Delia Gonçalves
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Multi Award-winning reporter-anchor @WUSA9 , @dcpublicschools mom. Tryin' wicked HAAHD to hide my New Bedfid accent! 🇨🇻dgoncalves @wusa9 .com
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RAVEN HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE!! THANK YOU ALL!
@DCPoliceDept
with her in Chinatown. Family enroute
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Good morning friends. A beautiful snow falling down on the US Capitol
#InaugurationDay
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I got the call. My 2nd grader’s a close contact but NOT my 4th grader. I pulled both kids out of concern for my school community and health of our children. But my 4th grader’s absences will not be excused b/c
@dcpublicschools
doesn’t consider how one affects many?!
@MurielBowser
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#Breaking
:
@DCPoliceDept
say NO shots fired at
#capitalPrideParade
but someone yelled into crowd that there was a gun. People started running. Police later found a firearm in someone's backpack. That person being questioned.. Minor injuries from the crowd running.
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#Realtalk
- I'm feeling some sort of way about this Wegman's blocks from a Giant on Wisconsin...when Wards 7 and 8 combined STILL only have 3 large grocery stores...and we've been waiting on
@LidlUS
for a while now...
#foodequity
@HillcrestWard7
@TheAdvoc8te
@MurielBowser
@wusa9
Not the colonial band playing throughout the new DC Wegmans this morning 💀
Credit:
@CarolynRider
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TJ Hall’s grandma gets wheeled away by meds while he prays for friends still inside collapsed bldg in Silver Spring following what they say was an explosion and fire
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#Happeningnow
: “I’m here to protect the Capitol against QAnon” - US Capitol Police stop Maryland man at 3rd and Independence.
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A well-deserved honor for
@nytimes
best-selling author
@JasonReynolds83
highlighted as a visionary in
#TIME100Next
list. A friend,
#DMV
native,
@UofMaryland
alum & a beautiful soul. One of my BEST interviews.
Stay tuned for more of our conversation
@wusa9
@DrIbram
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About 2 dozen students
@Banneker_HS
stage walk-out demanding safer conditions in schools and temporary return to virtual learning
@stu4safelearn
@wusa9
@dcpublicschools
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Hey Twitter! I'm heading back to
@wusa9
Thursday 7/29th after a 2 month medical leave. Ready to share your stories! If you follow me, you know my beat. DM me!
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7 years ago today and I’m still haunted by her story. Let us never forget. Our children need us.
#RelishaRudd
@wusa9
@MissingKids
@UpwardboundLong
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A public service announcement to my fellow reporters: Hillcrest Heights is in MARYLAND. Hillcrest is SOUTHEAST DC. - signed, a
@HillcrestWard7
resident
@nbcwashington
@wtop
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This LOSER runs across Naylor Rd, SE just before 7pm Thurs. & shoots into a car. His shots kill 11 year old Karon Brown. When you're a coward - YOU KILL CHILDREN. Stop being afraid of snitching & start standing up for LIFE! TEXT ANONYMOUS TIPS to 50-411
@DCPoliceDept
@SEDCScoop
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Friends at Coolidge HS made memorial poster for Kaelia Minor stabbed to death last night
#ripkaelia
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“I am homeless and that is my house they are taking - no one asked me!!” - protestor says
@DCPoliceDept
removed all his possessions
@wusa9
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Friends: Pls take a look at the
#compassion
from this woman who steps in to help a
#homeless
man being held at gunpoint by police .
@wusa9
Now, she's set up a
#GoFundme
for him!
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Sad news to report for my
@HillcrestWard7
neighbors. The woman living under the 295 overpass on Pennsylvania Ave. SE passed this morning. Many helped over the years. DC - Please check in on your homeless neighbors.
@DCPoliceDept
@TheAdvoc8te
#RIPMsHill
@DCHumanServ
@wusa9
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This CHAMP right here!!...just heard him reporting in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese AND German!
