Search

In Teen Court, young Md. offenders are judged by a jury of their peers 05/25/2017 11:17am • ROCKVILLE, Md. — Once a week, for a few hours after school — and when the courthouse is otherwise quiet — the teenagers take over. Role-playing as lawyers, bailiffs and jurors, and with help from volunteer lawyers and judges, the teenagers mete out justice in “Teen Court.” Teen Court On the 8-Year Anniversary of Civil War's End, Sri Lanka's Political Fate Looks Grim 05/17/2017 08:00pm • VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka -- At some point during its brutal 26 years, the Sri Lankan civil war brought terror or loss to virtually everyone in the country. For Kasipillai Jeyavanitha, a mother of four, the defining moment of the conflict came in March 2009, just two months before the war ended eight yea Suspects charged after noose hung at Md. middle school 05/12/2017 07:06pm • WASHINGTON — Police arrested the two suspects wanted for hanging a noose outside an Anne Arundel County middle school earlier this week. On Thursday morning, a Crofton Middle School teacher found a noose hanging from a light fixture on the exterior of the school building, located at 2301 David Fraley Film Guide 2017 04/27/2017 02:01pm • Allison Williams and Daniel Kaluuya star in a scene from Jordan Peele's "Get Out." (Justin Lubin/Universal Pictures via AP) 4 STARS "Get Out" - Jordan Peele combines "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "Stepford Wives" "Mudbound" - Dee Rees directs a powerful look at post-WWII racism in r Lawmaker continues push to end child marriages in Md. 04/23/2017 04:57pm • WASHINGTON — Child marriages in Maryland are still legal, after a bill to stop them failed again. But a lawmaker has vowed to continue her fight to end child marriages in Maryland. “I’ve heard so many stories that have brought me to tears," said Maryland Del. Vanessa Atterbeary, D-Howard Co Filmfest DC returns with new slate of international delights 04/19/2017 01:47am • WASHINGTON — It's the longest-running film festival in the nation's capital. This week, the 31st annual Filmfest DC returns from April 20-30, featuring screenings and events at the E Street Cinema, AMC Mazza Gallerie, the National Gallery of Art and the Embassy of France. "Thirty Immigrant groups protest last week's ICE arrests 04/11/2017 04:22am • FAIRFAX, Va. — Outside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters, several dozen protesters held signs and raised their voices in response to recently announced immigration stings in the D.C. area. “ICE is an insatiable monster that has now been completely unleashed to intimidate Attorney general wants return to tough enforcement policies 04/10/2017 02:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) — For three decades, America got tough on crime. Police used aggressive tactics and arrest rates soared. Small-time drug cases clogged the courts. Vigorous gun prosecutions sent young men away from their communities and to faraway prisons for long terms. But as crime rates dropped National Crime Victims’ Rights Week launches in Va. 04/03/2017 05:24am • FAIRFAX, Va. — Dozens gathered in Virginia to show solidarity with victims of crime — from survivors themselves to the deceased victims’ family members who are left to mourn their losses. National Crime Victims’ Rights Week launched in Fairfax County on Sunday with a resource fair featuri Michael Flynn in talks with Congress, wary of prosecution 03/31/2017 01:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is in discussions with the House and Senate intelligence committees on receiving immunity from "unfair prosecution" in exchange for agreeing to be questioned as part of ongoing probes into possible contacts between Donald Trump's pre Missing Pennsylvania judge, 91, found alive in wooded area 03/30/2017 08:51pm • SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A 91-year-old federal judge with memory problems who was reported missing from his home earlier this week and who had last been seen trying to get into a closed store and then driving away was found alive Thursday night. Edwin Kosik was found about 100 yards from his car in a Outrage over sex assault ruling in Mexico, judge suspended 03/29/2017 09:14pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors are appealing a court ruling that dismissed sex crime charges because there was no proof the suspect acted "with lascivious intent," and judicial authorities announced Wednesday that the judge in the case had been suspended. The ruling in the southern state of Veracr Seattle announces lawsuit over Trump sanctuary cities threat 03/29/2017 08:49pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle filed a lawsuit Wednesday over President Donald Trump's executive order that threatens to withhold federal funds from communities that refuse to cooperate with efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally. Mayor Ed Murray said the order issued in January pu State Dept. employee accused of misleading FBI in China case 03/29/2017 05:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran State Department employee has been charged with making false statements to the FBI about gifts she had received from Chinese intelligence agents, the Justice Department said Wednesday. A criminal complaint accuses Candace Marie Claiborne, who appeared before a judge Wed State Department employee concealed 'extensive' contacts with Chinese intelligence agents, officials say 03/29/2017 05:11pm • (WASHINGTON) -- A State Department employee with Top Secret clearance allegedly made unreported contacts with Chinese intelligence officials and accepted thousands of dollars in "gifts and benefits," the Department of Justice said Wednesday.Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, was arrested Tuesday and charg