Peter Hermann | The Seattle Times

December 27, 2018 at 7:02 am

Tour-bus driver is charged in D.C. deaths of Pierce County woman and her daughter

The driver of a tour bus that fatally struck 84-year-old Cora Adams, of Washington state, and her daughter last week in downtown D.C. was using...

September 24, 2018 at 10:28 am

‘I didn’t know about no fire’: 5 days after senior center fire, 74-year-old resident is found sitting on his couch.

Raymond Holton emerged from the burned D.C. housing complex without serious injuries. Engineers inspecting the building heard him yelling and used a crowbar to pry...

August 12, 2018 at 8:42 am

White-supremacist rally near White House dwarfed by thousands of anti-hate protesters VIEW

The gathering, billed as a "white civil rights" rally, is taking place on the anniversary of the Charlottesville violence, which killed an anti-racist protester, Heather...

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December 1, 2013 at 6:56 pm

Laptop a short-lived Christmas gift; it was a steal

WASHINGTON — A month before this past Christmas, a church pastor in Louisiana found the gift his wife wanted: a Hewlett-Packard Elitebook laptop computer, selling...

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October 3, 2013 at 8:58 pm

D.C. driver shot after chaotic car chase, lockdown

WASHINGTON — A woman with a 1-year-old child in her car was fatally shot by police near the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, after a chase...

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January 24, 2013 at 5:34 pm

Protester’s ban from D.C. ignites free-speech debate

WASHINGTON — A District of Columbia judge’s order barring a tenacious anti-abortion protester from setting foot in the city has touched off a vigorous debate...

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