#euronews
#InaugurationDay
@PhilipinDC
@AP
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#Breaking
: Howard University Hospital received its 725 allotment of vaccines this morning - sooner than expected. Healthcare workers, including the CEO, will be vaccinated tomorrow.
@wusa9
#COVID19Vaccine
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DC's majority black
#littleleague
team made history by winning the District. Next stop? Regional tournament in CT but they need $10K to get there!
@wusa9
#mamiejohnson
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We made calls. Now the padlocks on the gates at Potomac Gardens were deemed a fire code violation and removed. Now to get help for the mold,rats and bugs. NO ONE SHOULD LIVE LIKE THIS!
@dcra
@DC_Housing
@DOEE_DC
@charlesallen
@MurielBowser
(
@wusa9
)
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One of the hardest things I’ve done- saying goodbye to my friend & mentor: the legendary
@brucejohnson9
. I love you and I am so grateful 🙏🏽
@wusa9
@DarrenMHaynes
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6 out of 10
@dcpublicschools
getting the largest budget cuts are in
#ward8
. Those schools losing a combined $10.4 Million.
@MarkusBatchelor
says it's setting these schools up to fail. A breakdown of the Ward 8 outlook tonight at 11
@wusa9
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Amazing Grace. This woman helped save a man’s life by diffusing a confrontation with an armed police officer. Her video went
#viral
. Her story is remarkable. Hear from her LIVE with
@brucejohnson9
at 7pm
#offscripton9
@wusa9
@_Guccigracee
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#Confirmed
: ENTIRE 6th grade at Johnson Middle is quarantined. But
@dcpublicschools
policy states if you're within 3-6 feet, wearing a mask and in classrooms w/HEPA filters you are NOT close contacts. So what's happening there? Waiting for clarification
@wusa9
@creidsboe
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Just learned
@dcpublicschools
staff are scheduled to get vaccinated January 25th, just one week before in-person learning is set to begin Feb. 1st. Based on that timing, they will not get 2nd booster & will not be fully innoculated in time for return to class.
@wusa9
@WTUTeacher
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I am so honored that YOU - DC residents - have chosen to recognize my work in this way. This is a calling and a service to my community. Forever grateful
@wusa9
@DCMOWPI
#washingtonwomenofexcellence
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Jason Lewis held without bond in killing of Karon Blake. Judge says “he was the first aggressor…he loses his right to self-defense”
@wusa9
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Harambee means “all pull together” in Swahili. Activists & educators formed a Harambee circle in Lafayette Square calling for unity, education, action
@wusa9
#BlackLivesMatter
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Tonight on
@WUSA9
at 11, I share my journey w/
#fibroids
& the stories of two other warriors. The non-cancerous tumors grow in a woman's uterus & can lead to blood loss, pain & fertility issues. Our message: Listen to your bodies & advocate for your care.
@DJHeatDC
@WeCan_WearWhite
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DC teachers keeping the pressure on District leaders...gathering outside
@MayorBowser
’s home to push for 100% virtual return to
@dcpublicschools
@wtu
@wusa9
#onlywhenitssafe
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My heart breaks.
@MurielBowser
@DCPoliceDept
@SafeDC
(
@wusa9
)
DC mom says daughter too afraid to come home after 12-year-old shot in her bed Anaya was sleeping soundly when a bullet tore through the 12-year-old basketball player’s leg just above the knee.
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The family of 27 y/o Tarek Boothe, an aspiring chef, shot & killed in Georgetown Monday has set up a GoFundMe.
@wusa9
@DCPoliceDept
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No LIVE Microsoft Teams classes for my kids today as
@dcpublicschools
teachers take a mental health day in protest of reopening talks between
@DCPSChancellor
and
@WTUTeacher
. But teachers still put in the work! A full day of independent work planned ahead of time!
@wusa9
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Shout out to our amazing teachers & staff who set up virtual learning for 2nd grader on quarantine!
HUGE hug to my neighbor Dr. J.Burton who did a rapid test on the big girls who are negative.
