Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda

Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

Former D.C. candidate sentenced for theft A lawyer and former D.C. Council candidate was sentenced to six months behind bars for embezzling money intended for his clients. Deairich Hunter pleaded in January to theft of more than $100,000 in payments from insurance companies that were intended...

Scott McCabe

Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

A lawyer and former D.C. Council candidate was sentenced to six months in prison for embezzling money intended for his clients. Deairich Hunter, pleaded in January to theft of more than $100,000 in payments from insurance companies that were intended to settle some of his clients' disability...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

A Southeast D.C. pediatrician has been charged with possessing child pornography, court papers show. Robert Paul Dickey had been viewing a website with graphic images of children when authorities entered his office Wednesday to execute a search warrant, according to a charging document. The...

Eric P. Newcomer

Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

Remember that creepy feeling when you feel something land on the back of your neck? About a decade ago, millions of cicadas swarmed the D.C. metro area -- terrifying some people, pestering others and soiling at least a few pairs of shoes as cicadas crunched underfoot, turning into a...

Matt Connolly

Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

Washington-area blacks and whites voted at about the same rate in 2012, while nationally African-Americans voted at a higher rate than whites for the first time since the U.S. Census began tracking voting by race in 1996, according to data released Wednesday. About 67.2 percent of eligible...

Alan Blinder

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

Seeking an aggressive expansion of the District's Circulator bus system, a D.C. councilwoman on Wednesday proposed significant fare hikes that could double the cost of traveling along the five lines that crisscross Washington. The recommendations from Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh, who chairs...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

Baltimore cop charged with murder An off-duty Baltimore police officer who authorities said fatally shot his girlfriend and then was in a hours-long standoff with his police colleagues has been charged with first-degree murder. James Smith, a 20-year police veteran, shot Kendra Diggs on...

Brian Hughes

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

Wilson is founder of MtoM Consulting, a D.C.-based marketing firm focused on promoting businesses to moms. Why focus purely on moms? They account for more than $2 trillion a year in spending in the U.S. -- it's a very powerful market. My two little boys taught me about the incredible...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

A 17-year-old District boy was arrested after he drove a stolen car and fled from police in Vienna, police said. About 5 p.m. Tuesday., D.C. police asked Virginia State Police to help them find the boy, who was driving a Chrysler Cirrus that had been reported stolen out of Roanoke. A state...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

The D.C. police officer who was struck in a hit-and-run in March and then waited more than 15 minutes for an ambulance left the hospital on Tuesday, NBC Washington reported. Sean Hickman was on-duty when he was injured on March 5, and he had multiple surgeries. He was taken to a hospital by an...