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Teenager Files $10 Million Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Washington DC For Rape in Clinic

A DC teenager, who was raped by a counselor at a Pennsylvania clinic in 2005, has filed a federal lawsuit suing Washington DC and nonprofit group KidsPeace Corporation for personal injury. The girl, who is a former ward of the city, had been consigned to the clinic, which is run…

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Planned Parenthood In Washington DC Sued For $50 Million By Mother Of Teenager That Had Botched Abortion

The mother of a teenaged girl is suing a Planned Parenthood in Washington DC for $50 million over a failed abortion. Shantese Butler, was just 13-years-old when her mother Emma Jean Butler took her to Planned Parenthood Metropolitan in September 2005 to have an abortion. Shantese had gotten pregnant after…

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Father Sues Washington D.C. After His Daughter’s Decomposing Body is Found in Her Mother’s Home

Norman C. Penn, Jr., the father of 16-year-old Brittany Jacks, is suing the District for $25 million following her death. Brittany decomposing body was discovered last January, along with the bodies of her three sisters, ages 5, 6, and 11, in her mother Banita Jacks’ southeast Washington rowhouse. Penn is…

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Washington D.C. Cracks Down On 23 Landlords with Lawsuit for Code Violations Due To Poor Conditions on the Premises

The District is suing the 23 property owners of 71 rental buildings (46 rental homes and 25 apartment buildings) for “egregious” code violations. It is also demanding that 13 of the properties be declared “public nuisances” so that repairs are made immediately. Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty says the…

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Lead Paint Discovered on Washington D.C. Park Fence Near Where Hundreds of Kids Play

A Washington D.C. television news team from 9NEWS NOW has found lead on a park fence at the Friendship Recreation Center Park located on Van Ness Street. The team took paint samples and sent it to the GPL Lab. The lab, located in Frederick, Maryland, also does tests for the…

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Children At Psychiatric Hospital in Washington D.C. Might Be In Danger of Injury and Abuse

University Legal Services, Inc., an advocacy group for Washington D.C. children that have developmental disabilities, say that children at Riverside Hospital are in danger of “serious and persistent abuse and neglect.” City mental health officials will now begin to visit the hospital on a weekly basis to monitor the conditions…

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Two Fireworks Crew Members Injured In Washington D.C.’s National Mall After Forth of July Fireworks Show

Authorities say that two people were injured in Washington D.C. on Wednesday when fireworks that had been leftover from the big show on the National Mall went off. The injured persons are fireworks crew members. One of them was treated at the accident scene while the other worker has serious…

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At Least 40 People are Injured in Washington D.C. After Female Driver Plows Her Car Through the Unifest Street Festival in Anacostia on Saturday

A 30-year-old woman has been preliminarily charged by Washington D.C. police with aggravated assault while armed, after the vehicle she was driving barreled through the Unifest church-sponsored festival last night. The term “armed” refers to the 1991 Volvo that she was driving. At least 40 people were injured in the…

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All Metro Bus Shelters in DC to Be Inspected After Glass Structure Falls and Leads to Injuries

In the wake of a bus shelter falling on waiting passengers on Macarthur Boulevard near Cathedral Avenue in Washington D.C., all metro bus shelters in the area are to undergo a safety inspection. The accident happened earlier this month when a Metrobus ran into the shelter, shattering the structure that…

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