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Former Ballou High School football player pleads guilty in shooting death of girlfriend 02/06/2020 08:39pm • A former D.C. high school football player, who made headlines after questions of his residency and school eligibility came into question, is awaiting sentencing for his role in the death of his girlfriend. Former Ballou High School football player Jamal Speaks, of Palmer Park, Maryland, pleaded g Alexandria men plead guilty to defrauding the feds and Goodwill of Greater Washington 02/06/2020 08:29pm • Two Alexandria, Virginia, men who've pleaded guilty Thursday to a scheme that involved defrauding the charity Goodwill of Greater Washington face up to 20 years in prison. Alaa Nimr Garada, 57, and Rafik Moheyeldin, 65, operated a business known as WTC2 that collected and resold clothing to custo Virginia considers raising age to be tried for crime as an adult 02/01/2020 12:48pm • Virginia is on track to pass several significant criminal justice reforms through legislation passed Friday in the House of Delegates. The reforms could lead to fewer kids getting tried as adults, raise the felony larceny threshold and prevent kids from getting arrested for disrupting class. T Family of man killed by Prince George's County police officer demands justice 01/30/2020 04:26pm • The family of a man shot to death by a police officer in Prince George's County, Maryland, is speaking about their loss and the justice they say the victim, William Howard Green, deserves. They also want an investigation into police Cpl. Michael Owen's past conduct. "William Green was my best GOP lacks votes to block Bolton, other impeachment witnesses 01/29/2020 08:01am •  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is shifting to questions from senators, a pivotal juncture as Republicans lack the votes to block witnesses and face a potential setback in their hope of ending the trial with a quick acquittal. After Trump's defense team rest DC police back off on handcuffing children 01/28/2020 03:02pm • The D.C. police announced Tuesday that they’re changing the way they’ll deal with suspects who are children. “It used to be the default to handcuff a juvenile,” Police Chief Peter Newsham told the D.C. Council on Tuesday morning. “Now, the default will be to not place handcuffs on juven $10K reward each offered for tips in 4 separate Anne Arundel County homicides 01/23/2020 05:25pm • Police in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, are asking the public for help after four men were killed in separate deadly shootings last fall. "In a three-week period between mid-October, late-October and mid-November last year, we had four young men gunned down. Their lives were stolen; their lives Fairfax County teacher accused of having sexual contact with student 01/22/2020 05:02pm • A teacher at a high school in Fairfax County, Virginia, is accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student. On Wednesday, police arrested Philip Spivey, 57, of Falls Church, after an investigation revealed that he was having unlawful sexual contact with a student at Justice How likely are you to be a 'porch pirate' victim? New study offers clues 01/22/2020 04:05pm • As more and more consumers shop online, opting for the convenience of having packages delivered to their door, thieves are finding it pretty easy to steal the boxes with minimal fuss. There’s even a term for such a thief — “porch pirate” — and it’s a crime that impacts millions at a subs Maryland man's killer sentenced 15 years later 01/10/2020 09:29pm • His death went unsolved for more than a decade, and 15 years after the fatal stabbing of a Laurel, Maryland, man, his killer is going to prison. Michael Andre Duvall, 61, of D.C. was sentenced Friday to the maximum time of 30 years for the murder of Brian Moses. On Sept. 15, 2005, Moses was fo 100-year sentence in killing of Montgomery County teens night before graduation 01/10/2020 04:34pm • The fourth man convicted of killing two Germantown, Maryland, teens the night before they were supposed to graduate from high school in 2017 was sentenced Friday to 100 years in prison. Roger Garcia was convicted of second-degree murder and gun charges last month in the deaths of Shadi Adi Najja Defense: Charges must be dropped against Catherine Hoggle for murders of children 01/10/2020 12:14pm • Jacob Hoggle, 2, left, and Sarah Hoggle, 3, right, were last seen in September 2014. Catherine Hoggle, center, has been charged with their murders. (WTOP/File) The lawyer for Catherine Hoggle has made a two-pronged argument to a Montgomery County judge, saying murder charges should be dropped ag Movie Review: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx indict death penalty in 'Just Mercy' 01/10/2020 12:48am • This image released by Warner Bros Pictures shows Michael B. Jordan, left, and Jamie Foxx in a scene from "Just Mercy." (Jake Netter/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) Court dramas on racial injustice can be one of cinema's most powerful experiences, from Samuel L. Jackson in "A Time to Kill" (19 Parents file federal suit over allegation of sexual assault in Charles County school playground 01/08/2020 08:36pm • The parents of three girls have filed a civil rights complaint with the Justice Department to investigate Charles County Public Schools in Maryland, saying little has been done following the reported sexual assault of their children. "Our daughters were traumatized," parent Tim Perrier said durin School changes, teacher pay among proposals from Virginia lawmakers 01/07/2020 03:55pm • School funding, teacher pay, free tuition for some community college students and changes to school discipline rules are among the education-related proposals in Virginia's General Assembly this year. Parents could even be guaranteed four hours of annual leave, which may be unpaid, to attend pare