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Andrea Noble

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

Articles by Andrea Noble

Smoke fills a Washington Metro system subway car near the L'Enfant Plaza station in Washington on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Litwin)

Metro train operators describe chaos of fatal smoke incident

The operator of a train stopped inside a smoke-filled Metro tunnel made repeated requests to reverse to get away from the fumes while the operator of a second train that blocked his path said she lost radio contact with central control, according to accounts they gave investigators. Published June 23, 2015

Current staffing for the Metropolitan Police Department is around 3,800 officers, but officials have said at least 4,000 are needed to safely patrol the District. (Associated Press/File)

Police body cameras deployed for D.C. test of effectiveness

The Metropolitan Police Department will evaluate the effectiveness of its body-worn camera program by working with a team of researchers to compare the interactions of officers who have the technology against those who do not. Published June 22, 2015

FILE - Oct. 25, 2010 file photo, State Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Biloxi speaks about his political hopes during a 4th Congressional District campaign brunch in Laurel, Miss. Gene Taylor, who spent 22 years representing south Mississippi in Congress wants his old seat back, but this time as a Republican. Palazzo, who beat Taylor in 2010, aims to hold on to Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District seat, which covers all of 13 counties and parts of a 14th, including the Gulf Coast and Pine Belt regions. Their rematch, this time inside the Republican primary, headlines six Congressional primaries set for Tuesday, June 3 ,2014.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

D.C. reproductive health discrimination law blocked by House panel

The House Committee on Appropriations voted Wednesday to block the District from using tax dollars to implement a law that bans employers from discriminating against workers based on their opinions or use of birth control or abortion. Published June 17, 2015

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Acting Administrator Therese McMilliam discusses the findings of the agency's Safety Management Inspection of the Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (METRO) rail and bus systems, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, during a news conference at the Transportation Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Metro safety and training lacking, federal probe finds

A federal review of Metro found serious safety lapses within the transit agency, including its inability to meet its own safety standards, as well as an understaffed central control center where employees tasked with overseeing system operations were undertrained and distracted. Published June 17, 2015

Emergency responders assist a teenage girl at the scene of a shark attack in Oak Island, North Carolina on Sunday. Hours after the teenage girl suffered severe injuries in a shark attack Sunday a teenage boy was also severely injured in an attack by the same shark. Oak Island's beaches were open on Monday. (The Pilot, Southern Pines, N.C. via Associated Press)

Shark attacks in North Carolina have tourists cautious of ocean

Back-to-back shark attacks in a North Carolina beach town tempered tourists' enthusiasm for the water Monday, but local officials kept the beaches open despite concern from one of the nation's leading shark attack experts. Published June 15, 2015

Inmates Donnell Howard (foreground) and John Lawrence (background) wait handcuffed outside their cells while corrections officers search for contraband and weapons during a suprise search at the Washington DC Central Detention facility in Washington DC on Thursday, May 30, 2002. The unannounced searches take place at least once a year and are planned so as to not allow inmates time to dispose of the weapons. Inmates are required to have paperwork for items such as authorized medication. ( Gerald Herbert / The Washington Times )

Judge tosses gun-carry lawsuit of former D.C. correctional officers

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by four former D.C. correctional officers who sought permits to carry guns under the same federal law that grants retired and off-duty police the right to carry anywhere in the country without requiring them to obtain state licenses. Published June 14, 2015

D.C. Circulator riders are allowed to re-board the bus for free, within two hours from the start of their first trip. (Courtesy of the D.C. Circulator site: Photo by Sam Kittner)

D.C. Circulator bus route to ease National Mall trek for tourists

No longer will weary tourists who underestimate the length of the National Mall be left to tiredly trek back and forth between monuments. Starting Sunday, there will be a more humane option. That is when a D.C. Circulator route encompassing the Mall goes live. Published June 11, 2015

Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, but four states and the District of Columbia have legalized the drug for recreational purposes. Nearly half the states, the District and Guam have medicinal pot programs. (Associated Press)

House bill aims to keep D.C. sales of marijuana illegal

A House spending bill introduced Wednesday would block the District of Columbia from using any money "to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties" for possession of marijuana -- a move that would keep the drug quasi-legal in the city. Published June 10, 2015

The police department initially sought $5 million for the purchase of 2,400 body cameras in the coming fiscal year, and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser suggested making videos from the cameras exempt from all FOIA requests. (Associated Press)

D.C. police chief clashes with public advocates over body camera footage

When she testified at a hearing last month in favor of making police body-worn camera videos accessible to the public, the District's chief open government advocate, Traci Hughes, suggested the police department's reasoning for limiting access to the footage was flawed. Published June 8, 2015