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Sisters question fatal shooting in DC police chase 10/05/2013 06:22am • By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The sisters of a woman who was fatally shot in Washington after trying to ram her car through a White House barrier say she was not a criminal and police should not have shot her. "We're still very confused as a family why she's not still aliv Use of force to be studied in D.C. police chase 10/04/2013 01:05pm • By LARRY NEUMEISTER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Police in Washington are reviewing the use of officers' deadly force in the killing of a woman who tried to ram her car through a White House barrier, a shooting her family says was unjustified. The investigation will reco Pills made from poop cure serious gut infections 10/03/2013 01:48pm • WASHINGTON -- Hold your nose and don't spit out your coffee: Doctors have found a way to put healthy people's poop into pills that can cure serious gut infections - a less yucky way to do "fecal transplants." Canadian researchers tried this on 27 patients and cured them all after strong antibiotics Obama, lawmakers meet on shutdown's 2nd day 10/02/2013 08:14pm • By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama brought congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday for the first time since a partial government shutdown began, but there was no sign of progress toward ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal wo Serving Together Launches Campaign To Connect Local Veterans 09/27/2013 03:20pm • A mental health nonprofit is launching a campaign to help local veterans find the resources and services they need with a new marketing campaign. If you take the Metro to NIH or Naval Support Activity Bethesda, you might have noticed a brand new diorama ad for the Serving Together Project on the Med Consumer group fights with USDA over food safety 09/26/2013 08:48pm • WASHINGTON - Modernizing the way meat is processed for your plate could gross you out, according to the group SumOfUs.org. The group took what it says were 500,000 signatures from an online petition to the White House Thursday urging President Obama to halt plans to expand a U.S. Department of Acetaminophen: What are the health risks? 09/24/2013 10:43am • Jeff Gerth and T.Christian Miller, ProPublica During the last decade, more than 1,500 Americans died after accidentally taking too much of a drug renowned for its safety: acetaminophen, one of the nation's most popular pain relievers. Acetaminophen - the active ingredient in Tylenol - is con Lawyer: Chances to pull Navy Yard shooter's clearance were missed 09/19/2013 10:06am • WASHINGTON - A veteran of the federal security clearance process for more than 40 years says critical opportunities were missed to have the security clearance of Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis pulled or suspended. There are "points along this whole process where it failed," lawyer Sheldon Cohen Woodfork: After 'RGKnee' offseason, let the games begin 09/05/2013 09:08am • Rob Woodfork, wtop.com WASHINGTON - The 2013 NFL season is officially cleared for takeoff. And so is its brightest young star. For the first time in recent memory, all eyes in the NFL universe will be focused squarely on the nation's capital when Robert Griffin III and the Washington Red Preventing childhood obesity starts at home 08/26/2013 02:40pm • Lisa Reed, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON - According to research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, an estimated 43 million children around under the age of 5 were overweight or obese, globally, in 2010. This statistic reflects a 2.5 percent increase from the prevalenc Healing vets' PTSD with transcendental meditation 08/15/2013 07:45am • WASHINGTON - Wild and reckless -- that's how Iraq Army veteran David George describes his lifestyle after returning from combat. He says he hit rock bottom after five years of living with untreated post traumatic stress disorder. "I was really at a low point. I didn't know if I was going to go Are your shoes making the grade? A new rating system for footwear 08/11/2013 09:12pm • WASHINGTON - There is help for consumers looking for the most foot-friendly shoes. The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) has a rating system for footwear. The program is called the APMA Seal of Acceptance/Approval, and the results can be found on the organization's website. Here's At Virginia Hospital Center, Birth Rates Continue to Rise 07/24/2013 02:10pm • Need evidence that more and more young families are putting down roots in Arlington, beyond the rapid growth in school enrollment? Just look to Virginia Hospital Center. The hospital, at 1701 N. George Mason Drive, completed a four-year-long renovation of its maternity ward earlier this year, adding 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 Monitoring veterans' online behavior to predict suicide 07/05/2013 05:27pm • WASHINGTON - A new social project is hoping to use social media posts to predict suicide among America's veterans. A group of veterans is volunteering to have researchers comb through their online profiles, searching for specific language. It's part of a study looking for links between languag