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Case dismissed against man convicted in death of Chandra Levy 07/28/2016 05:15pm • WASHINGTON – Prosecutors will no longer seek a retrial of Ingmar Guandique, the man who was charged in the death of intern Chandra Levy, and have asked for the charges against him to be dismissed,  the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. announced Thursday. “Today, in the interests of justic LGBTQ Support Increases at Historically Black Schools 07/24/2016 08:00pm • In Conference -- B 301, a room in the Martin Luther King Jr. building at Maryland's Bowie State University, literature is the decor. Books such as "Lesbian/Woman" and the compilation "Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual African American Fiction" stock bookcases. At every turn there New 'Making A Murderer' Episodes Coming to Netflix (NFLX) 07/18/2016 08:00pm • Netflix's (ticker: NFLX) stock price slipped after Tuesday's lackluster subscriber numbers, but that didn't stop the company from revealing crowd-pleasing consumer news today: It's making more episodes of its Emmy-nominated hit docu-series "Making a Murder." The new episodes, currently in production 3rd officer acquitted in black man's police custody death 07/18/2016 03:43pm • By JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) - A judge further hollowed out the case against six police officers charged in the death of a young black man, delivering a third consecutive acquittal and ruling once again that prosecutors failed to prove officers intentionally hurt Freddie Gra Judge says grisly Silver Spring murder 'the worst of the worst' 07/15/2016 10:02pm • WASHINGTON — The murder scene was so grisly that at trial, several jurors struggled with nausea. At the sentencing for Mauricio Morales-Caceres, 24, of Silver Spring, Maryland, prosecutors warned family members of the victim to turn their heads as crime scene photos were shown to the judge. Mo Arlington police arrest 9 as part of undercover Clarendon drug bust 07/14/2016 06:15pm • WASHINGTON -- A seven-month undercover police investigation in the Clarendon area of Arlington, Virginia, uncovered a drug ring dealing in marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy and resulted in nine arrests, the Arlington County Police Department announced Thursday. Charges include distribution of illeg DC, Baltimore homicide surge among worst in nation in 2015 06/30/2016 04:37pm • WASHINGTON — The District saw a spike in homicides last year. But halfway through 2016, the number of homicides has plateaued. The nation saw what a National Institute of Justice report calls a "real and nearly unprecedented" spike in homicides last year with both Baltimore and Washington leadi Supreme Court overturns McDonnell corruption conviction 06/27/2016 04:25pm • WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court has overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. The court agreed with McDonnell's argument that the instructions given to a federal jury in Richmond were overly broad. The decision reined in the definition of what is an "o McDonnell decision looms as high court term wraps up 06/27/2016 04:51am • WASHINGTON — After more than a year of appeals, former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell should finally learn his fate this week, when the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to deliver its decision in his public corruption case. McDonnell was found guilty of 11 counts on charges that he accepted more tha In South Africa, Some Prostitutes Demand the Chance to Sell Sex - Legally 06/26/2016 08:00pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- If prostitution becomes legal in South Africa, Nosipho Vidima, a 30-year-old sex worker, knows exactly what she'll do. She'd start her own business called The Pleasure House, a classy operation staffed with an office administrator trained in finance, a group of prostitutes Exclusive: Va. terrorism suspect seeks to avoid prison, warn others 06/22/2016 05:08am • WASHINGTON — Mohamad Khweis was deceived by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Now he wants to get revenge by spending the rest of his life warning others to avoid the trap he fell into. The problem, however, is that he faces decades in federal prison for allegedly providing mate DC offers to help pay for surveillance cameras 06/17/2016 05:02am • WASHINGTON — D.C. police say surveillance video helped track down the man now charged in last week's quadruple shooting on North Capitol Street — and they say they wish more people had security cameras. "We have made a lot of progress in bringing people to justice in this city when it comes David Duchovny tracks Charles Manson in S2 of NBC's 'Aquarius' 06/16/2016 01:05am • WASHINGTON — From "The X-Files" (1993-2014) to "Californication" (2007-2014), David Duchovny has ingrained himself into the annals of TV history. His latest project, NBC's gritty period crime-drama "Aquarius," kicks off Season 2 with a special two-hour premiere starting at 9 p.m. Thursday Crime, Mass Incarceration Damage U.S. Global Peace Ranking 06/08/2016 08:00pm • The U.S. ranked 103rd out of 163 in a global assessment of the most peaceful nations in the world, which estimated the economic impact of violence on the global economy totaled $13.6 trillion last year. The 10th annual study published on Wednesday by the Institute for Economics and Peace scored nati 26 facts about Guantanamo Bay 06/06/2016 06:44am • The following information is provided by Graphiq and InsideGov. By Kelsey Warner | Additional research by Spencer Baker In the fallout of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. entered a new age of warfare. The war on terror presented a nebulous threat with non-state actors and dangerous, as