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Things to do in the DC area: Building bouquets with meaning, zine make 'n trade … and more! Things to do in the DC area: Building bouquets with meaning, zine make 'n trade … and more! 03/28/2024 06:41am • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. In a celebration of Women's History Month, community organization an Activists form human chain across Nashville, Tennessee, on Covenant school shooting anniversary Activists form human chain across Nashville, Tennessee, on Covenant school shooting anniversary 03/28/2024 06:16am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Thousands of people linked arms across Nashville on Wednesday, forming a human chain on the one-year anniversary of a shooting at the Covenant School that killed three 9-year-old children and three adults. The event organized by gun safety advocates included families from t Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn't meant to kill? 03/28/2024 06:01am • Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, wandered out of a hospital room to charge a cellphone he imagined he had. When he wouldn’t sit still, the police officer escorting Grant body-slammed him, ricocheting the patient’s head off the floor. Taylor Ware, a former Marine and aspiring college A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo's David raises questions about freedom of expression A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo's David raises questions about freedom of expression 03/28/2024 01:32am • FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But in the current era of the quick buck, curators worry the marble statue’s religious and political significance is being diminished by the thousands of refrigerator magnets Venezuelans are increasingly stuck in Mexico, explaining drop in illegal crossings to US Venezuelans are increasingly stuck in Mexico, explaining drop in illegal crossings to US 03/28/2024 12:23am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan migrants often have a quick answer when asked to name the most difficult stretch of their eight-country journey to the U.S. border, and it's not the dayslong jungle trek through Colombia and Panama with its venomous vipers, giant spiders and scorpions. It's Mexico. McBride scores 29, Robinson returns from injury and Knicks rout reeling Raptors 145-101 03/27/2024 10:56pm • TORONTO (AP) — Miles McBride matched a career-high with 29 points, Jalen Brunson had 26 and New York never trailed in a 145-101 win over the slumping Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night, the Knicks' biggest margin of victory this season. Precious Achiuwa had 19 points and 12 rebounds against his fo 4 people killed and 7 wounded in stabbings in northern Illinois, with a suspect in custody 4 people killed and 7 wounded in stabbings in northern Illinois, with a suspect in custody 03/27/2024 09:37pm • ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Four people were killed and seven were hurt when a man went on a stabbing rampage Wednesday across multiple locations in a northern Illinois community, authorities said. A 22-year-old man is in police custody and was being questioned, according to Rockford Police Chief Carla Knicks' Mitchell Robinson returns after 50-game absence because of left ankle injury 03/27/2024 08:52pm • TORONTO (AP) — New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson returned to the court Wednesday night against the Toronto Raptors, his first action since a left ankle injury in December sidelined him for 50 games. Robinson checked in with 5:08 remaining in the first quarter, replacing Isaiah Hartenstein. Robotic police dog shot multiple times, credited with avoiding potential bloodshed 03/27/2024 06:07pm • BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — A robotic dog is being thanked by state police in Massachusetts for helping avert a tragedy involving a person barricaded in a home. The robotic dog named Roscoe was part of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and deployed on March 6 in a Barnstable house after polic Illinois Supreme Court to hear actor Jussie Smollett appeal of conviction for staging racist attack Illinois Supreme Court to hear actor Jussie Smollett appeal of conviction for staging racist attack 03/27/2024 05:13pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal of actor Jussie Smollett's disorderly conduct conviction for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019, then lying to Chicago police about it. The court on Wednesday accepted the appeal from Smollett, for Trump Media, Reddit surge despite questionable profit prospects, taking on the 'meme stock' mantle Trump Media, Reddit surge despite questionable profit prospects, taking on the 'meme stock' mantle 03/27/2024 04:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit and Trump Media are the first notable social media companies to begin trading publicly in the last five years. They're also, thanks to the rabid reception among investors coupled with the companies' fuzzy profit outlooks, the latest meme stocks. Meme stocks are typically sh Caleb Love leads Arizona into Sweet 16 with team-first approach 03/27/2024 04:27pm • Arizona's Caleb Love arrived from North Carolina with a reputation. He was selfish, a bad teammate, took too many bad shots. As is the case with most social media hyperbole, perception didn't meet reality once Love put on a Wildcats uniform. “Everybody had these preconceived notions about the kid Federal government braces for a long – and expensive – road to recovery from Baltimore bridge collapse Federal government braces for a long – and expensive – road to recovery from Baltimore bridge collapse 03/27/2024 02:24pm • Washington (CNN) — Rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge and getting the critical Port of Baltimore back online will require an enormous interagency effort – and significant federal funding.President Joe Biden pledged the full support of the federal government in the response and recovery Peter Malnati is a winner again and tired of all the talk about money in golf 03/27/2024 02:19pm • Peter Malnati is a PGA Tour winner again and now gets to tee it up with big names at the Houston Open. In his group for the opening two rounds is Scottie Scheffler, the world's No. 1 player who is going for this third consecutive victory. But a big part of Malnati is representing the little guy, the Q&A: James Taylor on his 2024 U.S. tour, the possibility of new music and his legacy Q&A: James Taylor on his 2024 U.S. tour, the possibility of new music and his legacy 03/27/2024 12:32pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — He's gone to Carolina in his mind and on tour for much of 2024. Not long after his 76th birthday, James Taylor & His All-Star Band will take their show on the road in the United States, hitting 24 cities for 31 shows in five months. Over Zoom from his studio in western Mass
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