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Hurricane Milton

Severe weather 4 hours ago

Why Hurricane Milton produced such strong tornadoes — and why future storms might do so again

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Celebrity News 11 hours ago

Jay-Z's lawyers gave ‘legal ultimatum' to Piers Morgan after guest made Sean ‘Diddy' Combs comparison

Hurricanes Oct 9

Hurricanes Helene, Milton threaten nation's IV fluid supply

At 41, Kim Vandermeer learned she had stage 2 breast cancer.

4 Your Health Oct 8

Breast cancer rates rising highest among Asian American women

Technology Oct 2

Generation Text: How smartphones are affecting kids

News4 I-Team Sep 26

Protesters seek return near Blinken's home as police cost tops $340K

News4 I-Team Sep 26

The taxpayer cost for policing outside the Secretary of State's home after protests

News4 I-Team Sep 25

Maryland State Police and DOJ seek to settle discrimination case for $2.7M

Music & Musicians 21 hours ago

How a Northern Virginia woman became a rising K-pop star

Restaurants Oct 9

Tom Sietsema reflects on 25 years of dining in DC and what it takes to be a top food critic

Washington DC Oct 9

DC's Last Call serves up perfect ‘Beetlejuice' cocktail

A restaurant damaged by hurricanes Helene and Milton in St. Pete Beach, Florida, US, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. Hurricane Milton’s devastating path across Florida has left at least 10 dead, millions without power, and destroyed homes and crops, as authorities warn it could take days to assess the full extent of the damages.

Hurricanes 14 hours ago

Fact focus: A look at the false information around Hurricanes Helene and Milton

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Abortion 16 hours ago

Abortion passes inflation as top election issue for women under 30, survey finds

A plate with bacon and eggs is shown in New York, Monday, Oct. 7. 2024.

Decision 2024 16 hours ago

Bacon hogs the spotlight in election debates, but reasons for its sizzling inflation are complex

FILE - Arizona abortion-rights supporters gather for a news conference prior to delivering over 800,000 petition signatures to the capitol to get abortion rights on the November general election ballot Wednesday, July 3, 2024, in Phoenix.

Abortion 17 hours ago

Courts keep weighing in on abortion. This year's elections could mean even bigger changes

Elon Musk embraces Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds on October 05, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. This is the first time that Trump has returned to Butler since he was injured during an attempted assassination on July 13.

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Cards Against Humanity offers payouts to new swing-state voters, responding to Musk's PAC

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Maryland Sep 18

Discrimination suit against Maryland State Police will go forward

Prince George's County Sep 16

Why the worst roads in Prince George's County aren't repaved first

Metropolitan Police Department (DC Police / MPD) Sep 17

ACLU: DC police conduct more searches of Black people

politics Sep 16

Support for political violence in US at alarming level, experts say

News4 I-Team Sep 10

DC Council member wants better oversight of DC inmates serving in federal prisons

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Working 4 Your Money Oct 8

‘My tickets were gone': Why Ticketmaster customers saw their purchases vanish

Consumer Oct 7

Here's how to get financial assistance with utility bills

Consumer Reports Oct 7

Which trash bags hold up best? Here's what Consumer Reports found

Consumer Oct 4

When a vacation rental will and won't be cancelled

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‘STEM for Her' empowers high school girls to work in STEM

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Mentoring program empowers Black girls in Prince William County

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‘Something to thrive for': Black and queer excellence honored at ‘I Am' Awards honors in Maryland

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Entertainment News

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Eminem's daughter Hailie Jade reveals gender of her unborn child

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Hugh Jackman makes public plea for help after Broadway star Zelig Williams goes missing

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Coldplay tickets for 2025 U.S. tour dates go on sale Friday

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4 Your Home

Historic DC helicopter factory now on the market as a condo

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Trees have faces and fall is a great time to plant

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Wallpaper trends: How to transform your room in an instant

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Tech

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Zuckerberg's metaverse is finally showing signs of life, but it's not from VR

Oct 11

Customers wait to enter a concession stand equipped with Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, on August 22.

Amazon bets on selling cashierless technology to retailers after pulling it from most U.S. stores

Oct 5

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U.S. and Microsoft seize over 100 websites linked to Russian espionage campaign

Oct 3

Politics

FILE – Resident Anne Schneider, right, hugs her friend Eddy Sampson as they survey damage left in the wake of Hurricane Helene, Oct. 1, 2024, in Marshall, N.C.

Fact check: Posts misrepresent federal response, funding for Hurricane Helene victims

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Who can vote in US elections, and what steps must you take to do so?

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FILE – In this June 28, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. For the past three years, the administration has careered between President Donald Trump’s attempts to curry favor and friendship with Vladimir Putin and longstanding deep-seated concerns about Putin’s intentions.

Trump and Putin have talked as many as 7 times since 2021, new book claims

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Sports

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Can Kiké Hernandez get in trouble for dropping an f-bomb on live TV?

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Husband of Team USA water polo star Maddie Musselman dies at 31

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Dodgers, Mets to meet in NLCS for first time since 1988

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