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DCRA Employee Arrested For Selling Drugs Outside His Workplace

A second man identified as his supplier Ronald Gorham was also taken into custody and charged.

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Public Meeting This Am On How DC Handles Marijuana Testing And Employment

One bill prohibits marijuana testing as a condition for employment for city workers unless required by law. The second bill would bar DC Government agencies from discrimination based on city workers use of medical marijuana.

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Local Lawmaker Introduces The “Crown Act” To Protect AA’s From Discrimination At Work

It’s called the Crown Act. It stands for creating a respectful and open world for natural hair. This bill would apply to the county’s current anti-discrimination laws.

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Today Is National Voter Registration Day

In 2018 over 800,000 people went to the website to register to vote.

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Nine People Were Shot In DC Last Night

No arrests have been made in either of these cases. Investigators are looking to see if these shootings are possibly connected.

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Worldwide Climate Change Student Walk Out, Today

The plan is for students to leave school and walk to the White House and then the U.S. Capitol today starting at 11 a.m. This walkout is ahead of a major protest planned by Shut Down D.C. Strike Coalition on Monday.

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Coach Who Ordered Kid To Cut Dreads Banned

The 16-year-old black student wrestler was only given 60 seconds to decide. In the video that went viral you can see he was upset but you could also hear his teammates cheering him on. He did go on to win.

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School Volunteer Arrested After Child Porn Found In His Home

Officials are encouraging anyone who may have information in this case to contact the Montgomery County Child Exploitation Unit.

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Scabies Out Break Within The Prince George’s County Fire Department

Twenty firefighters from 13 separate fire stations have tested positive for the microscopic mites. The mites burry into the skin and cause severe itching. The mites appear to look like a crooked raised rash.

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Pedestrian Hit And Killed In Mitchellville

The victim was found on Annapolis Road and Atwell Avenue. The victim has not been identified.

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DC Leaders Hit the Streets In the Latest Push for Statehood

This is a very big week for the Nations Capitol. On Thursday, Mayor Bowser will make history by testifying before a House committee looking into making the District the 51st state.

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The Wife Of Civil Rights Icon Ralph David Abernathy Has Died

She leaves behind three children and four grandchildren. The cause of death was not released. Juanita Abernathy was 89-years-old.

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Three Police-Involved Shootings In the DMV In 24-hours

Officers responding to a call of a burglary in progress showed up at an apartment building at 301 North Beauregard Street. Once there they notice a suspect armed with two weapons. The two exchanged fire and the suspect was hit.

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Plane Crash On Route 50, Four Injured

Traffic is snarled for miles. Avoid the area if at all possible. Stay tune to WHUR for the latest on this breaking news out of Prince George’s County.

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A Convicted Child Sex Offender Is Head Back To Prison For Abusing A 3-Year-Old

Anne Arundel Count State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess says it’s important that all children know that their bodies are their own and not to allow anyone to touch them and if someone does you must tell an adult.

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House Democrats Talk Impeachment Today

he process that Democratic lawmakers are taking is nothing new. It’s the same procedures that have been used on past U.S. presidents.

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DC Public School Nurses Can Administer Medicinal Marijuana To Students

DC Public Schools say it is their policy to permit qualified students to receive medical marijuana treatment from a licensed registered nurse at school. Charter and private schools, however, do not have to comply and they can determine how they want to handle this medical matter individually.

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New Report By DC Police Show They Stop A.A’s More Than Anyone Else

Surprisingly, in the District African American’s only make up about 46% of the cities population. DC’s Police Chief Peter Newsham asked people not to rush to judgement saying that one should not compare the percentages of those stopped with the District’s general population because most of the people stopped were not from DC.

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2-Year-Old Boy Fighting For His Life After Falling 11 Floors

Officials say the fall happened around 4:15 at the Park Ritchie Apartments on Maple Avenue in Takoma Park. The child fell on some mulch. It was just inches away from the concrete side walk and a parking lot.

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Two Deadly Pedestrian Accidents in Prince George’s Co. In Two Days

Police have not released his identity and they are working to get the description of the vehicle involved. Investigators are asking anyone who may have been traveling on the road and seen something to contact them.

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American Airline Mechanic Charged With Sabotaging A Plane For OT Hours

The plane did not attempt to take off. The pilot notified the tower and all the passengers were removed from the aircraft and flown to their destination on another plane.

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DC’s AG Is Suing 16 MD/VA Parents For School Residency Fraud

Tuition for non residents ranges from $10,000 to $14,000 a year. By law the city can charge three times the unpaid tuition.

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DC’s Police Chief Announces New Policies In Dealing With Fire Code Violations

Reportedly the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs are now looking over more than 70 cases that investigator in the Kennedy Street fire closed recently.

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DC Records Its 114th Homicide

The victims two adult males were able to drive themselves to the hospital. At The hospital one of the victims succumbed to his injuries.

