Back on November 4, we noted an incredibly unusual occurrence in which an entire string of parked cars along the 1000 block of Euclid Street were totally smashed to bits, leaving police baffled as to what exactly happened. We finally got a chance to take a look at the preliminary police report of the incident, and boy, is it a whopper. more ›

If your commute includes crossing over a river or gap around Washington, there were certainly some concerning headlines to be read this morning. more ›

A report written by Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh regarding the hiring practices of the Vince Gray administration appeared to downplay the Mayor's direct responsibility for the actions of his underlings. But don't tell that to Gray, who said in a statement released this morning that he "take[s] full responsibility" for said mistakes. more ›

D.C. Water has officially released its 2010 Drinking Water Quality Report, "the most comprehensive drinking water resource delivered to District residents each year." So how's our water? more ›

A new report on the number of District residents living with HIV and AIDS showed that 3.2 percent of the city, triple the standard World Health Organization rate for an epidemic, still suffer from the afflictions -- but the report did note a decline in the number of new cases. more ›

Whoa, some pretty serious accusations being flung around here: Bill Turque reports that Rock Creek Academy, a special education school located at 4401 Connecticut Avenue NW, could lose its operating license after its staffers restrained students, some of which were "held face down on their stomachs against the floor," for minor disturbances. more ›

Yesterday, the National Alliance to End Homelessness released its annual report on the State of Homelessness in America -- and the news for the District and the country as a whole is not good. According to the study, D.C. joined 31 states which experienced an increase in its overall homeless population. Meanwhile, the homeless population in the United States rose by 20,000 people between 2008 and 2009, a three percent increase. more ›

The District of Columbia Crime Policy Institute released an intriguing brief this morning which claims that a small number of Census blocks in the District account for a large amount of the city's crime. more ›

We finally were able to obtain a copy of the official police report on the shooting of a dog at Adams Morgan Day on Sunday. The report contains discrepancies from eyewitness accounts and the statement released by a spokesperson for the dog's owner on Sunday night. more ›

Earlier this month, the Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs released a comprehensive report [PDF] on lesbian, gay, and bisexual health in the District of Columbia. more ›

Independent attorney Robert Bennett and his associate, Amy Sabrin, filed a supplemental report on Monday on their investigation into ethics violations on the part of Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry. The original report, commissioned by the D.C. Council, can be found here. more ›

We've been busy since yesterday reading through the full 107-page report, prepared by Special Counsel Robert Bennett, on the findings of his investigation into alleged ethics violations by D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8). While you've already read the gist of the report's biggest revelations, there's plenty more material in there that shouldn't go unmentioned. So we've excerpted some of the most revealing passages below: more ›

A report prepared for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies concludes that "flaws and shortcomings in the planning process" combined with larger than expected crowds led to the chaos experienced by thousands of inauguration ticket holders. The Post covers the report's executive summary here. Other problems cited include insufficient signage, poor coordination and communication, and not enough personnel to help direct people to the correct lines. So what should be done to fix those problems next time? Better coordination from the top, and open the ticket gates at least an hour earlier. Also of note: the report "suggested that law enforcement officials monitor Twitter and Facebook to keep on top of developing problems." more ›

The non-profit DC Appleseed issued a report today that calls on the federal government to provide the District of Columbia a minimum of $1 billion annually in general federal funding. The 120-page report [PDF] quantifies the amount of tax-based revenue the District perpetually lacks compared to other major American cities, what the GAO has termed the city's "structural deficit," and argues that Congress is obligated to make up the difference because it is responsible for the rules which create that deficit in the first place. (The Examiner and D.C. Wire both have more). more ›

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You can almost sort of but not really understand the actions of Metro Transit Police Captain Leslie Campbell, who the Post reports is under investigation for failing to report a minor collision he had with a pedestrian outside the Anacostia Metro station last month. Campbell wasn't going very fast and more or less tapped a pedestrian with his car -- the pedestrian wasn't injured and the car was not damaged. When the pedestrian declined medical treatment and walked away, Campbell made the bonehead move of not reporting the incident to his superiors. Now, if this had been not a police officer, just a minor incident between 2 individuals, it's doubtful anyone would have reported it to the police, either. But a uniformed captain struck a pedestrian with his car, and even though no one was hurt, that Campbell decided not to immediately report the accident shows a pretty serious lapse in judgment. more ›