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Multifaith group probes Va. Gov. Northam, AG Herring on cash bail reform 10/22/2018 09:49am • FAIRFAX, Va. — They’re not on the ballot for the 2018 midterm election, but two of Virginia’s top leaders fielded questions from a multifaith, nonpartisan group at Fairfax High School Sunday. Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement, also known as VOICE, wanted commitments t DC firefighter found guilty of running down man to death out of revenge 10/11/2018 06:47pm • ROCKVILLE, Md. — A D.C. firefighter was found guilty by a jury in Prince George's County of second-degree murder in what prosecutors called a case of vigilante justice. Gregory Bowyer Jr., 48, was accused of running over Nathaniel McKinnon, 21, in an Upper Marlboro parking lot on Feb. 13, 2017. Man suspected of fatally stabbing DC runner granted hearing postponement 10/11/2018 01:14pm • WASHINGTON — With a D.C. police detective in the courtroom ready to testify about the last month's murder of a woman fatally stabbed while running in D.C.'s Logan Circle neighborhood last month, lawyers for Anthony Crawford asked for – and were granted – a postponement in the probable cause he Rockville man convicted of killing former lover over the ending of their affair 10/05/2018 09:08pm • WASHINGTON — A jury has found a former KFC worker guilty of killing a young mother, after she tried to break off an extramarital affair the two were having. Elmer Campos Martinez, 48, was found guilty of first-degree murder for the death of 21-year-old Dania Mendez de Guerra in November of 2017 'I own everything': Leak suspect threatened to release senators' kids' private info, docs say 10/04/2018 07:30pm • WASHINGTON — The former Democratic senate staffer charged with releasing personal information about GOP senators during Brett Kavanaugh's hearing allegedly threatened to release more information -- this time, of those senators' children. A former coworker spotted Jackson Cosko, 27, in the Sena Md. will use $2.6 million grant to test rape kits, hire victim advocates 10/04/2018 04:30pm • WASHINGTON — Maryland authorities have received a $2.6 million grant that will go toward the testing of untested or unsubmitted rape-evidence kits. The grant from the U.S. Justice Department's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative will also be used to develop a statewide kit-tracking system and to hire Ex-junior Democratic aide charged with posting personal data of GOP senators 10/04/2018 07:11am • WASHINGTON — A former junior Senate Democratic staffer is due in federal court Thursday, facing charges for posting personal information about Republican senators on the Wikipedia website. Jackson Cosko, 27, of D.C., reportedly posted the phone number and home addresses for three Republican sen Justice Dept. awards nearly $320M to tackle opioid crisis across US 10/01/2018 10:45pm • WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is awarding nearly $320 million to help fund the fight against the opioid crisis across the U.S., with grant recipients in Maryland and Virginia receiving support in their programs. The funding announcement Monday arrives as "National Substance Abuse Preve Former civilian employee for DC police charged with conspiracy to commit murder 09/28/2018 10:55pm • WASHINGTON — A former civilian D.C. police employee has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, police said in a statement Friday. Ronnika Jennings, who NBC Washington reported was a former clerk, was first charged with obstruction of justice in April in the same case. She allegedly u Va. man pleads guilty to child pornography charges 09/27/2018 01:57pm • WASHINGTON — A Woodbridge, Virginia, man pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of production of child pornography after admitting he communicated online with a 16-year-old from Colorado and convincing them to take and send him sexually explicit images. David Edward De Vere, 53, a former speciali Search for clues continues in 1984 Virginia State Trooper cold case murder 09/24/2018 01:31pm • WASHINGTON — Virginia State Trooper Johnny Rush Bowman was stabbed 45 times by an unknown attacker on Aug. 19, 1984, after answering the door at his home in Manassas around 4:15 a.m. Now, the FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of those responsible for his DC community holds vigil for teen killed while he was walking to a store 09/13/2018 10:51pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '7ebc1a0d-eb66-465e-9939-ece5bee8c3fc' }).render("8626153654c67f7c");}); WASHINGTON — On a humid night in D.C., Catholic Church members protest in DC, demand for changes 09/09/2018 03:45pm • WASHINGTON — Members of the Catholic Church are gathering across the nation Sunday to speak out against sexual abuse. The campaign, called Time's Up, Catholics Demand Truth, is also demanding change within the church's leadership. Judy Lorenz with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priest Md. man in MS-13 admits to attempted murder, racketeering; could get life 09/07/2018 09:10pm • WASHINGTON — A Severn, Maryland, man with connections to the MS-13 gang pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to a violent racketeering conspiracy that includes attempted murder. Jose Augustin Salmeron-Larios, 25, could get up to life in prison. He admitted to charges of conspiracy to parti More Maryland schools to use 'Handle With Care' program this year 09/04/2018 04:21am • WASHINGTON — A program that gives teachers a heads up when one of their students has witnessed or experienced trauma will be adopted by more Maryland school districts this year. It's called Handle With Care, and it was first put to use in 2013 in Charleston, West Virginia. Last year, Washing