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Ill-Considered Posts Lead to Lost Jobs Amid Protests, Crisis
A writer from a “Law & Order spin-off and an NBA broadcaster found themselves out of jobs after social media posts this week, and they’re not alone
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1 Year After Deadly Shooting, Great Mills HS Community Wears Teal to Honor Jaelynn Wiley
The Great Mills High School community is marking the one year since the shooting that ended student Jaelynn Willey’s life by wearing teal in her honor.
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Diocese Investigation Finds MAGA Hat-Wearing Catholic School Students Not to Blame for DC Encounter With Native Americans
The Catholic bishop of Covington, Kentucky, says an independent investigation “exonerates” students from Covington Catholic High School who were at the center of a national firestorm when a video supposedly showed a confrontation between the students and Native Americans at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Florida Girl Stabs 2 Teens in Prearranged Fight: Deputies
Florida authorities are charging a 16-year-old girl with stabbing two other teens in a fight investigators say was arranged on social media.
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Harvey Weinstein Loses Bid to Move Trial From New York City
Harvey Weinstein has lost a longshot bid to move his sexual assault trial out of New York City, as a state court rejected Thursday the movie mogul’s concerns that he wouldn’t get a fair trial in the world’s media capital. A five-judge panel of the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division issued the decision after reviewing written submissions from Weinstein’s lawyers...
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Montgomery Co. Council Members Say They're Being Threatened Over Immigration Policy
Montgomery County Council members say they’re receiving threats because of false information online regarding the county’s immigration policy.
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Montgomery Co. Council Members Say They've Been Threatened Over Immigration Policies
Montgomery County Council members say they’re receiving threats because of false information online regarding the county’s immigration policy. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.
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Harvard Freshman From Lebanon Allowed Into US in Time for Class
There was a lot of uncertainty about whether or not Ismail Ajjawi would be able to arrive at Harvard University in time for the beginning of the semester. But after initially being denied entrance to the US, the 17-year-old Palestinian national living in Lebanon is on campus to begin his freshman year. Ajjawi was banned from the US at Logan...
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Puerto Ricans Ask ‘What's Next?' as Political Limbo Deepens
Puerto Rico’s streets have remained so quiet since Gov. Wanda Vázquez took over as governor following weeks of turmoil that one can again hear the island’s famous coquí frog singing at night. The protests that led to the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló just a week ago and continued on a smaller scale until the Supreme Court removed his chosen...
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Sarah Hyland Is in Wedding Mode, Reveals She's Already ‘Stalking' Bridal Accounts
Sarah Hyland is in total wedding mode. Former “Bachelorette” contestant Wells Adams proposed to the “Modern Family” actress nearly a week and a half ago, and it looks like she’s already started the planning process. The 28-year-old took to Instagram Stories to document her fun night in. “While Wells goes and does the rehearsal part of this wedding that we’re...
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Arizona Man Accused of Tweeting Threats While in DC
A man accused of posting threats to the president, police and head of the Federal Communications Commission is under arrest.
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Arizona Man Accused of Threatening President, FCC Chair, Police
A man accused of posting threats to kill police and directing violent messages to the head of the Federal Communications Commission is under arrest. Scott MacFarlane reports.
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Fake Science Led a Mom to Feed Bleach to Her Autistic Sons — and Police Did Nothing to Stop Her
Laurel Austin documented her son Jeremy’s first dosing of chlorine dioxide on YouTube. In the 30-second video, Jeremy, 27, sits at a kitchen table as his mother narrates his mood. Then his arms seem to involuntarily twist around one another and he screams into his forearm before taking a bite of a banana, NBC News reports. “Here’s to hoping and...
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Donations for Burned Black Churches Top $1M After Notre Dame Fire
A crowdfunding campaign for three African American churches in Louisiana recently gutted by arson reached seven digits Wednesday after social media posts urging the public not to forget the plight of the small houses of worship as the eyes of the world were on the fire-ravaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. “As we hold Paris in our hearts today, let’s...
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‘I Hope It's a Wake-Up Call:' Tanker Crash Traffic Nightmare Renews Calls for 2nd Potomac Crossing
The tanker crash near the American Legion Bridge Thursday didn’t just close lanes on the Beltway, it caused gridlock across the D.C. Metro area.
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Nightmare Commute Renews Calls for 2nd Potomac Crossing
A nightmare crash that blocked part of the Beltway is renewing calls for another way to cross the Potomac River. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.
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Great Mills High School Marks One Year Since Deadly Shooting
Jaelynn Willey was shot and killed at Great Mills High School one year ago Thursday, and one other student was injured. As students and staff continue to grieve, a threat against the school surfaced online. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.
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10 Days Before Show Time, Full-On Revolt Over the Oscars
Responding to widespread backlash to the fact that four Oscars will be presented during commercial breaks at the 91st Academy Awards, the film academy has issued a statement saying that all Academy Award winners will still be included in the broadcast on Feb. 24.
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An investigation into a flood of social media posts threatening violent attacks on Philadelphia schools by clowns led police to a 13-year-old girl who says she made some of the posts as a prank, authorities said Monday. Philadelphia police announced Monday afternoon that their investigation, along with tips from the public, helped them to identify a 13-year-old girl who they…
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Native American Elder Harassed in Viral Video Speaks Out
Nathan Phillips, a 64-year-old Native American and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, says he was saddened and frightened when a crowd of high school students harassed him Friday. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports. Other video footage has revealed a more complex portrait of the incident than what was initially described in this video....CORRECTION (Jan. 24, 7:35 a.m. ET):...This video has...