An upside-down U.S. flag has long been a sign of dire distress and versatile symbol of protest. But in January 2021, when it flew over the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, it was largely seen in connection with a specific cause: the false claim by then-President Donald Trumps supporters that the 2020 election had been marred by fraud. The ...

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin took action on a final batch of bills from the year’s regular legislative session Friday, signing seven but vetoing 48, including closely watched measures that would have ended a tax break for a Confederate heritage organization and allowed small businesses to host skill games, which are similar to slot machines. The ...

Friday marked the 70th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education, which outlawed segregation in American public schools, declaring it unconstitutional. At the time some school districts began to integrate, but Prince Edward County, Virginia, resisted. The leaders in Farmville decided that they were not going ...

Earlier this month, a Maryland couple attended graduation at North Carolina Central University and accepted the diploma for their son, who was killed just days before. Business major Myles Gresham, 22, was shot in the parking lot at his off-campus apartment last month, before he could embark on his career. Im so hurt that someone took that away from ...

An explosives dog in Prince Georges County who almost didnt survive an Anne Arundel County animal shelter earlier this year is ready to protect and serve. Two-year-old German shepherd Boomer is one of Prince Georges Countys newest first responders. He was a pound rescue set to be euthanized probably within hours, Prince Georges County police Cpl. ...

Someone stole a 14-year-old boys custom-made, $40,000 motorized wheelchair from in front of his Maryland home, and it was the second time its happened. The wheelchair is too heavy to take inside, so the family leaves it covered in front of their Silver Spring home. When the boys mother exited the home Wednesday morning, the wheelchair wasnt there. ...

Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died. He was 92. Coleman died Thursday, NBC News confirmed. The great Dabney Coleman literally created, or defined, really in a uniquely singular way an archetype as a character ...

A Virginia second-grade teacher and her husband are accused of being on drugs on school property Thursday. Candyce Carter, 35, also is accused of having drugs in her classroom at Spotswood Elementary School in Fredericksburg. A school resource officer noticed Carter appeared to be under the influence. Her husband, 34-year-old Kristopher Carter, was ...

Nyah Hairston was headed home from work on Friday, May 3. She was just minutes away. But she never made it. Maryland State Police were initially called to reports of a car in a ditch off the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) near Landover Road. When they arrived, they found that Hairston had been shot. She was taken to a hospital, where she died. She was ...

Tick season is starting across the U.S., and experts are warning the bloodsuckers may be as plentiful as ever. Another mild winter and other favorable factors likely means the 2024 tick population will be equal to last year or larger, some researchers say. Its very bad and has only been getting worse,” said Susanna Visser of the Centers for Disease ...

Surveillance video obtained by CNN appears to show music mogul Sean Diddy Combs assaulting ex-girlfriend Cassie in a 2016 hotel attack she detailed in a since-settled lawsuit that alleged the rapper physically and sexually abused her for years. CNN reported that the video was from an incident in March 2016. It captures multiple angles. Cassie, 37, ...

For the second time in as many days, a Montgomery County high school was evacuated on Friday after someone called in an unfounded threat. Walt Whitman High School, in Bethesda, was evacuated after someone threatened a shooting and suggested there were bombs in the school, police said. Students were cleared from the school, police conducted a search ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill into law on Thursday to create a new statewide center to help prevent gun violence. The governor described the center as the first of its kind since the White House urged states to form their own centers to better focus efforts to stop gun violence. Moore also signed two other measures related to guns into law, ...

What is this? A center for…horses? Eight thoroughbreds will take center stage at the 2024 Preakness Stakes on Saturday, and a quick glance at the field for the second leg of the Triple Crown may bring to mind an iconic Will Ferrell character for some. That’s because the colt set to start from the No. 1 post position at Pimlico Race Course in ...

The Israeli military said Friday its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of 22-year-old Shanis twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and brought to light the scale of the militants attack on communities in southern ...

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was detained by police Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship, with stunning images showing him handcuffed as he was led to a police car. ESPN reported he failed to follow police orders during a pedestrian fatality investigation. Traffic was backed up for about a mile in both directions on the only road that ...

In the U.S., whether you’re considered middle class or not may depend on where you live. In some states, you can earn over $150,000 and still be considered middle class. GOBankingRates determined the income range needed to qualify as middle class in all 50 states using the latest available data from 2022 on household median income from the U.S. Census ...

One man was killed after gunfire broke out during an argument early Friday in the Baileys Crossroads area of Fairfax County, police said. It appears an argument broke out among a group of people who knew each other, so the shooting likely wasn’t a random act of violence, police said. Officers were questioning people near the scene. Police responded ...

Subscribe to The Weekend Scene newsletter to get our picks delivered straight to your inbox every Wednesday We’ll start with the not-so-good news: The Washington, D.C., area is staring down another soggy weekend. But we have two bits of good news! First, Saturday’s rain is actually great weather for a Preakness Stakes race watch party complete ...

Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. floating pier into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hinder food and other supplies reaching people there. The shipment is the first in an operation that American military officials anticipate ...

A man was shot to death in the parking lot of a Maryland apartment complex Thursday evening. News4s Walter Morris reports police believe he was targeted. Police believe the victim was targeted in the shooting off Hil-Mar Drive in District Heights about 7 p.m. Mom and daddy was in the house, and they heard five gunshots, neighbor Destiny Johnson said. ...

Defending champion Argentina will prepare for the upcoming Copa America tournament by playing warm-up matches against Ecuador and Guatemala next month in the United States. Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates will face Ecuador at Soldier Field in Chicago on June 9, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) said Thursday. Five days later, the reigning ...

Police arrested two brothers for allegedly burglarizing religious establishments in Montgomery County. According to the Montgomery County Police Department detectives, 23-year-old Alex Dumitru and 18-year-old Natalian Dumitru were traveling up and down the East Coast, primarily targeting Buddhist temples. Court documents say they are believed to be ...

Just afterLainey Wilsonlit up the stage with a cover of Little Texas God Blessed Texas into her new single, Hang Tight Honey,” Clay Walker andRandy Travispresented Jordan Davis with song of the year at the2024 Academy of Country Music Awardsfor his ubiquitous country radio hit Next Thing You Know. First off, I want to thank the fans for loving this ...

STEM students at a Maryland high school are preparing to compete in the Washington, D.C., Electric Vehicle Grand Prix with a car built in honor of a classmate killed last year. The DuVal High School students unveiled the car to a schoolwide round of applause Thursday. The orange and black car features a roaring tiger the schools mascot and the ...