Lawyers

• U.S. agency urged to yank vetting firm contract

  U.S. lawmakers have urged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to withdraw a $190 million border security contract awarded to a company which checks government employees' backgrounds and suffered a cyber attack disclosed last month.

• Navy Yard probe reveals 2013 shooting spree could be averted

  A report by the investigative team over the 2013 Washington Navy Yard shooting spree by an employee recommended the strict reinforcement of laws and regulations that emphasize the need to report potential threats and problems in their organizations.

• Aaron Alexis: New Report Says Navy Yard Gunman Lied To Authorities About Previous Arrest In Order to Gain Security Clearance (Video)

  Aaron Alexis, the Navy Yard shooter responsible for killing 12 people last week, lied about a previous arrest and failed to disclose thousands of dollars in debts when he applied for a security clearance in the Navy. Federal investigators had dismissed the omissions, all the while deleting any reference to his use of a gun in the same arrest.

• Cathleen Alexis: Mother of Gunman 'So, So Very Sorry' for Son's Rampage at Navy Yard; Details Emerge of Gun Battles with DC Officers (Video)

  Cathleen Alexis, the mother of Aaron Alexis who killed 12 people in a rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, apologized publicly on Wednesday, expressing that her "heart is broken," and could not explain her son's deadly actions

• White House Firecracker: Man Detained After 'Throwing a Projectile' Over the Outer Fence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave (Video)

  The White House was locked down in an alert on Monday after a man threw firecrackers over the outer fence, which sparked great concern, hours after a shooting spree in Washington D.C. left 13 people dead

• Aaron Alexis Gunman Served as Navy Reservist; Born in New York IT Worker Suffered PTSD (Video)

  34-year-old Aaron Alexis, the suspected gunman in the mass shooting that left 12 dead and many more injured at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, was born in Queens, and was seen as a quiet person

• Navy Yard Shooting: At Least 12 Killed in Rampage Perpetrated by Aaron Alexis in Washington D.C. (Video)

  Possibly up to three gunmen, with at least two dressed in military-style clothing killed twelve people, while wounding at least five others, according to DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier in a mass shooting spree at the U.S. Navy Yard on Monday.