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Virginia Referee Banned After Inspecting 10-Year-Old Basketball Player's Braids
A referee is banned from officiating children’s basketball games in a Virginia city after he singled out a girl who was wearing a common African-American hairstyle.
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Virginia Referee Banned After Inspecting 10-Year-Old Girl's Braids
A mother says a children’s basketball referee singled out her 10-year-old daughter for having blue weave in her hair. He mistakenly said the weave violated rules. WAVY-TV’s Tamara Scott has the story.
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Woman, 19, Charged in Fatal Stabbing of 17-Year-Old Girl in Woodbridge
A 17-year-old girl was stabbed to death in a Northern Virginia neighborhood late Tuesday, and a 19-year-old woman is charged with the crime.
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17-Year-Old Hit-and-Run Driver Struck, Killed 15-Year-Old Girl: DC Police
A teenage driver struck and killed another teenager in Southeast D.C. Thursday morning and kept on going, according to D.C. police.
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Hundreds Attend Vigil for 15-Year-Old Boy Stabbed to Death by 15-Year-Old Girl
More than 200 people attended a vigil for a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed on a Metro train by a 15-year-old girl and later died. Shomari Stone spoke to the victim’s family.
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Times Square Elmo Accused of Groping 14-Year-Old Girl on School Trip
A man dressed as Elmo in Times Square allegedly groped a 14-year-old tourist who was visiting New York City with a school group over the weekend, police said.
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Stray Bullet Hits 13-Year-Old Girl in Her Southeast DC Home
A 13-year-old girl is hurt after a stray bullet flew into her home in Southeast D.C. late Friday.
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13-Year-Old Girl Hit by Stray Bullet in Her DC Home
A 13-year-old girl was shot in her own home in Southeast D.C. News4’s Derrick Ward spoke with her mother.
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Police Investigate Shooting That Killed 11-Year-Old Karon Brown
Police are searching for suspects in a Southeast D.C. shooting that killed 11-year-old Karon Brown Thursday night. News4’s Mark Segraves has the story.
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Makiyah Wilson's Parents Mark 1 Year Since Her Death
One year after her death, Makiyah Wilson’s parents plan to celebrate her life and hold on to the joyful memories they have of their daughter. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports.
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Peace Rally Marks One Year Since 10-Year-Old Makiyah Wilson Was Fatally Shot in DC
This time last year, 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson was enjoying a summer night outside her family’s home when men jumped out of a car and started shooting.
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Peace Rally Honors Makiyah Wilson
Family, friends and neighbors gathered to pray and then walked to the spot where 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson’s life was taken by gunfire.
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8th Person Arrested in Murder of 10-Year-Old Makiyah Wilson
An eighth suspect has been charged in the murder of Makiyah Wilson nearly a year after the 10-year-old girl was shot while stepping outside her front door in Northeast D.C. to get ice cream.
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Maryland Man Indicted for Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting 13-Year-Old Girl
A Maryland man was indicted for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, the United States Attorney’s Office said in a press release Wednesday.
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Aftercare Employee Accused of Sex Abuse of 13-Year-Old Girl at DC School
A contract employee at a D.C. Montessori school is accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl, prompting D.C. to suspend all before and after school programs run by the company for which he worked.
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After School Contract Employee Charged With Child Sex Abuse
Almost two dozen schools in Maryland and D.C. suspended a private company in charge of operating after school programs after one of the company’s employees was charged with sexually abusing a 13-year-old student. News4’s Mark Segraves reports on how this one incident revealed a major problem that could impact schools across the country.
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4th Suspect Arrested in Slaying of Teen Girl in Prince George's County
A fourth suspect was arrested and charged Thursday in the killing of a 14-year-old girl in Prince George’s County in April.
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Man Charged With Raping 12-Year-Old Girl in Montgomery County
A 59-year-old man is accused of picking up a 12-year-old girl in Montgomery County, Maryland, and sexually assaulting her, police say.
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Man Charged With Raping 12-Year-Old Girl in Montgomery County
A 59-year-old man is accused of picking up a 12-year-old girl in Wheaton, Maryland, and sexually assaulting her, police say. News4’s Justin Finch reports.
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Amber Alert Canceled in Maryland for 12-Year-Old Girl
An Amber Alert was canceled Wednesday morning, several hours after police activated it in Maryland for a missing 12-year-old girl believed to be with a 23-year-old man.