
Ya-Marie Sesay
News Reporter at DC News Now
News Reporter at WDCW-TV (Washington, DC)
Morning reporter for @DCNewsNow | Story idea? [email protected] | Prince George’s County native | HamptonU Alum ⚓️💙 | UMD Alum 🐢
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3 days ago |
dcnewsnow.com | Ya-Marie Sesay |Gabby Allen
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Commuters arriving at Union Station Tuesday morning were met with boards filled with cancellations due to a massive fire that broke out in West Baltimore on Monday night. Several MARC Penn Line and Amtrak trains were suspended between the District and Baltimore due to the incident, leaving many early-morning travelers stranded and frustrated.
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1 week ago |
dcnewsnow.com | Ya-Marie Sesay
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Catholic world is abuzz with the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American as the papacy. For many Catholics in the nation’s capital, the news came as both a surprise and a source of pride. At the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, many gathered to reflect on the significance of the moment. “My manager asked me, ‘hey, do you think we’ll get an American pope anytime soon.’ I was like, no, I don’t think so.
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1 week ago |
dcnewsnow.com | Ya-Marie Sesay
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Dozens are expected to gather Thursday outside the Embassy of El Salvador demanding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvador man who was living in Maryland before being wrongfully deported to an El Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration in March. Since his deportation, advocates and community members have been working tirelessly to secure his return to the United States.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Ya-Marie Sesay
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Dozens are expected to gather Thursday outside the Embassy of El Salvador demanding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvador man who was living in Maryland before being wrongfully deported to an El Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration in March.
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1 week ago |
dcnewsnow.com | Ya-Marie Sesay
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — As of May 7, travelers flying domestically in the U.S. must present a REAL ID-compliant form of identification at airport security checkpoints or expect to go through additional security measures. If you’ve renewed your driver’s license in recent years, you may have noticed a small star in the upper corner. That star indicates that your license is REAL ID compliant, meeting the federal requirements established by the REAL ID Act.
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