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Tag: Washington D.C.

Newsbreak January 27, 2023

An unloaded gun was found in the backpack of a six-year-old student in Homestead. Tallahassee lawmakers want to change laws regarding anti-Semitic messages in...

Activists push for gun reform in posters (includes video story)

A group of community activists in Washington D.C. is hoping to spark conversations about gun violence with the help of one of the ten...

Latinos in D.C. advocate for statehood rights (includes video story)

For over 200 years, residents in Washington, D.C. have been subjected to inequality and underrepresentation when it comes to voting in Congress. For D.C....

National Gallery of Art brings back after-hours event for fall (includes...

 A local crowd favorite, After-Hours at the National Gallery of Art, has returned to Washington, D.C. following COVID-19. The event brings lively, multisensory-themed programs...

Newsbreak September 14, 2022

Queen Elizabeth's coffin arrives at Buckingham Palace last and today will travel in a silent procession to Westminster Hall. A less redacted version of...

D.C. attorney general awards $150,000 to six nonprofits helping bused migrants...

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is awarding a total of $150,000 in migrant and humanitarian crisis grants to six local nonprofit organizations. The money...

Amazon’s pilot program in D.C. will keep packages safe from thieves...

Washington D.C. is the first city nationwide to implement a new pilot program with retail giant Amazon. In an attempt to combat package theft,...

Serena Williams wins in final tournament before retirement (includes video story)

Tennis legend Serena Williams is leaving her final mark. The 23-time Grand Slam champion announced recently that this year’s U.S. Open Tournament will be...

FIU inaugurates new D.C. offices, including SFMN bureau (includes video story)

FIU will soon be officially debuting its offices in Washington, D.C. Located just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol building, the new space...

Newsbreak August 30, 2022

NASA tentatively reschedules the Artemis I launch for Friday after discovering a hydrogen leak that couldn't be fixed immediately. A capitol rioter with ties...