Middle school excusing absences. Kids logged on to Canvas. Awaiting PCR results.
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#New
: DC Auditor report says
@dcpublicschools
did not meet
@CDCgov
and
@_DCHealth
guidelines that 10% of in-person students must be screened for COVID-19. According to report, only 4% were screened during return-to-class Spring 2021. Waiting for response.
@wusa9
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Taking leave from on air duties...but let's stay connected here, on Instagram or Facebook: (
@wusa9
)
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The Sunday Squad! Welcome new meteorologist
@makaylalucerowx
! See you tonight at 11pm
@darrenmhaynes
@wusa9
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In my AM editorial meeting, pitching stories, attending to 1st grader's writing assessment, my head still swirling w/my family's decision on return to in-person learning
@dcpublicschools
...and then the 6 y/o asks me to take a pic & email it to her teacher. All is well. 💓
@wusa9
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He’s always had my back. What a blessing. Love ya’
@brucejohnson9
- see you on the other side! The best is yet to come!
#44yearsofexcellence
#dclegend
@wusa9
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#Watch
: After 20 years of searching for her real name, the longest living
#JaneDoe
found her real family. The story behind this emotional reunion here:
@wusa9
#missing
@MissingKids
@HelpFindThem14
#knownasmonique
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Prayers answered! Raven found safe and sound!
@deliangoncalves
@msbelle360
@PGPDNews
@wusa9
@PGCountyScoop
FATHER GOD, of ALL the Prayers you have answered, and they have been MANY, PLEASE answer this one, and bring this baby home, safe and sound, to her family. YOU ALONE can do the Miraculous GOD, and you can do ANYTHING but FAIL. Amen.🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾
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#Breaking
: after 3 years without a contract,
@WTUTeacher
strikes deal with the city: including a 12% increase in salary over four years
4% retention bonus
All benefits included and paid for
A significant increase in administrative premium
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I won't ever forget that call and those LIVE interviews in the early morning hours outside of DC General. Grateful to those who have never given up hope. Hold your children close.
#RelishaRudd
@missingkids
@blackandmissing
@UpwardboundLong
@wusa9
Today is Relisha Rudd Awareness Day. 8 years ago on March 1st
#RelishaRudd
went missing & we have never given up our search for her.
This picture is an age progression of what Relisha could possibly look like now. Courtesy of
@MissingKids
Have info? Call 202-727-9099/text 50411
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10:46PM - I finally cast my ballot after a nearly 4 hour wait. Social distancing inside polling place left many booths empty and long lines outside
@wusa9
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“Black people are allowed to be joyful...at DC renaming a street after Black Lives Matter. It’s our responsibility to tell you what we are fighting for” -
@DMVBlackLives
statement citing
@wusa9
#stopandfrisk
investigation.
@EricFlackTV
#terrencesterling
#jeffreyprice
Here is our official statement about
@MayorBowser
,
#BlackLivesMatterPlaza
,
#DefundPolice
and the Black people murdered by
@DCPoliceDept
she refuses justice for.
#DCProtests
#DCProtester
#dcprotest2020
#DefendBlackLives
#DefendBlackLife
#StopMPD
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“There is NOTHING like
@brucejohnson9
in the newsroom!” We are better because of him. Watch his amazing journey to beat
#cancer
tonight at 11pm. Have a question for him? He’s LIVE on Facebook at 7:30pm!!
@wusa9
#BruceJohnsonIsBack
#TheChamp
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@cuneytdil
As opposed to building a quality high school or investing in our current high schools in Ward 7 and 8?! Afterall, most of the kids at Wilson travel more than an HOUR from East of the River to get to school.
#equitymatters
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Confirmed:
@dcpublicschools
shifting 50 central office members to serve as substitutes: "We anticipate starting the school year with around 150 open positions, and have already put contingencies in place to support schools while those roles are filled.”
