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Eric P. Newcomer covers Washington, D.C., government for the Washington Examiner. He joined the staff in January 2013. He has interned for the Macon Telegraph, the Sun Sentinel, the Tampa Bay Times, and the New York Times. He graduated from Harvard in May 2012.

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  • Teen stabbed in leg while riding on Green Line

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    A 15-year-old boy was stabbed as a Metro car traveled from Navy Yard to Waterfront along the Green Line. He sustained a non-life threatening wound to his leg and was taken to the hospital. The teen exited at Waterfront Station after the incident occurred. Both transit police and Metropolitan...

  • Would-be-robber killed with his own gun, Prince George's police say

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    Prince George's County police believe that a would-be robber, who had his own gun used against him, was killed in a justifiable homicide. On Sunday at about 12:35 a.m., officers arrived at the scene of a shooting on the 4400 block of 23rd Parkway in Prince George's County, where they found a...

  • Elderly woman who fell onto Dupont Metro tracks aided by onlookers

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    After a 73-year-old woman fell into Metro tracks at Dupont Circle, several onlookers rushed to help her, according to a Metro spokesman. She fell at about 2:20 p.m. Saturday. She suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital. The woman, who was not identified by the...

  • D.C. Councilwoman Muriel Bowser campaigns for mayor on growth in Ward 4

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    D.C. Councilwoman Muriel Bowser hopes that a flourishing Ward 4 will springboard her into the mayor's office. At a campaign event Thursday night, Bowser -- the new chair of the Council's Committee on Economic Development -- highlighted the economic progress in her ward. That includes...

  • Man dies in Southeast D.C. shooting

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    A man died of a gunshot wound Sunday morning, after the Metropolitan Police Department responded to an incident on the 3400 block of Stanton Road SE in D.C. The man, who police have yet to identify, was conscious and suffering from a gunshot wound when he was located at about 2 a.m. Sunday...

  • Mayor Gray was impressed in Portland, Ore., but system there is hitting some bumps

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Updated: Fri, May 3, 2013

    When Mayor Vincent Gray showed off one of the District's streetcars in Anacostia last week, he pointed to, once again, what he says is a success story: streetcars in Portland, Ore. Before he became D.C.'s mayor, Gray visited Portland twice -- and both times was impressed by their expansive...

  • D.C. weighs offering driver's licenses to illegal immigrants

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Thu, May 2, 2013

    The District hopes to join the tide of left-leaning states, which now includes neighboring Maryland, that offer driver's licenses to those who can't show they're in the United States legally. In front of a standing-room-only crowd Thursday, Mayor Vincent Gray called the bill "historic...

  • Mayor shows off D.C.'s new streetcar but can't say what project will cost

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Updated: Wed, May 1, 2013

    Mayor Vincent Gray on Wednesday gave the public its first peek at the District's 157-passenger streetcar, scheduled to be in service by the end of the year, but said he doesn't know how much the 37-mile project will end up costing D.C. taxpayers. "I don't think we can, with precision, say how...

  • 3-Minute Interview: Dance company founder Maru Montero

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Wed, May 1, 2013

    Montero is the founder of Maru Montero Dance Company, which is organizing a free Cinco de Mayo Festival on Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. On the National Mall between Eighth and 12th streets near the Smithsonian Metro station, the event is being billed as "Latin America's Family Reunion," with...

  • District inches closer to developing Walter Reed Army Medical Center

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Updated: Wed, May 1, 2013

    The vacant Walter Reed Army Medical Center may move one step closer to become a budding Ward 4 neighborhood with homes, stores, businesses and schools when the D.C. Council votes on the site's strategic plan Tuesday. The Small Area Plan gives the mayor's office the power to decide how a...


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