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DC Firefighter Shot While Tending to Shooting Victim: Police
Gunfire struck a D.C. firefighter who was tending to a shooting victim in Southwest Washington Sunday night, police say. A man was shot about 4:20 p.m. in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at the corner of MLK Avenue and South Capitol Street SW, police said. As firefighters and police responded to the shooting, gunfire erupted across the street...
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Fairfax County Firefighter Accused of Assaulting Patient
A firefighter in Fairfax County, Virginia, was charged with assaulting a patient who was in his care on the way to a hospital, the fire department says. Firefighter Andrew Cruikshank and the patient got into an altercation in an ambulance on Sept. 14, the Fairfax County Fire Department said in a news release on Monday. Cruikshank was charged with one…
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Body Recovered of Detroit Firefighter Who Helped Save Girls
Crews have recovered the body of a Detroit firefighter who vanished in the Detroit River while helping save some girls from drowning
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Man Wanted for Killing of Mother Arrested in Assault of Firefighter
A D.C. murder suspect evading a warrant was arrested Thursday for assaulting a D.C. firefighter in an unrelated incident. Court documents obtained by News4 show that Seth Andrews, 33, allegedly punched a firefighter at the scene of a small fire on 18th St. NE Thursday night. When he was arrested for the alleged assault, officer discovered Andrews had an...
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Off-Duty Firefighter Saves Child from Lake in Montgomery County
An off-duty firefighter and his wife pulled a child with autism out of a lake in Germantown Thursday night after spotting the child struggling in the water. The couple saw the child in the Lake Clopper going further away from shore and the firefighter entered the water to rescue him, officials said. After the child was pulled from the water,…
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Teacher Trades Classroom for Fire House
One of the new firefighter recruits in Fairfax County says it’s a job she’s been training for her whole life. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder introduces one of the county’s newest firefighters who took a unique path to the front lines.
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Coronavirus Sweeps Through Iowa Firefighter's Family
An Iowa firefighter whose family has been devastated by the coronavirus says he wants people to know how easily the virus can spread.
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FBI Sting: Firefighter Caught Trying for Sex With a Child in Va.
Federal documents filed in Virginia show a firefighter from Pennsylvania has been charged with trying to arrange a meeting for sex with a 10-year-old girl
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Australia Turns From Defense to Offense in Wildfire Battle
Crews battling Australia’s wildfires said Sunday that they have been able to turn from defense to offense for the first time in weeks thanks to a break in the weather.
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Aussie Has Spent 53 Years Fighting Fires, Including His Own
The wildfire was behaving erratically last week, and Doug Schutz and his team needed to make a quick decision. So they moved a bulldozer from another job and used it to widen a firebreak. That likely helped prevent hundreds of homes from going up in flames.
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Democrats Cautious About Trump's Washington, DC, July 4th Extravaganza
President Donald Trump’s planned July Fourth extravaganza on the National Mall could become a giant Trump rally on the taxpayers’ dime, a Democratic senator cautioned Wednesday.
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Nancy Pelosi Says Trump ‘Not Worth' Impeaching
While some of her members are already clamoring for Congress to impeach the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump is “just not worth it,” NBC News reports. In an interview with the Washington Post published Monday, Pelosi said, “I’m not for impeachment.” But asked if she thought Trump was “fit” to be president, Pelosi said, “No. I...
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WATCH: Firefighter Dressed in ‘Elf' Costume Starts Pillow Fights
A Massachusetts firefighter dressed as Buddy the Elf challenged dozens of unsuspecting Bostonians to a pillow fight around Faneuil Hall.
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Jolly Firefighter Instigates Pillow Fights in ‘Elf' Costume to Spread Holiday Cheer
A Natick, Massachusetts firefighter took a break from battling blazes to spread some holiday cheer in a fun and silly way in Boston. Dressed as Buddy from the movie “Elf,” Brendan Edwards instigated dozens of pillow fights at Faneuil Hall. To be fair, the jolly firefighter gave his opponents a few seconds of notice before he armed them with a...
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Dems Say Trump Stopped FBI Relocation
President Trump personally intervened to keep FBI headquarters from moving to D.C.’s suburbs, Democrats in Congress say. News4’s Jackie Bensen explains how that decision had a significant impact on Virginia and Maryland.
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John Hinckley Requests Unconditional Release
John Hinckley, the would-be assassin who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan, has asked for his unconditional release, according to new court filings from the United States Attorney’s Office for D.C.
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Wrong Red Hen: DC Restaurant Getting Death Threats After Spot With Same Name Booted Sarah Huckabee Sanders
The D.C. restaurant Red Hen is getting death threats after a Virginia restaurant with the same name — but no other connection —asked the White House press secretary to leave.
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Firefighter Fatally Shot After Responding to Senior Home Explosion
The suspect was taken into custody after a Swat team arrived at the scene.
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Off-Duty Prince George's Co. EMT Saves Woman in DC
When a woman went into cardiac arrest while riding her bike in D.C., an off-duty Prince George’s County EMT came to her rescue.
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Off-Duty Md. EMT Saved DC Woman
A woman who went into cardiac arrest en route to Union Station got to thank her rescuer on Wednesday. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.