Winston Chaney
On Saturday, Officer Ashley Guindon responded to a domestic disturbance call inside the northern Virginia home of a Pentagon worker. According to police, Army Staff Sgt. Ronald Hamilton opened fire as Guindon arrived at his door, killing her and wounding two other officers. Hamilton and his wife Crystal had been arguing all day, but it […]
Darrell Best of D.C.’s God of a Second Chance Ministries was sentenced to 18 years for sexually abusing two teenaged girls. A former D.C. cop and pastor convicted of sex abuse and child pornography was slapped with an 18-year prison sentence on Friday. A tearful Darrell Best apologized for his actions before he was given […]
He became his brother’s reaper. An Ohio pastor name William Schooler was shot and killed by his brother during a Sunday church service in Dayton, police said. Gunshots erupted inside a private office at St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church as the church choir and about 20 of its parishioners sang at 12:30 p.m., WHIO-TV reported. Suspect […]
President Barack Obama is launching a version of “take your child to work day” that’s focused on America’s science laboratories instead of its corporate workspaces. It’s part of Obama’s effort to encourage young people, especially girls and minorities, to pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. More than 50 national labs […]
LOS ANGELES — “I’m the king of the world!” Eighteen years after Leonardo DiCaprio shouted those famous words in “Titanic” (1997), he can now finally say them at the Oscars, winning his elusive Best Actor at the 88th annual Academy Awards. But when it came time to see if Leo’s survival tale “The Revenant” would also win the top prize […]
A Lyft passenger had a harrowing ride, when she says her driver refused to let her out of the car. She captured the experience on phone video. WASHINGTON — A Lyft customer says she was trapped in the back seat, when her driver refused to drop her off. Desiree Taylor and a friend arranged to be […]
The plans to overhaul Metro’s troubled radio system, which are set to inch forward this spring, will also eventually help provide cellphone service to riders in Metro tunnels. Metro is running a test installation of cables for the federally required transition to a new radio system. The test will span a mile-long section of Red Line […]
Sheila Covert is worried about Donald Trump. A loyal Republican voter from swing state Virginia, Covert calls the businessman “bombastic” and says there’s “just no substance” in his boastful campaign rhetoric. But if Trump does become the GOP presidential nominee? “Well, I’d definitely vote for him,” said Covert, an 81-year-old from the Richmond suburb of […]
A powerful storm system swept across the East Coast on Wednesday, killing four people in Virginia and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the region. A day earlier, the system spawned about two dozen tornadoes along the Gulf Coast, damaging hundreds of homes in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida. Three […]
Police say a 16-year-old shot a man at Metro’s Anacostia Station Tuesday afternoon and is among the suspects in custody. Police are no longer seeking suspects in the shooting. Metro Transit Police say just one person was wounded; the 24-year-old was breathing and conscious. Around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said the victim had been released from […]