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‘I call it the yeti': The hunt for wheelchair-accessible taxis in DC
On the afternoon we caught up with Kelly Mack, she just needed a ride to the grocery store. “This is the part where you kind of wait and see,” said Mack, watching her phone. She’s used a wheelchair since she was 10. She moved to D.C. after college, she said, because our city was trying to be more accessible. When...
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Families face financial burden trying to save their kids from fentanyl
A Montgomery County mother had to shut down her business as she sought drug treatment for her teen son. Others have lost their homes.
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Maryland nursing home under historic oversight after state investigation
An investigation by the Maryland Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit found evidence of substandard care at a nursing home in Ellicott City. Investigators said problems they found inside the facility showed the company was violating the law and defrauding taxpayers. The owner of the Ellicott City Healthcare Center voluntarily agreed to have that facility monitored for three years...
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Chat Groups Are Exposing Private, Explicit Pictures Without Consent
It’s not just your pictures that are in danger of being shared with strangers — it could also be your personal information. News4 Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan reports. Produced by Ambar Rodriguez and shot and edited by Lance Ing.
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Climate Scientists, Activists Fight to Save Laser Project in Space
A group of climate scientists and lawmakers want NASA and the Biden Administration to extend a space project they said is critical in the fight against global warming.
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Abortion Limits Could Degrade Patient Care, Push Doctors Out of Virginia & West Virginia, OB-GYN Warns
Near the Virginia-West Virginia border and on the front line of maternal health is where we find Cathleen McCoy, a maternal fetal medicine doctor specializing in high-risk pregnancies.
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Driveway Danger: Kids Being Injured and Killed in ‘Frontover' SUV Blind Zone Incidents
It’s become almost a daily ritual for Jackie Foschi, walking through the garden located in the front yard of her home, named after her son Hudson. “So, this is Hudson’s memorial garden. We transformed it,” the Virginia mother explains. “It’s a time for my mind to be quiet. It’s peaceful for me. That’s why I did it.” For her,...
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Mail Arrow Key Thefts: Congresswoman Norton Wants Hearing on USPS Response to Postal Crime
The D.C. region has seen a rash of crimes against United States Postal Service letter carriers in recent weeks. Here’s what Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is seeking.
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Local Police Work to Crack Down on Illegal Fraudulent Temp Tags
Police said they’re seeing an increase in fraudulent temporary license plates popping up on cars around the D.C. region, and the temporary tags could be putting others on the roadway at risk being used on unsafe vehicles or to mask other potential criminal activity.
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Thousands of People Mistakenly Declared Dead Every Year
Susan and Darby Nye of Arlington, Virginia, have been married for 30 years and were looking forward to many more in retirement when Susan started receiving condolences from various federal agencies regarding the death of her husband. But there was one big problem: Darby was alive and well. It started in October when Darby’s purchase at a pharmacy was...
