Police search for active shooter on grounds of Washington Navy Yard in Southeast D.C.  —  A D.C. police officer is among the people shot at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning.  —  A police spokesman confirmed at 9:20 a.m. that the officer was shot near the room where a lone gunman …

Fort Worth man, 34, accused of shootings in Navy Yard  —  FORT WORTH — The man suspected of killing 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard, identified as Aaron Alexis of Fort Worth, left the Navy in 2011.  —  Alexis, 34, was fatally shot after a gunbattle with police at the site …

One Conservative's Provocative Rules For Covering Mass Shootings  —  David Frum is a former Bush Administration speechwriter and one of the loudest conservative voices arguing in favor of new laws targeted at reducing gun violence.  When the news of the Navy Yard shooting broke Monday morning …

Navy Yard shooter ‘had a pattern of misconduct’  —  This post has been corrected.  See below for details.  —  WASHINGTON — The 34-year-old former Navy electrician's mate identified as the gunman who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had been discharged from the service in 2011 …

Gunman and 12 Victims Killed in Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard  —  WASHINGTON — At least 13 people, including one gunman, were killed, and the police were looking for other potential suspects, in a shooting Monday morning at a naval office building not far from Capitol Hill and the White House, police officials said.

Aaron Alexis, Suspect In Washington Navy Yard Shooting, Was Once Arrested For Shooting Bullet Into Neighbor's Home  —  Buster  —  The suspect in today's deadly shooting at the Washington Navy Yard was once arrested for discharging a firearm into the ceiling of his Texas residence, according to police records.

Aaron Alexis, 34, is dead gunman in Navy Yard shooting, authorities say  —  Aaron Alexis lived for a time in a bungalow in the woods near a Buddhist temple in Fort Worth, where he occasionally joined Thai immigrants in meditation.  Aaron Alexis died Monday in a gun battle with police …

House GOP moves forward with $40 billion cut to food stamps  —  House Republicans on Monday introduced a food stamp reform bill that they say will cut $40 billion from the program over 10 years.  —  The move sets up a dramatic debate and vote on the bill on Thursday, with the fate …

Fox News host: new Miss America, Nina Davuluri, doesn't ‘represent American values’  —  The crowning of Miss New York, Nina Davuluri, as Miss America should have been, to paraphrase her platform, a celebration of diversity through cultural competency.  But in the hours after her victory …