Editor's note: This interview was conducted prior to Hashmi's win in Tuesday's primary.
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The city's Department of Public Utilities raised alarm six hours after flooding began.
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Frustration as citywide water outage shuts down storefronts.
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The governor said he's focused on assisting water restoration efforts in Richmond.
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The service, which lasted roughly two hours, was packed with heartfelt and vivid remembrances that recalled both a powerful president and politician as well as a thoughtful and giving man of faith.
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Patch reading ‘#nolivesmatter’ allegedly affixed to Brad Spafford's bag
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The nine-member council met virtually due to the ongoing water outage.
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The last time the United States held a national military parade was in June 1991, timed to welcome returning veterans of the 100-day Persian Gulf War.
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Demonstrators take to the streets in Kenya's capitol over the suspicious death of a popular blogger in police custody — a flashpoint of outrage in a country still reeling from last year's deadly crackdown on anti-tax protests.
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GOP lawmakers on Thursday blasted Democratic immigration policies as coddling violent criminals. Democrats portrayed Trump's escalating migrant sweeps as a dangerous assault on civil liberties.
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Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
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"It just appears to me that the airplane is unable to climb," former NTSB investigator Jeff Guzzetti tells NPR. Several explanations could account for that, the aviation expert says.
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