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Ben Dennis Reports
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Tips? (Signal: bendennis.12) • Basset hound dad 🐶 🎧 Journalist with @dcnewsnow and host of Byline with Ben Dennis
Washington, DC
Joined January 2016
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    As America approaches its 250th anniversary, I had the privilege of receiving the go-ahead to report three stories examining how the nation’s history is still being preserved, interpreted, and uncovered today. 🇺🇸 From three generations of craftsmen who carved words now etched
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    Stunning photo of the Washington Monument, and reflecting pool last night as dense fog blanketed the National Mall. (📸 Chase Jones)
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    Right now, bleachers on Pennsylvania Avenue are being dismantled after word that the inauguration ceremony for Donald Trump will be held indoors, and the parade along “America’s Main Street” will not be happening Monday.
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    JUST IN: The National Park Service has approved a permit request for the Kamala Harris campaign to host an event Tuesday night on the Ellipse, next to the White House. Estimated total attendees: 20,000.
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    BREAKING: DC's attorney general told Monumental Sports on Monday they can't move the Washington Capitals and Wizards from DC until 2047, citing a 2007 bond/lease agreement. @DCAttorneyGen says Monumental can't break agreement even if they paid off bond debt early. @DCNewsNow
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    JUST IN: Governor Youngkin has fired the head of the Virginia Employmemt Commission. I’m told Ellen Marie Hess no longer leads the agency. @8NEWS
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    BREAKING—these are the moments pandemonium breaks out in Richmond, outside the city jail where a protest was staged. After an advance by police, protestors took to the street. A bicyclist was almost hit by an unmarked police cruiser, then tackled to the ground. @8NEWS
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    Replying to @broadcastben_ and @8NEWS
    A police union official tells me some police officers have threatened to quit if terms of the vaccine mandate are *get vaccinated or be fired.* @8NEWS
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    Happy DC Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 What a blast seeing so many smiling faces, while on top of a double-decker bus.
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    In the category of "astonishing things women can accomplish."
    Doctor delivers patient's baby just before giving birth to her own nbcnews.to/2tNVYhQ
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    This is Naima Liggon. The Waldorf, Md teen was stabbed to death at a DC McDonald's overnight at the corner of 14th and U Street. Her family tells us the 16-year-old Thomas Stone High School student was gearing up for tomorrow's first day. Her alleged killer, also 16, is charged.
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    Great photo (Mark Schiefelbein, AP)
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    The immeasurably talented @ladygaga performs in DC tonight at Nats Park, her first US concert on her #ChromaticaBall world tour. Gaga last performed in DC for President Biden’s inauguration, singing the national anthem. Welcome back, Gaga! Can’t wait to have Fun Tonight #LadyGaga
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    Replying to @Doeyppp and @JoePassmore
    Jennifer’s arrival to Chromatica.