Business / Corporate May 23, 2021
Japanese trains may dominate Washington metro after Hitachi secures deal
Hitachi Rail Washington won a contract in March to design and manufacture 256 cars of a new series with an option to build up to 800 cars.
World / Crime & Legal Apr 3, 2021
The suspect in the attack had reportedly struggled with drug use and paranoia and his family worried about his mental state.
World Feb 24, 2021
Police failed to see U.S. Capitol riot threat: ‘These criminals came prepared’
by Billy House
All of Tuesday’s witnesses said they were caught off guard by the coordinated violence from insurrectionists chanting support for Trump and threats of violence against members of Congress.
World / Crime & Legal Feb 20, 2021
Capitol riot plot case widens with more Oath Keepers charged
Prosecutors are pursuing a wider conspiracy case against the Oath Keepers, charging six more people with links to the far-right militia for their alleged roles in last month’s violent breach of the U.S. Capitol. A new indictment filed on Friday added to growing evidence that ...
Business / Tech Feb 16, 2021
Social network Parler, which is popular with supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump, announced Monday it had relaunched after being forced offline over incitements to violence on the platform. Parler, which calls itself "the free speech social network," came under scrutiny following the Jan. ...
World Jan 23, 2021
More than 150 National Guard members in Washington for inauguration test positive for COVID-19
Between 150 and 200 National Guard deployed to Washington to provide security for President Joe Biden's inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus, a U.S. official said Friday. The U.S. government imposed unprecedented security measures in the city following the deadly Jan. 6 attack on ...
World / Crime & Legal Jan 17, 2021
Man arrested near U.S. Capitol with gun and 500 rounds of ammunition
A Virginia man was arrested Friday when he tried to enter a restricted area near the U.S. Capitol with unauthorized credentials, a loaded handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, according to police. Wesley Allen Beeler of Front Royal, Virginia, was stopped by U.S. Capitol ...
World / Politics | FOCUS Jan 16, 2021
Attackers in organized columns, a woman shouting instructions on a megaphone, and suspicious tours the day before: Investigators are probing the possibility that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was planned, with help from insiders. Disturbing videos, photos and online communications point to ...
World / Politics | FOCUS Jan 16, 2021
Some rightwing groups warning their members away from protests
Some U.S. far-right groups are warning members to avoid the armed rallies planned before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, alleging that the federal government or rivals may be seeking to incite them to violence and entrap them. "Groups would love for us to show up and ...
World / Politics Jan 16, 2021
Trump to leave town early Wednesday before Biden inauguration
By the time Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th U.S. president Wednesday, his scandal-tainted predecessor Donald Trump will already be far away, having helicoptered out of the White House a last time earlier that morning, an official said Friday. Trump will be the ...
World / Politics Jan 16, 2021
U.S. backs off claim rioters tried to capture and kill officials
U.S. prosecutors in Arizona had claimed that rioters sought to "capture and assassinate” elected officials, but retracted the assertion a day later.
World / Crime & Legal Jan 14, 2021
Police, military and public officials who attended D.C. riot face reckoning
by Linda So, Andrea Januta and Mike Berens
Dozens of public servants including firefighters, lawmakers, teachers, municipal workers, law enforcement and military personnel joined events that became the siege on the U.S. Capitol.