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Grocery prices in person, for pickup and for delivery: What NBC's national experiment found
As Americans try to keep grocery costs down, News4 asked, does how you shop for groceries – in person, for pickup or for delivery – affect how much you get charged?
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Paraplegic DC man says his nurses and aides sleep on the job as advocates flag risks
One advocate said she’s received reports of aides showing up for work with “blankets, pillows and hair rollers, clearly intending to sleep.”
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A man mistakenly declared dead lost his insurance. How federal cuts could make fixes harder
A Maryland man lost his health insurance after the government mistakenly declared him dead, his family told the News4 I-Team. To pay for the dialysis he needed to live, his wife says she spent thousands of dollars out of pocket.
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Thousands of federal defense lawyers haven't been paid for months
The federal government shutdown is entering its fourth week, but for attorneys like Heather Shaner, the pinch of not having a paycheck began months ago. Shaner is among thousands of court-appointed attorneys who represent low-income federal defendants, but she’s been working without pay since the federal program funding that effort ran out of money in July.Shaner, who practices in D.C.,...
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Mom's lawsuit blames 14-year-old son's suicide on AI relationship
Character.AI reminds users that its companion bots are made-up. For Sewell Setzer, it felt real, his mother said in a lawsuit and an interview with the News4 I-Team after his death.
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‘I call it the yeti': The hunt for wheelchair-accessible taxis in DC
On the afternoon we caught up with Kelly Mack, she just needed a ride to the grocery store. “This is the part where you kind of wait and see,” said Mack, watching her phone. She’s used a wheelchair since she was 10. She moved to D.C. after college, she said, because our city was trying to be more accessible. When...
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Families face financial burden trying to save their kids from fentanyl
A Montgomery County mother had to shut down her business as she sought drug treatment for her teen son. Others have lost their homes.
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Maryland nursing home under historic oversight after state investigation
An investigation by the Maryland Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit found evidence of substandard care at a nursing home in Ellicott City. Investigators said problems they found inside the facility showed the company was violating the law and defrauding taxpayers. The owner of the Ellicott City Healthcare Center voluntarily agreed to have that facility monitored for three years...
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Here's how scammers are bundling stolen info for sale online, experts say
While fewer checks are being written these days, check fraud continues to be widespread, and it’s surging. Many victims might not even know it’s happened to them.
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Federal prosecutor under ethics cloud still prosecuting; few DC prosecutors ever punished
Seven years after hundreds of people were arrested in D.C. protesting Donald Trump’s inauguration, those prosecutions are suddenly back in the spotlight after ethics violations were raised against the federal prosecutor in the case. The group that investigates complaints against D.C. lawyers, the D.C. Bar Board on Professional Responsibility, recently filed a complaint against Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens. After the...
