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D.C. police say a 28-year-old man was shot and killed in an apartment blocks away from the Anacostia Metro station in southeast Washington.

For the week ending 17 May, here is a look at the news making waves in America - all in 140 characters or less.

Four suspects from Washington, D.C., have been arrested in connection with the beating murder of a 55-year-old Brandywine man who was found dead with blunt force trauma to his body, and Prince George's police say robbery was the motive.

Award-winning entertainer Joe Mantegna returns to Outdoor Channel when the third season of "MidwayUSA's Gun Stories" kicks off July 3rd at 8:00 pm ET.

Tim Walz that explicitly banned insider trading by congressional members and government employees was hailed by watchdog groups as one of the most significant congressional reforms in more than a decade.

Senior British government officials permitted a campaign of state-backed killings by unionist paramilitaries and the RUC police to be conducted at the height of the conflict, a senior security adviser for the British government has finally admitted.

U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes holds up a photo of U.S. embassy security personnel Tyrone Woods, who was killed in the Benghazi attacks, as Rep.

In preparation for its upcoming "Comin' Up Shoutin" concert this Sunday at National Presbyterian Church, The Washington Chorus in partnership with the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts will host the last of several pre-concert lectures tonight at Trinity Episcopal Church, located at 7005 Piney Branch Rd.

'GOOD MORNING WASHINGTON': Among the stories Continuing coverage of the IRS "scandal;" D.C. Mayor Gray and the flooding problems for Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park; bicycles and work; much more, beginning at 4:30 a.m. DICK TRICKLE: Just the facts, per the Associated Press , "Dick Trickle, a former NASCAR driver whose larger-than-life personality and ... (more)

Researcher Jarrod Burks conducts the ground-penetrating radar study at Walter C. Pierce Park in Adams Morgan to determine the layout of the Civil War-era African American cemetery buried beneath the park.

Located at the corner of 17th Street and Columbia Road in Washington, DC, the $30 million mixed-use project will feature condominium homes, which will be available in studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom floor plans.

Senate Democrats are mustering their defenses - trying to dig their way out from under a pile-on that's included three national scandals in one week.

Not Miller Time: In a move that shouldn't surprise anyone, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has accepted the resignation of acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven Miller, President Obama announced Wednesday.

Transit's mode share in the DC region grew 30 percent between 2000 and 2011, with growth in every jurisdiction.

WASHINGTON , May 16, 2013 - The Obama presidency is in serious trouble. Benghazi, AP phone records, IRS scandal, and the possible secret listening device in the House of Representatives cloakroom may be too much for the presidency to survive.

The Red Hook Lobster Pound DC food truck welcomes hundreds of customers during lunch at Farragut Square, in Washington D.C., on Friday.

In Sayville closed on Montauk Highway/Rt-27a EB after Broadway Ave and before CO Hwy 97/Nicolls Rd in Bayport.

ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen tried to sneak quietly into D.C. When it opened in Dupont Circle in September 2011, there were no press releases or grand opening parties.

A study published Wednesday says the Washington metro area's water is at risk, but not in the way you might think.

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