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Mental health groups fear Md. will slash funding 01/17/2012 08:11pm • Darci Marchese, wtop.com WASHINGTON - It's budget-slashing time and among the most fearful of budget cuts are groups that look after the mentally ill. "After so many years of budget cuts, we're all in a very fearful mode," says Katherine Slye-Griffin, executive director of the National Alliance o DHS launches hot line for jailed immigrants 12/29/2011 09:09pm • WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department is launching a hot line for people jailed on immigration charges who believe they are victims of crime or may be U.S. citizens. The toll free hot line - 855-448-6903 - will be staffed 24 hours a day and run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to answ Morning Notes 12/23/2011 08:00am • Rosslyn Exxon Robbed at Gunpoint — The Exxon at 1824 Wilson Boulevard, in the Rosslyn area, was robbed early Wednesday morning. Police say two men robbed the gas station at gunpoint around 2:50 a.m. “The suspects were both African American men in their 30’s, around 5’10,&# Holder: 'Lone wolves worry me the most' 12/12/2011 08:05pm • J.J. Green, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Peppered by rapid-fire questions from House Judiciary Committee members during a marathon session last week probing the "Fast and Furious" debacle, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder calmly rolled his pen in his fingers, waiting for a chance to respond. Interrup Interim ATF director: Recovering from 'Fast and Furious' 12/04/2011 05:40pm • J.J. Green, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Seated at a large conference room table, B. Todd Jones, interim director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is multi-tasking. He stares intently at an iPad and taps lightly on the glowing screen while describing his troubled agency. But t Crime Report: Parking Lot Rage Edition 11/25/2011 01:13pm • In this week’s Arlington County crime report, there were two separate cases of men being arrested and accused of assaulting someone during an argument over a parking space. ASSAULT AND BATTERY-ARREST, 11/19/11, 400 block of N. Thomas Street. On November 19 at 7:30 pm, a man brandished a knif Va. lawmaker, film revisit state's mixed-marriage past 11/10/2011 01:49pm • Alicia Lozano, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- Just five weeks after being wed, a young Virginia couple was taken from their bed at 2 a.m. and arrested for getting married. The year was 1958 and the crime was miscegenation: Richard Loving was white and his wife, Mildred, was black. Their story is the sub Wilson Ramos thankful to be alive 11/09/2011 10:21pm • By IAN JAMES Associated Press VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) - His eyes tearing up with emotion, Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos embraced his rescuers Saturday and said he had wondered whether he would survive a two-day kidnapping ordeal that ended when commandos swept into his captors' mount AQAP bomber allegedly injured in drone attack 05/19/2011 01:19pm • J.J. Green, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- Sources in Yemen indicate the man responsible for the underwear and printer cartridge bombs is among those injured in a U.S. drone strike on Aug. 11. Al Watan, which is a pro-government website, says there are photos of a person, believed to be Ibrahim al-Asiri Tragedy in Trinidad: The search for justice 02/28/2011 04:03pm • Gary Emerling, wtop.com Editor's Note: The 2008 fatal shooting of 13-year-old Alonzo Robinson in the Trinidad neighborhood of D.C. helped spark the second incarnation of the Metropolitan Police Department's now dormant Neighborhood Safety Zones initiative and focused attention on the violence tak Tragedy in Trinidad: The failure of crime control 02/25/2011 04:02pm • Gary Emerling, wtop.com Editor's Note: The 2008 fatal shooting of 13-year-old Alonzo Robinson in the Trinidad neighborhood of D.C. helped spark the second incarnation of the Metropolitan Police Department's now dormant Neighborhood Safety Zones initiative and focused attention on the violence tak Tragedy in Trinidad: A life cut short 02/24/2011 03:58pm • Gary Emerling, wtop.com Editor's Note: The 2008 fatal shooting of 13-year-old Alonzo Robinson in the Trinidad neighborhood of D.C. helped spark the second incarnation of the Metropolitan Police Department's now dormant Neighborhood Safety Zones initiative and focused attention on the violence tak D.C.'s top judge: Betts murder has been politicized 05/11/2010 04:48pm • Mark Segraves, wtop.com WASHINGTON - The Chief Judge for the District of Columbia says politicians have been using the murder of a popular D.C. principal for political gain and maintains the juvenile justice system is not broken. Appearing on WTOP's Ask The Judges program Monday, D.C. Superior Cou