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Humid day with potential for severe rain, storms
Thursday will be a cloudy, muggy day with highs closer to 80 degrees. Scattered thundershowers develop through the day with some being on the heavier side, maybe even severe.
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Farewell, Bob: Bob Ryan retires from WJLA
In the late 1970s, Bob Ryan was the first meteorologist to regularly appear on the Today Show before coming to Washington in 1980. Now, after 45 years in the business, he's retiring from television to spend more time with his family.
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Soldier charged with secretly videotaping women at West Point
An Army sergeant has been charged with secretly photographing and videotaping at least a dozen women at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, including in a bathroom.
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Mayor: Up to 13,000 homes destroyed by Moore tornado
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb. President Obama will see the wreckage first hand on Sunday when he travels to Moore.
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U.S. admits killing Americans in drone strikes
On the eve of a major national security speech by President Obama, his administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009.
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Bozie, National Zoo's new elephant, arrives from Baton Rouge
A new Asian elephant has arrived at the National Zoo, reuniting her with another elephant she once lived with in Sri Lanka. Bozie, 37 years old, traveled by truck more than 1,100 miles from her old home at the Baton Rouge Zoo in Louisiana.
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Heroes for the Homeland plans to send volunteers to Moore
As soon as the twister hit Moore Monday, one local organization, Heroes for the Homeland, knew it had to go and help.
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Spotsylvania school employee accused of dating student
Police say Keith Bradley Pendleton, a Spotsylvania County, Va. school employee, had dated a 17-year-old student for several months. He's being held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail.
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Garcia's Tiger Woods 'fried chicken' comment causes major stir
Sergio Garcia found himself in the rough Tuesday night after telling a reporter he'd invite Woods over and serve "fried chicken."
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Fairfax County movie theaters to show ads to curb drunk driving
There's a big push to put the brakes on drunk driving this holiday weekend. And it's coming to a movie theater near you. Two short ads from the Unified Prevention Coalition of Fairfax County will reach moviegoers starting Friday.
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Repairs to Bloomingdale flooding problems upset neighbors
In D.C.'s Bloomingdale neighborhood, neighbors have faced a chronic flooding problem for years. Now, as the city is trying to fix the problem with an improved drainage system, they're upsetting other residents nearby.
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D.C. 911 center employees to be retrained after ABC7 story
ABC7 has uncovered a potential major safety issue when it comes to cell phones and D.C.’s 911 call system.
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Democrats take aim at GOP pick Jackson's 'extreme agenda'
Virginia Democrats continued focusing their fire in November's bellwether statewide elections not at the top of the Republican ticket but in the middle, at E.W. Jackson, the outspoken conservative black minister nominated by GOP delegates for lieutenant governor.
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Police: Off-duty Arlington deputy shoots, kills man
Alexandria Police are still trying to figure out what led to an altercation between a 17-year veteran of the Arlington County Sheriff's Office and 22-year-old Julian Dawkins, which ended with the deputy shooting Dawkins to death.
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Harper scores both Nats runs in 2-1 win over Giants in 10 innings
Ian Desmond singled in Bryce Harper in the 10th inning, and the Nationals beat the Giants 2-1 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game series sweep. Harper hit a solo homer in the sixth inning.
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IRS official pleads the Fifth: 'I have done nothing wrong'
The IRS official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups has told Congress she did nothing wrong. Then she refused to answer lawmakers' further questions, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself.
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Man with possible Tsarnaev ties shot, killed during FBI questioning
A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot to death early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said.
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Shriver's 'Save the Children' helps young tornado survivors
Mark Shriver of "Save the Children" says the damage left from Monday's vast tornado is worse than what he saw after hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. His thoughts quickly turned to the children.
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