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dcnewsnow.com | Odyssey Fields |Kenzie Chase
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced Friday a lawsuit against a non-profit organization and its CEO for allegedly misusing thousands of government grant money and refusing to return it. Women in H.E.E.L.S, Inc. (WIH), which stands for– Healing, Elevation, Empowerment, Love, Support– is a non-profit meant to support women and girls and reduce violence. The organization was founded in November 2022.
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dcnewsnow.com | Odyssey Fields
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — An 18-year-old was charged with murder in connection with a deadly triple shooting in Petworth that occurred two months ago, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced Friday. On April 29, around 9 p.m., officers responded to the 800 block of Taylor Street, NW, and the 3700 block of Georgia Avenue, NW, after gunshots were heard in the area.
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CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A man is being held behind bars after he accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in Charles County, according to the deputies. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office said Franklin Argueta-Marquez, 28, was wanted for several weeks in connection to the rape of a young girl, who he intially met online. An investigation revealed that Argueta-Marquez contacted the girl through direct messages on a social media app when she was 12 years old.
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MARYLAND (DC News Now) — MARC riders can expect major delays Friday after intense storms knocked over several trees along the train tracks. On Thursday afternoon, severe thunderstorms pushed across the region. Strong, intense winds uprooted trees, and branches fell across the train tracks on the Brunswick and Camden lines. This resulted in service suspensions and major delays.
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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Police are working to determine a motive after a man was killed in a shooting in Laurel on Thursday night. Around 9 p.m., Prince George’s County police officers responded to the 12000 block of Laurel Bowie Road for a shooting. There, police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound outside a business. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Thousands were left without power after a line of severe storms pushed across D.C., Maryland and Virginia, knocking over trees and damaging power lines. More than 70,000 power customers in Northern Virginia found themselves without electricity Thursday afternoon after severe storms moved across the DMV. Dominion Energy’s outage map showed the most affected areas were Fairfax County and Loudoun County as of Thursday night.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (DC News Now) — A recently unsealed indictment revealed that nine members of a violent street gang are facing several charges and are linked to a 2022 murder in Alexandria. The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) said the gang is part of the Eastside Rollin’ 20s Crips (RTC), which is a set of the Crips national gang. The 12-count indictment charged the members with drug conspiracy, armed robbery, murder, identity theft, gun offenses and more.
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WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Metro announced that trains on the Red Line are running with delays on Juneteenth following track repairs outside the Rhode Island Avenue station. In a post made on X just after 6 a.m., Metro announced that trains were single-tracking between the Union Station and Fort Totten stations following overnight repairs. Some trains are expected to offload at “strategic locations” to minimize train traffic, Metro noted in the post chain.
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WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Trains on the Red Line ran with delays on Thursday for several hours after fluids began leaking on a track at the Rhode Island Avenue station. Metro said that overnight crews noticed a piece of machinery leaking hydraulic fluid, impacting areas between the Union Station and Takoma stations. “Because extensive cleanup is required to prevent environmental impacts, Red Line trains are single-tracking.
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WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has activated a heat alert for Thursday as temperatures and humidity levels continue to rise across the DMV. The heat alert will remain in effect until 8 a.m. on June 19. This comes as the National Weather Service (NWS) forecasted that temperatures will rise to the lower and mid-90s on Thursday. However, when combined with high humidity levels, the heat index will exceed 95 degrees.
