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Trump case joins backlog in DC federal court
The latest indictment against former President Donald Trump joins a major backlog of cases. Trump’s case is one of more than 6,000 pending criminal cases in the D.C. federal district court. Trump may be the best known, but he’s far from the first defendant charged in connection with crimes related to the 2020 election. More than 1,069 people have been…
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Climate Scientists, Activists Fight to Save Laser Project in Space
A group of climate scientists and lawmakers want NASA and the Biden Administration to extend a space project they said is critical in the fight against global warming.
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DC Police Assign New Detective to Reexamine Past Abuse Allegations at Duke Ellington
D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department has assigned a new detective to investigate two abuse allegations against a former Duke Ellington School of the Arts writing teacher, Mark Williams, filed 14 years apart. Neither resulted in charges.
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COVID-19 Exposed Preexisting Nursing Home Staffing Crisis That Won't End With Pandemic: Experts
The COVID-19 pandemic created “crisis”-level worker shortages at many U.S. long-term care facilities and nursing homes, as workers were sidelined by illness, quarantine or childcare challenges. But a review by the News4 I-Team found it also exposed long-term staffing shortages that many experts say are likely to remain even after the pandemic subsides.
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Syphilis Spike in Maryland, Which Included Newborns, Overshadowed by COVID-19
During the same week the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Maryland in March 2020, state health officials alerted each other of the outbreak of another dangerous illness, according to internal emails and public records obtained by the News4 I-Team. The state faced a fast-rising number of congenital syphilis cases last spring — a spike that was potentially exacerbated and masked by…
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Shared Custody Raises COVID-19 Concerns as Kids Travel Between Households for Holidays
Even though many Americans are skipping the big Thanksgiving dinner this year, plenty of families will still have their youngest members traveling between households. Millions of kids split their time between parents every week and even more so during the holidays, but concerns over COVID-19 can make that time even more stressful. Making decisions about how to handle pandemic precautions…
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Concerns Over Whether Prince George's Was Shortchanged on COVID-19 Small Business Aid
As the pandemic took hold in Maryland, state officials mobilized to quickly deploy millions in relief dollars for small businesses devastated by the virus. But a review by the News4 I-Team has found concerns that Prince George’s County, which has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the state, has received what some are calling an underwhelming share of...
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Voting Under Pandemic Pressure: COVID-19 Changes Election Processes, Voter Plans
As COVID-19 cases surged this spring, Pastor Delmar Wright with the Greater Victory Christian Church near Jefferson, Virginia, canceled in-person services for the rest of the year. But that hasn’t stopped him from urging his congregants to vote this fall, no matter what. “I tried to educate them about the importance of voting and making sure to do it...
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I-Team Mail Test Shows On-Time Delivery Drops Headed Into Elections
While the U.S. Postal Service works to improve on-time delivery across the country, a new Senate report shows a slowdown in the capital region and the second-worst on-time delivery in the nation. The latest News4 I-Team postal service experiment shows those planning to mail in their ballots should do so early, especially in Northern Virginia. The I-Team collaborated with...
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New Push Could Block COVID-19 Vaccine Injuries From Program That Usually Pays Victims
With millions of Americans poised to roll up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine, new concerns are growing over those who might inevitably be injured by the shot. There is a multibillion-dollar federal program to cover people injured by vaccines, but the News4 I-Team has learned, at least at first, any new COVID-19 vaccine injuries would not be covered by…
