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Watch: The Great American Water Taste Test brings friendly competition to Capitol Hill

Watch: The Great American Water Taste Test brings friendly competition to Capitol Hill

by Victoria Ryan | Feb 6, 2025 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON — The National Rural Water Association held its 26th annual Great American Water Taste Test on Wednesday. The Bear River Water Conservancy District of Utah took home the championship.  Samples are judged on three categories: clarity, bouquet and overall...
Watch: The 17th Annual Lincoln Oratory Festival Brings History to Life

Watch: The 17th Annual Lincoln Oratory Festival Brings History to Life

by Lenna Peterson | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON — The 17th Annual Lincoln Oratory Festival hosted 293 local elementary and middle school students at Ford’s Theatre, the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.  The event showcased third-grade through eighth-grade students who performed historical...
Watch: Housing secretary nominee testifies at Senate hearing

Watch: Housing secretary nominee testifies at Senate hearing

by Norah D'Cruze | Jan 27, 2025 | Featured, Living, Topics

WASHINGTON –– Eric Scott Turner, Trump’s pick for the Secretary of Housing, Development and Urban Development is headed to a full Senate vote after being narrowly approved in committee. He is the first nominee to be approved without an FBI background check, to the...
Biden pardons ‘Peach’ and ‘Blossom’ ahead of Thanksgiving

Biden pardons ‘Peach’ and ‘Blossom’ ahead of Thanksgiving

by Sarah Lin | Nov 25, 2024 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON — President Biden pardoned turkeys Peach and Blossom on Monday, officially freeing them to live out lives of comfort and luxury in Minnesota, instead of ending up on a dinner table this Thanksgiving. Biden made the pardon on the South Lawn with the help of...
Photos: Embassy Row’s fashionable trick-or-treaters

Photos: Embassy Row’s fashionable trick-or-treaters

by Sarah Lin | Oct 31, 2024 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON — Embassy Row opened its doors to candy-seeking trick-or-treaters on Thursday as children of all ages celebrated Halloween. While some embassies, such as Indonesia’s, offered imported candies from their country, others opted for more common American...
DC Residents Highlight Strengths and Shortcomings of Housing Authority Restructuring

DC Residents Highlight Strengths and Shortcomings of Housing Authority Restructuring

by Jonas Blum | Oct 22, 2024 | Featured, Living, Politics

WASHINGTON — Residents and prospective tenants appeared appreciative of new leadership, but eager to see more change at the first District of Columbia Housing Authority public oversight roundtable on Tuesday, which saw benefit recipients directly address the...
VIDEO: Take Steps 2024 raises $200K for IBD Support and Research

VIDEO: Take Steps 2024 raises $200K for IBD Support and Research

by Sophia Didinova | Jun 4, 2024 | Living

WASHINGTON — The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation hosted Take Steps 2024 on Saturday, drawing the largest crowd in years, according to organizers. Individuals diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), their caregivers and healthcare professionals...
FreeHer protesters call on Biden to ‘Bring Moms Home’ from prisons and jails

FreeHer protesters call on Biden to ‘Bring Moms Home’ from prisons and jails

by Sophia Didinova | Apr 25, 2024 | Living

WASHINGTON — “Bring Moms Home for Mother’s Day,” called protesters at the 10th Anniversary FreeHer March and Rally on Wednesday.  Organized by The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, the peaceful protest emphasized that this...
In Photo: Anti-war group distributes free vegan food to combat poverty, hunger

In Photo: Anti-war group distributes free vegan food to combat poverty, hunger

by Lindsey Byman | Mar 12, 2024 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON – The Washington chapter of Food Not Bombs, a volunteer group that gives out free vegan meals to combat poverty and hunger, distributed meals on Saturday, undeterred by persistent rain. D.C. is one of over 1,000 cities in 65 countries served by Food Not...
Supreme Court takes up the case involving a BMW, a robbery and blown deadlines

Supreme Court takes up the case involving a BMW, a robbery and blown deadlines

by Maria Heim | Feb 27, 2024 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON – When is it too late for the government to provide notice that they are seeking forfeiture in criminal cases? That was the question at the heart of a Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday.  The case arose after a federal jury in New York convicted Louis...
Photos: Martin Luther King Jr. peace walk commemorates a legacy of equality and justice

Photos: Martin Luther King Jr. peace walk commemorates a legacy of equality and justice

by Rafaela Jinich | Jan 17, 2024 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON- Attendees in Washington D.C. celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a fervent peace rally followed by a parade that echoed the principles of equality and justice that the civil rights figure championed.  The heart of the commemoration lay in...
Chicago gun violence activists ask Congress to follow suit in community health reforms

Chicago gun violence activists ask Congress to follow suit in community health reforms

by Shravya Pant | Nov 29, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Living

WASHINGTON – Chicago-area medical experts and community health advocates brought their advocacy to Washington on Tuesday at a Senate panel on gun violence led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). To local community leaders, gun violence is personal. Illinois has the...
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