@wusa9
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“Why did the Mayor paint Black Lives Matter here if she was just going to kick us out?!” - Raymond Williams,
Us Peace Movement on removal of protest encampment
@MayorBowser
@wusa9
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Hey friends! I just couldn't help but take a pic with this beautiful lady right here. The always gorgeous & classy
@abuddy
💖
#HappyFriday
#staywarm
@wusa9
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Back in the studio after 7 months away!..and your 630 news is up next!
@wusa9
@chesterlampkin
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I live off two steep hills with lots of elderly neighbors…why do they still look like this?!
@DCDPW
@HillcrestWard7
@wusa9
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How do you break through the noise and tell YOUR story? Find out how
@HERMusicx
did it in a FREE talk for teens Tuesday
@dcpl
@wusa9
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Robbing Peter to pay Paul?
@dcpublicschools
slated to remove 17 staffers, including counselors, from
@CardozoEC
to supervise elementary school CARES classrooms for Nov 9th reopening. Principal says move will dismantle Student Support Center putting their students at risk.
@wusa9
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#Breaking
: Notorious DC landlords
#SanfordCapital
pays $1.1 Million in back rent to 155 tenants for unsafe & unsanitary conditions in their apartments. But still more work to do to crack down
#slumlords
& dangerous homes. My investigation tonight at 11
@wusa9
.
@AGKarlRacine
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#Breaking
: police and fire on scene of shooting on S.Capitol Street outside of
@Nationals
park
@wusa9
@DCPoliceDept
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and what didn't make air - for time purposes - was the fact I told the Mayor she is the Executive and has an obligation to answer community members' concerns - We must continue to hold all our elected leaders accountable.
(7) Something that stands out in the
@deliangoncalves
story: "When asked about the incident the Mayor responded by saying she wouldn't respond about a specific call she doesn't know anything about." (more)
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This moment took my breath away. Thank you Congressman John Lewis.
#BLMPlaza
#RIPJohnLewis
#amazinggrace
@wusa9
✊🏽
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With so much violence in our city, let's share some GOOD news
@wusa9
at 11! Shouting out local students who are heading off to college starting with this amazing 16-year old from NE DC and his 15-year old brother! Send us your pics!
#Blackexcellence
#CollegeSigningDay
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If you haven’t mailed in your ballot in DC - consider voting in person. NO LINES! Polls close at 8pm
@wusa9
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Black, unarmed, killed by a DC Police officer. Why wasn't the body cam turned on in time? Tonight 11pm
@deray
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A grandmother on unemployment due to pandemic falls behind on rent. She loses everything in this fire at the Avanti Apts. in District Heights. Then she says her landlord wouldn't let her back in. She called
@wusa9
. Her family moves into their new apartment tomorrow. Tonight at 11
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Police barricade at 15th and I Sts.
2 people arrested as of 4pm on weapons and firework charges according to
@DCPoliceDept
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After the
#DukeMiami
game tune into
@WUSA9
....anchoring today and EVERY weekend! Join me!
@thedmvnetwork
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Congratulations to my friend and mentor THE
@brucejohnson9
and his mural outside of
@benschilibowl
. A well deserved honor!
@wusa9
Photo courtesy:
@MikevWUSA
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“I hope we don’t get exposed!” - friend says who is waiting in long line of nearly 100 people waiting for vaccines INSIDE Senior Center on Alabama Ave SE. Out of the snow but no social distancing in sight.
@_DCHealth
@DrLNesbitt
@MayorBowser
@wusa9
@HillcrestWard7
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"I can finally go to sleep without worrying," said Stephanie Hill. Homeless woman who left the shuttered DC General Shelter 3 weeks ago, moves her family into their first apartment tomorrow
@MayorBowser
@wusa9
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I asked
@dcpublicschools
for a list of all schools that will lose staffers, all DC agencies transferring employees, and how many people are still needed for reopen. They said “we are still working on staffing arrangements.” We’re 2 weeks out.(
@wusa9
)
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A 23 year old male employee of Lakeforest Mall In Gaithersburg is dead after police say he was stabbed in food court around 11 this morning
@wusa9
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It was an honor to meet the great-grandniece of
#HarrietTubman
during her first visit to
@NMAAHC
. 87 year old Geraldine Copes-Daniels has now gone on to soar with the angels & finally meet her ancestor.
