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5 years after Capital Gazette shooting, survivors and families begin to heal, but scars remain: ‘Moving with the pain’
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Capital Gazette photographer Paul Gillespie begins the workday in a dimly lit home office cluttered with mementos of career milestones and the people he’s lost. On this June morning, much wei…
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Officers are on scene of a barricade at GW Memorial Pkwy & Belle Haven Rd in Belle Haven for a man experiencing a mental health crisis. The man barricaded himself inside a car. GW Pkwy closed in both directions while officers attempt to peacefully resolve the situation. #FCPD
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UPDATE: person has been extricated from car. Being transported to hospital with potential life-threatening injuries. #FCFRD #traffic
Units on scene of a car crash on Silverbrook Road at Indian Paintbrush Way in Lorton area. One person trapped. Crews working to extricate. Both lanes of Silverbrook Road are shut down. Avoid area. #traffic #FCFRD
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Chick-fil-A to open Annandale and Kingstowne locations this spring
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Annandale will get its first Chick-fil-A this year. A company spokesperson tells FFXnow that the 4,400-square-foot fast food restaurant is expected to open at 7120 Little River Turnpike in the...
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Good morning, Fairfax County — FFXnow is officially live
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As of this morning FFXnow has officially launched, expanding our Fairfax County-wide news coverage and serving as a new home for Reston Now and Tysons Reporter. Our hyperlocal coverage areas each...
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I'm starting something new today, Meanwhile, in Annapolis. I'll be writing essays on the Meta Bulletin platform for independent voices. Here's my first go. Hope you like it.
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An Annapolis mayoral candidate forum will begin shortly at Kneseth Israel Congregation. I’ll have some tweets for @capgaznews if the wifi cooperates.
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At 8:45 a.m. two SROs observed a fight on second floor of Annapolis High. One student had a knife and was disarmed by a SRO. Two students were sent to hospital. Seven students were arrested, says @AACOPD PIO Jackie Davis
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“Justice was served today,” @AnneArundelSAO says outside courthouse after sentencing. In a mass shooting case that gripped the community, even jurors in the gunman’s sanity trial came to court Tuesday to watch the sentence
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Judge Michael Wachs imposed the maximum possible sentence for the Capital Gazette gunman: six terms of life in prison, five without parole, plus 220 years — all to be served consecutively. @capgaznews @baltimoresun
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Andrea Chamblee: The real victim impact is that he’s gone when he deserved to be here.
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The following is the text of Andrea Chamblee’s prepared oral remarks for Tuesday’s sentencing hearing for the Capital Gazette shooter. Chamblee is the widow of John McNamara, who was on…
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An Anne Arundel County judge sentenced the man who blasted his way into the Capital Gazette newsroom and killed five people to five life sentences without the possibility of parole Tuesday.
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An Anne Arundel County judge sentenced the man who killed five Capital Gazette employees to the maximum penalty allowable under law Tuesday, bringing an end to the court case stemming from the mass…
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The Capital Gazette gunman will be sentenced today. Story by @alex_mann10 and update to follow https://t.co/lDWbjbyyXC
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Today is Annapolis' primary election. For those who haven't mailed a ballot, through 8 p.m., you can drop it off in one of 8 dropboxes or you can vote in person in one of the wards with contested elections - Ward 3, 4 and 8. Your ballot can still be mailed if postmarked by today.
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APPLY!!!! So thankful that @MDDCPress placed me with @capgaznews this past summer. If you have any questions about the application or program, let me know:-)
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Jeff Bill appreciation day: a personal hero for many reasons! 1) fantastic photographer 2) always has the photo team's back 3) saved my ass on deadline more than once (including literally last night) 4) humble, modest, incredibly caring 5) can avoid glass glare like no other:
Our @capgaznews photo editor Jeff Bill doesn’t have twitter (smart tbh) but he deserves a shout for these shots of the American founding documents exhibit at the State House. It’s basically impossible to avoid the glare of the glass case but he did it. Pro. https://t.co/Mj4wv7s3hQ
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National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Strong stands in front of Sun and Earth, a market that’s storefront was destroyed. Strong is tracking the tornados path starting in Edgewater. Tornado likely had winds above 100 mph. The storm grade is undetermined
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Come work with us! The Capital has an opening for Anne Arundel County government reporter, who would get to cover the upcoming 2022 election.
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The Anne Arundel County Board of Education has gone into recess. Several people in the audience refused to wear a mask after being asked to do so. Board members were unmasked. Audience said why do we have to if they don't. Corine Frank said rules are different.
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