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Shutdown impact: Veterans regional offices close 10/08/2013 12:12am • By The Associated Press A government shutdown is having far-reaching consequences for some, but minimal impact on others. Mail is being delivered. Social Security and Medicare benefits continue to flow. But vacationers are being turned away from national parks and Smithsonian museums, and that's Police release video of possible Ten Commandments vandals 10/02/2013 07:17pm • WASHINGTON - D.C. police are trying to identify the two men believed to have toppled a stone tablet of the Ten Commandments on private property behind the U.S. Supreme Court. Police released a video Wednesday showing two men walking in several surveillance camera shots. Police are asking for the p WTOP Answer Desk: How a shutdown could affect you 09/30/2013 04:33pm • WASHINGTON - How does the federal shutdown affect you? The WTOP Answer Desk is getting answers to your questions. Have a question? Submit it using this form. How is the crisis hurting contractors differently than federal employees? What about back pay and unemployment benefits? Some federal c Springfield man pleaded guilty to child porn charges 09/06/2013 03:44pm • WASHINGTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of child pornography production, the US State Attorney's Eastern Virginia District office says. Andrew Choi, 35, faces anywhere between 15 to 30 years in prison at his sentencing. Court documents say Choi video chatted with at l Police Arrest Suspect in 21-Year-Old Rape 09/06/2013 10:30am • Arlington County police have arrested an Alexandria man in connection with the 21-year-old rape of a college student. Stevie Brinson, 50, of Alexandria was arrested Thursday after police say they “got a hit on DNA evidence” from the 1992 rape at gunpoint of a 25-year-old woman. The crime Bartender gets payout 15 months after taking knife for patron 09/04/2013 01:42am • WASHINGTON - A local bartender who was hailed as a hero for protecting a customer from a criminal is now getting big financial help. It's still hard for Mike Boone to talk about the day in May 2012 when, for safety's sake, he walked a woman patron home from Trusty's Bar in D.C.'s Hill East ne Crime Report: Jewelry Stolen 08/28/2013 02:30pm • Someone broke into an apartment in the Long Branch Creek neighborhood over the weekend and stole a “variety of expensive jewelry.” From this week’s Arlington County crime report: BURGLARY, 08/24/13, 2600 block of S. Veitch Street. Between 7:45 pm on August 23 and 11:45 pm  Police Arrest Man for Crystal City Bike Thefts 08/26/2013 04:15pm • Police arrested a man last week for stealing bicycles in Crystal City. Howard Montgomery, 47, of no fixed address, was spotted just before 3:00 a.m. last Thursday riding a bicycle and carrying another alongside him, Arlington County Police said. When an officer questioned Montgomery, he tried to fle D.C. launches app for reporting sexual assault 08/14/2013 07:03pm • WASHINGTON - Smartphone technology is being applauded as the latest answer to connecting victims of sexual assault to the help they need. D.C. launched a free app Wednesday called ASK DC, which assembles 33 assault-response resources, like medical care and counseling, into one place. "It's re Local teens to AG Holder: We want to live without fear 07/27/2013 07:06pm • UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - George Zimmerman's acquittal in the killing of 17-year- old Florida teen Trayvon Martin made him a free man. But, teens in the D.C. area say there's still justice to be done in the case, and they're taking their message to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Teens involved i Report finds racial disparity among D.C. arrest rates 07/12/2013 06:12pm • WASHINGTON - A new report finds that more than 80 percent of people arrested in D.C. are black and they are most often arrested for non-violent crimes like drug or traffic offenses and disorderly conduct. The report released Friday by the Washington Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights and Urban A Youth charity slammed for poor taxpayer protections over millions in federal aid 07/02/2013 04:54pm • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a well-known charity that helps troubled youth find mentors. The program might need a few extra mentors, though, for its accounting department.An internal Justice Department audit slams the charity's fiscal management, demanding $4 million in taxpayer money be Md. lawmaker: New gun laws create loophole for criminals 05/25/2013 05:20am • WASHINGTON - One lawmaker says the changes to Maryland's gun laws won't make recovering guns from criminals any easier. The law just got more complicated, according to Del. Luiz Simmons. Law enforcement uses two important databases to track criminals and to register firearms, the Maryland Auto Charles Ramsey, Internet hero, gets Songified (Video) 05/06/2013 11:31pm • UPDATE: May 7, 2013 WASHINGTON - Many have been waiting for the interview with Charles Ramsey -- credited with helping rescue three captive women in Cleveland -- to get Songified, also known as autotuned. It didn't take long. Not long at all. From the people who brought you "Bed Intruder," h Northern Va. a hot spot for sex trafficking of U.S. teens 05/04/2013 05:00am • WASHINGTON - The FBI says the sex trafficking of U.S. teens is the second fastest growing crime in America. The greater D.C. area is a hotspot for this form of modern day slavery. In 2009, Sara Pomeroy started a nonprofit to fight the growing epidemic of human trafficking. Pomeroy's Richmond J