#becauseofthem
#moses
#rip
@wusa9
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First show with your new weekend team in the books! Join us at 11pm
@wusa9
@LorenzoHall
#weekendwarriors
#coanchor
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Wonderful night celebrating the one and only
@abuddy
. We are better because of you. Thank you is not enough
@wusa9
@leslifoster
@DebraAlfarone
@MonikaSamtani
@hhowardWTOP
@OhMyGOFF
@suepalkafox5dc
@lauraevansmedia
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When
@RamirezReports
loses her voice but not her work ethic or sense of humor...still knocks it out the park! Great LIVE shot!
@wusa9
#WUSA9Weather
#cuecards
#honeylemongingertea
#virginiaweather
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Maaannn - tell me we don't age well?! They look and sound GOOOOD. OG's
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Update: Baby is in stable condition. She was still strapped into her car seat when she fell into the Bay. Fire Dept. estimates she & good Samaritan were in water 4-5 minutes before being rescued.
Exclusively on
@wusa9
at 6: hear from boaters who plucked them out of the water.
Thanks to the good Samaritan who bravely jumped off the Route 90 Bridge in Ocean City, MD to save an infant thrown from this car. Witnesses tell me baby was coughing and crying after she was rescued from the bay. We want to talk to this hero! Please DM me.
@OCPDMDInfo
@wusa9
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21 y/o Greg McBryde gunned down in front of his
#ColumbiaHeights
apt.Mom came home to see him on the ground
@WUSA9
http://t.co/MkFHumLbPb
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Case closed! Police to announce arrest in stabbing death of Kaelia Minor tonight 830
@wusa9
#ripkaelia
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"We are failing to keep our kids safe, and we have to do everything humanly possible to change that"
@CM_McDuffie
changes his testimony after visiting students & staff
@DunbarHSDC
following yesterday's deadly shooting of a student - 2nd in one month, he says.
@wusa9
@DCPoliceDept
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This beautiful young lady - Cierra Young was just 18 years old. Shot and killed on Valentine’s Day.
@DCPoliceDept
responded to car wreck at Branch and Pennsylvania Ave SE to find her in the passenger seat of one of the vehicles. Help police find the person responsible
@wusa9
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Video: According to the "New" Health Equity Map, if you live where I live you're going to die early. But there are success stories in Southeast, DC. I took 30 seconds out of the
@wusa9
newscast to talk about it.
@HillcrestWard7
@SEDCScoop
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So proud of this
#Kriola
, fellow
#Massachusetts
native (
#Seekonk
) and
@HowardU
senior who will be swimming with her 2 siblings for the 1st ever
#CapeVerde
national swim team for the
#Olympics
2020
@wusa9
@MayorJFC
@Luceinspiration
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Protestors lie down on NY avenue calling for answers in shooting death of unarmed black man
#terrencesterling
@wusa9
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@WTUTeacher
A fighter and committed servant. I will miss her spirit and our off camera chats. She was a wonderful woman and will be sorely missed. Prayers to her loved ones and
@WTUTeacher
family
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Congratulations to our newest
@ANC7F
Commissioner Joel Caston.
@DCjails_justice
The DC native is equipped with a tablet to attend upcoming ANC meetings, and he uses email to reach his new approximately 1,500 constituents. (
@wusa9
) (
@MikevWUSA
)
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The award read "Trailblazer" but I am simply a servant using my platform to help make an impact in our community. Thank you Anacostia Economic Development Corporation; awarding more than $300K in college scholarships to
@AnacostiaHigh
&
@BallouDC
students for 20 years!
@wusa9
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