency heads if they are violating city law by employing staff members as personal drivers.

March 24, 2011