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WASHINGTON (AP) — A District of Columbia police officer who worked as a motorcycle escort for the White House and other officials has been moved to administrative duty after he allegedly made threatening comments about Michelle Obama, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The officer was overheard making the comments Wednesday as several officers from the […]

(Washington, DC)  —  DC Police have released the name of the man killed during an officer-involved shooting in the 800 block of 51st Street Southeast.  Nineteen-year-old Kevin Bolden was shot after police responded to the scene for a drug complaint and someone brandished a handgun and fired at the officers.  Investigators say an officer fired […]

DC police continue to investigate the death of an abandoned infant.  The African-American girl, less than one week old and wrapped in a towel, was left on a doorstep in the freezing cold in the 3000 block of Channing Street in Northeast.  A passerby made the discovery late Sunday night.  Police are asking anyone with […]