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Firefighter turns 2-time battle with cancer into call for change
By the time Amy Dant had been promoted to lieutenant in the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service, the firefighter paramedic had been diagnosed with cancer twice. With no history of cancer in her family, she said she first thought she was terribly unfortunate after being diagnosed with cervical cancer at 27 years old, followed by thyroid cancer nearly a…
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How much will the DC military parade cost? Here's a tally
The Army’s 250th Birthday celebration will cost taxpayers up to $45 million dollars. Overtime pay, fuel, and street repairs are expected expenses.
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Firefighters who developed cancer on the job say process for coverage too difficult
Research shows firefighters are at increased risk for developing cancer due to toxic exposures on the job, but while all 50 states and the District have created laws to provide benefits for firefighters with certain cancers, the News4 I-Team found many say the process in getting that help is fraught and the list of covered cancers is too narrow. Before…
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Maryland crab watermen hope higher tariffs will aid their struggling industry
Jack Brooks’ family has been in the Maryland blue crab business on the Eastern Shore since 1890, running what they say is the oldest working crab-processing plant in the world. But even as he hands off the business to his son, Brooks said he isn’t sure how much longer they can hang on. “There may be one or two survivors,…
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Rumors of ICE on playground in Forest Hills circulate after unrelated MPD arrest alarms residents
A routine law enforcement operation in D.C.’s Forest Hills neighborhood on Wednesday sparked rumors that ICE officers had detained nannies on a nearby playground in front of children. But ICE was not there — and the story started with local police making an unrelated arrest.
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DEI, Project 2025 and the Constitution: Tracking Trump's impact in his first 100 days
The tidal wave of President Donald Trump’s executive orders ripped through the federal government within hours of his inauguration. He established the Department of Government Efficiency, took aim at federal workers and protections for the transgender community, and pardoned Americans convicted of attacking the U.S. Capitol on his behalf. As Trump reaches 100 days in office this week the...
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DC US attorney takes on licensed pot shop, defends record ahead of confirmation
President Donald Trump’s pick to become the next U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, is in the midst of a contentious U.S. Senate confirmation process. Martin, who has served as interim U.S. attorney since Trump took office, faces questions about his truthfulness, his representation of Jan. 6 defendants as a private defense attorney and comments he...
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GangNET: Abrego Garcia's removal raises questions on a police database's lasting effects
Speaking to NBC Washington in 2020, an undocumented worker named Kilmar Abrego Garcia described his worst fear after an arrest led to him being labeled a gang member. “All my hopes were gone,” he told News4 through an interpreter. “I only imagined being deported to El Salvador, and a lot of things could happen to me because they were labeling…
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Kristi Noem has purse stolen from DC restaurant with Secret Service nearby
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse was stolen at a Washington, D.C., restaurant on Easter night. The Department didn’t specify what was stolen but said in an email that the thief took about $3,000 in cash, as well as Noem’s keys, driver’s license, passport, checks, makeup bag, medication and Homeland Security badge. The secretary of Homeland Security is protected by...
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Will the Trump administration try to deport US citizens? The president floated the idea
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump is considering deporting American criminals, if it is legal. A Georgetown law professor says the Constitution is clear on the issue.
