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‘I used to go there': Fire tears through closed Silver Spring elementary school
An aggressive fire took over JoAnn Leleck Elementary School Tuesday night in Silver Spring, Maryland, lasting 14 hours. Montgomery County firefighters said that the closed school was in the process of being demolished before the fire broke out at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Since the building was closed, the sprinkler system was deactivated, making it harder to contain the fire. When…
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Woman's favorite purse helped her survive stabbing in Friendship Heights, she says
A man accused of stabbing a woman who was sitting on a bench outside a D.C. Metro station last week has been arrested in the past on assault and gun charges, according to charging documents.
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Woman hurt in gas explosion at Columbia Heights apartment
A woman was seriously hurt Friday morning in an apparent natural gas explosion at an apartment building in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of D.C., fire officials say. Firefighters evacuated the four-story apartment building at 1433 Columbia Road Northwest and shut off the gas after finding the woman in serious condition, D.C. Fire and EMS said. Neighbors said the woman...
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Some Maryland voters received sample ballots with wrong names
Some registered Maryland voters flooded elections officials with questions after receiving sample election ballot booklets with their correct address but a stranger’s names on the mailing label. Montgomery County Board of Elections quickly noticed all the calls were coming from registered voters in Congressional District 8 whose last names begin with “A,” spokesperson Gilberto Zelaya said. Some whose last names…
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‘I'm watching your dirty behavior': Search history blackmail scam targets Gmail users
Imagine getting an email that contains your name, a picture of the front of your house and the words, “I’m watching your dirty behavior.” Maryland State Police are warning people about a blackmail scam. Potential victims are asked for large sums of money in Bitcoins. The scammer demands money in order to keep their internet search history from being...
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‘Miracle': Humane Rescue Alliance searching for person who shot dog in DC
The Humane Rescue Alliance is trying to find the person who shot Louisa, a sweet brown and white pit-type dog well-known and well-liked by people in her D.C. neighborhood, who has miraculously survived a gunshot to her head. An X-ray shows the bullet that entered her head, grazed her tongue, traveled through her throat and ended up in her...
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‘Play for Ray': Bullis football team plays, wins 1st game since head coach's death
The Bullis Bulldogs took the field on Friday night with clear eyes, and heavy hearts, as they played their first game since the loss of their head coach Ray Butler.
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2 hurt in shooting at Penn Station Shopping Center
Bullets flew across a busy District Heights shopping center this afternoon. Store employees ducked for cover, cars in the parking lot were hit. When the shooting stopped, shoppers saw two injured men on the ground. Their injuries are described as non-life threatening. The window of the Pizza Boli’s in the Penn Station Shopping Center on Silver Hill Road was...
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Suspect accused of dumping gun before DC officer's death turns self in
Tyrell Lamonte Bailey, the man accused of hiding a gun in a storm drain, has turned himself in a week after a D.C. officer was shot and killed while trying to retrieve the weapon, police said.
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‘Profound impact': Bullis School mourns death of football coach
Varsity football coach Ray Butler died Monday, the head of school said in a letter Tuesday, on the first day of school.
