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The Smithsonian Institute has established and maintained some of the United States’ best-known museums and national parks. It’s an institution that ensures the preservation of our country’s most historic moments and provides context to those moments for the consumption of future generations. For the first time ever, a black man is taking over the day-to-day […]
Today is a monumental day in D.C. (and emotional, for some) because it’s Rolling Thunder’s last ride, ending a 32 year tradition! The Memorial Day weekend tradition brought thousands of bikers together to ride in support of veterans, prisoners of war and service members missing in action. The Washington Post reports that this year will be […]
A Frederick County Grand Jury has indicted 68-year-old Dr. Ernesto Torres on 65 additional sexual abuse related charges after 11 victims came forward following his initial rape accusation of a patient, according to Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office. Torres, who was free on $100,000 bond in the earlier case, was arrested Monday afternoon, with a […]
A body found under a Washington, D.C., bridge is that of a missing Maryland teen according to police. District police told news outlets Friday the body has been identified as 16-year-old Eberson Guerra-Sanchez, of Frederick, Maryland. They found her on the 5200 block of Canal Road, Northwest with multiple sharp force injuries. She was declared […]
Police in Prince Georges County have arrested three teens in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old girl. Ariana Funes-Diaz was found dead in a creek on May 15 in the 6300 block of 64th Avenue in Riverdale. Officers arrested 16-year-old Josue Fuentes-Ponce of Bladensburg, 17-year-old Joel Escobar of Northeast Washington, DC, and 14-year-old Cynthia Hernandez-Nucamendi of […]
Maryland’s comptroller want to penalize Alabama for its strictest-in-the-nation abortion ban. He’s urging the state’s pension system to divest itself from Alabama-based companies. In a Facebook post Thursday, Comptroller Peter Franchot said the law was “a malicious assault on the rights and protections of women everywhere.” See Also: Anti-Abortion Bill Could Give The Death Penalty As Punishment […]
Johns Hopkins Hospital is looking to collect money its owed. According to the Baltimore Sun, a large portion of the lawsuits target residents of low-income neighborhoods around the hospital’s East Baltimore campus. Hopkins has been pursing this type of litigation since 2009. But, they’re not the only ones. In 2008 dozens of Maryland hospitals filed […]
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A Maryland measure that’s the first of its kind could help people without health insurance find out if they qualify for free or low-cost insurance after they file their taxes. It will create a box for people to check on state income tax returns. If selected, the state’s health care exchange will see if the […]
More than 66,000 Maryland drivers could have their licenses confiscated if they don’t quickly provide documentation to make them compliant with the federally-mandated REAL ID process. According to Maryland Department of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Administration, 66,300 are in possession of the newly-designed license, which include a REAL ID star near the upper-right corner, but haven’t […]
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxP4-d4BLH2/?igshid=9b50mb2uwkps Montgomery County police are investigating a video that may show a white police officer saying the N-Word. The incident takes place during a traffic stop in the Silver Spring, Maryland area. It’s unclear who she was talking to in the video. MoCo police released a statement from their official Twitter acknowledging the video. […]
Gentrifiers have been trying to whitewash Black communities all over the country for decades now. However, one store in Washington, D.C., has unwittingly caused an uprising and now residents in the nation’s capital are fighting back in the best way ever.