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The Latest on Hurricane Dorian

The National Hurricane Center now predicts that it will not make landfall in the U.S. but it will bring strong winds and storm surges up to 10 feet to states along the East Coast from Florida to Delaware. The Governor of Virginia has declared a state of emergency ahead of time.

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DC Leaders Test A New Tool To Help Students Feel Safer At School And Walking Home

he city’s goal is to have 20 high schools where crime and violence is the highest test out the app before its made available to all.

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Post Report Shows Russians Used Twitter Campaign To Misinform Md Voters In 2016

Experts believe Russians sources are working right now to figure out to put out misinformation to discourage black voters for the 2020 Presidential race.

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Bad News! This District Will Not Reach A Goal To Cut HIV Cases In Half By 2020

The study also revealed that the disease is affect people in DC under the age of 30 more than anyone else. They account for a third of new HIV cases last year alone.

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The Man Hunt Is On For The Person Who Tried To Rape A Deaf Woman Asking For Directions

This week police created a composite sketch of the man she said attacked her. Officers went door to door this week in District Heigths hoping someone could help them solve the case.

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Police Make An Arrest in Uber Ride Pool Murders

Police are still looking for additional information in this double homicide. You can make an anonymous tip by contacting Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477) or you can text PGPD in the message to CRIMES (274637) or online at www.pgpolice.org.

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Montgomery Co. Exec. Is Trying To Lure Amazon To Move A Fulfillment Center To Their Area

A number of Montgomery County lawmakers reportedly support the move and job opportunities. There’s no word on what lawmakers plan to do next.

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Oklahoma News Anchor Apologizes For Racist Comment To Black Co-anchor

Viewers flooded the station with calls of outrage about the racist commend and several comments about Housden were posted on Facebook.

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Double Homicide in Oxon Hill, Killer Still At Large

There’s no word on the victims name or a motif in this case. Investigators are asking for witness to come forward with anything that they may have seen.

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Get Your Child Immunized In DC

The Fall School semester begins this Monday, August 26th for the District of Columbia.

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Police Make An Arrest In Violent Silver Spring Rape

The victim was attacked in the 8500 block of 16th Street just after 11:50 p.m on August 16th.

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PARCC Scores Show Improvements Again For DC Students

Leaders are reminding parents that school starts for the Fall semester on Monday. Parents must make sure their children are immunized so they can attend classes on the first day.

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A Suspect Has Died In The Custody Of Prince George’s County Police

When officers arrived they found the person in question only wearing underwear and socks knocking on door to door along the 1400 block of Kings Manor Drive.

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A College Bound Freshman From Montgomery Co. Is Shot Opening His Door

The shooting happened at his home in the Fairland area of the county. Callery was set to start college this week at Bowie State University.

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DC Police Investigate A Triple Shooting

They were shot along the 1500 block of 45th Street. Tragically, this is the same place were a 20-year-old man was shot and killed last week.

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A Proposal To Rename Good Hope Rd After Marion Barry Is Not Ok With Everyone

A petition drive has been launched to collect signatures of support from area business owners and residents along the busy corridor.

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Md’s Highest Court Rules Smell of Marijuana Is Not Enough For Police To Search A Person

The Courts did state it is still enough for them to search a vehicle but not the passengers inside unless there is clear evidence that a crime has been committed.

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A Memo Out States Several DCPS Employees Have Engaged In Sexual Misconduct

Kihn would not specify the schools in which the cases occurred. That has many parents concerned.

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Police Make An Arrest in Capitol Heights Murder

Detectives say Odemns and Young were arguing before the shooting. Reportedly Odemns is dating the estranged wife of the victim.

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Police Investigate Two Separate Fatal Shootings in Prince George’s County

No arrests have been made in either case.

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A Prince George’s County Police Officer Is Set To Admit To Prostitution With Transgender Victims In DC

A DC police officer was also implicated in this case. He has not been identified.

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Stacey Abrams Is Not Running For President But She Is Doing This

Abrams says the multi-million dollar program will staff and fund voter registration teams in 20 battleground states ahead of next year’s Presidential election.

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Hit And Run Driver On The Run In Charles County

Officials say he was hit this morning around 4 a.m. in the Southbound lane of Route 5 near Post Office Road.

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18-Year-Old Arrested For College Park Sexual Assault

Investigators were able to use surveillance images of the suspect to identify him. In fact, when he as arrested days later he was wearing the same thing as seen in surveillance footage.

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DC Council Staffer Arrested For Firing A Gun In Public

Investigators have released an image Fuller’s friend that was seen firing a weapon. Anyone with information about his whereabouts should call police at 202-727-9099.

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Fairfax Co. Issues Laptops To All H.S. Students

The program is apart of a 5 year initiative by Dell Latitude 3300. The estimated cost 30 million dollars.

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