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  • 5 days ago | nbcwashington.com | Walter Morris

    Firefighter killed, several injured in blast that leveled house in SterlingMore than a year after a house explosion killed a volunteer firefighter and injured several others, that firefighter's family, colleagues and the homeowner are suing the utility company and two of its employees. Volunteer firefighter Trevor Brown, 45, was killed in the explosion that leveled a Sterling, Virginia, home on Feb. 16, 2024.

  • 6 days ago | nbcchicago.com | Walter Morris

    Acclaimed director Ava DuVernay reflected on what the Smithsonian museums mean to Americans as she received a lifetime achievement award on Thursday at the National Museum of American History. Two months after President Trump signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian in an effort to eliminate “divisive or anti-American ideology,” the museum honored DuVernay with the Great Americans medal for her contributions to American ideals and ideas.

  • 6 days ago | nbcwashington.com | Walter Morris

    Acclaimed director Ava DuVernay reflected on what the Smithsonian museums mean to Americans as she received a lifetime achievement award on Thursday at the National Museum of American History. Two months after President Trump signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian in an effort to eliminate "divisive or anti-American ideology," the museum honored DuVernay with the Great Americans medal for her contributions to American ideals and ideas.

  • 1 week ago | nbcwashington.com | Walter Morris

    The Department of Homeland Security visited more than 100 businesses in the D.C. area to conduct what they called "worksite enforcement operations," leaving bar and restaurant staff rattled. Anxiety over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the region flared up on Monday, when reports spread that widespread immigration raids were planned in the D.C. area. On Tuesday, ICE agents visited at least nine D.C. restaurants, sources confirmed to NBC News.

  • 1 week ago | nbcwashington.com | Walter Morris

    Anxiety and anger ran through the D.C. restaurant community as NBC News reports Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents visited at least nine restaurants in the District Tuesday. In some cases, agents requested documents to verify employees' eligibility to work in the US. "It's really crazy, you know it kind of feels like we're not in the U.S.," said Bo Blair, the owner of Millie's, a popular restaurant in Northwest's Spring Valley neighborhood.

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