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In Brazil, Online Activists Fight Violence Against Women 10/19/2016 08:00pm • RIO DE JANEIRO -- Sometimes, when Alexsandra Moreira went to visit her parents in northeastern Brazil, the family noticed she had bruises on her arms and legs. But there was always an explanation -- and never one tied to her husband, Marcos de Macedo. "We thought their marriage was good," Moreira's Can Barack Obama Help Hillary Clinton Win the Black Vote? 10/03/2016 08:00pm • He's not on the ballot, something he's repeatedly noted, since winning re-election in 2012. Yet President Barack Obama is pushing one of his key constituencies -- African-American voters -- to the polls for Hillary Clinton, who can't win without their overwhelming support. "If you don't vote, that' Police: Trump’s new DC hotel vandalized with ‘Black Lives Matter’ graffiti 10/02/2016 01:09pm • WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s new D.C. hotel was vandalized by graffiti on Saturday, according to D.C. police. Officers found the phrases "Black Lives Matter" and "No Justice No Peace" spray painted onto Trump International Hotel, which is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave.  Northwest — the DC mayor commits $1.2 million to expediting justice 09/29/2016 03:56pm • WASHINGTON — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is promising more than $1 million from taxpayers to expedite justice for residents. // Bowser announced Thursday a commitment of "nearly" $1.2 million to the D.C. District Attorney's office to hire eight new attorneys. "Those attorneys will be se When Women Wear Blue Helmets 09/27/2016 08:00pm • A 14-year-old pulled into the grass and gang raped as she walked by a United Nations base. An 18-year-old asking troops for money, only to be dragged into the bush and sexually assaulted. It's been a rough year for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, with more allegations California Launches First Statewide System to Track Police Use of Force 09/21/2016 08:00pm • The chase sped across Alameda County last November, an alleged car thief leading cops through the streets of East Bay to Oakland and into San Francisco, where his ride finally ran out of gas. A motion-activated surveillance camera in an alley nearby recorded what happened next: Two Alameda County sh 'CSI' star Marg Helgenberger hits Arena Stage for 'The Little Foxes' 09/21/2016 01:32am • WASHINGTON — Just because the Emmys are over doesn't mean you can't still see a fiercely talented Emmy winner on stage right here in our own backyard. Starting this weekend, the prolific Marg Helgenberger ("CSI," "China Beach," "Erin Brockovich") graces Arena Stage for a production of L Lanier stands by record, 'broken' system remark 09/15/2016 04:31am • WASHINGTON — Police Chief Cathy Lanier is saying goodbye to the District after 26 years with the Metropolitan Police Department, the last nine as chief. Her last day is Saturday. And before she moves to her next job in New York to take charge of security for the NFL, Lanier spoke with WTOP's Br Man returned to Arlington Co. to face 1999 murder charge 09/09/2016 10:50am • WASHINGTON — A man charged with strangling a woman to death and leaving her body in the trunk of a car in 1999 has been returned to Arlington County where he will face charges in the 17-year-old case. Ludvin Estrada, 46, was extradited from Guatemala to the United States. He arrived in Virgini McDonnell: US justice system usually gets it right 09/08/2016 06:18pm • WASHINGTON — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell called Thursday a day of vindication and thanksgiving. McDonnell released a lengthy statement, obtained by WTOP, following the announcement that federal prosecutors would drop the corruption charges against him and his wife Maureen. "Today is a Bowser agrees with Lanier: DC justice system 'broken' 09/07/2016 07:29pm • WASHINGTON — D.C.’s outgoing police chief Cathy Lanier has said the District’s justice system is broken, and at a news conference outside D.C. police headquarters on Wednesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser agreed. Bowser said she lays the blame on a system that splits accountability between locally Former Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell could face a retrial 09/04/2016 03:01pm • WASHINGTON — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's legal woes are not over yet. In fact, he could be facing a retrial. The Washington Post first reported that federal prosecutors want to put him on trial again. But high ranking officials with the Justice Department will have the final say on Where were you 'The Night Of?' HBO delivers another killer series 08/25/2016 01:44am • WASHINGTON -- Sunday brings the finale of HBO's captivating new crime series "The Night Of," blending thriller suspense with high courtroom drama. If you haven't seen it yet, you still have time to catch up on the first seven episodes with a weekend of binge watching on HBO GO to get pri Wheel and tire bandits strike again 08/21/2016 11:12am • WASHINGTON — It's been a problem across the area and the thieves seem to be unstoppable. These bandits have been stealing thousands of dollars in wheels and tires from vehicles. And they especially like targeting the Horner Road commuter lot in Woodbridge, Virginia, over and over and over aga 'Truly a piece of evil': 'Grim Sleeper' sent to death row 08/10/2016 10:35pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper" was sentenced to death Wednesday for the murders of nine women and a teenage girl that went unsolved for years as the body count grew in a poor section of Los Angeles haunted by the scourge of crack cocaine. The moment of reckoning f