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Community Fridge in Oxon Hill Aims to Ease Hunger Amid High Need
Outside the Glassmanor Community Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, sits an oasis in the middle of a five-mile food desert. A Feed the Fridge community refrigerator feeds the needs of hungry Prince George’s County residents. The fridge is the second to open in the county and is among 10 installed in the D.C. area. It’s stocked every day with...
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Man Shot, Killed on 14th Street in Columbia Heights
A man was fatally shot on 14th Street NW in D.C.’s Columbia Heights neighborhood overnight Friday, police say. Surveillance video shows the man walking down the sidewalk as two people dressed in dark clothes cross the street and begin to chase him. Then, the pair run after the victim across 14th Street. Just before a Metrobus pulls up to the...
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Abortion Debate Turns to Fight Over Funding in Maryland
A new law in Maryland allows the state to expand its pool of abortion providers this summer, but money for the training they need won’t come for more than a year. In April, Maryland lawmakers passed the Abortion Care Access Act and voted to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto. The measure says physician assistants, nurse practitioners and midwives can...
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Opponents of Data Center at Manassas Battlefield Share Concerns Over Proposal
Manassas National Battlefield Park’s nearly 5,000 acres offer visitors a glimpse into America’s Civil War past, but with each passing year, signs of America’s future draw closer. “We can look this way; we can see the 21st century,” Manassas Battlefield Trust President Joseph Eaves said. “When we look back here and all we see is trees and nature and so we...
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Officials Vow to Fight for Abortion Rights, Say DC is Particularly Vulnerable to Gov't Oversight
Flanked by Mayor Muriel Bowser, the D.C. Council and officials from Planned Parenthood, a defiant Congresswoman (D – D.C.) Eleanor Holmes Norton on Tuesday laid out the stakes for the District if Roe v. Wade is overturned, leaving individual states to choose whether abortion should be legal.
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‘An Expert Educator': Montgomery College Mourns Professor Killed in Pedestrian Crash
Students and staff at Montgomery College are mourning the loss of a beloved educator, Eric Grosse, who was struck and killed last Thursday while jogging in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Police Issue Urgent Warning After 2 Virginia Teens Die of Suspected Fentanyl Overdose
The deaths of two Northern Virginia teenagers have led to an urgent warning from the Prince William County Police Department after both died of a suspected fentanyl overdose just days apart.
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Mont. Co. Schools, Police Detail Agreement on Officers in Schools
The public is getting more clarity on the role police officers will have inside Montgomery County Public Schools.
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‘Nutrition Lounge' at Bowie State Offers Food, Essentials
As Americans cope with inflation, a campus service at Bowie State University is helping students stretch their dollars and get some peace of mind.
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1 Hurt, Several Rescued After Building Fire in Columbia Heights
A fire broke out Tuesday afternoon in a three-story building in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
