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Man accused of Md. workplace shootings will be tried in Del. first 10/23/2017 02:30pm • WASHINGTON — The man accused of shooting five people, killing three, in a Harford County, Maryland, business last week will first be tried in Delaware, where he is charged with shooting one person, Harford County prosecutors said Monday. Radee Prince was arrested last Wednesday in Newark, Delaw Police search for suspect in road rage stabbing on MD 200 10/21/2017 03:58pm • WASHINGTON — Maryland State Police want the public's help bringing to justice a pickup truck driver who stabbed a man this week on MD 200 — the Intercounty Connector. The victim was a passenger in a white Chevy Silverado which was heading eastbound on the ICC, Wednesday afternoon, around 3:30 How doughnuts are helping Prince George's Co. fight domestic violence 10/18/2017 04:29pm • CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. — Calling domestic violence an “epidemic” in Prince George’s County, State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks announced new funding to help domestic violence victims, and a new partnership with doughnut chain Krispy Kreme to raise awareness about the issue. Alsobrooks ann Ex-hostages back in Canada after harrowing raid to free them 10/14/2017 05:11pm • SMITHS FALLS, Ontario (AP) — A couple held hostage for five years by a Taliban-linked extremist network in Afghanistan was safely back in Canada on Saturday after what the husband described as a harrowing firefight during a raid to free the family. Joshua Boyle played with one of his sons in th Family throws shoe, threatens man charged in Muslim teen's killing 10/13/2017 03:23pm • WASHINGTON — Outbursts by the parents of a 17-year-old Muslim girl who was slain as she walked to a mosque with friends delayed a Friday court hearing for the man accused of the crime. Nabra Hassanen's mother threw a shoe at 22-year-old Darwin Martinez Torres, the defendant, and shouted "I'll k How Communism and a Refugee Crisis Brought About Nationalism in Central Europe 10/12/2017 08:00pm • As Austria prepares for legislative elections on Sunday, observers are debating whether Central and Eastern European political currents are tilting toward the right. Yet experts warn this is not a new trend, but rather a consistent problem in a region troubled by a growing number of populist govern Summer crime in DC down 'significantly,' officials say 10/11/2017 12:01pm • WASHINGTON — Crime numbers have been consistently lower this year in the nation's capital, and the summer season was no exception, according to law enforcement officials who spoke at a D.C. Council hearing Wednesday. "Crime is down significantly," said Kevin Donahue, the city's deputy mayor for Driver pleads 'no contest' to misdemeanor charge in Lansdowne crash that killed baby 10/10/2017 12:10pm • LEESBURG, Va. — The driver whose SUV killed 5-month-old Tristan Schulz in a 2016 crash in Lansdowne, Virginia, was found guilty of misdemeanor reckless driving, but didn't say the words family friends and supporters of the Schulz family hoped to hear. John Miller IV, of Leesburg, spoke quietly Fauquier Co. teens won't face charges in 'Will to Kill' online threats case 10/09/2017 12:42pm • WASHINGTON — A group of Fauquier County teens who made online threats against a classmate and falsely claimed that their classmate was planning a school shooting will not face criminal charges but may be required to go through court-monitored mediation process. County officials planned to hold Murder case raises question: Do LGBT hate crime laws work? 09/28/2017 09:04am • Each year, for the past three years, LGBT advocacy groups have tallied the killings of more than 20 transgender people in the U.S. Yet state or federal hate crime laws are rarely used to prosecute the slayings. Now many LGBT-rights groups are questioning the effectiveness of the laws, saying they UN votes to help Iraq collect evidence against Islamic State 09/21/2017 01:55pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. investigators will help Iraq collect evidence to build potential war crimes cases against Islamic State extremists, under a resolution the Security Council approved Thursday. Iraq, council members and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney portrayed the measure as a key ste Montgomery Co. prosecutor seeks to expand Mental Health Court 09/13/2017 06:54pm • WASHINGTON — Montgomery County's top prosecutor hopes to convince his fellow county leaders to expand the one-year-old Mental Health Court that's helped 100 people so far. The program helps the mostly nonviolent offenders receive regular counseling and stabilize their housing and medication, wh Police: New Apple technology will delay justice in DC area 09/13/2017 04:54am • WASHINGTON — Apple's new security features will make it harder for local police to retrieve digital evidence they need to solve crimes. While great for consumers, without the ability to bypass enhanced security such as facial recognition, investigators said it will delay justice. "Face ID is U.S. Terrorism Prosecutions Shift Toward Prevention Since 9/11 09/10/2017 08:00pm • In April 2015, FBI officials arrested Keonna Thomas in her Philadelphia home as she was preparing to abandon her two daughters and travel to Syria to join an Islamic State fighter she had married over Skype. Thomas pleaded guilty Sept. 6 to terrorist charges in federal court and became one of the l What to Know About the Crisis in Guatemala 09/05/2017 08:00pm • Latin America's corruption scandals can be hard to keep track of. In the past two years alone, current and former presidents in countries like Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru have been been the targets of high-profile fraud allegations. The latest Latin American leader to grab headlines is Guat