Crowds pour in for March for Life - WTOP Afternoon Headlines - Friday, January 27, 2017

Thick crowds streamed along Constitution Avenue Friday afternoon for the March for Life. Thousands earlier heard Vice President Mike Pence address a rally at the Washington Monument - a VP first. The event is held each year in D.C. to protest the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. [Logo] AFTERNOON HEADLINES - January 27, 2017 [mobile-header-ad] [alt text here] [mobile-img] [alt text here] [Crowds pour in for March for Life] Thick crowds streamed along Constitution Avenue Friday afternoon for the March for Life. Thousands earlier heard Vice President Mike Pence address a rally at the Washington Monument - a VP first. The event is held each year in D.C. to protest the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. [mobile-img] [alt text here] [Police investigate multiple deaths in McLean] Multiple people are dead after what police are calling a suspicious incident in McLean, Virginia, Friday. 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