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Md. child porn suspect walked free as evidence sat for months 07/17/2017 04:51am • WASHINGTON — For months, the cellphones of a Charles County coach charged with sexually assaulting boys sat waiting. For months, no one saw the videos or images that depict the abuse at his home and in a classroom. And for months the former teaching assistant was free. Investigators don’t 1 year since DNC staffer's killing, police, family seek tips, end of 'partisan narratives' 07/10/2017 12:31pm • WASHINGTON — One year after Seth Rich was shot and killed as he walked about a block from his Bloomingdale apartment, D.C. police are asking for the tip that will break the case, and his family is asking conspiracy theorists to "cease using Seth as a political football in predetermined partisan na Cardinal returns to Australia to face sexual assault charges 07/09/2017 08:55pm • SYDNEY (AP) — The most senior Vatican cleric to ever be charged in the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal returned to Australia on Monday to stand trial in his home state on charges alleging he sexually assaulted multiple people years ago. Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis' top financial Immigration Forces Sweden to Re-Evaluate Its Welfare State 07/09/2017 08:00pm • STOCKHOLM -- When he was in his early 20s, Jacek Dabrowski earned money by visiting Sweden during the summer months and working in the construction industry. Now 34, the native of Krakow, Poland, returned to Sweden in 2016 so he could earn more money than what he could in his homeland -- essential, In Milwaukee, prosecutors hit neighborhoods, not just court 07/02/2017 08:21pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — For Jeremy Arn, being a prosecutor in Milwaukee's most dangerous neighborhoods means spending more time on the streets than in court. His officemates are police officers in District 5, the city's busiest, and his focus is not just locking people up, but preventing crime and giv Latin America Has a Homicide Problem 06/27/2017 08:00pm • By Robert Muggah In the 1990s, the capital of Colombia's mountainous Antioquia province Medellin had one of the world's highest-ever recorded murder rates: 380 homicides per 100,000 people. After national authorities wrested control of the city's poorest communities from paramilitaries, mayor Sergio DC crime numbers provide reason for optimism during summer 06/27/2017 12:27pm • WASHINGTON — Heading into the hot summer season, when crime traditionally tends to increase, D.C. leaders are pointing to encouraging numbers and expressing optimism that 2017 will be a productive year when it comes to keeping criminal activity down. "We've seen dramatic reductions," said D.C. Supreme Court upholds convictions in brutal 1984 DC murder 06/22/2017 10:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has upheld the murder convictions of seven men in a brutal 1984 killing in the District of Columbia. The justices rejected claims that prosecutors withheld key evidence and ruled 6-2 on Thursday that the evidence the defendants said was withheld would not hav Chief: Police testing for sex assault of slain Virginia teen 06/21/2017 11:45pm • STERLING, Va. (AP) — About 5,000 mourners attended Wednesday's funeral of a Muslim girl whose beating death, blamed by police on a motorist's road rage, has some people in her community fearing for their safety. Some wearing Islamic robes, others in street clothes, they left their cars as traff New photos show Comet Ping Pong crime scene ahead of gunman's sentencing 06/21/2017 06:38pm • WASHINGTON — The North Carolina man who said he was investigating internet conspiracy theories about a child sex ring when he fired an AR-15 assault rifle inside the popular Comet Ping Pong pizzeria last December is set to be sentenced Thursday morning. Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, pleaded guilty 'Worth killing over': How a plane mogul dodged US scrutiny 06/20/2017 04:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — When a Kansas strip-mall bank with possible mob ties folded in the mid-1980s, federal authorities investigated whether a shareholder, Iranian-born aviation magnate Farhad Azima, should face criminal charges. The probe hit a dead end. Azima, a U.S. citizen, essentially had a st Police: Road rage blamed for killing of Va. Muslim teen 06/19/2017 07:27pm • WASHINGTON — Police say road rage led to the death of a 17-year-old girl who was walking to a Sterling mosque after a pre-dawn trip to McDonald’s with a group of other teens early Sunday morning. The Fairfax County police identified the girl as Nabra Hassanen, of Reston, on Monday evening. Father of murdered Germantown teen slams 'lie' about son 06/18/2017 12:29pm • WASHINGTON — The father of one of two murdered Germantown teens railed against the notion that his son's fatal shooting was in retaliation for a drug-related December robbery Sunday, calling the suggestion a "lie." "He is such a sweet person," Adi Najjar, father of slain 17-year-old Shadi Adi N 3 Answers for Parents, High School Teachers About Sextortion 06/11/2017 08:00pm • Teens will have more time over the summer to spend online, but before they do, they should be aware of a little-known sex crime called "sextortion." Sextortion takes revenge porn -- when perpetrators distribute sexually explicit content without the subject's consent -- to the next level. In sextort Naked man arrested in Loudoun Co. out on bond 06/05/2017 04:34pm • WASHINGTON — A naked man arrested in Ashburn over the weekend is out on bond Monday. On Saturday night, Loudoun County Sheriff’s Department received calls that a naked man was laying on Ashburn Road and then jumping in to cars. Deputies responded to the 21000 block of Ashburn Road, where they