Longtime Kansas City Royals infielder U.L. Washington, who helped lead the franchise to its first AL pennant and is perhaps best known for his trademark toothpick, died Sunday, the team announced.

Washington hit .251 with 27 home runs, 255 RBIs and 132 stolen bases in 907 career games with the Royals, Montreal Expos (1985) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1986-87). He helped Kansas City win its ...

June L. Green, a U.S. District Court judge in Washington for 32 years whose high-profile cases ranged from lawsuits involving substandard living conditions in city prisons to asbestos-related ...