NRC lawyer killed by firetruck in Lexington, Ky.
Lauren Woodall Roady, a Washington resident, had gone to Lexington to participate in a foot race.
Robberies prompt police to hand out cards with personal-safety tips
D.C. officials say the main concern is pedestrians on their way home from public transit in the evening.
- Police track suspect in Metrobus shooting to Long Island street
- Wis. man struck and killed in Sterling
- Armored car guard shot during Oxon Hill robbery
- Wednesday hearing for U Street club after alleged sexual assault
- FedEx truck carjacked in Pr. George’s
- Man killed in Briggs Chaney area of eastern Mongtomery County
- Former FBI agent, wife face sentencing in Va.
- Prison for man who admitted killing grandparents in Va.
- Driver sought in fatal hit-and-run
- Suspect in fatal shooting on Metrobus is thought dead
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- Legal adviser pleads guilty to defrauding immigrants
- Manassas triple murder suspect not competent for trial, judge says
- Man robs Old Town Alexandria bank
- Man pleads guilty to Centreville handyman killing
- Woman found dead in Md. forest identified
- Pedestrian struck in Loudoun County
- Pedestrian hit on Route 50 in Annapolis
- Woman’s body found in Laurel woods
- Woman killed, baby shot boarding bus
East Coast Rapist
He got the urge. His heart raced. ‘Bam,’ the first rape was committed.
East Coast Rapist suspect for the first time publicly admits to terrorizing women in D.C. area and beyond.
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