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Andrea Noble

Andrea Noble was a crime and public safety reporter for The Washington Times.

Articles by Andrea Noble

Rep. Chris Smith, New Jersey Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Bill to mark sex offender passports raises ire of criminal justice advocacy group

A criminal justice advocacy group is prepared to sue the federal government if President Obama signs into law a measure requiring child-sex offenders to be identified as such on their passports — a move they say is as hypocritical for a president pushing for broad criminal justice reform. Published February 3, 2016

Nathan Bergman holds a sign he authored to keep people out of a parking space after this weekend's blizzard. (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times)

Snow parking etiquette 101: Don’t take this guy’s spot

Nathan Bergman said he spent five hours digging out his car after the weekend blizzard dropped 2 feet of snow on the region. And seeing as no one on his unplowed street had left the Southeast D.C. block in several days, he wasn't about to give his space up when he had to go to work Monday night. Published January 26, 2016

Michael Dee (right) and others work to clear the intersection of Eighth and Q streets in the District on Monday. Neither street appeared to have been plowed. Officials said snow crews were clearing entire neighborhoods before moving on. (Associated Press)

D.C. digs out from snowstorm, tickets and tows stuck cars

The nation's capital crept back to life Monday with residents digging cars out of roadside snowbanks and public transportation and airports restarting service after a weekend snowstorm that pummeled the D.C. region. Published January 25, 2016

Bryan Gold skis down 13th Street in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, as he heads to a friends home to check up on them. Millions of people awoke Saturday to heavy snow outside their doorsteps, strong winds that threatened to increase through the weekend, and largely empty roads as residents from the South to the Northeast heeded warnings to hunker down inside while a mammoth storm barreled across a large swath of the country. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

D.C. fends off unfavorable NYC comparisons for snow response

As the local government and city schools were closed, and the region's subway system was only partially running, D.C. officials fended off comparisons to New York City -- where schools, city government and the subway were all open Monday. Published January 25, 2016

People dig out their cars Sunday in Alexandria, Va. Millions of Americans were preparing to dig themselves out Sunday after a mammoth blizzard with hurricane-force winds and record-setting snowfall brought much of the East Coast to an icy standstill. (Associated Press)

D.C., Maryland and Virginia begin blizzard dig out

The District of Columbia, like other cities on the East Coast, got to work Sunday digging itself out from under a 2-foot blanket of snow after a colossal winter storm brought activity to a standstill from the mid-Atlantic region to New England over the weekend. Published January 24, 2016

Anthony Pino, right, pulls Simone, 2, right, and Serena, 5, center, with their friend Annabelle Hussian, on a sled along Broad Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange as Lissa Hussian follows along during a snow storm, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Travel banned in New York as blizzard batters East Coast

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo issued a travel ban Saturday to include all New York City and Long Island roads as a blizzard bears down on the northeast, bringing with it up to 30 inches of snow. Published January 23, 2016

Snow covers the hat of Father Jack Soler of the New York borough of Staten Island during the March for Life 2016, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 in Washington, during the annual rally on the anniversary of 1973 'Roe v. Wade' U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

March for Life groups stranded for hours in northeast blizzard

March for Life organizers had pledged that neither a blizzard forecast nor icy cold temperatures would keep them from descending on the nation's capital Friday for the annual pro-life event - but returning home is proving to be a more difficult task. Published January 23, 2016

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2014 file photo, Bashon Mann and his children sled down a hill on Capitol Hill in Washington as snow falls. It may have taken an act of Congress, but the children of Washington are finally welcome to go sledding on Capitol Hill. With a major blizzard bearing down on Washington, the U.S. Capitol Police on Thursday told the public that they won’t be enforcing, as in years past, a longstanding sledding ban. Existing law officially forbids sledding in order to protect the Capitol grounds, but lawmakers instructed the cops to chill out in legislation that cleared Congress last month. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Paul Ryan broadcasts live blizzard feed from Capitol

The D.C. region has accumulated more than a foot of snow in the first 12 hours of a winter blizzard with more to come, making it unlikely residents will be able to leave their houses anytime soon. Published January 23, 2016

A drone hovers at the DJI booth during CES International, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Nearly 300K drones registered in the past month, FAA says

In one month's time, close to 300,000 drone owners have registered their unmanned aircraft with a federal database meant to keep tabs on the devices, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Published January 22, 2016