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Family fights to make high-rises safer one year after young woman dies in Silver Spring fire
Loved ones honored the life of a young woman who died trying to evacuate her burning Silver Spring high-rise with her two dogs with a vigil on Sunday–along with a renewed push for lawmakers to make similar buildings safer.
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Vigil marks one year since deadly Silver Spring apartment fire
Sunday marked one year since a deadly apartment fire in Silver Spring. Melanie Diaz, 25, was killed as she tried to evacuate her burning high-rise with her two dogs. Loved ones gathered to honor her life with a renewed push for lawmakers to make high-rises safer. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.
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Historic Flower Theatre lights back up after reconstruction
The lights are finally coming back on at the Flower Theatre in Silver Spring after a years-long project. Here’s more on the community effort that made the revamp a reality.
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Reconstruction of historic Flower Theatre completed
A nonprofit organization completed the reconstruction of the historic Flower Theatre in Silver Spring. News4’s Dominique Moody has more on the celebration.
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Doctor convicted of rape of two patients during examinations
A jury convicted a Maryland doctor of raping two patients in the exam room. Dr. Ishtiaq Malik worked at Advanced Walk-in Urgent Care in Silver Spring when the sexual assaults occurred, prosecutors say. He locked the exam room doors, made the women take off their clothes, didn’t give them gowns to cover themselves, and then groped and assaulted them,...
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Maryland doctor found guilty of sexually assaulting patients
A Maryland doctor was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting his patients. News4’s Aimee Cho reports. (CORRECTION: The state’s attorney’s office previously told News4 the doctor faces 60 years in prison but has since corrected to say the maximum if 42 years.)
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2 injured in shooting in downtown Silver Spring
Two people were injured in a shooting Thursday night in downtown Silver Spring, Montgomery County Police said.
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Two people shot in downtown Silver Spring
The two people shot are expected to recover, but police do not have any suspects in custody.
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‘In shock': Patient testifies against Montgomery County doctor accused of sex assaults in exam rooms
Dr. Ishtiaq Malik, who worked at Advanced Walk-in Urgent Care in Silver Spring, faces more than 20 criminal charges, including allegedly raping and sexually assaulting his patients. Prosecutors say 10 women have come forward with allegations against him.
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Bethesda science teacher found safe after family reported her missing
A science teacher from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School who had been missing since Thursday, her school said, was found safe Wednesday afternoon, according to Montgomery County police.
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Father fights for better fire safety standards in Maryland
A weekend fire at a high rise in Silver Spring, Maryland, was a difficult reminder of a tragedy there last year. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports the father of woman killed in a fire in February is working with lawmakers to make buildings safer.
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Georgia Avenue reopens after apartment fire in Silver Spring
Georgia Avenue was closed in Silver Spring, Maryland, Saturday evening because of an apartment fire. The fire was at Arrive apartments, the same building that caught fire in February, killing a woman and displacing hundreds of residents. Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Services said it happened in a vacant ninth-floor apartment under renovation after the previous fire. It involved an…
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Bus crashes into Silver Spring home
The bus crashed into a home on Fairland Road in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Ride On Bus crashes into Silver Spring home
A Montgomery County Ride On bus crashed into a home in Silver Spring, Maryland, No one was injured, authorities said.
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$100M organ production facility planned in Silver Spring
A $100 million organ production facility could transform downtown Silver Spring, Maryland. News4’s Dominique Moody explains how the project will enhance Silver Spring’s biotech footprint and provide future jobs.
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Father pleads guilty in Maryland racing crash that killed his 4-year-old daughter
A father pleaded guilty in connection to a suspected street racing crash that killed his 4-year-old daughter. Felipe Hernandez admitted he was racing another car down Georgia Avenue in Montgomery County, Maryland, in 2021 before the crash that killed his child, Ilianna Hernandez. The little girl was in the back seat and not properly restrained as police say her father…
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Water main break leads to crashes in Silver Spring: Authorities
At least three people were hurt when several cars crashed in Silver Spring after a small water main break led to icy conditions on the road, authorities said.
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Hundreds of refugees enjoy first Thanksgiving dinner in Silver Spring
Dozens of families enjoyed their first ever Thanksgiving meals in Silver Spring on Sunday evening as part of an effort to bring refugees and their new communities closer together.
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Hundreds of refugees enjoy first Thanksgiving dinner in Silver Spring
On Sunday evening, dozens of families shared their first ever Thanksgiving meals. It’s part of an effort to bring refugees closer together with their new communities. News4’s Mauricio Casillas has more on the important tradition.
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Police search for suspect vehicle in crashes that left 2 hurt on Columbia Pike
Three crashes, which police will not confirm are connected, involved five cars and happened at around 5:30 p.m. on the southbound lanes of Columbia Pike (US-29) at MD-200, authorities said.