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Bill aims to improve crime victim notifications in Md. 02/15/2017 08:00pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A crime-victim advocacy group is supporting a bill in the Maryland General Assembly aimed at making automated notifications to victims more accurate and timely. Russell Butler of the Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center said Wednesday the bill reflects frustration with How to Solve Income Inequality 02/13/2017 07:00pm • Consider this shocking statistic on income inequality: The eight richest men on earth control as much wealth as half of the global population, or the poorest 3.6 billion people. While those are global statistics, the problem is mind-numbing in the U.S., too. The top 1 percent of American households Should young, violent offenders be given a second chance? 02/09/2017 05:34pm • WASHINGTON – A measure that gives second chances to younger offenders who commit violent crimes is now being debated amid calls for change. “I’ve got folks in my ANC that are being raped, stabbed, armed carjackings, carjackings, theft, armed theft,” said Denise Krepp, an Advisory Neighbo $22K reward offered for info on unsolved Md. student’s murder 02/08/2017 04:39pm • WASHINGTON — Baltimore police and FBI investigators say last year's murder of 21-year-old Marcus Edwards remains a mystery, and now a reward of up to $22,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the case. Edwards was killed as he walked along a residential street near the in Fewer arrests could reduce crime, local law professor says 02/03/2017 12:55pm • WASHINGTON — One way to tackle crime might involve making fewer arrests. "Arrests are a tool, they're not actually the goal," said University of Virginia law professor Rachel Harmon, who's paper, "Why Arrest?" was recently published in the the Michigan Law Review. She said the goal is not a 4 Maryland tax preparers caught filing fraudulent returns, officials say 01/26/2017 02:33pm • BALTIMORE — A recent crackdown on fraudulent tax returns has netted four more indictments against Maryland tax preparers. Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh and Comptroller Peter Franchot announced the charges against the four preparers, two of them residents of Prince George’s County, as Fingerprint expert hangs up magnifying glass after decades of crime analysis 01/25/2017 06:04pm • WASHINGTON — At the end of this month, a woman with 38 years of experience identifying Montgomery County criminals' fingerprints will retire. Mary Ann Horton is reflecting on her career that has brought hundreds to justice. Peering through a magnifying glass, Mary Ann Horton's eyes follow her p Busboys & Poets, Warner Theatre host inaugural-themed events 01/19/2017 02:07am • WASHINGTON —  As President Barack Obama hands the baton to President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, there are plenty of events for all political stripes. Aside from the three official inaugural balls, Busboys & Poets is hosting its third annual Peace Ball at the Smithsonian's new Nati The fight for heroin crisis funding: 'We don't need billboards. We need treatment' 01/13/2017 05:26am • This final story in WTOP’s series, Hooked on Heroin: Deadlier than ever, looks ahead to this year's legislative session and discusses what lawmakers are prepared to do to turn the tide of this heroin crisis. HANOVER, Md. – The state of Maryland is failing at providing effective opioid abuse Hogan proposes anti-crime bills tackling drunken driving, sexual assault 01/12/2017 07:30pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan introduced Thursday an anti-crime package designed to prosecute drunken and drugged drivers and legislation to assist victims of sexual abuse. The proposal would also change what kind of evidence prosecutors can introduce in cases against sex offender Va. General Assembly session opens; budget, voting, health, Metro among hot issues 01/11/2017 05:28am • WASHINGTON — Virginia’s General Assembly session opens Wednesday with hundreds of bills on the 46-day agenda, addressing issues ranging from voting, health, driving and drugs to plugging a budget gap of up to $1.5 billion. The projected budget shortfall and this year’s statewide elections a Laurel family finds closure after cold-case arrest 01/05/2017 06:16pm • LAUREL, Md. — After 11 years of hurt, anger and grief, a family in Laurel, Maryland, is getting some closure. On Thursday, police announced that Michael Duvall, 58, of D.C., had been indicted on a common-law murder charge in connection to the 2005 killing of 20-year-old Brian Moses. Moses’ Warning labels on guns, armed school security among bills Va. lawmakers to consider 01/04/2017 05:16am • WASHINGTON – Virginia could require warning labels on some guns, lower fees for concealed carry permits or allow school security officers and others to be armed at schools. These are proposals contained in just some of the hundreds of bills Virginia lawmakers will consider when the annual Ge Gov. Terry McAuliffe proposes criminal justice reforms 01/03/2017 12:58pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Terry McAuliffe wants Virginia to be more forgiving when it comes to lower-level crimes while making it easier for new DNA evidence to exonerate the wrongfully convicted. The governor, a Democrat, announced several legislative priorities Tuesday aimed at overhauling th Syrian Refugees in the U.S. Maintain Hope After Trump's Win 12/18/2016 07:00pm • DEARBORN, Michigan -- Abdulsalam tried to leave Syria twice. The first time he did so legally, gathering his papers and taking his wife and three sons to the Jordanian border. Turned away, they were forced to seek shelter in a nearby mosque with shattered windows, using blankets left by other refuge