Cuellar carjacking highlights crime in nation's capital

Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, of Texas, was carjacked by three armed attackers outside his apartment building Monday night —a disturbing episode that put a spotlight on the rising crime rates in the nation's capital, in defiance of national trends. Cuellar said he was swarmed by three assailants wearing masks and black clothing and carjacked at gunpoint in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. "Three guys came out of nowhere and they pointed guns at me," Cuellar said. "I do have a black belt, but I recognize when you got...