Police busy on nation's birthday

A bomb scare on 15th Street near the White House visitors’ center snarled foot and road traffic for more than an hour after a tourist left a green lunch bag on a wall near the White House. A U.S. Park Police officer used a bomb-sniffing dog to check the bag and then ended the emergency. But the incident left a sour taste in some revelers’ mouths. “We’re trying to figure out where to go while the mean policemen are yelling at us,” There were darker moments in the region, however. Prince George’s County police shut down a section of Pennsylvania Avenue in District Heights around midday Thursday after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a sports utility vehicle. Police had not identified the man as of Friday evening, and his death remained under investigation. Fairfax County police had an investigation of their own after a... [read full story]