DISTRICT BRIEFING

Crime is down 5 percent generally in the area, said Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier. There have been 10 homicides in Trinidad this year.

-- David Betancourt

METRO

Smithsonian Station Will Close for Inauguration

Metro will close both entrances of the Smithsonian Metrorail station on the Blue and Orange lines on Inauguration Day because of security, officials said. The transit agency had previously said it was closing only one entrance.

The other Metro station that will be closed is Archives-Navy Memorial/Penn Quarter on the Green and Yellow lines.

-- Lena Sun

SUPERIOR COURT

Competency Hearing Is Set for Banita Jacks

D.C. Superior Court Judge Frederick H. Weisberg yesterday scheduled a competency hearing Jan. 23 for a Southeast Washington woman accused of killing her four daughters.

Weisberg must determine whether Banita Jacks, who has been charged with murdering her daughters, ages 5 to 16, is mentally fit to stand trial.

Jacks has been undergoing analysis at St. Elizabeths Hospital. She has said she wants to plead not guilty. Her attorneys have urged her to plead insanity.

-- Keith L. Alexander