April D. Bethea
@AprilBethea
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A Tar Heel trying to find her way in the nation's capital. I edit stories on education & health around the DMV for @washingtonpost; past: many hats @theobserver
Washington, DC
Joined May 2009
RT @DanRosZiff: New: DOJ grew increasingly frustrated with U-VA. before its president resigned, expanding probes into DEI and antisemitism,….
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RT @DanRosZiff: BREAKING: U-Va. President Jim Ryan tells board he'll resign amid DOJ pressure. The extraordinary move comes as the Trump….
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RT @Meagan_Flynn: We polled each DC council member on the specific changes they are pushing to make to the RFK Stadium deal. Mendelson sa….
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RT @UNCHussman: 📢 Develop your newsroom leadership skills this July through the Maynard Regional Training Series, a program for entry-level….
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RT @murraymatt: @peterbakernyt @washingtonpost Some context: We made moves that will extend and strengthen print’s lifespan. As we’ve said,….
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RT @kyletalking: If you pick up today's @washingtonpost you'll see at the top of the metro section about a homeowner who since Trump re-too….
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RT @capitalweather: 🔥 DC region now under an Extreme Heat Warning for Monday, from 11am to 9pm. More on the brutal heat this week at https:….
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RT @AprilBethea: In 2023, crime surged in D.C. as homicides reached levels not seen in a generation. By year’s end, police had made more th….
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We also wanted to hear directly from kids. @laurenmlumpkin, @jennygathright and @_joysung spoke with about two dozen middle schoolers about what it was like to grow up in D.C. — and they responded with a mix of joy and despair.
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From @ndungca, @Jdharden and @keithlalexander: D.C. teens needed rehabilitation to keep the city safe. They languished in a violent detention center instead.
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From @AmyJBrittain: D.C. court officials repeatedly lost track of teens wearing ankle monitors. The timing was deadly.
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From @newsbysamuels, @laurenmlumpkin and @Jdharden: How the District’s failure to curb truancy in middle schools yielded the biggest youth crime surge in a generation.
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In 2023, crime surged in D.C. as homicides reached levels not seen in a generation. By year’s end, police had made more than 500 arrests of people under age 18 for violent crimes. @wpinvestigates, @postlocal and more teams set out to find what happened. Here's what we learned:
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RT @WABJDC: This year, WABJ members @princeeditor and @drolarkb will be inducted into the Society of Professional Journalists' Washington….
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The Scripps bee is one of my favorite times of the year, and kudos to our great WaPo team for their live updates last night. Missed it? Catch up here.
C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N: Faizan Zaki, 13, of Texas wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The runner-up from last year was competing in his fourth bee. The national spelling contest celebrated its 100th anniversary this year.
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RT @washingtonpost: As soon as Faizan Zaki heard what would become his winning word at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, his eyes lit up.….
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RT @washingtonpost: Nine students will face off Thursday on the final night of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The three-day compe….
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Can you spell like a champion? Make a beeline to our quiz -- featuring audio from @ScrippsBee head pronouncer Jacques Bailly .
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RT @WashPostComms: 🚨 Kimi Yoshino, founding Baltimore Banner editor-in-chief, joins The Washington Post as Managing Editor. @kyoshino will….
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