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How the USAID freeze could affect health, farming in the US
USAID will place almost all its foreign aid workers on leave, causing some health experts to sound the alarm about what it could mean here at home.
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55 victims of midair crash found in Potomac River, wreckage removal begins
Recovery crews have been hard at work doing rehearsals to prepare for Monday morning, when they will lift the wreckage of the plane out of the Potomac River.
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16-year-old figure skater from Virginia, parents among victims of Potomac crash
A young figure skating star from Annandale, Virginia, and his parents were among the victims of the tragic aircraft crash at Reagan National Airport Wednesday night. Cory Haynos, 16, and his parents, Stephanie and Roger, were returning from the U.S. Figure Skating training camp in Wichita, Kansas. “Roger always stood out among all the cousins as just extra special,” said...
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Maryland mother accused of shooting 13-year-old daughter in attempt to kill her
A mother has been charged with attempted murder after police say she shot her 13-year-old daughter in Seat Pleasant, Maryland.
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‘Racism is still alive': Man says Chick-fil-A printed racial slur on meal label instead of name
When Marquise Vanzego got his food from the La Plata Chick-Fil-A drive-thru last Friday, he was shocked by the racist name printed on the label. The Charles County man says he the label he received had the word “monkeys” printed instead of his name.
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Woman dies after SUV she's in is stolen from DC hospital and crashes, police say
A senior citizen died after a woman stole an SUV at MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Monday afternoon and then crashed into a building in downtown D.C., police say.
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Maryland 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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Wind topples National Christmas Tree in Washington, DC
The tree, a cut 40-foot Norway spruce from the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, replaced the previous tree earlier this month, according to NPS.
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DNA links enslaved people to living descendants
For the first time, thousands of Black Americans may be able to trace their roots to enslaved ancestors in the 1800s as part of a groundbreaking DNA study in Frederick County, Maryland.
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Frederick Co. Sheriff Pleads Not Guilty in Alleged Machine Gun Scheme, Takes Leave
The sheriff of Frederick County, Maryland, has pleaded not guilty after he was indicted in an alleged scheme to obtain machine guns.
