NOTE: This piece was originally published on January 22, 2020. You can read it here. FREDERICK, Md. — In 2019, an Army laboratory at Fort Detrick that studies deadly infectious material like Ebola and smallpox was shut down for a period of time after a CDC … Continue readingArmy germ lab shut down by CDC in 2019 had several ‘serious’ protocol violations that year
NOTE: This piece was originally published on September 24, 2019. You can read it here. WASHINGTON, D.C. — A D.C. row home that was being illegally used as a rooming house with multiple fire violations was flagged by a police officer four months before two … Continue readingInvestigation into row house remained stalled for 97 days, closing 4 days after fatal fire
NOTE: This story also appeared on WJLA.com on June 3, 2019. FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Three weeks after a group of students were disciplined for using e-cigarettes on the grounds of Franklin Middle School in March 2018, a parent sent an email to Braddock District School … Continue reading‘I have never felt so powerless’: Fairfax County schools and parents battle vaping crisis
HOW CONOR LAMB WON WESTMORELAND COUNTY WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. –Industry has waned in the Rust Belt, but the labor movement is still strong enough to turn the tide of elections. After Democrat Conor Lamb came from down in the polls to snatch victory over Rick … Continue readingHow a blue Lamb wooed a red district
By Diana DiGangi and Gillian Bullock for Capital News Service NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in December, 2017. You can also read it here. When we think about where our loved ones will spend their golden years, most of us don’t picture … Continue readingDozens of Virginia nursing homes fined for violations
NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in February 2017. You can read it here as well. RICHMOND, Va. — Ever since Monroe Park shut down for renovations in November, the conversation around homelessness in Richmond has grown more urgent, and some say more productive. Monroe … Continue readingRichmond service groups try to help homeless after Monroe Park closure
By Diana DiGangi and Margaret Carmel for Capital News Service NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in April, 2016. You can read it here as well. A companion piece is here. TANGIER ISLAND, Va. — A teenager wanders at dusk, playing pop hits from … Continue readingTangier Island may vanish under rising seas
NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in November, 2017. You can read it here as well. A recently released campus safety report showed VCU’s number of rape reports nearly doubling, but officials say could be a good sign. Both the VCU Police Department … Continue readingVCU rape reports increase, but cause may be complicated
NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in October 2016. You can read it here as well. RICHMOND, Va. — What was once a sixteen-candidate mayoral race is becoming a pitched battle between three front-runners who will find out in just one month if … Continue readingStoney rakes in cash, moves up on Morrissey