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Get Up DC!

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Host and comedian Reese Waters provides viewers with his own unique point of view on local traffic reports, weather forecasts and important news of the day

Racial Profiling: Viral video of man calling police on black women sparks important conversation #ForTheCulture

Racial Profiling: Viral video of man calling police on black women sparks important conversation #ForTheCulture

Racial Profiling: Viral video of man calling police on black women sparks important conversation #ForTheCulture

Online discussions have been centered around the topic of race after WUSA9 first reported about a Maryland man who called police on two groups of black women.

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23 minutes ago

It's the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots

It's the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots

This week is the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the uprising that galvanized the gay rights movement as we know it today. In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, the New York City police department carried out a raid on the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village Gay Bar. With laws on the books at the time making it illegal for people of the same sex to show affection towards one another, dance with each other or even just be together.

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25 minutes ago

Racial Profiling: Viral video of man calling police on black women sparks important conversation #ForTheCulture

Racial Profiling: Viral video of man calling police on black women sparks important conversation #ForTheCulture

Online discussions have been centered around the topic of race after WUSA9 first reported about a Maryland man who called police on two groups of black women.

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36 minutes ago

Only in the DMV will you find a watch party for a political debate

Only in the DMV will you find a watch party for a political debate

It doesn't get anymore DC than this. They have Donald Trump balloons. People literally go to bars to watch a stage full of people over talk each other.

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39 minutes ago

Florida man caught on camera going to the bathroom on stranger's driveway

Florida man caught on camera going to the bathroom on stranger's driveway

In Other News -- stories that may not be on your radar but should be.

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49 minutes ago

Bernie Sanders announces plan to eliminate student debt

Bernie Sanders announces plan to eliminate student debt

Bernie Sanders announced a plan to eliminate all 1.6 trillion dollars of student debt in this country. According to Student Loan Planner, DC has the highest student loan debt of any region in the country.

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Father, daughter found face down in water in Mexico

Father, daughter found face down in water in Mexico

The bodies of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-month-old daughter Valeria were found face down in the water on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande river across from Brownsville, Texas. The picture is so disturbing. Reese Waters says The Migrant Crisis has officially reached peak levels of inhumanity.

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Nando's Peri Peri is throwing a grandma themed party called “Nando’s Like My Nan Does”

Nando's Peri Peri is throwing a grandma themed party called “Nando’s Like My Nan Does”

It will be held on June 29. Reese Waters says he's sure they're talking about old school grannies, not these new grannies that go to the gym and take vacations. They're looking for the grannies who had wigs and false teeth.

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333 pounds of cocaine found inside shipping container with beach chairs seized at Port of Baltimore

333 pounds of cocaine found inside shipping container with beach chairs seized at Port of Baltimore

In Other News -- stories that may not be on your radar but should be.

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Notorious BIG's 'one room shack' in Brooklyn up for sale

Notorious BIG's 'one room shack' in Brooklyn up for sale

In Other News -- stories that may not be your radar, but should be.

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Do you think all student loan debt should be paid off.

Do you think all student loan debt should be paid off.

Do you think all student loan debt should be paid off.

Bernie Sanders announced a plan to eliminate all 1.6 trillion dollars of student debt. According to Student Loan Planner, DC has the highest student loan debt of any region in the country. Students should not be saddled with thousands of dollars in crippling debt upon graduating from college. No matter who wins the 2020 election, fixing this broken system must be treated as a top priority.

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