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'It wasn't in his job description': Metro police officer escorts a mom and her tantruming autistic child home
The transit officer saw the boy having a meltdown and offered to ride the train with him and his mother. "The officer ends up riding the metro THE ENTIRE train home with us!!!" wrote the mom.
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A boy with one hand met a soccer player with the same limb difference, and the photo went viral
Joseph Tidd touched his arm to Orlando Pride player Carson Pickett, who, like him, is missing her left hand.
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A 6-year-old was swept out to sea, and a group of brothers dove in after her
The girl on the pink flamingo-shaped raft was floating away quickly when the brothers, who live in the D.C. area, jumped in to save her.
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This couple has been homeless and jobless. Last week, they graduated from a D.C. charter high school.
The husband-and-wife duo graduated last week as part of the fifth class to come through Goodwill Excel Center, an adult public charter high school in D.C.
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'I can't believe it!': Hundreds of D.C.-area kids see the circus courtesy of local churches
They received the no-cost tickets through a partnership between the UniverSoul Circus and local churches, synagogues and mosques.
By Hannah Natanson · Read more
 
 
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