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Prince George's County sheriff's chief of staff on leave after I-Team questions
A senior member of the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office has been placed on leave, one day after News4 asked questions about their recent social media post.
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Trump's ballroom and private donations: Watchdogs cite concerns if Congress approves
While potential congressional approval may quash the legal battle the ballroom faces, some government ethics watchdogs have remaining concerns about the millions in private dollars already given to fund it.
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Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
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Advocates raise concerns about immigration stops on DC-area parkways
Immigration advocates say they are seeing an increase in traffic stops and possible detainments involving federal law enforcement officers on major parkways around the nation’s capital. Advocacy organization CASA told the News4 I-Team that over the past month, it has received numerous reports of work trucks and vans being stopped along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, the George Washington Memorial Parkway...
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Your job or your kid? Federal worker moms say return-to-office order forced them to choose
Some federal worker parents and working moms say Trump’s end to remote work has forced tough decisions. Here’s how it could affect the economy.
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Immigration courts clogged for years as Trump vows to deport millions more
As ICE agents fan out, the News4 I-Team found most of those arrested are headed into an immigration court system already backlogged for years.
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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.
