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Montgomery County video contest aims to raise awareness about opioids
A contest to increase opioid overdose awareness in Montgomery County features videos that are a “gut punch” look into the lives of high school and middle school students. The theme running like a raw nerve through many of the 600 student videos submitted to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office “Speak Up, Save A Life” contest is stress. The...
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DC tightens security after New Orleans attack, before Carter funeral and inauguration
The nation’s capital will soon host two significant events that draw large crowds: next week’s state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter, followed by Donald Trump’s second inauguration. After 15 people were killed and dozens injured in New Orleans on New Year’s Day and a second suspected terror attack in Las Vegas, extra precautions are going into place in...
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Woman hurt, burning building collapses after Northeast DC crash
A woman is seriously hurt and a burning building partially collapsed in Northeast D.C. early Thursday after a car crashed into the building, authorities say.
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Bitter cold Christmas Eve for residents of condo complex without heat
This cold Christmas Eve was even more uncomfortable for hundreds of residents of a condominium complex in Maryland. They say they have been without heat since mid-December. Residents of Chelsea Wood Condominiums in Greenbelt told News4 they’ve been informed it could be another couple of weeks, at minimum, until their homes are warm again. Coats and hats are indoor...
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New York family's puppy and car stolen from Forestville Wawa
He’s a small dog out there in a big world. A 3-month-old puppy named Benji was stolen Friday, along with his family’s car, at a Wawa in Forestville, Maryland. “He’s tiny,” said KerryAnn Wiltshire, one of Benji’s owners. “He’s very, very tiny, very loving.” Wiltshire says she and her boyfriend were driving from New York to North Carolina Friday...
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Veteran faces extradition to Philippines over unfounded allegations, lawyer says
A 66-year-old American citizen has been in the DC jail for almost 10 months awaiting extradition to the Philippines for a crime her attorneys say there’s no evidence she committed. Air Force veteran Grace Lourenco earned commendations for her service. In 1981, she was part of the flight crew aboard the Air Force plane that returned 53 U.S. diplomats and…
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5-year-old girl in critical condition after 3-year-old brother accessed gun
A 5-year-old girl in D.C. is in critical condition after her 3-year-old brother somehow got access to a gun and it went off, shooting her in the chest Monday evening, police say. The shooting happened inside an apartment building in the unit block of Galveston Street SW in the Bellevue neighborhood, not far from the Maryland border. A man...
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Girl, 14, jumped and assaulted by group of students at Maryland high school
A 14-year-old girl was jumped and beaten on her way to cheerleading practice last week at her Maryland high school, her mother told News4. Juanita Caldwell says her daughter was assaulted by a group of students at Potomac High School in Oxon Hill. “My daughter had a knot on the left side of her face,” Caldwell said. “On the right…
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4-year-old with autism left DC elementary school unsupervised
The mother of a 4-year-old boy with autism went to pick him up from a Capitol Hill elementary school Monday afternoon only to find out no one seemed to know where he was. “Everybody’s just running around the building looking for my child,” Diane Cook said. She described what she estimates to be 10 to 15 frantic, excruciating minutes after…
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‘My baby's gone': Body found in Northeast DC building identified as housing advocate
The body found encased in concrete inside a refrigerator at a Northeast D.C. apartment building has been identified as a 44-year-old woman and housing advocate. Chandra Brown was remembered as a talented writer and poet. “That’s my baby. My baby’s gone,” Sheila Brown, Chandra’s mother, said. Brown, who lives in North Carolina, says she and her daughter spoke by...