Andrea Noble
Articles by Andrea Noble
D.C. prepares for more snow, bitter temps following area’s first significant storm
Five inches of snow shut down the nation's capital Tuesday, with thousands of workers staying home due to the closure of the federal government and dozens of area school systems shuttered for the day. Published February 17, 2015
Metropolitan area braces for snow, cold
Snow plows and salt trucks are ready and waiting to treat D.C.-area streets Monday for an approaching winter storm that is expected to bring 4 to 6 inches of snow to the region. Published February 16, 2015
Muriel Bowser, Karl Racine split on D.C. budget autonomy lawsuit
Differing opinions on the District's budget autonomy have created a rift between the mayor and city's first elected attorney general. Published February 15, 2015
Justice Dept. wants 60-day stay of judge’s ruling on D.C. gun purchases
The Department of Justice has asked for a 60-day stay of a federal judge's ruling that struck down prohibitions on out-of-state handgun purchases — a decision that could make it easier for D.C. residents to acquire firearms. Published February 13, 2015
D.C. gun sales law remain the same after federal ruling in Texas
D.C. residents are still a long way from being able to enter a firearms store in Maryland or Virginia and return home with a gun in their possession, despite a federal judge's ruling striking down prohibitions on out-of-state handgun purchases. Published February 12, 2015
NTSB: Fans pulled smoke toward passengers trapped in Metro train
Fans used during the Jan. 12 deadly Metro incident to ventilate the L'Enfant Plaza station actually pulled smoke toward a disabled train, where trapped passengers gasped for clean air, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Published February 11, 2015
D.C. police captain loses whistleblower case against Chief Cathy Lanier
A demoted Metropolitan Police Department captain lost his whistleblower lawsuit Wednesday against Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier. Published February 11, 2015
Jesse Matthew charged with first-degree murder in U.Va. Hannah Graham’s death
Prosecutors announced Tuesday that a Charlottesville man already charged in a Fairfax sexual assault was indicted on a murder charge in the death of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham. Published February 10, 2015
Mary Cheh sends letter to city A.G. asking if all-boys school is sex discrimination
A D.C. Council member has asked the city's Attorney General to review the public school system's plan to open an all-boys school meant to address achievement disparities among black and Hispanic students, citing concerns over possible sex discrimination. Published February 9, 2015
D.C. Council skirts federal threat, holds forum on marijuana
The D.C. Council on Monday downgraded the scope of a hearing on the legalization of marijuana sales to avoid legal concerns raised by the city's attorney general — a move emblematic of the hurdles congressional oversight has created for the city in its quest to legalize pot. Published February 9, 2015
Judge rules against Cathy Lanier contradictory defense in whistleblower lawsuit trial
A judge dealt a blow Friday to D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier's defense against a whistleblower lawsuit, ruling that the District couldn't defend officers' actions taken in a barricade situation as reasonable in one lawsuit and allege they were "bad judgment" in another. Published February 6, 2015
D.C. first responders better using cellphones than radios
D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services union representatives said Thursday that first responders would be better served using cellphones to communicate in Metro stations due to long-term problems with radio systems within the transit system. Published February 5, 2015
New account of deadly Metro smoke incident emerges as D.C. Council inquiry set to begin
Three Metro Transit Police officers saw smoke and entered the L'Enfant Station tunnel to investigate its cause before the arrival of a train that later became disabled and filled with smoke, according to a new account from a passenger injured during the fatal Jan. 12 incident. Published February 4, 2015
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser-endorsed candidates leading fundraising, finance reports show
Mayoral endorsements and financial windfalls came hand in hand for two candidates running in April's special election for vacant seats on the D.C. Council. Published February 3, 2015
Gun rights group sues D.C. over concealed carry laws
A gun rights advocacy group filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Washington, D.C.'s newly enacted concealed carry laws on behalf of three men who were denied permits to carry firearms by the Metropolitan Police Department. Published February 3, 2015
Obama budget would let D.C. marijuana legalization, sales proceed
President Obama's $4 trillion budget plan would allow the District to spend its own tax dollars to legalize and regulate marijuana by rolling back restrictions put in place by Republican lawmakers last year. Published February 2, 2015
Driver sought in fatal hit-and-run on BW Parkway
Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck a disabled car on the side of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway on Sunday night, killing a man and injuring his fiancée. Published February 2, 2015
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser introduces bill to fix anti-discrimination law
Since signing an anti-discrimination law that legal counsel had warned could be unconstitutional, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser now is moving to introduce a bill to fix the problematic legislation. Published February 1, 2015
Family of Carol Glover, who died of smoke inhalation on D.C. Metro, files $50M lawsuit
The family of the woman who died when the Metro train car she was trapped in filled with smoke filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the transit agency on Friday. Published January 30, 2015
D.C. joins effort to release the wrongly convicted after exonerations climb nationwide
Exonerations of the wrongly convicted are at an all-time high thanks in part to the increase in the number of prosecutors' offices setting up units to investigate claims of innocence — a wave that Washington, D.C., could be poised to ride with the formation of its own investigative unit. Published January 29, 2015
