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14-year-old shot in Hyattsville after refusing to give up his jacket, police say 01/05/2024 05:09pm • A 14-year-old boy was shot and critically injured in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Friday afternoon after three teens tried to take his high-end winter jacket, according to police. Hyattsville Police Chief Jarod Towers said during a news conference Friday the 14-year-old was walking with two other yo Arrest made in New Year's Day hotel shooting death 01/02/2024 11:40pm • An 18-year-old D.C. man has been arrested and charged with the killing of 18-year-old Ashlei Hinds, who was shot to death at a New Year's party at a Friendship Heights hotel. D.C. police have arrested Jelani Cousin, of Northeast, and charged him with second degree murder while armed. "I'm glad Juvenile justice among criminal justice reform topics up for discussion in upcoming Md. legislative session 01/02/2024 10:47am • The Maryland General Assembly passed a juvenile justice reform measure last year to restructure how the state deals with young people involved in certain crimes by providing them resources versus detaining them behind bars and prosecuting them in court. Juvenile justice was a major topic in 2023 Biden admin. threatens lawsuit if Texas enforces state immigration law 12/28/2023 03:50pm • ▶ Watch Video: Questions rise over new Texas immigration law as border sees spike in migrants The Biden administration on Thursday warned Texas that it will sue the state if it implements a strict immigration law known as SB4 that would empower state and local law enforcement officials DC crime lab appears to regain partial accreditation after losing ability to process evidence in 2021 12/26/2023 03:11pm • D.C. has been unable to fully utilize its crime lab since 2021, when, after months of scrutiny and evidence errors, the city's Department of Forensic Sciences lost its accreditation to perform forensic testing. However, that problem appears to be entering the embattled agency's rearview mirror. T CBS News correspondents predict the big stories of 2024 12/24/2023 12:59pm • ▶ Watch Video: A look at Trump's possible trial schedules and delay requests From former President Donald Trump's four criminal trials to the Republican presidential primaries and the crisis in the Middle East, 2024 promises to be a packed — if not chaotic — year both domestically Police: 2 students brought loaded guns to 2 separate Prince George's Co. high schools over 2 days 12/23/2023 02:23pm • Two students who attend different high schools in Prince George's County, Maryland, are facing charges after police said they each brought a loaded gun to school. A 17-year-old male student at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School in Upper Marlboro was found with a loaded gun by Prince George’s Cou ‘Smash-and-grab’ robberies fuel new laws, but Virginia critics question the need 12/20/2023 11:24am • Even before Virginia lawmakers passed a tough new law against organized retail crime earlier this year, Bradley Haywood, a public defender in Arlington, Virginia, challenged the rationale. The idea that retailers in the state had lost billions to organized theft was a myth manufactured by retailers ‘Unacceptable’: How DC business leaders are working together in response to crime 12/19/2023 09:12pm • Leaders from several local and national retail stores convened for a retail theft meeting Monday, discussing various ways they are responding to a rise in theft and other crime across the District. At-large Council member Kenyan McDuffie, who chairs the D.C. Council’s Committee on Business and WTOP Book Report: 'Perfect Little Lives' mixes murder mystery, romance and social commentary 12/16/2023 06:56am • This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series authored by Terik King. Read more of that coverage.  How far will a person go to find justice and truth? (Courtesy Graydon House / HarperCollins) This and many other questions confront the lead character in twin authors Amber Prince George’s Co. State’s Attorney provides updates on 2 homicides that 'rocked the county' 12/15/2023 11:30pm • Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy shared updates Friday on two murder cases that she said “rocked the county” when they happened. Braveboy said her office vowed to get justice and ensure accountability for these two cases, which both took place in 2021. The first c Md. state's attorneys introduce legislative priorities before upcoming General Assembly session 12/15/2023 08:59am • Aisha Braveboy and Ivan Bates, Democratic prosecutors who represent two of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions, held a joint press conference Thursday in Annapolis to unveil legislative priorities for the upcoming General Assembly session. Braveboy, state’s attorney for Prince George’s County, Families help remove DC mural dedicated to American hostages taken abroad 12/11/2023 05:28pm • A temporary mural dedicated to Americans who have been wrongfully detained abroad is being taken down after it was plastered on a wall in the Georgetown Neighborhood of D.C. for a year-and-a-half. Some of the prisoners included in the mural have returned home since its creation, but others are st Tough decisions, possible tax increases cloud coming Md. legislative session 12/09/2023 07:49am • Taxes and cost shifts are on the table for the coming General Assembly session as Gov. Wes Moore (D) and lawmakers look to solve both a structural budget shortfall and massive cuts to transportation projects. Eric Luedtke, Moore's chief legislative officer, told county officials Friday that the c Not guilty: Mother of man killed in DC police chase acquitted of assaulting US marshal in court 12/08/2023 07:45am • The mother of Karon Hylton-Brown — the 20-year-old father who was killed in a 2020 crash while being chased by D.C. police — has been found not guilty of assaulting a U.S. marshal in a federal courtroom. Karen Hylton was in arrested in May 2023, immediately after two D.C. police officers were