This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAcknowledging that their voice had been missing, the Washington region’s faith community stood front and center Sunday as thousands of protesters again converged in the nation’s capital in the 10th straight day of protests against racism and police brutality.After Saturday’s demonstration in the District drew more than 10,000 participants — the biggest crowd since protests in the city began May 29 — Sunday brought still more peaceful mass gatherings, underscored by the presence of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) marching...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAcknowledging that their voice had been missing, the Washington region’s faith community stood front and center Sunday as thousands of protesters again converged in the nation’s capital in the 10th straight day of protests against racism and police brutality.After Saturday’s demonstration in the District drew more than 10,000 participants — the biggest crowd since protests in the city began May 29 — Sunday brought still more peaceful mass gatherings, underscored by the presence of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) marching...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoGift ShareLawyers for two teenage girls charged as juveniles in the fatal carjacking of a food delivery driver in the District will soon receive plea-bargain offers from a prosecutor, although a trial in the case remains possible, if not likely, according to discussions in court Wednesday.Appearing via video in D.C. Superior Court for the second time since the deadly incident occurred March 23, the girls, 13 and 15, looked on silently as defense lawyers and a prosecutor from the D.C. attorney general’s office talked about the next steps in...…This article was published more than 1 year agoGift ShareLawyers for two teenage girls charged as juveniles in the fatal carjacking of a food delivery driver in the District will soon receive plea-bargain offers from a prosecutor, although a trial in the case remains possible, if not likely, according to discussions in court Wednesday.Appearing via video in D.C. Superior Court for the second time since the deadly incident occurred March 23, the girls, 13 and 15, looked on silently as defense lawyers and a prosecutor from the D.C. attorney general’s office talked about the next steps in...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoGift ShareA Texas man arrested outside the vice president’s residence on Wednesday told an officer “he was looking for help” and “wanted to talk to the president” before leading police to his vehicle, which contained a rifle and 113 rounds of ammunition, according to court documents.Police had been searching for 31-year-old Paul Murray since Tuesday, when authorities in College Station, Tex., distributed an intelligence bulletin warning he thought he was being targeted by the government and had texted his mother that he was in the District...…This article was published more than 1 year agoGift ShareA Texas man arrested outside the vice president’s residence on Wednesday told an officer “he was looking for help” and “wanted to talk to the president” before leading police to his vehicle, which contained a rifle and 113 rounds of ammunition, according to court documents.Police had been searching for 31-year-old Paul Murray since Tuesday, when authorities in College Station, Tex., distributed an intelligence bulletin warning he thought he was being targeted by the government and had texted his mother that he was in the District...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by A line of waiting cars snaked around the parking lot of a Sterling, Va., elementary school this past weekend, the queue of vehicles stretching for blocks.“Catch a Meal Community Giveaway” was open for business, its volunteers handing out food, diapers, baby wipes, children’s clothing, toys and other items nearly a year after the coronavirus pandemic began devastating the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by A line of waiting cars snaked around the parking lot of a Sterling, Va., elementary school this past weekend, the queue of vehicles stretching for blocks.“Catch a Meal Community Giveaway” was open for business, its volunteers handing out food, diapers, baby wipes, children’s clothing, toys and other items nearly a year after the coronavirus pandemic began devastating the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareJose Banzon, who works in advertising, was spreading holiday cheer in his 2014 Acura SUV, bringing gifts of wine and candy to clients in the District. Just after 6 p.m. on Dec. 15, on the eastbound side of U Street NW in the Cardozo area, he pulled to the curb and got out, leaving the motor running, a bad mistake.“Now, all this took about 30 seconds,” he said of what happened next.In the back of the Acura, in a box, were a half-dozen bottles of cabernet sauvignon and packages of chocolate truffles. He had stopped the SUV to...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareJose Banzon, who works in advertising, was spreading holiday cheer in his 2014 Acura SUV, bringing gifts of wine and candy to clients in the District. Just after 6 p.m. on Dec. 15, on the eastbound side of U Street NW in the Cardozo area, he pulled to the curb and got out, leaving the motor running, a bad mistake.“Now, all this took about 30 seconds,” he said of what happened next.In the back of the Acura, in a box, were a half-dozen bottles of cabernet sauvignon and packages of chocolate truffles. He had stopped the SUV to...WW…