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DC Council officially overturns Initiative 77, killing minimum-wage increase
The initiative approved by voters in June would have raised minimum base pay for tipped workers to standard minimum wage over a period of time.
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Mega Millions jackpot now $868M, 2nd largest in US history
The next drawing will be Friday. If someone wins the jackpot, it would mark the second-largest lottery grand prize in U.S. history.
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As luck would have it, Md. and Va. have produced big lottery winners
As lottery fever sizzles over a new record-setting Mega Millions jackpot and a whopper of a Powerball prize, you should know our region has produced some massive lottery winners in recent years.
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Man in a wheelchair struck by a car in DC
It’s unclear whether the victim was on the road or the sidewalk. Police say the driver fled the scene.
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DC teacher faces rape charges in Md.
The victim told police she was served “unidentified beverages” and passed out. She awakened the next day naked and in intense pain in the suspect’s bed.
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Another gazelle calf born at Smithsonian National Zoo
The Smithsonian National Zoo announced the birth of a female dama gazelle Tuesday, the second calf born at the zoo in as many months.
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TV Review: A Roseanne Barr-less ‘The Conners’ is a triumph
An overdose of pain pills may be the explanation for the contentious comedian’s absence from the Conner dining table, but she still haunts it, at least in the new show’s pilot.
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2nd teen arrested in Southeast DC graduate’s shooting death
Police arrested an unidentified 15-year-old Southeast D.C. resident Tuesday in thefatal shooting of TaQuan Pinkney on Sept. 9. Another teen was arrested earlier this month.
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Hurricane is blamed for 16 deaths in Florida alone
Five days after Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle, people are struggling to locate friends and loved ones who haven’t been heard from, though how many residents are missing seems to be anyone’s guess.
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The Latest: Trump names DC lawyer new White House counsel
President Donald Trump says he’s selected Washington lawyer Pat Cipollone to serve as his next White House counsel.
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Residents of burned DC senior building wonder what’s next
It was nearly a month ago that fire drove about 160 residents from their homes at the Arthur Capper Senior Apartments near the Navy Yard, and the displaced seniors are yearning to know where they’ll have new places to call home.
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Students defrauded by colleges score win in court decision
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had said the regulation, known as borrower defense, made discharging loans too easy and was unfair to taxpayers.
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DC United’s Odoi-Atsem diagnosed with cancer
D.C. United says defender Chris Odoi-Atsem has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and is scheduled to have four months of chemotherapy.
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Feds: ‘Operation Goodfellas’ breaks up $19 million drug ring
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Virginia’s Eastern District said in a statement Tuesday that they’ve charged five Hampton Roads area men in a trafficking conspiracy that moved large amounts of cocaine, heroin and marijuana.
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Ex-Fairfax Co. sheriff’s deputy charged with sexual assault of former inmate
A former Fairfax County sheriff’s deputy is facing sexual battery charges after a former inmate says he assaulted her. Keith Washington, 47, of Stafford, Virginia, has been charged with one count of carnal knowledge of an inmate and one count of sexual battery.
