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Protesters seek return near Blinken's home as police cost tops $340K
Using a Freedom of Information Act request, the I-Team found Virginia State Police spent $339,642 on the Chain Bridge Road Operation from July 26 – the day they removed protesters – until September 10.
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Act fast, be curious when a loved one moves toward political extremism, experts say
With weeks to go before the 2024 election, experts in extremism and political violence are issuing warnings to families who see loved ones gravitating toward extreme ideology.
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After calling News4 in leak probe, DC police issues hands-off order
Days after an Internal Affairs Division (IAD) agent called News4 asking for names of confidential sources, D.C. police issued a division order to all Internal Affairs investigators to back off the practice. In the order, IAD Commander John Knutsen told all members of the IAD: “The IAD member shall not contact nor attempt to interview the media representative in...
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Maryland nursing home under historic oversight after state investigation
An investigation by the Maryland Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit found evidence of substandard care at a nursing home in Ellicott City. Investigators said problems they found inside the facility showed the company was violating the law and defrauding taxpayers. The owner of the Ellicott City Healthcare Center voluntarily agreed to have that facility monitored for three years...
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The separatist next door: Pool party host under indictment, spent years supporting Cameroonian fighting
Earlier this summer, neighbors complained to News4 about a noisy pool party on a quiet Gaithersburg cul-de-sac. The News4 I-Team’s Ted Oberg went back to the scene of the party, where neighbors are talking about more than lewd and rude behavior.
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After-action report details lapses inside DC emergency dispatch center in District Dogs flood
A newly released after-action report reveals D.C. call takers and supervisors didn’t make clear the severity of the disaster unfolding, didn’t have the codes they needed to do their job and didn’t act as fast as they could, wasting nearly 15 minutes before telling everyone involved that people and dogs were trapped and in danger inside the District Dogs...
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Concerns raised after 17-year-old son of Culpeper sheriff joins response to school emergency
Two law enforcement sources close to the incident and a high school parent confirm to the News4 I-Team the 17-year-old boy left the school during the three-and-a-half-hour stay-in-place order, grabbed a sheriff’s office tactical vest from his truck and joined the sheriff’s office response inside and outside the school.
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Family of Fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Seeks US House Commission on Jan. 6
The longtime girlfriend of fallen U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick said she wants U.S. House leaders to launch a commission to investigate the Jan. 6insurrection.
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DC Residents Not Happy With City's Response to Stop Sign Camera Complaints
A D.C. Council member says promised improvements to better warn drivers about the District’s most lucrative stop sign camera have not been delivered, despite what the Department of Transportation said in an email to residents last week.
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Insurrection Cases Raise Profile and Concerns About DC Jail
Several of the U.S. Capitol riot defendants in the Southeast D.C. jail complex filed formal motions seeking release, alleging a range of problems from physical assault to poor medical care to isolation and “languishing.”
