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D.C. launches app for reporting sexual assault 08/14/2013 07:03pm • WASHINGTON - Smartphone technology is being applauded as the latest answer to connecting victims of sexual assault to the help they need. D.C. launched a free app Wednesday called ASK DC, which assembles 33 assault-response resources, like medical care and counseling, into one place. "It's re Local teens to AG Holder: We want to live without fear 07/27/2013 07:06pm • UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - George Zimmerman's acquittal in the killing of 17-year- old Florida teen Trayvon Martin made him a free man. But, teens in the D.C. area say there's still justice to be done in the case, and they're taking their message to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Teens involved i Report finds racial disparity among D.C. arrest rates 07/12/2013 06:12pm • WASHINGTON - A new report finds that more than 80 percent of people arrested in D.C. are black and they are most often arrested for non-violent crimes like drug or traffic offenses and disorderly conduct. The report released Friday by the Washington Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights and Urban A Youth charity slammed for poor taxpayer protections over millions in federal aid 07/02/2013 04:54pm • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a well-known charity that helps troubled youth find mentors. The program might need a few extra mentors, though, for its accounting department.An internal Justice Department audit slams the charity's fiscal management, demanding $4 million in taxpayer money be Md. lawmaker: New gun laws create loophole for criminals 05/25/2013 05:20am • WASHINGTON - One lawmaker says the changes to Maryland's gun laws won't make recovering guns from criminals any easier. The law just got more complicated, according to Del. Luiz Simmons. Law enforcement uses two important databases to track criminals and to register firearms, the Maryland Auto Charles Ramsey, Internet hero, gets Songified (Video) 05/06/2013 11:31pm • UPDATE: May 7, 2013 WASHINGTON - Many have been waiting for the interview with Charles Ramsey -- credited with helping rescue three captive women in Cleveland -- to get Songified, also known as autotuned. It didn't take long. Not long at all. From the people who brought you "Bed Intruder," h Northern Va. a hot spot for sex trafficking of U.S. teens 05/04/2013 05:00am • WASHINGTON - The FBI says the sex trafficking of U.S. teens is the second fastest growing crime in America. The greater D.C. area is a hotspot for this form of modern day slavery. In 2009, Sara Pomeroy started a nonprofit to fight the growing epidemic of human trafficking. Pomeroy's Richmond J Counterterrorism officials long feared IEDs would make way to US shores 04/16/2013 06:59am • Long before the gruesome bombings at the Boston marathon, U.S. counterterrorism officials feared that the improvised explosive devices used so effectively by insurgents on the Iraq and Afghanistan battlefields might one day make their way to U.S. shores.And as authorities sift the crime scene for cl Community celebrates freedom after drug dealers ousted 04/13/2013 06:01pm • DAMASCUS, Md. - Residents at the Damascus Gardens apartment complex had had enough. For years, they lived in buildings infested with drug dealers, and not much was done about it. "There was a lot of violence and fights, especially in the summertime when it got hot," says Ronnie Johnson. He's liv Missing 5-year-old Va. boy, mother found in Las Vegas 04/11/2013 11:47am • ␎ Cameron Serafin is missing. (Courtesy of Fairfax County Police) UPDATE: Wednesday- 4/17/2013, 6:23pm ET WASHINGTON - A missing Fairfax County boy and his mother have been found in the Las Vegas area, police say. Cameron and Rebecca Serafin were Homeland agents failed to stop ATF, Fast & Furious guns from crossing border 04/02/2013 11:53pm • Fifteen months before the Fast & Furious gun scandal was unmasked in public, Homeland Security agents along the Arizona border recognized that their colleagues at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were allowing illegal guns to flow across the border to Mexican drug gangs in vio Mont. Co. police offer $10,000 reward in fatal hit-and-run 02/27/2013 05:33am • UPDATE: Friday - 3/1/2013, 4:25 pm ET Police are offering a $10,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to an arrest in the fatal hit-and-run. Tipsters can call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-8477. EARLIER: Thursday - 2/28/2013, 4:02pm ET WASHINGTON - Montgomery County police have releas Baker: 'We need to do more' about teen deaths 02/20/2013 04:02pm • Nick Iannelli, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Senseless and outrageous is how Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker describes recent violence sweeping across county neighborhoods. In just six months, six students in the county's public schools system have been killed in separate incidents. All t Food Trucks Claim Victory as Judge Tosses Loitering Charge 02/04/2013 02:55pm • Food truck owners are declaring victory after a successful showdown over a street vending ordinance in Arlington General District Court. Currently, under Arlington County Code 30-9, food trucks are prohibited from vending on a public street for more than an hour in one spot. The enforcement of that Author Brad Meltzer discusses his latest D.C.-based thriller 'The Fifth Assassin' (VIDEO) 01/23/2013 02:04pm • Tommy Griffiths, wtop.com WASHINGTON - My friend, best-selling author Brad Meltzer, just finished another book based in D.C. called "The Fifth Assassin." Meltzer is the author of "The Inner Circle," "The Book of Fate," "The Tenth Justice," and "The Zero Game" and recently spent a few hours a